Letters to the Editor Pit stops for dogs
Police dogs and unlicensed canines deserve park pit stops with sawdust and dedicated areas. The writer proposes 1975 emission standards including chip pits and bowel trowels in parks to aid scatologic routines and enforcement.
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Drop City
Jackson Park
Max Miller
Hyde Park Theater Opens With Fritz The Cat And Calcutta
Dear Sir congratulates the Hyde Park Theater manager for keeping the venue as the sole local house. The first program offerings include Fritz the Cat and Oh Calcutta at a ticket price of $2.50 per admission.
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Hyde Park
Schoenstadt
Fritz the Cat
Calcutta
Hyde Park Paradox Tests Equal Opportunity and Ghetto Fears
A reader argues Hyde Park offers decent housing for residents while covert recruitment of black tenants pressures white homeowners. The piece cites loss of senior housing, Vedanta Society acquisitions, and realty firms steering black move ins, warning against panic sales. It calls for coalition among community groups to revive investment, shopping, and neighborhood spirit.
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Hyde Park
Broadview
Aragon
Vivekananda Vedanta Society
Hyde Park Boulevard
West Side
National Tea and Jewel
Hyde Park-Kenwood
Businessmen’s Association
Julian Levi
Representation and delegate equity at CTU and national unions
CTU members question representation and delegate numbers for AFT and IFT conventions. They note historically low delegate totals, appointment rather than election of delegates, and a caucus-dominated delegation. The piece urges CTU to publish full convention agendas, resolutions, and actions aligning with education funding and broader social legislation.
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AFT
IFT
Afl-Cio
Chicago
Illinois Federation of Teachers
Executive Committee
Healey
United Progressive
Chicago Teacher
IFT and
Nixon
Congress
U.S
Letter to editor corrects phrasing on ERA opinion by professor
Prof Philip Kurland letter misquoted in March 2 letters column. Reader Kattie Newhouse notes the correct line should read I have been asked to express my opinion on the ERA rather than To like to express my opinion on the ERA.
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Philip Kurland
Kattie Newhouse
The Loaves and Fishes Tale Across Times and Places
The piece frames a biblical fable and a modern political quip about feeding the poor. It contrasts a French noblewoman’s supposed “let them eat cake” remark with a Florida anecdote about President Nixon and red snapper pricing. The narrator questions practical substitutes and ends with a quip about a cow.
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France
Florida
Richard Nixon
United States
T. V
Extra Social Security Credits Proposed for Japanese Internees
United States citizens of Japanese ancestry who were interned during World War II may qualify for additional social security wage credits. The credits cover December 7, 1941 to December 31, 1946 and apply to retirement disability survivors and Medicare coverage for those unable to work. Social security district manager Robert G. Hall urged eligible individuals to contact the 6349 Cottage Grove Ave office or call 239-7000.
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United States
Ward
Cottage Grove
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