Beadle Named Chancellor of University of Chicago
Nobel laureate George Wells Beadle will become the seventh chief executive of the University of Chicago in a ceremonial installation at Rockefeller Memorial Chapel. The event includes a civic dinner at McCormick Place and a formal convocation on campus with dignitaries worldwide.
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University of Chicago
George Wells Beadle
Rockefeller Memorial
Beadle
Lawrence A. Kimpton
Kimpton
Glen A. Lloyd
Board of Trustees
McCormick Place
Hutchinson Commons
Midway
Lloyd
Warren Weaver
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
Hyde Park Passes Motorboat Control Ordinance
The City Council approved a new motor boat regulation for Lake Michigan waters and city waterways. Offenders face fines from 25 to 200 dollars or up to six months in jail per offense. The ordinance also allows the port director to designate restricted bath areas within 300 yards of the shore. The push for the law followed a fatal speed boat crash on August 14, 1960 that killed Sylvester Simpkins as bystanders looked on.
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Lake Michigan
Sylvester Simpkins
South Parkway
Simpkins
55Th Street
Hyde Park Arbor Day Celebrates Tree Planting Despite Rain
Hyde Park residents join Arbor Day activities in spite of rain and cold. Alderman Leon Despres leads the ceremony at 5473 Drexel where a Norway Maple is planted. Garden Committee members, Girl Scouts, and City Forestry representatives participate, with over 75 trees ordered and delivered in larger sizes to meet demand.
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Ald
Leon Despres
Hyde Park
Louis Dugan
Forestry Department
Ollie Edwards
Drexel
L. Lewis
C. Salmon
South Shore
E. Darby
Ingleside
H. Quillen
E. Baker
William Keck
University
J. Sterling Morton
United States
Raleigh Stone
E. 56Th
Hyde Park-Kenwood
City Forestry Department
Dick Merbaum
Albert Stuckey
Garden Committee
Crime concerns prompt Kenwood meeting on housing and safety
Northwest Kenwood residents and leaders from Hyde Park Kenwood Community Conference and SECC met to address rising crime and deteriorating housing. They approved a plan to push police for cleaning a notorious crime hangout at 47th and Drexel and to urge demolition of 4707 09 and 11 Ellis for playground use.
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Northwest Kenwood
Hyde Park
Julian Levi
SECC
Conservation Community Council
CCB
Ellis
Harry Gottlieb
E. 50Th
Irving Horwitz
Don Blackiston
Northwest
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Janice
James Edwards
Carl Botts
Blackstone
Timothy Ward
M. Cabaniss
L. Burnaugh
Block Group
F. Harris
Lee Botts
Hyde Park- Kenwood
Owen Meyer
North Kenwood
Kenwood
Blackiston
Hyde Park Station
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