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Newspaper
Hyde Park Herald
Location
Hyde Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1972
Page
4
The arrest of seven women for performing illegal abortions in a South Shore apartment highlights the need to overhaul antiquated abortion laws. The piece argues for better birth control education and access, noting high costs of legal abortions and dangers of illegal procedures. It advocates joining groups pushing for improved contraception education and stricter law reform.
The state Senate Agriculture and Conservation committee will hold public hearings May 15 from noon to 5 p.m. at 160 N. LaSalle Chicago on Rep. Mann's Lake Michigan Bill of Rights. CAP has pressed for hearings to challenge the bill, which would restrict inland construction and block an airport on the lake.
Letter praises the Fiske Ray Carnegie joint elementary school band at the Spring Fling in the Ray School auditorium. Led by Robert Knop the 42 member group performs with rhythm and skill on a shoestring budget as principals and the Cluster Council support it. The Board of Education may cut funding next year prompting calls for public support and May hearings.
About 2,000 delegates from 540,000 members at the Illinois Congress of Parents and Teachers Convention in Chicago endorsed House Bill 2532 and urged support for lakefront protection. The resolution cites anti-pollution aims and calls for citizen action to defend the lake from exploitation by special interests.
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