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Newspaper
Hyde Park Herald
Location
Hyde Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1960
Page
2
A promise to remove billboards along the west side of the IC tracks between 55th and 56th is made for 1962. Signs leased by the IC to General Outdoor Advertising Co. under a contract expiring May 31, 1962. Ald. Leon Despres reports the railroad details.
Sen Paul H Douglas and Robert W Davis will discuss the Truth in Interest bill at International House on May 27 at 8 pm. Sponsored by Hyde Park Co op and the Hyde Park Co op Federal Credit Union, the talk covers requiring disclosure of annual interest rates and all finance and carrying charges to aid comparison by borrowers. Davis will explain misleads faced by consumers when comparing lender costs.
Leo Rosten alias Ross will lecture at the University of Chicago tomorrow at 4 30 p m on The Confessions of an Intellectual in Social Science 122 1126 E 59th He is an author special editorial adviser to Look magazine and holds a Ph D from the university He uses multiple pen names for different genres and writes humor serious works and potboilers under various forms
The planning and housing committee approved an ordinance allowing the Community Conservation Board to borrow up to 32,709,891 for the Hyde Park Kenwood development plan. A 27,506,000 grant will surface as security after 25 percent land is acquired, with the rest funded by private land sales.
Walter Johnson will address the Fifth Ward Democratic Federation at a quarterly meeting. The UC history department chair will discuss questions about the 1960 Democratic convention. The 8:15 p.m. event at University Church of the Disciples of Christ features Johnson, author of a book on presidents and the people.
Mandel hall hosts tryouts this weekend for Court Theater at the University of Chicago. Fifteen actresses and forty actors plus stage managers and assistants are sought for three plays Shakespeare Henry VIII Moliere Scapia and Sophocles Oedipus the King with performances in July and August. Tryouts run noon to 530 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at 5706 University. Established 1882 by Fred Fuller era Bennett and Clarence P. Dresser.
A new not for profit cooperative in Chicago aims to lower funeral expenses. Carl E Wennerstrom president of the Chicago Memorial Association and chaplain at the University of Chicago Clinics lives at 5707 Woodlawn. Walker Sandbach of 5320 University and Hyde Park Co op manager is vice president.
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