William Polk Honored at Efendi Restaurant Reception
A reception in honor of William Polk was hosted at the Efendi Restaurant in Hyde Park. Guests included Murat Somay, Edward Levi, Maummer Tuncer, and Polk, with Somay owning the Hyde Park Bank building venue and Levi soon becoming University of Chicago president while Polk directs the Adlai Stevenson Institute and the center for Middle Eastern Studies.
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Murat Somay
Edward Levi
Maummer Tuncer
Turkey
William Polk
Woodlawn
Polk
Efendi
Somay
Hyde Park Bank
Levi
University of Chicago
Adlai Stevenson Institute
Center For
Middle Eastern Studies
University
Wives group sends Christmas toys to Saigon orphans
A University of Chicago wives group and Bret Harte School students collected toys for An Lac orphanage in Saigon. Boxes donated by Stone Containers will be sent with postage funded by the American Legion, shown with Mrs. Russell Rice and Harte students Corinne Ovadin Ora Prochovnick Raul Hinojosa and Robert Jacobs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Chicago
Bret Harte School
AnLac
Saigon
University Hospitals
Stone Containers Corporation
American Legion
Russell Rice
E. Hyde Park Blvd
Harte
Corinne Ovadin
Ora Prochovnick
Hyde Park Blvd
Raul Hinojosa
Cornell
Robert Jacobs
South Shore
Nancy Hays
Hyde Park Independents Back Humphrey in Chicago District Fight
A new Hyde Park Kenwood group, Hyde Park Kenwood Independents for Humphrey Muskie, formed by Philip Kurland to rally McCarthy Kennedy and McGovern backers to Humphrey. Named officers include Allison Davis and Rabbi Jacob Weinstein with longtime McCarthy and Kennedy supporters among signers. The district scene features Mikva and Ireland debating October 22 at KA.M. Temple and a Mikva fundraiser set for October 26 at the Mauldin home.
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Citizens Committee
Hubert Humphrey
Hyde Park-Kenwood
Humphrey-Muskie
Philip Kurland
Woodlawn
Kurland
University of Chicago Law School
Eugene McCarthy
Robert Kennedy
George McGovern
Humphrey
Allison Davis
Dorchester
Mikva
Adlai Stevenson III
William Mauldin
Mauldin
Kenwood Walkout Stirs Tensions At Kozminski High
About 100 Kenwood students walked out Monday prompting disruption at Kozminski as taunts amid a citywide boycott surfaced. False fire alarms scattered students and later 200 gathered for a tense auditorium meeting about supporting black students and forming a club and newspaper.
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Kenwood High School
Kozminski
Kenwood
DUR opens Hyde Park rehab center at 5200 Harper
The Department of Urban Renewal opens a new rehabilitation service center in Hyde Park to serve the Hyde Park Kenwood UR project. Located at 5200 Harper in the former Hyde Park Kenwood Community Conference office, it is led by rehabilitation director Thomas Finnerty with Thomas Flemming as supervisor. The center coordinates building inspections and helps owners fix code violations as the project targets 95 percent code compliance and 75 percent higher standards.
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DUR
Harper
Department of Urban Renewal
Hyde Park
Herald
Hyde Park-Kenwood
Hyde Park Bank
Thomas Finnerty
Thomas Flemming
Kenwood
Ssth
63Rd
Cottage Grove
47Th
Greenwood
Building Department
Flemming
Park road delay prompts new committee on Lake Shore Drive
The Jackson Park roadway debate moves to a Community Improvement Advisory Committee to advise the Mayor amid city community clashes. The group, announced by Lewis Hill at a Chicago Plan Commission meeting, includes Richard Wade as chair and Edwin Rothschild on the planning subcommittee. Wade, a UC history professor and Democrat, Rothschild attorney and Conservation Community Council chair. The panel formed to satisfy federal urban renewal program requirements for city improvements. cont'd on page
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Jackson Park
Lake Shore
Lewis Hill
Chicago Plan Commission
Hill
Department of Development and Planning
Plan Commission
Richard Wade
Blackstone
Edwin Rothschild
Wade
University of Chicago
Rothschild
Conservation Community Council
Hyde Park-Kenwood
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Chicago
Near East Way
Stein
McCarthy
Kennedy
McGovern
Illinois
Nixon
Robert L. Ashenhurst
David P. Currie
John Hope Franklin
Morris Janowitz
E. 55Th
Paul Meier
Field
E. 54Th
Stuart Rice
Edward Rosenheim Jr
Jeff Fort
Blackstone Rangers
Ponders Park Road
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