Shakman sues to end Chicago patronage system in Con-Con race
Shakman files federal suit against the Democratic Organization of Cook County and city officials arguing patronage violates the U S Constitution. He says government employment is used to back one party, violates free speech and association, and coerces workers to support candidates. The suit seeks to bar coercion in the November Con-Con election and beyond.
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al Raby
Michael Shakman
Raby
Shakman
Chicago
Democratic Organization
Cook County
Party Central Committee
Cook County Democratic Organization
America
Co op Month Marks Hyde Park Cooperative Event
Hyde Park residents attend Co op Month activities with a Saturday display and a Sunday dinner. Walker Sandbach, longtime Hyde Park Co-op Supermarket manager, returns as featured speaker for the semi annual meeting at the Hyde Park Neighborhood Club on October 29.
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Sandbach
Hyde Park
Hyde Park Cooperative Society
Walker Sandbach
Kenwood
Clean Air Workshop At Hyde Park Group Sponsors Meeting
Clean Air will host a workshop at the Lutheran School of Theology in Hyde Park as part of the community conference. Moderated by Mrs. Barbara Fiske, representatives from the Chicago Department of Air Pollution Control will provide resources. Speakers include Helen Kasro Edith Abrahamson Richard Johnson Arthur Grimm Gladys Scott and others. A dinner precedes the semi annual meeting led by Frederick McLendon with Seymour Banks and Charles Beckett guiding proceedings. Headlines refer to reports from Gilbert Spencer Frank Okita and Walker Sandbach with Consumers Union providing background on consumer goods testing.
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Lutheran School of Theology
E. 55Th
Hyde Park- Kenwood
Cleaner Air Committee of
Hyde Park
Barbara Fiske
Blackstone
Chicago Department of Air Pollution Control
Helen Kasro
Edith Abrahamson
Harper
Richard Johnson
Devon
Arthur Grimm
The
Cooperative League
Gladys Scott
Hyde Park Cooperative Society
Court House
Frederick McLendon
Greenwood
Cooperative Society
Seymour Banks
Charles Beckett
E. Hyde Park Blvd
Gilbert Spencer
Frank Okita
Kimbark
Walker Sandbach
Consumers Union
Consumer Union
Finerty Leaves DUR Post to Join Housing Foundation
Tom Finerty, local project director for the Department of Urban Renewal, resigns effective Oct. 31 after one year. He will become deputy director for a four state area at the Foundation for Co operative Housing. CCC chairman Edwin Rothschild praised Finerty’s imagination and thoroughness.
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Tom Finerty
Department of Urban Renewal
Community Conservation Council
Finerty
Foundation For Co-operative Housing
Edwin Rothschild
Blackstone
CCC
Tom
5Th Army
Lewis Hill
Roskan Building Co
Bread Party aims to aid welfare efforts this Sunday in Hyde Park
The Bread Party at Sauer's Brauhaus 311 E. 23rd features New York author Jimmy Breslin introduced by Mike Royko. backed by medical and labor groups including the Cook County Physicians Association and United Auto Workers. Tickets $5, $2.50 for students. advance sales strong with venue 3 to 6 pm.
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Bob Mann
Sauer’s
Brauhaus
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Rockwell-Maplewood Cooperative
Circle Pines
Metropolitan Consumers Cooperative
Farm
Morgan School
CARE
Cooperative American Relief Everywhere
Porter County
Indiana
General Cooperative Housing
Foundation For Cooperative Housing
Co-op
5Th Army Headquarters
47Th
Ingleside
Rothschild
State Housing Board
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47Th Street
Bread Party
Cook County Physicians Association
Andrew L. Thomas
Mann
Rep
Robert Mann
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