Community Councils Discuss Neighborhood Problems and Power
About 100 representatives from south side community associations attended a six conference in Chicago led by Saul D. Alinsky. He urged turning apathy into participation and using power through organization to tackle housing zoning laws and other local issues. Delegates worked in four sessions to apply new laws to concrete problems.
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South Side
Hyde Parkers
Association of Community Councils of Chicago
Saul D. Alinsky
Industrial Areas Foundation
Back of the Yards Council
Alinsky
Hyde Park
Cornell
Sheraton Hotel
Flict
Frank G. Sulewskirk
South Side Forum
Hyde Park-Kenwood
James V. Cunningham
Leon M. Depres
George James
Piccadilly Theater Highlights New Screen Innovation
Lawrence Ross announces exclusive at the Piccadilly, a new brilliant glass screen enhancing visual fidelity and motion picture reproduction. The Piccadilly is a Schoenstadt & Son theater located at 53rd Street.
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Piccadilly Theater
Lawrence Ross
Piccadilly
H. Schoenstadt & Son Theater
Panel Talks Tomorrow At Rodfei Zedek
A 1 p.m. panel titled You in a Demanding Society will be held tomorrow at Congregation Rodfei Zedek 5200 Hyde Park. Sponsored by the South Side Sisterhood Public Affairs Council, speakers include Dr Sol Tax University of Chicago and Rabbi Ralph Simon Congregation Rochei Zedek. The council in its tenth year serves the Sisters of Beth AM.
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Congregation Rodfei Zedek
Hyde Park
The
South Side Sisterhood Public Affairs Council
Sol Tax
University of Chicago
Ralph Simon
Congregation
Rochei Zedek
Sisters of Beth AM
Mrs. Henry T. Ricketts Named Campaign Chair
Mrs. Henry T. Ricketts has been appointed chairman of the women's division of the Provident Hospital and Training School Campaign Fund. The 1957-58 drive aims to raise $100,000 to finance nurse and intern training and help cover clinic and emergency room costs.
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Henry T. Ricketts
the Provident Hospital and Training School Campaign Fund
Temple and Congregations Unite for Interfaith Dinner
In a move uniting major local temples and synagogues Temple B Nai Bezalel Isaiah Israel Sinai Congregation South Shore Temple South Side Hebrew Congregation and Congregation Habonim join for an interfaith community dinner promoting cooperation and mutual respect.
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Acasa Bookstore
E. 55Th Street
Shell’s
Shell
Bell
Iessil
Samuel A. Bell
47Th & Lake Park
Kenwood
Ozzie Badal
George Bradley
Drexel
Julian Lowenstein
Woodlawn
Richard Sprafford
Robert Ryan
E.58th
Julius Draznin
E. 52Nd
James Etheridge
Dorothy Rubel
Metropolitan Housing and Planning Council
Chicago
Virginia Kenney
Madison Park
National Conference of Christians and Jews
Randall Pittman
North Kenwood-Oakland
Daniel Harley
Greenwood
Kenwood-Ellis Community Center
Ruth C. Porter
United Woodlawn Conference
Anne Premnen
Rodfei Zedek
Soartan Rug Cleaners
Ashjian
Buy Rt
Drexel Chevrolet
Cottage Grove
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