Hyde Park Crime Soars Prompt Call For Action
Hyde Park faces a wave of crime from a photographer beating to a masked stalker and a rape by an off duty officer. Community leaders urge Mikva's bill funding hospitalization costs and call for tenant patrols and vigilant reporting to end the siege of fear in the neighborhood.
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William H. Taft
United States
James O’grady
21St Police District
Hyde Park
48Th
Kimbark
54Th
Dorchester
Hays
Abner Mikva
Washington
O’grady
University of Chicago
Chicago
Cne
Mikva
Letters to the Editor on Crime Statistics and Local Burglary
A reader questions the claimed crime decline and alleges police misreporting of burglaries as thefts to avoid FBI scrutiny. The letter writer requests anonymity and defends an officer while warning against publishing personal details.
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Wes
FBI
Washington
Thankful note for garden at Woodlawn and 55th
Mrs. Mary G. Haynes of 5454 Kimbark thanks the neighborhood for the beautiful garden at Woodlawn and 55th Street Southeast. She praises the dedicated volunteers who created and maintain the display and publically expresses appreciation to the people responsible.
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Woodlawn
55Th St
Mary G. Haynes
Kimbark
Correction on 53rd St mural funding and artists
An editorial correction clarifies that the 53rd street Merchants Association sponsors the mural project with president Hans Morsbach. Marshall Korshak hired city painters. Elliott Paint donated paint. Hyde Park Bank and Trust gave $500. Buffy Zellmann plans a south wall mural under the viaduct.
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Illinois Central Railroad
53Rd St. I. C
53Rd st.Merchants Association
Hans Morsbach
Fifth Ward
Marshall Korshak
Elliott Paint Company
Hyde Park Bank and Trust Company
Hyd Park
Buffy Zellmann
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Kimme
Hyde Bark
Bruce Sagan
Cheryl Fries
Marvin Bohannan
Daniel Glim
Estelle Roth
Emma Byrd
Peter Hince
Fred Fuller Bennett
Clarence P. Dresser
Hyde Park Herald Inc
S. Harper
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