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Newspaper
Hyde Park Herald
Location
Hyde Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1972
Page
4
A 1972 Hyde Park Herald page reprints crime prevention tips urging calm and vigilance after a report of a violent sexual assault in the community. The note includes a police department description chart for identifying a suspect and concludes with a call to cut out and use the tips.
Practical steps for safer movement after dark cover routes timing and communication. Emphasizes staying in well lit areas locking doors and windows and carrying IDs phone numbers and a memo of identification. Advises against shortcuts and unlit places and outlines self defense actions and emergency contacts.
An open letter complains about two women and three screaming children on 54th Street at 8 p.m. The writer recalls past violence, urges restraint at night, and calls for police response, warning future cries for help may go unanswered.
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