An Unexpected Visitor: Bittern Rescued by Animal Welfare League
Mrs. Coretta Wilson reports a large unable to fly Bittern found between her building and a neighbor’s. League workers covered the bird and transported it to protect it until a driver arrived. The Bittern, about 24 inches long, is a large Heron family species likely exhausted from flight to marsh lands. The league aims to return healthy wild animals to their habitat.
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The
Animal Welfare League
Coretta Wilson
Monroe
League
Register Those Bikes Bicycle Week in Chicago
Chicago police designate bicycle registration week to recover unregistered bikes and return them to owners. Youth division staff will lead the mass registration with schools parks and community agencies assisting. Registration cards available at stations and area headquarters dealers will distribute packets with theft steps and safety rules.
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Chicago Boys’ Clubs
Thomas Frost
Northwest YMCA summer day camps offer varied activities
Three camps Pioneer Village Squaw Village and Braves Village provide kindergarten to eighth grade programs with crafts sports and outdoor pursuits. Bus pickup covers several Northwest Side suburbs as free booklets list local YMCA contacts. A separate city meeting notes 150 NCO members pushing for CCC nominations to reflect community wishes.
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Pioneer Village
Squaw Village
Residents complain of attic apartment code issues and street hazards
A disabled resident protests intrusive housing inspections for an attic flat in a longtime building while neighbors report trash, sewer backups, and dangerous traffic near Austin and Division. Ward officials pledge action as the city enhances sewer, traffic, and code enforcement with new projects and hearings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Erie
West Suburban Hospital
Oak Park
A.C
Memorial day delivery shifts for seven community papers
All seven community newspapers will be delivered Thursday morning next week for Memorial Day instead of the usual Wednesday. News and advertising deadlines remain unchanged.
Summer Outlook Workshop in Shakespeare District
Edmund A. Brooks of the Mayor's Commission on Human Relations leads a 8 p.m. Tuesday workshop at St John Berchmans Church 2517 Logan on Chicago summers and city unrest. Cmdr John F. McInerney notes rising rights demonstrations while Capt Thomas P. Hayes outlines police preparedness and citizen guidance. Cmdr McInerney and Sgt William B. Howe will answer questions and two Shakespeare officers will receive the quarterly Jaycee's award for heroic service.
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Chicago
Edmund A. Brooks
Mayor’s Commission On Human Relations
Shakespeare District
St. John Berchman’s Church
Logan
Shakespeare
John F. McInerney
Brooks
Thomas P. Hayes
Police Department
Cmdr. McInerney
Wiliam B. Howe
Jaycee
Tiffin Theater to Telecast Indianapolis 500 Live
Tiffin Theater at 4055 North will show a live closed circuit telecast of the Indianapolis 500 Memorial Day May 30. Tickets are sold at the door. Despite many turbine powered cars leaving the race Ford seeks a third straight victory with Parnelli Jones failing to finish in 1967 due to gearbox trouble.
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Tiffin
Chicagoland
Indianaolis
Parnelli Jones
Ford
Jones
Marine Pvt Jack R Polly completes eight weeks recruit training
Marine Pvt. Jack R. Polly son of Mr and Mrs Floyd J Polly of 1112 N Christiana has graduated from eight weeks at the Marine Corps recruit depot in San Diego California He will undergo two to four weeks of individual combat training and then after leave at home report to his first Marine assignment
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Jack R. Polly
Floyd J. Polly
N. Christiana
Marine Corps Recruit Depot
San Diego
Calif
Marine Corps
Crawford Department Store Celebrates 50th Anniversary Sale
Alan Garber president of Crawford announces that the 50th anniversary sale will continue through Saturday May 25. The store at 4020 North will stay open Thursday and Friday nights. Sally Ruggiero Rosemary Dalesandro Barbara Ruggiero appear amid the shopping event.
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Alan Garber
Crawford Department Store
Garber
Crawford
4020 North
Sally Ruggiero
Rosemary Dalesandro
Barbara Ruggiero
Calls for Help in Cutting Children's Traffic Toll
Police Supt James B Conish Jr appeals for cooperation to reduce child traffic dangers as spring and warm weather bring more incidents. He notes Chicago saw 416 injured or killed under age 15 in March this year up from 268 in 1967 with three deaths.
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James B. Conish Jr
Conlisk
Kelvyn Park Med Student Wins 2 Awards
Kelvyn Park High School alumnus Charles D. Kanakis, a third year student at the University of Illinois College of Medicine Medical Center campus, won two awards. He received a Smith, Kline and French fellowship for foreign service study costs and the Phi Delta Epsilon award for scholarship leadership and service.
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Charles D. Kanakis
Charles Kanakis
N. Monticello
University of Illinois College of Medicine Medical Center
Kanakis
Medical Center
Phi Delta Epsilon
Kelvyn Park High School
Northwestern University
College of Medicine
Prep Employees To Honor Bosses At Luncheon
Hundreds of Chicago area businessmen dine with teenage workers at a noon luncheon May 24 in the Palmer House Grand Ballroom. The 1,600 attendees are students in Chicago Board of Education Cooperative Work-Training, earning more than 1 million by year end.
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Palmer House
Chicago
James F. Redmond
Arthur R. Lehne
Department of Vocational and Practical Arts Education
WVON
Lucky” Cordell
Presiding
John Craig
Austin
Crane
Farragut
Marshall
Orr
Tuley
Lesson Sermon Read Sunday in Christian Science Churches
The lesson sermon titled Soul and Body will be read Sunday in all Christian Science churches. It cites Acts language about living in him and moving in him and aims to reflect spiritual unity of soul and body. The weekly study reinforces doctrinal focus on divine reality over material sense.
ONC to Hold Senate Meeting at Area Church
The Organization of Northwest Communities will hold its regular senate meeting at 7 30 p m on May 28 at St Paul United Church of Christ 2255 N Keeler. First vice president Leonard Bannon announces votes on new projects and reports by committee chairs. Meetings are open to the public.
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Northwest Community Organization
NCO
Department of Urban Renewal Board
Civic Center
DUR
Community Conservation Council
CCC
East Humboldt Park Near Northwest Conservation Area
Daley
Total
Department of Urban Renewal
ONC
Area Church
Organization of Northwest Communities
St. Paul United Church of
Leonard Bannon
N. Harding
Senate
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Frost
Bicycle Institute of America
Nancy Lind
Northwest District
YMCA
Miss Lind
American Camping Association
Ymca of the
Braves Village
Elmwood Park
Franklin Park
Schiller Park
Harwood Heights
Melrose Park
River Grove
Logan Square
Fullerton
Irving Park
Mont Clare- Leyden
UT Medill
DAR
Mary Birren
John Biahut
Ronald Caronti
al Deal
Phil DeFilippo
Helen Glab
Jose Grau
John Irving
Marion Kaleth
Dan Lehner
Orlando Mercado
Christobal Pabon
Florence Panfil
Santos Perez
Lilian Roberts
Walter L. Sojka
Donald Stumpf
Adam Szmurlo
Augustine Toledo
Robert Carrasquillo
John Donalek
George Trofimuk
Norway
Humboldt
Hum
Boldt
Humboldt Park
Harald Hostmaler
Norwegian Counsulate
Willie
K.A
Massasoit
Division
37Th Ward Yard
Bob Constantine
Ward Office
Constantine
Bureau
Thomas A. McGloon
Minors Highway Commission
Ohio
Tiffin Theater
Sale
Franklin D. Sturdy
Citizens’ Traffic Safety Board
Kelvyn Park Med
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