Audience questions on civic issues answered by Willing Willie
Readers ask about a missing fire hydrant cover near a home and freezing risks. John Lee of the water distribution bureau says the hydrant cap protects against debris and will be replaced. mains unlikely to be frozen. Other letters discuss Mozart Park parking and Atlantis origins per Funk and Wagnall encyclopedia.
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Willie
Community Publications
Chicago Ave
Chicago
Fli
C.M
T John Lee
Water Distribution Bureau
Lee
Funk and Wagnall
Straits of Gibraltar
Voltaire
Plato
Seek Performers For Park Musical
Casting for the Chicago premiere of the musical It’s a Bird It’s a Plane It’s Superman begins at 7 30 p m Dec 5 at Blackhawk Park 2318 N Lavergne All area residents are invited to audition Ira Rasof park drama instructor directs Jean Fardulli former Lyre Opera baritone is musical director Performances scheduled for February March Cast includes actors singers and dancers For information call 237 3877.
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Chicago
Blackhawk Park
N. Lavergne
Birdie
Golden Boy
Ira Rasof
Park
Jean Fardulli
The
Lyre Opera
Board Grants Race Count and Bus Plan for Schools
The board released a racial head count showing Austin High near 50 percent Black and district gains in colored populations. It approved bussing about 130 May and Spencer students to Northwest Side schools to meet a 534 quota, and discussed a planned 12 room demountable unit at Emmet to ease overcrowding. Parents and critics argued busing is a stopgap. some urge moving Emmet pupils to further north schools with space.
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Board of Education
Spencer
Northwest Side
Emmet School
Austin High School
Orr High School
James Redmond
May and Spencer
Redmond
Emmet
Fulton and Central
Justin McCarthy
Organization For A Better Austin
TB in Chicago 1967 Active Cases and Deaths Report
The report traces 1967 TB activity in Chicago with 733 active cases among whites and non whites, 1967 deaths total 196, and 45 plus age group accounting for 49 percent of new cases. Males dominate both cases and deaths, with 75 percent of deaths in men and 147 over 45. The city’s case rate rises to 56 per 100 000.
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Hermosa
Belmont-Cragin
Chicago
Gangler Denies Firing Still Ward Committeeman
Harold Gangler repudiates a metro columnist claim he was ousted as 31st ward Republican committeeman. He confirms he remains in office though he left the county treasurer’s staff to focus on his real estate and insurance business.
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Gangler
Ward
Harold Gangler
31St Ward
Cook County
Edmund J. Kucharski
Kucharski
N. Harding
GOP
Northwest
Lions celebrate long service during Northwest party
Nelson and Erwin Kundl, immediate past governor of District 1A Lions International, presided as master of ceremonies. The event drew over 150 Lions, ladies, and dignitaries to the party with awards marking 45 years of service.
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Nelson
Erwin Kundl
Lions International
Calf Engstrom
Walther Memorial Auxiliary Installs New Officers
Newly elected officers of the Walther Memorial Hospital auxiliary will be installed today at 1 15 p m in Seidel Hall. Officers begin terms in January for two years and include President Mrs Elmer Dettbarn and Treasurer Mrs Charles Raffey with several vice presidents and secretaries named.
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Walther Memorial Hospital
N. Kedzie
Seidel Hall
Elmer Dettbarn
N. Hamlin
James Beasley
N. Glenwood
Rosalie Gona
Augusta
Edward Friese
N. Leavitt
Ludwig Niebling
S. Homan
Harvey Conine
Granville
Charles Raffey
Thomas
Rudolph Brauer
McAlpine
Thomas Brown
N. Knox
William Nelson
N. Richmond
Alamo Schaeffer
N. Odell
Northwest Lions Ladies Night to Hear Adventurer Landt
The Northwest Lions Club of Nor mennenes hosts Ladies Night at 7 p m on November 26 at 2414 N Kedzie. Guest speaker George A Landt of the Adventurers Club will share his color slide account of native life in New Guinea and a tribe induction during stone age ceremonies.
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Northwest Lion Club
Normennenes Club
N. Kedzie
George A. Landt
Adventurers Club
Landt
New Guinea
Borneo
Australia
Highlands
Services Today For Wife of CP Ad Head
Mass will be said at Mary Seat of Wisdom church Park Ridge for Mrs Claire M Koch wife of Sherling P Koch. Visitation at Ryan Park Funeral Home Park Ridge until 9 30 a m Interment in AH Saints cemetery. Mrs Koch died Sunday after illness. She was in the payroll department of the Chicago Transit Authority and lived in Park Ridge with her husband. She leaves four sisters Lacey Wilke Julia Eaves Martha O Connor and Louise Thau.
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Mary Seat of Wisdom Church
Park Ridge
Claire M. Koch
Ryan Park
S. Northwest Highway
AH Saints
Koch
Chicago Transit Authority
Resurrection
Sherling P
Dr Martin vows firm stance against dissidents at Austin High
Dr Dorothy Martin Austin High principal appeals to parents to support strict rules and discipline. She cites board policies and Superintendent Redmond on truancy, behavior disruption, and possible expulsion to maintain order and protect student education.
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Dorothy Martin
Austin
Martin
Board of Education
Chicago Board of Education
General Superintendent of Schools
James F. Redmond
Juvenile Court
Circuit Court
Chicago
Austin High School
Thursday Delivery Shifts for All Seven Community Newspapers
All seven Community newspapers will be delivered Thanksgiving morning Thursday instead of Wednesday. News and advertising deadlines remain unchanged.
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Orr’s
Sandy Bosnyak
N. Keeler
Cathy Robertson
N. Keystone
Sandy
Mozart Park
Armitage
D.G
Sheldon Wexler
Island of
Atlantis
W. D
Board
Boldt Park
East
West
Garfield Park
Logan Square
West Garfield Park
Northwest Lions
Northwest Lions Club
John Nelson
Capitol Bank
Robert Uplinger
Uwesewrtawa
CP Ad
Orn Atstrv
Wasa Nueva
Robert M. Parise
Rocco M. Parise
Cortez
10Th Artillery
Germany
Spec. Parise
Dr. Martin
Commerce
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