Residents split on pay television in city survey
In the Chatham area, residents weigh whether subscription TV would improve access to first run movies Broadway shows and sports. Some think pay TV could elevate quality and widen access while others distrust the concept calling it a gimmick or a distraction from existing viewing options.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Spinelli
South Shore Valley
Frank
Spinelli
Shirley Karczewski
East Side
Shirley
Karczewski
John de Graff
Chesterfield
Ground Breaks for Y Pool as Campaign Raises Funds
An anonymous donor pledges 15000 to finish a $55000 Chatham YMCA pool fund. Frank Hagerty notes over 32000 raised so far with 7500 from teens and girls clubs led by Wendy Debibe and Christi. Dukes and Panther Hi-Ys top boys boosters. Ground breaking ceremony pictured with local youths and volunteers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chatham
Frank Hagerty
Hagerty
Wendy, Debibe
Christi
Tri-Hi-Ys
The
Dukes
Panther Hi-Ys
YMCA
Jack Borok
Dorchester Ave
David Studer
Rhodes Ave
Bob Grybash
E. 82Nd St
Bill Schroeder
E. 83Rd St
Parents See Teens Dance At Calumet Event
Southeast area parents and adults are invited to the Calumet Region Youth council second annual Spring dance in Madura's Danceland Whiting Ind at 8 pm Saturday April 19 Music by Gary Mather and his orchestra Last year over 100 parents attended and approved of the evening The council meets Sundays at Pope Pius XII center E 112th St and S Avenue G Funds from events fund teen clubs in the Calumet region New officers include Bill Werner Norma Caputo Denise Fitzgerald Diane Caporale and Mary Razmus
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madura
Danceland
Whiting
Ind
Gary Mather
John Scanlon
Mary Jo Barton
Frances Simunic
Tony Lowery
Pat Starcevich
Pat Kral
Cathy Janowski
Mary Ellen Fitzgerald
Karen O'Keefe
Betty Ragin
Sharon Carney
Calumet Region
Bill Werner
St. Kevin's Socialites
Norma Caputo
East Side
Debs
Denise Fitzgerald
St. Kevin’s Socialites
Diane Caporale
Annunciata Starlighters
Mary Razmus
The
Falcons
Car Dealers Rally to Boost Business With 9 Day Campaign
Car dealers across Southtown and the Chicago metro area launched the You Auto Buy Now drive to spur sales of new and used cars. The plan, modeled after a Cleveland boom, aims to revive demand and recall workers by stimulating commerce through aggressive advertising and promotions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southtown
Chicago
Cleveland
William G. Power
Chevrolet
General Motors Corporation
Medinah Temple
Power
Montana
Massachusetts
Minnesota
Toledo
Walker Williams
Ford Motor Company
Edward Cole
General Motors
Roy Abernethy
American Motors
S. A. Skillman
Two Lines Plan Lake Calumet To Caribbean Service
Proposals for new steamship service between Lake Calumet harbor and the north coast of South America and Caribbean ports have been filed with the Federal Maritime Board. Ahlmann Transcaribbean Line Inc and Michigan Ocean Line expect sailings about every 10 days, per Carl W Grothendieck of Midwest Steamship Agency Inc, agents for the lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Calumet Harbor
South America
Caribbean
Ahlmann Transcaribbean Line Inc
Michigan Ocean Line
Federal Maritime Board
Carl W
Grothendieck
Midwest Steamship Agency Inc
Festival features Martha Schlamme at Rodfer Zedek club event
Folk singer Martha Schlamme and the Halevi Choral Society will perform at the third annual festival sponsored by the Men's Club of Congregation Rodfer Zedek. The concert is Sunday April 20 at 7 30 p m in the synagogue auditorium at 5200 S Hyde Park Blvd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Schlamme
Halevi Choral Society
Men’s Club
Congregation
Rodfer Zedek
Synagogue Audittorium
S. Hyde Park Blvd
Chicago plans for home boom in South Chicago
Community leaders warned that land clearance may be needed to prepare for a wave of residents tied to Lake Calumet harbor, Cal-Sag channel, and St. Lawrence Seaway development. They forecast 95,000 port jobs, pressed for low cost rental housing, and discussed land clearance or urban renewal as possible solutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Bessemer Park
Lake Calumet Harbor
Cal-Sag Channel
St. Lawrence Seaway
Albert Towers
Cook County Industrial Union Council
Towers
South
Jack Cornelius
People’s Gas, Light and Coke Company
Cornelius Builders
James Hackett
Uniformed Police
Police Department
Dinner Dance Held by Agudath Achim Sisterhood
The Sean Dinner Dance Fundraiser by Agudath Achim Sisterhood occurs at 5 30 p m on Sunday April 20 in the Crystal Ballroom Shoreland hotel 5454 South Shore dr Benny Shaw and his orchestra will provide music In the pictured arrangements committee Mrs Nathan Waldman dinner dance chairman Mrs Albert Isaacson president of the sisterhood and other officers live on South Side addresses.
Alderman Pushes Wider CTA Park Ride Plan
Alderman Einar Johnson urged expanding the Chicago Transit Authority park and ride garages beyond outlying stations. He pressed for an integrated Chicago area mass transit plan, coordinating rail and road systems, and extending facilities beyond downtown to meet future needs. The CTA proposal includes a terminal at E 108th Street and South Doty Ave serving the Calumet, Kingery, and South expressways.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Transit Authority
Ald
Einar Johnson
City Council
Local Transportation Committee
CTA
Ira J. Bach
City Planning
Virgil E
Chicago
E 108Rd St
S. Dotyave
Airplane Jewel Theft Nets 18-Month Sentence
Armand Cohen 29 of 8948 S Phillips Ave received 18 months in prison for taking part in the theft of jewels worth 110000 from an American Airlines plane at Midway Airport on February 6. Three accomplices were also sentenced in U S District Court. Loot valued at 38000 remains missing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armand Cohen
S. Phillips Ave
American Airlines
Midway Airport
U.S
Two-State Skyway openings planned with ceremonies
Calumet Skyway to open Wednesday April 16 with two ceremonies in Chicago and Indiana. Officials including Mayor Daley and Gov Handley will speak at the toll plaza and a ribbon cutting may occur at the joint point near EF 106th Street. A luncheon follows the toll plaza ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Indiana
Calumet Skyway
106Th St
S. State Line Rd
Indianapolis
Richard J. Daley
Harold W. Handley
Southeast
Indiana Toll Road
E. 88Th St
88Th St
Daley
Shoreland Hotel
South Shore Dr
Raymond F. Coleman
S. Anthony Ave
Coleman
Mayor Daley
Skyway
Terrence Doherty
S. Peoria St
Department of Public Works
Doherty
Toll Plaza
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Chatham Area
Harry G. Ham
Cohen
Chatham Ymca
Stimu
Arche Club
Thaddeus Hamilton
Villanova
Jade Ball
Arche’s Club
South Shore
Hamilton
Wade Reece
C. R. Kirk
Wisconsin
Southtown Economist
Hudson
Southeast Economist Bayport
Sean
Albert Isaacson
S. Oglesby Ave
Sisterhood
Herbert Schultz
S. Yates
Ad Book
Walter Fineberg
S. Oglesby
S. E. Manewith
Ways and Means
Agudath Achim Sisterhood
Spring Symphony
Leo Mothers’ Club
George Hallenbeck
S. Wood St
Arthur Merrick
S. Harper Ave
James Loftus
S. Merrill Ave
Don Hennessy, Sr
S. East End Ave
Robert T. Hattendorf
S. Hamilton Ave
Dennis J. McSweeney
W. 117Th Si
Jack Budd
Economist
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