12 Jul 1956
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Newspaper
Southeast Economist
Location
Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1956
Page
1
Interviews across South Shore Roseland and Chicago weigh the impact of a proposed litter fine. Housewife critics say enforcement will fail due to understaffed police and habitual littering. Supporters expect fines to deter careless disposal and encourage care.
Searchers dragged Lake Michigan near E 100th Street for Irvis Allen 18 of Normal Avenue 103rd Street after he drowned while swimming with two friends about 600 feet from shore. Lifeguards and Coast Guard aided the boat escapees and intensified the hunt with Indiana diver planned if the body remains missing.
Five South Chicago children escaped with minor bruises after a school bus carrying 43 from South Chicago Community Center day camp collided with a passenger car on Route 83 near Addison, Illinois. Emergency treatment at Memorial Hospital of DuPage County, Elmhurst, and release followed for Joseph Camarillo, Irene Camacho, Michael Taxia, Salvator Arana, and Linda Burrows.
More than 100 former workers and attendees from the Southeast side and city celebrate the 83ers annual picnic at Jackson park site of the 1893 fair. Veterans include Alta Gookins 75 and Stuart Maynard 77 who once served as a telegram messenger and guard. The crowd wore gowns and plumed hats recalling the era with Mrs. Gookins in a white dress tracing her Hyde Park High 1900 graduation. Continued on Page 2.
Chicago officials weigh alternative sites for the 34 million Exposition hall with an eye toward citywide development. Citizens Committee chair Joseph Pois urged the Chicago Plan Commission to review feasible locations beyond the lakefront as Rex Bates questioned financing viability of a lakefront site.
Williams College professor Frederick L. Schuman told a University of Chicago audience that American society is more successful in income distribution than the Soviet system though the Soviet economy shows efficiency through turnover taxes and price systems. He noted Soviet life is more unequal in income but improving, with a growing middle class and new aristocracy while many remain well housed and fed, yet politics and party loyalty influence advancement.
Southeast area commuters opposing the Illinois Central fare hike wait two months to organize. The Interstate and Illinois Commerce Commissions hearing was postponed to September 26. IC argues higher costs and labor pressures justify a 36 percent fare increase, potentially boosting annual revenue by about three million while predicting a loss of riders. The Illinois Central Commuters Association faces a $20,000 fund drive for lawyers and experts.
The article explains Friday the 13th as a day feared by many and linked to luck, forecasting misfortune for fate. It notes Friday’s ancient worship of Freya and the long superstition around the number 13, including the Last Supper story of Christ and the apostles.
Three workers from the James Stewart Company died after a scaffold failed at the Lake Calumet Harbor improvement site in Chicago. Albert Sabbatini 24 Arthur McKay 21 and Gonzalo Campos 21 were on a 133 foot scaffold above a grain elevator under construction at 12880 S Doty Ave. The elevator, part of a two 614 million bushel storage project, stands at the harbor’s southwest end.
Patrolman John Faulkner of the Prairie avenue station arrested James Henry after Henry threw lye at James Johnson. Faulkner fired five shots to stop Henry who hid under a car near E63rd and Kenwood. Johnson received hospital treatment. eye impact of the burns is undetermined.
Southeast auto and furniture dealers back a city bill to close all retail shops on Sundays except essentials like gasoline milk and emergency goods. Alderman Weber leads the bill with a Tourek committee hearing. Chicago furniture and auto groups cite tradition social impact and competitive pressure.
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