Tremendous response to blood donor appeal for hemophilia
Charles Corrigan of the Midwest chapter of the National Hemophilia Foundation praised a Southtown Economist appeal that drew wide support from officials and citizens. politicians like Emmet Byrne and Alderman John Egan joined blood drives, Mayor Daley proclaimed Hemophilia Week, and baseball figures including Rigney offered free seats and autographed balls for affected children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southtown Economist
Charles Corrigan
S. Wood Sr
Midwest
National Hemophilia Foundation
Corrigan
Economist
O’brien
S. Bell Lave
United States
Emmet Byrne
Doc’ O’brien
John Egan
13Th Ward
Byrne
Egan
Beverly
Rigney
White Sox
Chicago
Baltimore
Sox
CBI Vets Plan Ohio Convention
The 11th annual China-Burma-India Veterans reunion invites veterans who served on the Burma Road. Public relations officer Dante J. Barcella announced the meeting August 14-16 at the Sheraton-Gibson hotel in Cincinnati Ohio. Reservations to National Adjutant Eugene R. Brauer P O Box 1848 Milwaukee Wisconsin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burma Road
Dante J. Barcella
S. South Park Are
Sheraton - Gibson Hotel
Cincinnati
Eugene R. Brauer
P.O. Box
Milwaukee
Wis
South Chicago group seeks renewal for urban area plan
The South Chicago Community Council schedules a 7:30 p.m. mass meeting at Our Lady of Guadalupe hall to rally support for converting their area east of the railroad tracks between E 87th and 93rd streets into an urban renewal conservation zone. If approved, loans for home modernization and possible land clearance or federal mortgage insurance may follow. Matthew Hartigan will present conservation plans as residents from surrounding neighborhoods attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Chicago
Bessemer Park
E. 79Th St
Gaudette
Einar Johnson
Sidney A. Jones, Jr
Kenneth E. Campbell
SouthwPrk
Cottage Grove
Board of Fiocal Improvements
Johnson
House of Brangh
S. South Park Ave
Paul E. Turner
Daley
Citizens Committee For
Chicago
Judith Kolokoff
S. Langley Ave
Penny for Your Thoughts on Pampered Women in Burnham
In Burnham area interviews domestic relations experts spar with public opinion on whether women are pampered. Respondents from housewives to professionals praise labor saving appliances while noting varied degrees of independence and support from husbands and families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burnham
Louis Nisivaco
Louis Yeally
Nisivaco
Bill Sweeney
Margaret Hind
South Shore Chamber Set for Tuesday Meeting
South Shore Chamber of Commerce will meet at noon Tuesday at the Country Club hotel 6930 South Shore Drive. President J Henry Aronson says a committee to interview executive secretary candidates will report recommendations with members Walter Meyers Bernard Epton Seymour Seder Phyllis Kerstein and Bernard Durbin. The committee will also finalize plans for the annual chamber golf outing held the following Wednesday July 9 at the Southmoor Courts club. Tickets available by telephone in Saginaw or South Shore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Shore Chamber of Commerce
Country Club
South Shore
J. Henry Aronson
Walter Meyers
Bernard Epton
Seymour Seder
Phyllis Kerstein
Bernard Durbin Durbin
Chamber
Southmoor Courts Club
Willan Fuller
Saginaw
Residents oppose widening S St Lawrence Ave protests grow
Southeast Chicago groups push to block an ordinance to widen S St Lawrence Ave between 61st and 95th streets to a through street. Community councils seek 1,000 signatures to kill the measure while aldermen discuss paving with fuel funds and local protests continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. St. Lawrence Ave
E. 61St
95Th Sts
Chatham-Avalon Park Community Council
Park Manor Neighbors
West Woodlawn Conservation Area
Chesterfield Community Council
Thomas Gaudette
Chatham- Avalon
Gaudette
Indiana Ave
St. Lawrence Ave
Jackson Park Hospital Event Honors Nurse Alumnae
The Jackson Park Hospital Nurse Alumnae association hosts an open house for members at the hospital Friday and Saturday. A dinner dance will follow at the Shoreland Hotel coordinated by Nurse I Haines located at 1605 E 72nd St.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson Park Hospital
Shoreland Hotel
Haines
72Nd St
Rev Martin L King To Talk At Area Presbyterian Church
The Rev Dr Martin Luther King will address First Presbyterian church parishioners Tuesday in observance of the churchs 125th anniversary. The church at 6400 S Kimbark Ave is Chicago s oldest organized Protestant church and hosts a week of events led by co pastors Ulysses B Blakely and Charles T Leber Jr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin Luther King
First Presbyterian Church
S. Kimbark Ave
Chicago
Ulysses B Blakely
Charles T. Leber Jr
Church Federation of Greater Chic
Shoreland Hotel
S. South Shore Dr
Jeremiah Porter
Fort Dearborn
N Clark
W Lake St
Chicago Free
21St St
S. Indiana Ave
Woodlawn Park Presbyterian Church
Woodlawn Church
Harold L. Bowman
Start Construction of South Deering Church
Ground breaking ceremonies for the new South Deering Methodist church were held recently. The church will be located at E. 106th St and S. Beasley Ave and will cost approximately $75,000. The Rev. John H. Hager, superintendent of the Chicago Home Missionary Society, addressed the group. The congregation will meet in the Trumbull Park Fieldhouse, E. 104th St and St Beasley Ave, until construction is completed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New South Deering Methodist Church
E. 106Th St
S. Beasley Ave
John H. Hager
Chicago Home Missionary Society
Trumbull Park
E. 104Th St
St Beasley
Seek Law to Make Parents Liable for Juvenile Delinquency
East Side civic groups plan to urge Illinois lawmakers to introduce a bill holding parents responsible for their children's delinquent acts. Youth officer Edward Prendergast urged action to empower police and curb vandalism amid a wave of juvenile crime. he cited the absence of a parent responsibility law in Illinois and noted East Side has Chicago’s lowest area crime rate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Side
Acker
East Side Civic League
East Side Businessmen’s Association and
Civic Improvements
East Side Lions
Illinois
Edward Prendergast
Civic League
Hoover
FBI
Sacety
Prendergast
The
Tlinois
Chicago
Boer War Vet Receives Scout Silver Beaver Award
Robert Fraser 79, a Boer War veteran and retired civil engineer, was honored by the Chicago Scout Council for the Silver Beaver award. More than 1,090 people gathered as Fraser, a longtime Scout leader in England and the United States, was cited along with several other area recipients.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Fraser
Robert Baden-Powell
Fraser
Greenwood Ave
Chicago
South Shore
England
United States
Saul Bloch
Robert Fairfax
E. 133Rd
William A. Harris
Avenue G
Cleo McPherson
S. Harper Ave
Orville Ross
Michigan Ave
Victor Yamakawa
S. Berkeley
Lake Calumet harbor development to boost Southeast Chicago
Lake Calumet harbor projects will inject 18 million dollars into Southeast Chicago’s labor market. Groundbreaking for a 20 million dollar truck terminal and commercial center is set for August 1. The Chicago Regional Port District may issue 25 million dollars in bonds for a second phase. Pisco cited long term growth, with up to 32,000 port workers and 32,000 additional industrial jobs by 1970 to 1975, and a regional impact over 200 miles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Calumet Harbor
Chicago
James Pisco
Pisco
Young Christian Workers Group
Our Lady of Guadalupe Church
Lake Calumet
E. 111Th
130Th Sts
Calumet Expressway
Mississippi Valley
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Chuck Corrigan
CBI Vets Plan
Ohio
Stillwell
Chenault
Ans
J. H. Gerway
North Side
Gernay
Mike Ciger
Hazelcrest
South Shore Chamber
Marine Reserve
Stanley Shapiro
Philip
Marine Reserves
Joseph Shapiro
S. Essex Ave
South Shore High School
Martin L. King
Area Presbyterian Church
S. Wabash Are
E. Congress Pkwy
Deering
Harry P. Acker
S. Ewing Ave
Happy
Thistle
Jane Lynne Lezak
Robert
Southside
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