Loyola News: "Overflow Crowd Hears Merriam, Daley: Candidates Discuss Issues in Chicago Mayor Campaign"
Item
Title
Loyola News: "Overflow Crowd Hears Merriam, Daley: Candidates Discuss Issues in Chicago Mayor Campaign"
Description
Item 1: This article by Ray Voros, LT News Editor, covered a discussion that took place at the Loyola School of Law, sponsored by the Historical Society and Alpha Kappa Psi fraternity on March 10, 1955 between Chicago mayoral candidates Republican Robert E. Merriam and Democrat Richard J. Daley. The crowd of students attending overflowed from the room. The article describes each candidate's stances and goals. Daley would become mayor of Chicago for many years.
Item 2: This photo is also on the first page of this issue of the Loyola News. Above the backs of students' heads in the audience, both candidates are visible. Daley is seated, along with the moderator, Don Gralen, while Merriam stands at the podium.
Item 2: This photo is also on the first page of this issue of the Loyola News. Above the backs of students' heads in the audience, both candidates are visible. Daley is seated, along with the moderator, Don Gralen, while Merriam stands at the podium.
Date, date span, or circa acceptable
03/17/55
File name
Loyola News, Vol. XXXIV #17, 03/17/55, pg. 1 , "Overflow Crowd Hears Merriam, Daley: Candidates Discuss Issues in Chicago Mayor Campaign"
Sources archive, University Archives and Special Collections or Women and Leadership Archives
University Archives and Special Collections
Source
University Archives and Special Collections, Loyola News, Vol. XXXIV #17, 03/17/55, pg. 1
Subject
Loyola University Chicago
Chicago
Politics
Rights
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