Governor Tightens Ban on Bookmaking at Illinois Tracks
Editorial argues Governor Kerner will enforce the law banning bookmaking at harness and thoroughbred races across Illinois. It notes a raid on Sportsman's Park yielding $23,000 and 15 arrests, cites pari mutuel legality, and warns enforcement will reduce state revenue and funding for horse-breed improvement and fair premiums.
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Otto Kerner
Illinois
Sportsman's Park
Chicago
Kerner
Retraining For Jobs Under MDTA Aims For 1964 Funding
A Washington Post analysis notes the Labor Department report on MDTA retraining in 1963. Over 1,500 projects were approved in 49 states plus DC and territories, targeting about 68,000 people. About 70 percent of MDTA graduates who completed courses last year found employment. Proposals seek to delay matching funds, lower youth training age to 16, and add literacy and basic skill instruction with a $100 million 1964 appropriation.
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Labor Department
Congress
District of Columbia
Puerto Rico
Virgin Islands
Million Quid For Boardwalk Million Quid For Boardwalk
ADMIRATION may not be the word most people would use to describe their feelings about the spectacular mail train robbers of Great Britain. The piece notes a dramatic £7 million maneuver and suggests they paused to play Monopoly with real currency, a fantastical detail that heightens the sensational tone.
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Great Britain
Norway’s Labor Party Falls Over Mine Safety Disaster
A no confidence vote ousts Premier Einar Gerhardsen after 28 years in power as Norway’s coalition forms under John Lyng. The crisis centers on failed safety directives in Spitzbergen coal mines where multiple blasts killed hundreds. The narrow coalition support signals an unsettled government amid a troubled postwar era.
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Pennsylvania
Atlantic
Norway
Labor Party
Einar Gerhardsen
Olav V
Wegian Conservative
Second Look at Barry Goldwater’s Public Image Shifts
The passage contrasts Morning Office familiarity with barry goldwater nickname and a later sense of obscurity after a demanding day, likening his status to an Arizona senator’s waning prominence. The tone suggests fluctuating public recognition and political perception.
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Barry Goldwater
Arizona
Paper Dragon Turned Real in South Vietnam Power Behind the Throne
Dave Felts notes Mrs Nhu as the Dragon Lady shaping South Vietnam's regime while Ngo Dinh Diem, a bachelor, is her brother in law. The column also mentions Terry and the Pirates inspiration, Vincent Starrett on Ben Hecht, and reflections on travel, culture, and aging Americans seeking meaning in a changing world.
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Ngo Dinh Nhu
South Vietnam
Ngo Dinh Diem
Nhu
Dragon Lady
Terry and the Pirates
New York Times
Perry and the
Mme
Chiang Kaishek
Chicago ‘Tribune
Terry
Caniff
Steve Canyon
Illinois Native Zeckendorf May Prop Up Trembling Realty Empire
Zeckendorf, head of Webb and Knapp, faces a shaken empire with debts near 67 million and recent auctions totaling 2.6 million. He plans to sell 100 to 150 million in property to cover obligations, including a 75 million NY Philadelphia portfolio, after losses in 1962 and a broader bid to realize cash while preserving his cultural and city development projects.
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Zeckendorf
William Zeckendorf
Webb and Knapp
Paris
Ill
Illinois
United Nations
Chrysler
New York
Wall Street
Philadelphia
Webb and Knapp Inc
Canada
Surplus Dinars Aid For Destruction City Skopje Relief
Freemans Earthquake Offer of 50 million U.S. dinars to Yugoslavia’s President Tito aims at Skopje reconstruction after July quake. Half is a gift and half a loan, with use of surplus U.S. wheat for dinars used as trade. Widespread homelessness, thousands dead or injured, aid mobilized by U.S. and Red Cross with medical supplies and blankets flowing in.
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Orville L. Freeman
Europe
Khrushchev
Freeman
Yugoslavia
Tito
U.S
Skopje
United States
Marshal Tilo
Kennedy
Defense
Robert §. McNamara
U.S. Army
Frank M. Coffin
Agency For International Development
State Department
Herbert Waters
Red Cross
Air Force
Coffin
Charles Potts
U. S
Oppose The Moscow Treaty Against National Interest
Don Johnson from Pinckneyville argues against the Moscow Treaty, contending it risks national autonomy and could aid Soviet strategic aims. He accuses Kennedy and Khrushchev of political manipulation, warns of potential weakness and surrender, and urges Senate opposition to avoid national peril.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Khruschev
United States Senate
Don Johnson
Pinckneyville
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