Cahokia Downs promoter exits amid background questions
Cahokia Downs promoter Irwin Wiedrick stepped back after critics cited his felony past. Sportservice, Inc. took over concessions, with Louis Jacobs of Buffalo overseeing operations. The piece links Wiedrick to Chicago Downs stock and historic ties to Illinois politics and harness racing.
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Charles C. Stewart
Cahokia Downs
Michigan
Irwin S
Sam" Wiedrick
Chicago
Wiedrick
Sportservice, Inc
Cahokia Sportser
George Edward Day
Stelle
Schacior O'Neill
D-Alton
Louis M. Jacobs
Buffalo
Sportservice
Maywood Park
Maywood
Chicago Crime Commission
Chicago Downs Assa, Inc
Sportsman's Park
Cicero
Kefauver Senate
Chicago Downs
Illinois Harness Racing Commission
Auburn
N. Y
Maynod Park
Winois
Wiedvick
Fox Valley Trotting Club, Inc
Aurora Downs
Suburban Downs
Egyptian Downs
Paul Powell
Dvienna
House
Powell
Stelle Whie
Harness Commission
GOP
James McRoberts
East St. Louis
Republican State Central
O'Neill
Clem Nail
McRoberts
Harris
Fox Valley
Frontier Sports Enterprises, Inc
Frontier
Scotdale Rd
la Grange Park
Rochester
Rochester Baseball Club
Agnes N. Miles
Preihs
Marshall
Louis Jacobs and
Racial truce split rocks Cambridge Maryland business group
Levi B. Phillips Jr., head of the Dorchester Business and Citizens Association, resigned after directors voted to bring an equal accommodations amendment to a public vote and oppose its defeat. The group, with nearly 700 members, backed petitioning the amendment to a referendum as officials hoped it would take effect next month.
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Cambridge, Md
Washington
Levi B. Phillips Jr
Dorchester Business and Citizens Association
Calvin W. Mowbray
Phillips
Association
Segregation Opponents Call It Immoral In Testimony
Three religious leaders from Protestant Catholic and Jewish groups told Congress that segregation is immoral and that racial bias is blasphemy against God. Dr Eugene Blake urged immediate enactment of President Kennedy's civil rights program while Att Gen Kennedy defended the administration bill before Congress amid a charged session.
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Washington
Congress
Eugene Carson Blake
House Judiciary Subcommittee
Kennedy
Blake
United Presbyterian Church
Maryland
John F. Cronin
National Catholic Welfare Conference
Irwin M. Blank
Synagogue Council of America
Robert F. Kennedy
Senate Judiciary Committee
James O. Eastland
D-Miss
Erwin N. Griswold
U.S. Civil Rights Commission
Harvard Laws School
Senate Commerce Committee
Desegregation Moves Face Charleston Merchants
Sixty two Charleston merchants sign a pledge with Mayor Gaillard to desegregate stores and offer equal employment, rest rooms, fitting rooms, and other measures. Negro leaders demand full integration and warn of intensified demonstrations.
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Charleston
D.C
J. Palmer Gaillard
Kerner Aims Quick Illinois Fair Housing Law
Gov Otto Kerner says he intends to win a fair housing statute in Illinois faster than the fair employment practices act. He charges Republican legislators oppose his civil rights push, saying delays hinder progress on the housing measure.
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Kerner
Miami Beach
Fla
Otto Kerner
Illinois
Train Wreck Fatal To Two in Jersey City
A Hudson tube passenger train crashed into a parked diesel engine near Harrison Jersey City killing Mary Misiak about 30 and Quinton Villaneuva 63. Twenty-eight others were hospitalized with five admitted including two in critical condition.
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Harrison
N.J
Hudson Tube
Port Authority Trans Hudson
Mary Misiak
Jersey City
Quinton
Work Rules Delay Eyed In Congress Rail Debate
Senate leaders consider delaying action on a formal resolution urging railroads to stall new work rules. Democratic Leader Mansfield and Republican Leader Dirksen held off to gauge events while White House sources said railroads would hold rules for another month. House commerce panel pressed Kennedy’s plan for ICC review with 24 hour reply sought from Association of American Railroads president Loomis.
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Washington
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Columbia Broadcasting System
White House
Mansfield
Wayne Morse
D-Ore
Capitol
House Commerce Committee
Kennedy
Interstate Commerce Commission
Oren Harris
D-Ark
Harris
Daniel P. Loomis
Association of American Railroads
Loomis
W. Williard Wirtz
Lausche seeks REA interest rate hike bill
A bill from Senator Frank J. Lausche aims to raise Rural Electrification Administration loan interest to match the government borrowing cost. He cited odd REA finances such as funding a ski lodge in Illinois. Current REA loans to cooperatives carry 2 percent interest.
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Washington
Rural Electrification Administration
Frank J. Lausche
Ohio
Lausche
Ilinois
REA
Ward described payments for sex and whipping services
A slim, young prostitute testified in the vice trial of Dr. Stephen Ward that he collected money for her services including normal intercourse and whipping perverts. The witness, Vicky Barrett, 20, said the activities occurred in Ward's London apartment over about two and a half months in 1961.
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Stephen Ward
Ward
Vicky Barrett
Society Osteopath
London
White House denies Cape Cod birth plan
White House press secretary Pierre Salinger stated Mrs John F Kennedy plans to have her third child at Walter Reed Hospital in Washington with the baby due late next month He dismissed as untrue reports that a special suite was refurnished at Otis Air Force Base Hospital near Hyannis Port Massachusetts
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White House
Cape Cod
Washington
Pierre Salinger
John F. Kennedy
Walter Reed Hospital
Salinger
Otis Air Force Base Hospital
Hyannis Port
Mass
Py Showers For Southern Timeis Fair Weather
Partly cloudy through Thursday with a chance of isolated afternoon or nighttime thunder showers. Temperatures little changed with lows of 65 to 70 and highs 90 to 94. Weather details on page 18.
Rail unions oppose Kennedy plan to send dispute to ICC
H. E. Gilbert head of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen says five unions will oppose Kennedy rest resolution to refer the work rules dispute to the Interstate Commerce Commission. He warns of labor courts and will testify before the Senate Commerce Committee Friday.
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St. Louis
Kennedy
Interstate Commerce Commission
Railwupwecu
Grosager
State Commission
Gilbert
H. E. Gilbert
Senate Commerce Committee
Senate debates path for nuclear test ban treaty
U S officials presented a Moscow nearing draft to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee as Fulbright warned of possible action this session. Dirksen predicted lively debate and said opposition depends on the full provisions. Ratification requires a two thirds Senate vote before binding.
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Washington
Senate
U. S
Moscow
Dean Rusk
Disarmament Agency
William C. Foster
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
J. W. Fulbright
D-Ark
Everett M. Dirksen
Winds
United States
Nikita Still Seeks No War Pact Delay Yet on Test Ban
Moscow July 24 AP After a day of talks the nuclear test ban treaty nears completion and may start Thursday. Disputed points centered on a nonaggression pact desired by the Russians but rejected by the British and Americans. Khrushchev hinted a radical turn toward a better climate could follow signing the pact or the test ban. Western observers think the deal may hinge on Western concessions on nonaggression.
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Moscow
Khrushchev
Tass
NATO
Addis Ababa
Spiridonovka
Foreign Ministry
U. S
W. Averell Harriman
Britain
Lord Hailsham
Andrei A. Gromyko
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