Concession Firm Ties to Cahokia Downs Power Players
Lois M. Jacobs, president of Sportservice, becomes a major Cahokia Downs stockholder through Cahokia Sportservice Inc. The article traces Jacobs’ path from initial investment to key holdings, notes the involvement of Wiedrick’s ouster, and outlines Sportservice operations, alleged hoodlum ties, vending machines, and calls for state screening of track employees. The piece also details Sportservice’s corporate web with Emprise Corp., High Park Corp., and related entities, plus broader ties to Maywood Park and Consolidated Bowling Corp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles C. Stewart
Lois M. Jacobs
Cahokia Downs
Tie
Sportservice
Tne
Buffalo
N.Y
Cahokia Sportservice, Inc
Jacobs
Irwin
Sam” Wiedrick
Wiedrick
Michigan
Cahokia Downs Land Trust
Jacob Bunner
Springfield
Louis M. Jacobs
Land Trust
Frank“Buster
Wortman
Cahokia Sportservice
James Hines
Edward
Ted
Buster
Hines Vending Co
Hines
Fairmount Park Race Track
East St. Louis
Collinsville
Racing Board
Paul Simon
William S. Miller
Ottawa
The
Cahokia
Bewas
Maywood Park
Maywood
Chicago
Wiedvick
Sportservice, Inc
Emprise Corp
Mair St
N. C
Emprise
High Park Corp
Louis Jacobs
Eggartsville
N. Y
High Park
C. H. Chamberlain
Consolidated Bowling Corp
U. S
Court Bars Strike Against IC Railroad
In Chicago on July 25 AP reports U S District Judge Joseph Sam Perry barred a noon Thursday strike against Illinois Central Railroad. The injunction, issued at the railroad’s request, blocks four unions in East St Louis over a plan moving crews to a new location three miles from the current terminal. The order lasts ten days with a hearing set for August 1. IC warns a walkout would idle virtually all 23,000 employees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Illinois Central Railroad
U. S. District Court
Joseph Sam Perry
East St. Louis
Sam Vander Hei
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Perry
iAug. 1
Iinto
Water Spout Strikes Gulf Near Pensacola
A cone of water a half mile high whipped from the Gulf of Mexico and carved a two mile path through a lagoon near Pensacola Florida on July 25. It ripped up fishing boats demolished pleasure craft and stranded at least nine people though no injuries were reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pensacola
Fla
Gulf of Mexico
West Russians Agree Test Ban OK'd
A partial nuclear test ban agreement was announced today and will be signed in Moscow next week by foreign ministers of Britain the Soviet Union and the United States. Harriman said the treaty bans tests in the air outer space and underwater. The signing set for Secretary of State Dean Rusk British Foreign Secretary Lord Home and Andrei Gromyko hailed the accord.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Y. Averell Harriman
Moscow
Britain
Soviet Union
United States
U. S
Lord Hailgham
Andrei Gromyko
Harriman
Dean Rusk
Lord Home
Partial test ban agreement signed by three powers
Mostly fair for Southern Illinois. Weather outlook. high near 90 Friday. The three spokesmen announced a treaty action after a three hour meeting at Spiridonovka Palace. Gromyko and Harriman spoke of a basis for further steps and a beginning of many good things. The pact limits air and underwater testing and allows withdrawal with 60 days notice if violations are suspected. Underground testing is excluded due to lack of safeguards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gromyko
Cere
Foreign Ministry
Spiridonovka Palace
Harriman
Hailsham
Khrushchev
Geneva
Hans
Nixon warns Berlin against Soviet mellowness in test ban talks
Former Vice President Richard Nixon warned in Berlin that Khrushchev's mellowed image is dangerous illusion. He urged scrutiny of East Berlin and Budapest, saying East Germany is the tightest police state and calling for more freedom in Communist nations to prove any relaxation toward ending the cold war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard M. Nixon
Khrushchev
Nixon
East Berlin
Budapest
Iron Curtain
East Germany
East Bloc
Latin America
Ministers Arrested at Brooklyn Hospital Site in Civil Rights Protest
Twenty four ministers and four others were arrested at a Brooklyn hospital construction site amid protests over job discrimination. Police have now made over 500 arrests since July 10 as demonstrators demand 25 percent of construction jobs for Negroes and Puerto Ricans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Brooklyn
New York City
Manhattan
Revenue Aide Held In Bribe Case In Chicago
State's attorney reported police arrested Silas L. Taggert a 48 year old sales tax auditor from Des Plaines in Chicago on July 25 as he accepted $800 described as a bribe. Ward said crowds gathered near a South Side white neighborhood home later sold to a Negro family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Silas L. Taggert
Des Plaines
State of Sinois
Daniel P. Ward
Railroads Delay New Work Rules Posting
Washington July 25 AP reports railroads agreed to a 30 day postponement of posting manpower trimming work rules to avoid a nationwide strike. Daniel Loomis AA RR president said changes won’t take effect until Aug 29 1963 and Congress may refer the dispute to the Interstate Commerce Commission. The delay was requested by House and Senate committees and praised as a prudent pause to let Congress act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Daniel P. Loomis
Association of American Railroads
House Commerce Committee
Loomis
Congress
Kennedy
Interstate Comerce Commission
House
Senate
Congress of
United States
American Railways
Senate Commerce
J. E. Wolfe
National Railway Conference
House Committee
Oren Harris
D-Ark
Harris
John Q. Pastore
D-R. J
Senate Commerce Committee
W. Willard Wirtz
Wolfe
Rail Union
Louis
CAPA
Brotherhoods
I. E. Gilbert
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Interstate Commerce Commission
Gilbert
Dior shows daring low cut bosoms with modest hems
Paris July 25 AP Christian Dior unveiled the boldest low cut bosom line in years while hems remained near kneecaps. The House of Dior, a fashion leader, restrained bosoms with tight straps yet allowed bulging silhouettes in vampire sheaths and square necklines. Bloused cocktail dresses stayed largely open revealing much of the bosom. The greater exposure applied only to certain dress types. Fashion watchers did not anticipate a shift in design history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Christian Dior
House of Dior
British Trial Ward Denies Vice Charges at Old Bailey
Dr Stephen Ward a 50 year old society osteopath and artist testified under oath he never took anyone to Christine Keeler and Mandy Rice-Davies apartment for intercourse or similar acts. He admitted being thoroughly immoral and enjoying the company of pretty girls, while Christine Keeler faced jeers from onlookers outside as she testified. An egg struck a photographer and another hit a policeman sleeve during the morning session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Stephen Ward
Christine Keeler
Marilyn
Mandy) Rice-Davies
Osteopath
College of
Kirksville
Ward
James Burge
Christine
Leggs
Old Bailey Criminal Court
Refugees report new Soviet base in Cuba
Refugees told the jury in the defense opening statement that Ward led a Bohemian life and had affairs with many men. The report says Russians are building a new military buildup throughout Cuba, with refugees alleging prostitution and that he profited from earnings of prostitutes near Havana Province and Santiago de Las Vegas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burge
Ward
Santiago de Las Vegas
Havana
Cuba
Governors Endorse Kennedy Civil Rights Proposal
Miami Beach July 25 AP 28 governors including Otto Kerner sign a petition endorsing President Kennedy's civil rights legislation. The group, four Republicans, acted after the National Conference of Governors declined to take a stand. Petition circulated by Gov Edmund G Brown Jr. New York Gov Nelson Rockefeller sought to influence the conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami Beach
Fla
Otto Kerner
Kennedy
National Conference of Governors
Edmund G. Brown
D-Calif
New York
Nelson Rockefeller
GOP
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Simon
IC Railroad
J. EB. Wolfe
National Railway Labor Conference
Daniel Loomis
Ient
Illinois
Berlin
Negross
E. St. Louis
Collinsville Ave
Whitesteer
Miami
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