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Newspaper
The Spectator
Location
Joliet, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1951
Page
7
The AFL executive council chaired by William Keen discussed possible unionization of professional baseball, football, and basketball to secure minimum pay and working standards. Critics warn of player strikes and club instability while noting past failed attempts such as the 1946 American Baseball Guild.
Wayne Thornburg at 506 Florence avenue announces Joliet’s first private ambulance service. He pledges safe fast transportation to hospitals day and night, citing local demand from funeral directors and the public alike. A Memphis hospital records a $25 000 gift from an elderly donor who once relied on the facility as a charity patient sixty years ago.
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