CICERO STOP TOO TOUCHY TO REAGAN SPORTS FINAL, C Edition

Before picking Chicago Heights as the site of President Reagan's speech Friday to boost his tax reform proposal, White House advisers planned and then rejected a presidential visit to Cicero, Republican sources disclosed Wednesday. "It's because Cicero has a federal civil rights suit...

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Published inChicago tribune (1963)
Main Author Ray Gibson and Steve Neal
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Chicago, Ill Tribune Publishing Company, LLC 27.06.1985
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Summary:Before picking Chicago Heights as the site of President Reagan's speech Friday to boost his tax reform proposal, White House advisers planned and then rejected a presidential visit to Cicero, Republican sources disclosed Wednesday. "It's because Cicero has a federal civil rights suit lodged against it," said State Sen. Judy Baar Topinka (R., Cicero). "I know the cancellation was because of the civil rights suit. Cicero got yanked." The White House never announced that Reagan would visit Cicero, but Henry Klosak, town president, said that last Thursday Reagan's advance staff gave "a positive go" at a meeting in a Cicero restaurant. "It was absolutely a go," he said.
ISSN:1085-6706