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Charles Sonny Liston — Part 1
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Charles (Sonny) “Liston, the Ba of the proceeds going to| The publicity campaign took
son of an Arkansas cotton Beeping boys out of trouble.’ two forms: oe
picker and now world heavy-¥ as, riston pointed out, his} 4. Full-page ads in Time and
weight boxing champ, didn’t/contract gives Floyd Patter-|Life magazines by Blue Cross
wait more than son certain rights in callingjand Blue Shield, the medical
a few hours be- the time and place of the nextlinsurance agencies which did
fore firing back fight. Big Brothers in the Cap-
a telegram giv- ital, therefore, has now put|® seat deal to defeat the med.
next fight un- |work in establishing the Floyd(newspapers trying to deny
der -the* aus- 'Patterson houses tn New York|Carefully documented reports
pices of Big
Brothers in or-
der to help&
prevent juve-
nile delinquen-
HC
: .jin this column showing how
tory ey just out of reforma doctors had raised money for
Actually, Patterson ts not|Key Congressmen who blocked
entirely a free agent since he|Medicare, how they had
is under obligation to Cham-|helped finance the Saskatche-
on pionship Sports. We'll report|Wan doctors’ strike, and how
! “[ would just like to saylon developments when and ifjone doctor in Lexington, Ky.,
this is the chance I like best {they materialize. had iey ctf medical attention
% * - wi . .
ed Pes en I be ve , Medical Double Cross The column regarding
pay about helping boys that! - one doctors of the USA may |Mouey-raising for Congress-
swneed help,” Liston replied. know it. but their “trade |e” "2°, Played ball with the
*Nothing can make me hap-|2°t Know jt, but their “trade|doctors’ lobby and regarding
wier than to accept this offer. {union” is getting them up tothe 76-year-old woman was
- “I only wish it was up to/their ears in politics. Most published July 12, But the doc-
me. My return-bout. contract doctors, having spent their tors’ lobby waites until Sept.
. erson gives}); . »_ | 18, ,
i tre ieht toca When tives trying to heal men’siin. distorted and inaccurate
will be held and where it will POdies, would be flabbergasted piast at newspapers—just as
Se held: I hate to leave it up Bt what the American Medical |the election campaign was
&o him. If he is willing, I am ssociatfon ond Kindred agen.|Warming up.
grith him all the way. Thefcies are doing eir name. , :
pooner this fight takes place} Last week, just as the elec- Belated Denial _ oy
e better I will like it, in-jtion campaign began to warm| This is an old political trick,
doors or outdoors.”: up, the AMA, Blue Cross and |—to wait until near the elec-
' Liston’s telegram was in re-;Blue Shield began a wide-jtion to confuse the issue; so
‘ply to a proposal I had madejspread publicity and advertis-/the doctors’ lobby {s really
as president of Big Brothers|ing campaign on medical care|learning political techniques.
in the Capital that the next|for the elderly. It was timed| One denial issued by the
match be staged in the new({not because any bill js now|AMA lobby was that’ Dr.
National Stadium in Washing-[before Congress (the bill is|Graham Clarkson, medical.
ton, in the presence of mem-}dead as a dodo'for this ses-|care director of Sagkatche-,
ae ad
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Pearson .
Liston Likes ‘Big Brothers’ Idea_
® Q'By Drew Fogrson ers of Congress and other sion), but because of the forth- .
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Callahan .
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The Evening Star
New York Herald Tribune
New York Journal-American
New York Mirror
New York Daily News
New York Post
The New York Times
The Worker
The New Leader
The Wall Street Journal ____
The National Observer
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