Word: weiner
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Perhaps more troublesome is an attempt by pro-gambling forces to make the financial role of the press a major issue. Spokesman Sanford Weiner has questioned the objectivity of contributing news organizations, and has charged that a number of Florida television stations have refused pro-casino ads. (Though broadcasters are required by law to air opposing sides of a "controversial" public issue, the Federal Communications Commission has rarely forced stations to accept "controversial" advertising...
Though only a few men are now willing to seek aid, some social agencies believe that the beaten male needs the same kind of counseling and support as that given to abused women. Adina Weiner, chief counselor at Atlanta's Council on Battered Women, even wants to change the name of her group to the Council on Battered People. Pizzey set up a house for battered men in London. She had to close it last year for lack of funds, but hopes to open another, staffed by nuns (because she feels they would be especially sympathetic). Says Pizzey: "These...
...Weiner has already set up a makeshift office in the Marco Polo Resort on Collins Avenue, where many of Miami Beach's hotels are clustered. Under the banner of a LET'S HELP FLORIDA committee, the campaign to collect signatures will begin in two weeks, with a July 31 deadline...
...Weiner concedes that even if he rounds up enough signatures, winning the November referendum will not be easy. Legalized slot machines in Florida attracted many gangsters in the 1930s, and illegal casinos flourished in the '40s. It was only the Kefauver committee revelations of widespread criminality that brought reforms in the 1950s. Even now a poll shows only a slim majority of Floridians in favor of legalizing gambling. Weiner, however, is counting on a healthy advertising budget, as much as $1 million; he spent $1.3 million in New Jersey...
...Weiner is nonetheless confident: "If a strong effort is made, we can win." The idea's biggest selling point may be that gambling would be limited to a strip of about 20 miles along Florida's Gold Coast -where the hotelmen and others in a once lucrative tourist market see legalized gambling as their last resort...