Chicago's nationally known Blackhawk Restaurant, mecca of name bands and a generation of college boys, was closed down for two days last week by a city Board of Health order. Reason: the Blackhawk was selling horse meat camouflaged as hamburger.
The action capped a series of disturbing events touched off a month ago, when OPS discovered that Illinois racketeers were making fat profits by selling horse meat (ceiling price 14¢) at the 59¢ ceiling for ground beef. Charles W. Wray was fired as boss of the state's Division of Food and Dairies after...
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