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Eddie Logan, 95, has been shining shoes at Santa Anita Park race track since it opened in 1934. He will celebrate his 96th birthday on Tuesday, May 2.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29999
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 21, 2006
Pages
p. B1
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 21, 2006
Pages
p. B1
Subjects
Logan, Eddie
Santa Anita Park-employees
Shoe shine
Dorfman, Leonard
Item ID
30186AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Santa Anita Park: think of human toll if track closes. Workers gather at rally to warn about how shutting down horse racing permanently over the twenty-nine horse deaths would impact thousands of employees. Reforms have been instituted at Santa Anita Park, including stricter rules for medications and more thorough examinations, but horse deaths are inevitable in horse racing. Rally calls for compassion for track employees too, whose livelihoods will be affected by a closure. They are an already vulnerable population.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35528
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 21, 2019
Pages
p. A1, A4