{"id":1600,"date":"1942-03-05T19:12:24","date_gmt":"1942-03-05T19:12:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.becomingrichardpryor.com\/pryors-peoria\/?p=1600"},"modified":"2012-09-23T18:52:15","modified_gmt":"2012-09-23T18:52:15","slug":"attention-citizens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.becomingrichardpryor.com\/pryors-peoria\/1942\/03\/05\/attention-citizens\/","title":{"rendered":"Attention Citizens!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A poster of a &#8220;big mass meeting,&#8221; on the theme of &#8220;Why Peoria&#8217;s Red Light District Must Go!!,&#8221; sponsored by the Military Health Committee of Peoria&#8217;s Junior Chamber of Commerce, or Jaycees.<\/p>\n<p>On the program for the evening were a group of federal officials representing the Army, Navy and Health Department, and a group of state and local officials.<\/p>\n<p>Twenty-one months later, Peoria&#8217;s ministers accused its citizens of not &#8220;properly supporting&#8221; the Jaycees&#8217; campaign. 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