{"value"=>"1988 March 31", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1988-03-31"}
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{"value"=>"Episode #507: New Jersey Lottery/ Olympic Fencers"}
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{"value"=>"<p>The controversy over the New Jersey Lottery, the impact of the lottery on compulsive gambling and low-income people, and whether the state government has become too dependent on the lottery to meet budgetary needs; as well as a look at Blacks involved in the gentlemanly sport of fencing. Guests: Barbara Marrow, executive director of the New Jersey State Lottery; John Russo, president of the New Jersey State Senate; Chuck Hardwick, speaker of the New Jersey Assembly; Wyona Lipman, New Jersey state senator; New Jersey lottery players; Ed Wright and Ed Ballinger, two of four Black fencers who were on the 1976 Olympic Fencing Team; and some of the top Black fencers who have their sights set on the 1988 summer Olympics, including Peter Westbrook, Sharon Monplaisir, Mike Lofton, and Bob Cottingham.</p>"}