Word: alcoholisms
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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About the only thing a driver can't get at Transport City is a bottle of beer or a shot of bourbon. No alcohol is available because, says Ralph Hutchinson, one of Transport City's developers, "drinking and driving don't mix." In the 99-unit motel, drivers can rent functional, two-bed rooms for $13.50 a night. They rarely stay that long. The occupancy rate usually runs from 100% to 130%, as truckers slam in, grab a shave, a nap, fill up and head out again...
...House voted Monday to raise the drinking age to 19 and the age for purchase of packaged liquor to 21. It nullified that vote Wednesday when it decided to phase in the drinking age to 21 over a two-year period for all alcohol consumption...
...likeliest compromises are a 20-year drinking age for all liquor consumption or a 19-year legal age in bars and a phased-in 21-year age for purchasing packaged alcohol, State Rep. Barney Frank '62 says...
...Senate bill would make 19 the legal age for drinking in bars and for buying packaged alcohol. It would allow 18-year-olds to work as bartenders and package store clerks...
...second proposal suggests raising the drinking age to 19 for consumption of alcohol in restaurants and bars and to 21 for purchase of packaged liquor...