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Word: drunkenness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Scents of Guilt. In Kansas City, Mo., the circuit court reversed a drunken-driving conviction which had cost Frank J. Ross a 60-day license suspension and a $100 fine after he explained that he had not been drinking, had merely been eating aromatic Italian cookies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Apr. 12, 1954 | 4/12/1954 | See Source »

Favor. In Birmingham, charged with drunken driving, James Elkourie declared: "I am grateful to the officers for getting me off the streets before I hurt anyone," was promptly fined $100, forbidden to drive for six months...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Mar. 29, 1954 | 3/29/1954 | See Source »

...motorist named Bengt Nordberg plowed into a taxicab carrying McCarthy and his wife Jean. Result: a fractured ankle for Mrs. McCarthy; a drunken-driving charge for Nordberg. McCarthy said that he would not prosecute...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INVESTIGATIONS: One Man's Army | 3/1/1954 | See Source »

Mother's Day. In Oklahoma City, Willie LaGrand, 49, was arrested and charged with drunken driving and leaving the scene of an accident after he ran over his mother and broke...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Mar. 1, 1954 | 3/1/1954 | See Source »

...Road. In Auburn, Ind., Carl Wilder, charged with drunken driving after his truck went through a farmyard, caromed off an automobile and demolished 100 yds. of fence, told police: "I always take this shortcut...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Mar. 1, 1954 | 3/1/1954 | See Source »

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