Word: liquor
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Wishful Drinking. In Nowata, Okla., Robert B. Hill was held for trial on a drunk-driving charge despite his protest that the liquor was administered after the accident by a stranger who found him pinned beneath his car, poured whisky down his throat to ease his suffering...
Sailstad did announce, however, that Yardlings should be prepared to pay an undetermined amount to see this year's entertainment. As usual, the committee may run afoul of the Cambridge Liquor Licensing Board--this time over selling alcoholic beverages to minors. The Board has no objections to drinks being given away, it is understood...
...jury suggested one possible solution to "the vexing problem of delinquency in our youth." It asked New York City police to issue identity cards to all boys and girls of 18 or over. Purpose of the cards: to certify that their bearers are old enough to buy and drink liquor. "Guzzle Tags," the Daily News called them...
...Student riots have caused much damage and annoyance to the citizens of Cambridge in the past," Sullivan said, "but they seem to have fallen off of late. I don't know why; may be this new generation is a little more sober." Sullivan favors strict enforcement of liquor laws...
...real estate, oil wells, a laundry and a mail-order house. But Millionaire Halas will never get over his pigskin heart. "You know," he said sadly last week, "there is no greater thrill in life for me than winning a National League game. Other men may get theirs from liquor, or dope, or girls or golf. For me, nothing can equal winning a football game...