Strange Restrictions Face Traveling
Tippler, After 30 Years of Local Option
By The Associated Press
Prohibition has been dead for
nearly 30 years, but some of the
vestiges of the so-called “noble
experiment” are complex and re
strictive. In a number of instances,
they are paradoxical, if not down
right implausible.
Beer drinking in the United
States became legal again at mid
night, April 6, 1933. A thirsty nation
consumed one million barrels of
the amber fluid the very next day.
Dec. 5, 1933, marked the repeal
of the 18th amendment after
slightly less than 14 years of exis
tence. As the Volstead Act neared
its demise, U.S. distilleries built
up a full head of steam. In antici
pation, the Mexican border town
of Tijuana closed all bars, and
newspapers reported that the liner
“Cameronia” had sailed from Glas
gow' for the U.S. — with 40,000
cases of scotch.
But it was not a complete vic
tory for the “wets.” The “drys”
remained dominant — and still
are — in many areas, especially in
the South. In some instances, state
prohibition, or local option, mere
ly picked up where national pro
hibition left off.
Mississippi, for example, had
been the first state to ratify the
18th amendment. Today the sale
of whiskey in that state is strictly
forbidden. Oklahoma held six elec
tions on the repeal of prohibition
before finally turning the trick in
1959. Only this year did Florida
begin permitting sale of whiskey
to Indians.
The truly paradoxical aspects
of some state laws is amply dem
onstrated in Maine where a tippler
may not sit down when he drinks
in a tavern, or stand when he
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Illinois permits drinking places,
but state law forbids them to call
themselves either “bars” or
“saloons.”
In North Dakota, food may not
be sold where drinks are sold.
But in New York, drinks cannot
bo sold unless food is also avail
able.
Last July Fourth, new liquor
laws which became effective in
Iowa completely reversed the local
option concept. The new statute
makes all counties wet unless they
make themselves dry.
The local option system and state
regulations have created a num
er of implausible situations and
strange restrictions.
Take Kentucky, where 75 per
cent of the nation’s Bourbon is
produced. That state has four times
as many dry counties as wet, and
a barmaid is forbidden to serve
drinks to a customer unless a male
has opened the bottle.
In Utah, drinkers are obliged to
pay one dollar a year for a pur
chase permit. Rhode Island bar
tenders keep a so-called “minor
book” for young-looking patrons
to sign as proof they’re of legal
drinking age.
In Hawaii, a bar customer may
have but one glass before him —
unless the second is a chaser or
a beer. The piano player is not
allowed to keep a beer on the up
right.
Liquor advertisers in Michigan
may not use Santa Claus, Merry
Christmas or Noel, or public fig
ures such as George Washington,
Abraham Lincoln, or even Ben
Franklin.
Georgia permits a customer to
buy only two bottles at any one
whisky store.
In Pacific Grove, Calif., the law
shows absolutely no tolerance for
a thirsty man. Because it was
founded as a religious camp
ground area in 1875, the commu
nity’s real estate deeds include
clauses forbidding liquor sales.
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New Fur Seal Bids Called
The Interior Department an
nounced that it will soon call for
new proposals for a long term con
tract for the processing and sale of
government-owned sealskins har
vested on Alaska’s Pribilof Islands.
The announcement follows a de
cision by the comptroller general
that a contract executed in March
between the department and a
joint venture known as Supara,
of Chicago, was not valid.
The department concluded that
it would not be necessary to ne
gotiate an interim short-term con
tract for the processing of the
United States share of the 1963
sealskin harvest. Furs still to be
processed under a previous con
tract are sufficient to meet the
needs of the fur trade until a new
long-term contract can become ef
fective.
The Bureau of Commercial Fish
eries recently completed the an
nual harvest of sealskins on the
Pribilof Islands in the Bering Sea.
amounting to 85.254 skins.
Under terms of the North Pa
cific fur seal conservation conven
tion, Canada and Japan each re
ceive 15 per cent of the annual
harvest.
It is anticipated that a new con
tract will be awarded next spring,
and that the new contractor will
process pelts from this year's har
vest in time for auction to the fur
trade in 1965.
Sen. Strom Thurmond last week
discussed the fur seal contract sit
uation on the Senate floor. The
Fouke Fur Co., which did the pro
cessing for 40 years before can
cellation of their contract last
year, is now located in Green
ville, S.C.
Sen. Thurmond revealed that he
has referred the matter to the Gov
ernment Operations Committee
with a request that an investiga
tion be held to determine whether
there have been violations of the
law by the Interior Department
aside from those which caused the
comptroller general to declare the
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Adolphe Menjou Dead
HOLLYWOOD OP)—A veteran of
the movie industry, Actor Adolphe
Menjou died Tuesday after a long
illness. He was 73. Death came at
his home in Beverly Hills.
With him at the end were his
third wife, the former Veree Teas
dale, and his son, Peter, 27.
Although born in the United
States, Menjou in his film roles
became the epitome of the Euro
pean gentleman. His film career
spanned almost 50 years.
He had been suffering from
jaundice for some time.
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NEW YORK — Gov. Rocke
feller said he thinks his divorce
and re-marriage have given those
he termed the radical right — as
he put it — “a good excuse to
come out aggressively in the open.”
The Republican Governor, who
plans to announce in a week or
two whether he will seek the GOP
Presidential nomination, did not
elaborate. He has been a critic of
what he calls the party’s extreme
right wing.
Rockefeller agreed with the ap
praisal of an interviewer that
conservatives consider his mar
riage to a divorced mother of
four has not influenced much
thought.
The interviewer described the
conservative position as being that
“what matters is that people never
did like what Rockefeller stood for,
they like Sen. Barry Goldwater
and now for the first time they see
a chance and are going for Gold
water.”
Rockefeller said he would dis
close early next month whether
he will be a candidate for the GOP
nomination.
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Mrs. Angerman served as as
sistant director of the Alaska Ex
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position last year and prior to
that was election supervisor for
the Central District for the I960
elections.
Mrs. Angerman headed the
Fairbanks office of the Territorial
and State Department of Labor for
10 years before becoming elections
supervisor for the Central Distict.
As elections director, she will be
responsible for over-all conduct of
special borough elections sched
uled for Dec. 3, and for the primary
and general elections of 1964.
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