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Washington Drunken Capitol Faces Alcohol Problem
Washington emerges as the nations drinking capital with high per capita liquor sales. Congress members and staff are named for alcohol use, including Saxbe Hollings Long Williams Hughes Brewster and others. The piece notes blood alcohol tolls, iceberg of staffers in Alcoholics Anonymous, and implications for governance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
William Saxbe
India
Georgetown
Saxbe
Ernest Hollings
D-S.c
Congress
Hollings
District of Columbia
Joan Kennedy
Edward Kennedy
Mills
Russell Long
D-La
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
Sen
Harrison Williams
D-N.j
Williams
NAACP
Bill Terwilliger
Washington Hospital Counseling Center For
Alcohol Abuse
Harold Hughes
D Lown
Hughes
House
Mary Kidd
Washington Area Council On Alcoholism and Drug Abuse
Rutgers Center of Alcohol Studies
Daniel Brewster
Jekyll-Hyde
Alcoholics Anonymous
Rep
L. Mendel Rivers
Armed Services Committee
Bethesda Naval Hospital
House Judiciary Committee
Wayne Morse
D-Ore