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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1966
Page
9
Sylvia Porter reports on widespread consumer complaints about shoddy goods and poor service. Cases include a $6.95 toothbrush that failed after one use and a $12 cotton suit that fades and runs.
The State Department of Industrial Relations states the maximum period to receive unemployment compensation in Alabama is 26 weeks. WANT ADS GET RESULTS.
Police escort delivers 77 cases to Broadwater Beach Hotel in Biloxi. Louis Cobb opens a bottle of scotch and serves hotel manager T. M. Dorsett the first legal drink in Mississippi after 58 years of prohibition. Crowds cheer as ribbon is cut and whiskey goes on the house until the three cases run dry.
Mayor Guice says legal liquor will boost tourism and industry while ending state hypocrisy about whisky. Prohibition ended July 1 and the state set up machinery to permit whisky sales. Seven counties already approved liquor sales and more votes are expected soon. Liquor by the drink will be allowed only in areas designated as resorts.
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