Alcohol content differences in North Carolina and Virginia beer
North Carolina limits malt beverages to five percent alcohol by weight, though commonly around four percent. Virginia sees higher allowances. Military sale beer is labeled “For Military Use Only” and typically contains 3.2 percent. Draft versus regular beer depends on packaging and pasteurization, with labeling rules clarifying when draft terms apply. Lager beer is bottom-fermented and aged, historically linked to storing beer in caves. modern methods like pasteurization and sterile filtration affect draft labeling.
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Virginia
Anon
ABC
D. C. Newman
Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company
Milwaukee
Alcohol and Tobacco Tax Division
High Point tennis courts at Blair Park face repairs
A reader notes Blair Park courts are often unplayable due to nets misheight, peeling lines, weeds, debris and lack of sweeping yet see heavy night and weekend play. Parks director Marvin Keith sought 10000 for renovation last year, requests 11000 this year, with nets and patches to be fixed meanwhile. Anen reports McGovern is Methodist and Humphrey United Church of Christ.
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Blair Park
A. Parks and Recreation
Marvin Keith
Nixon
George Wallace
George McGovern
Hubert Humphrey
Anen
A. McGovern
Humphrey
The
United Church of Christ
Right To Lawyer Expanded
The Supreme Court ruled 7 to 2 that all defendants facing any jail term have the right to be represented by counsel. Justice Douglas said the ruling expands Gideon, extending free legal aid to millions prosecuted for petty offenses and misdemeanors, affecting trial practices nationwide.
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Washington
Supreme Court
William O. Douglas
Warren E. Burger
Douglas
Lewis F. Powell
William H. Rehnquist
Gideon
Wainwright
Higher Taxes For Benefits Expected
Senate Finance Committee meets to decide how to fund Social Security boosts for 27 million recipients. Long indicates a likely 20 percent benefits hike, with staff drafting the bill for two weeks before floor debate. Nixon favors a 5 percent limit. House conferees lean toward 20 percent. Top tax could rise as 1973 lines are drawn, data show.
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Senate
Russell B. Long
Dla
Long
Nixon
Wilbur D. Mills
D-Ark
House
Congress
Rail Lines Hit and MIGs Downed in Vietnam Sky War
American jets blasted a 10 mile stretch of North Vietnam rail toward China and burned freight cars as two MIGs were shot down. Navy Phantom losses were reported with one A6 crew missing. The operation aims to wipe out about 600 stranded cars on two rail lines while Lang Chi hydroelectric plant suffered heavy damage.
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Saigon
North Vietnam
China
U.S. Command
Hanoi
Coral Sea
U.S
Lang Chi
Demilitarized Zone
Supreme Court Upholds Private Clubs Bar Negro Guests
The Supreme Court lets private clubs exclude Black guests in a 6 to 3 ruling delivered by Justice Rehnquist. Leroy Irvis, leader of Pennsylvania's House, argued state liquor licensing forced clubs to admit Black guests, but the court said private membership is not overturned. The decision focuses on guest exclusion, not membership, and notes state services do not convert private clubs into state actors.
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Washington
Supreme Court
William H. Rehnquist
Moose Lodge
Harrisburg
Leroy Irvis
Pennsylvania House
Rehnquist
Irvis
Lodge
Moose
Warren E. Burger
Harry A Blackmun
Lewis F. Powell
Nixon Administration
Potter Stewart
Byron R. White
William O. Douglas
William J. Brennan Jr
Thurgood Marshall
Brennan
Pennsylvania
Flood Death Toll Tops 208 in Rapid City Disaster
RAPID CITY South Dakota AP The flood disaster left 208 dead and 500 missing with tens of thousands homeless. Officials warn the toll may rise as bodies are found in streams draining from the Black Hills. Civil Defense and National Guardsmen swarmed the city while relief crews worked day and night. Local officials note drinking water shortages and halted night searches as federal agencies rush aid and health officials inoculate residents against typhoid and tetanus.
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Black Hills
Duane L. “Duke” Corning
National
Donald Barnett Ian
Canyon Lake
George McGovern
Richard Kneip
McGovern
Congress
Rapid Creek
Jackson Boulevard
Omaha Street
Roland Stephenson
Civil Defense
AT&T Seeks Phone Rate Hikes Across U S
American Telephone & Telegraph seeks 1.2 billion in 18 rate cases as critics question need and service quality. AT&T, owning 24 Bell companies and 100 million phones, says inflation and costs require higher charges to fund first class service while regulators debate efficiency and earnings.
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NEW York
American Telephone & Telegraph Co
At&t
Asher Ende
Federal Communications Commission
American Telephone
Bell System
F. Mark Garlinghouse
General Telephone & Electronics
McGovern Near Exit From Race Told by Humphrey
Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey says George McGovern was close to quitting the White House race before the Wisconsin primary. He notes McGovern's intensified run for delegates, a San Antonio Texas meeting with Democrats, and Muskie's withdrawal drawing attention to a newer figure. Humphrey warns a Florida exit could undermine McGovern with governors and other leaders, while McGovern remains frontrunner even if he fails to clinch the nomination.
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Texas
McGovern
Wisconsin
Humphrey
Edmund S
Muskie
George
John V. Lindsay
New York
Miami Beach
Trumphrey
Senate
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