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Mills Denies Drinking Drove Him From Politics
Former congressman Wilbur Mills says he retired from politics due to fatigue not alcohol, noting he was re elected after the Tidal Basin incident and has abstained for 39 months. The note follows a dinner in Philadelphia to receive an alcohol awareness award and mentions his 1974 reelection while intoxicated.
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Wilbur Mills
Philadelphia
National Council On Alcoholism
Mills
Fanne Fox
Tidal Basin
Arkansas