Discover Family, Famous People & Events, Throughout History!

Throughout History

Advanced Search

Publication: European Stars and Stripes Monday, April 29, 1985

You are currently viewing page 7 of: European Stars and Stripes Monday, April 29, 1985

   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 29, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                April 1985 the stars and stripes Page 7 Oklahoma to vote on liquor by the drink Oklahoma City a in a state that did not repeal prohibition until bottles and bar rooms Are still a Tricky political voters in the states 29 most populous counties go to the polls tuesday to decide if they want to permit bar sales of liquor by the approval would end a ban on drink sales that was ignored in Many areas of Oklahoma under a system that became known As liquor by the Oklahoma will be dry As Long As the voters can stagger to the was the late humorist will Rogers comment about his Home states voting habits on liquor voters can choose Between liquor by the which is opposed by Church groups and supported by Chambers of Commerce and business or a system allowing Public drinking Only in so called bottle those counties that turn Down liquor by the drink will automatically gain approval of bottle where a Patron pays for an entire and the rules will be club members May drink Only from their own the Law even prohibits serving married couples from the same members must buy annual membership or cards valid for 72 for each place they want to drink the plus on each will go to the state As a three state questions also Are on the special election ballot including one designed to ease a state budget crunch by revising tax estimating until last anti liquor forces had been successful in defeating efforts to repeal the states constitutional ban on across Hebar liquor tuesdays vote follows approval of a ballot question last september asking voters if they wanted to see county option votes on liquor among the counties voting tuesday Are Oklahoma county and Tulsa seats of the states two larg est in Oklahoma City and the surrounding both sides Are predicting a close liquor by the drink is expected to win handily in Tulsa Mike co chairman of the oklahoman for responsible liquor which favors liquor by the said the Issue will pass in Oklahoma City if there is a moderate to Good but will fail if it is Richard spokesman for the Oklahoma Baptist general predicted the Oklahoma county vote would be he disputed a Contention by Williams that defeat of liquor by the drink would destroy Oklahoma cites convention i dont think it will make one whale of a he but Williams said a negative vote would leave okla homa City As the Only major City in the United states without some form of across Hebar drink Iron men and cardboard ships race in Illinois regatta a about people lined the Shore of Campus Lake at Southern Illinois University on sat cheering As Skippers with More enthusiasm than skill tried to navigate their Craft around a rectangular but one by entrants in the 12th an Nual cardboard boat regatta turned soggy and unceremoniously cardboard a pirate Galleon and an assortment of cardboard kayaks battled to Cross the finish line first in Competition among oar powered we put a lot of time and Effort into this said Cori Cohen of laugh ing As she described wide radios wild irresponsible Drunken buffoons we put it together last she pointing out the duct tape holding vessel we have a bet on whether were going to tip Over or sink stayed afloat the buffoons stayed afloat through the races first heat when other Craft did one High school entry overturned As soon As the Rescue divers at the starting line re leased and one that was assembled and sealed with caulking Only moments before the race slowly settled to the lakes mud Bot its Crew members saluting the crowd As they went Down with their that looks like a candidate for the to one judge referring to the regattas award for the most dramatic the award has been claimed in past years by a paddle Wheeler that collapsed in front of the judges and a cardboard aircraft Carrier that was bombed and burned by one of its own firecracker powered were just Here to said Andy an Siu Public relations major Manning a cardboard pirate Gal in serious were Here to take boats we want to win it fellow crewman Mike Miller were looking at the Vogue award for Best design and were looking at the titanic but if we can take out enough we can win it Brad Lawrenz Heads for the Dee six in the 12th annual cardboard boat regatta at a photo in the buccaneers first Seiberlich Dove Over the Cutlass in to Board a they later tried ramming another Craft that was sinking on its Competition among paddle boats was equally one heat took seven 20 seconds because every entry fell apart or went in this May be the first race weve had where nobody regatta founder Richard Archer this is All for said the Siu de sign who originated the event in 1974 As a classroom but some entrants took the Competition Ron Young of a Junior Engi Neering spent several months building his Tribull paddle boat in a Dor Mitory laundry room and then had to take it apart to store it until the in Here for Young but i also figured id just put some of my theoretical engineering to you learn More doing this than sitting in a class 2 million in bogus Bills seized Miami a secret service agents arrested two International counterfeiters and seized about million in bogus currency at an apartment Complex near the Agency officials said they indicated that the Quality of their notes is usually much but that they were unfamiliar with the american equip said agent Ronald along with the thick stacks of unfinished agents confiscated 80 offset print ing plates and a like number of negatives used to make the phony said also found during the Friday night raid at the Complex within View of the Agency office on the outskirts of Miami were sever Al negatives bearing the impression of counterfeit colombian and three higher Quality phony British 20pound said Szego said Miami is one of the biggest counterfeiting centers in the in you Are talking about one of the top passing areas in the equating new York and los he arrested were Christobal Roberto Sara a guatemalan citizen living in England and Uri of Ris Paz told authorities he works As a journalist and Sar Detch gave his occupation As Marine Szego said the two men Are known As inter National and Paz is reported to have been involved in making counterfeit cur Rency in South Europe and the United states for the past 20 about two weeks Sar Detch flew from England and Paz from and they met in they set up a printing operation to make counterfeit notes for distribution in South Szego unfortunately for the the Purchas ers of the notes were undercover secret service Szego Szego said Sar Detch and Paz offered to sell the million lot to his agents for approximately in genuine the secret service was tipped off to the Szego adding that a Dade county print shop had cooperated with the Agency in its these were taken right off the Szego pointing to a table stacked High with Yellowish at id say the Quality is the two men were scheduled to go before a Federal magistrate Szego counterfeiting carries a maximum penalty of 15 years in prison per  
Browse Articles by Decade:
  • Decade