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The Nome Nugget
Nome, Nome County, Alaska
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Oklahomans rejected a county option plan to ban 3.2 beer sales, defeating prohibition advocates by about 61,000 votes in a heavy turnout, hinting at upcoming push for liquor legalization in the dry state.
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OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Prohibition forces who wanted to dry up the sale of 3.2 beer in Oklahoma thru individual county option took a bad licking yesterday and indications mounted that a big push for legalized sale of liquor will develop in this constitutionally dry state.
In a surprisingly heavy turnout, Oklahomans voted by a margin of some 61,000 votes against the county plan sponsored by drys.
Sen. George Miskovsky, a Democratic repeal candidate for governor next year, said a large segment of "the religious people are ready to end the shameful reputation of the dry state which is dripping wet."
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Oklahoma
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oklahomans voted by a margin of some 61,000 votes against the county plan sponsored by drys.
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Prohibition forces who wanted to dry up the sale of 3.2 beer in Oklahoma thru individual county option took a bad licking. In a surprisingly heavy turnout, indications mounted that a big push for legalized sale of liquor will develop in this constitutionally dry state. Sen. George Miskovsky, a Democratic repeal candidate for governor next year, said a large segment of the religious people are ready to end the shameful reputation of the dry state which is dripping wet.