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July 1947

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Iowa City, Iowa, Press-Citizen: "Indications that the alcohol problem has reached serious proportions for some war veteran students at the University of Iowa appears in plans by more than 100 A.A. members of eastern Iowa to meet here for a discussion of the problem. Especially invited to the discussion are 'young ex-G.I.s' who are having trouble with drink. A spokesman for A.A. said: 'We discovered that a surprising number of young men are left with tough drinking problems as an aftermath of the war.' One young veteran told local A.A.s in effect: 'I see that I'm being left out of social life and am slipping in my class work--simply because of my weakness for drink'."

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