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January 1962

Marathon Drinkathon

Why one newspaper reporter wrote "30" to his thirst

REMEMBER the walkathon rage in the Thirties? Couples, half dead with fatigue, supported each other as they staggered across the area floor. A guy and a gal would have to be half-baked to go through such gyrations while making a spectacle of themselves. The gal would try to hold her partner from sliding out of her grasp to the floor. She'd slap his face trying to bring him back to his senses. They'd fall on top of one another. How long could they continue to take it? What nuts!

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