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BAL HARBOUR, FLA.--A Federal aviation regulation issued in December 1970. which forbade any person from acting as a crew member of a civil aircraft "within eight hours after the consumption of any alcoholic beverage," has had mixed results. Apparently, it has cut down on flying by so-called social drinkers, but has had less effect on the hard-core, heavy drinker (according to officials of the Office of Aviation Medicine, Federal Aviation Agency).