Soviets Destroy 500 Vodka Stills
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MOSCOW — Soviet police have destroyed more than 500 illegal vodka stills during a campaign against alcohol abuse in one region of southern Russia alone, the Communist Party daily Pravda said Monday.
In a report from the agricultural district of Belgorod, Pravda said police have put the names of almost 2,500 home distillers on a blacklist and were sending known drunks away for compulsory treatment.
A nationwide clampdown on drunkenness, including raising to 21 the age at which alcohol can be bought and banning sales before 2 p.m. on working days, went into effect over the weekend.
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