The Nation - News from Sept. 21, 1988
The Senate Commerce Committee unanimously approved a bill that for the first time would require warning labels on alcoholic beverages. The label on bottles and cans of distilled spirits, beer and wine would state that alcohol could impair driving abilities and cause birth defects and other health problems. The bill is a result of a compromise by Sen. Strom Thurmond (R-S.C.), who has sought it for years, and Sen. Wendell H. Ford (D-Ky.), whose state is a major producer of whiskey.
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