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CARL LANGLEY OF SEBASTIAN HIGHLANDS SPOKE AGAINST THE <br />EXTENSION OF HOURS, NOTING THAT ALCOHOL WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR SENDING <br />HIM TO PRISON. HE QUOTED SOME STATISTICS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF <br />CORRECTIONS WHICH STATED THAT 75% OF PRISON INMATES WERE THERE FOR <br />REASONS RELATING TO THE USE OF ALCOHOL. HE FELT THERE ARE MANY OTHER <br />WAYS FOR THE BAR OWNERS TO PROMOTE THEIR BUSINESS AND THAT ALCOHOL <br />DOESNIT NEED ANY HELP BY MAKING IT AVAILABLE FOR A LONGER PERIOD <br />OF TIME. <br />.JOSEPH POHORENCE OF 37TH AVENUE SPOKE IN OPPOSITION, POINTING <br />OUT THAT BY KEEPING THE DRINKERS WITHIN THE COUNTY, HE FELT WE WILL <br />JUST BE KEEPING MORE ACCIDENTS AND MORE PROBLEMS. <br />.JAMES RATCLIFF, PASTOR OF THE CHRIST METHODIST CHURCH -BY -THE - <br />SEA, SPOKE. AS PRESIDENT OF THE INDIAN RIVER COUNTY MINISTERIAL ASSOCIA- <br />TION TO REFLECT THE UNANIMOUS DECISION OF THIS ASSOCIATION TO OPPOSE <br />THE EXTENSION OF HOURS BOTH FOR MORAL AND PRACTICAL CONSIDERATIONS, <br />HE NOTED THAT AN INDUSTRY THAT MUST HAVE REGULATIONS CONNECTED WITH <br />IT MUST BE CONTENT TO ABIDE BY THOSE REGULATIONS, AND THERE MUST BE <br />SOME DOUBT AND QUESTION ABOUT THE INDUSTRY AND ITS AFFECT ON SOCIETY <br />IF ALL THESE REGULATIONS ARE NECESSARY, HE ALSO FELT AN INCREASE <br />FROM 1:00 TO 2:00 A.M. WOULD JUST BE THE SYMBOL OF AN INCREASING EN- <br />CROACHMENT.. <br />BILL HILL OF 61ST COURT PRESENTED A PETITION OPPOSING THE <br />REQUESTED EXTENSION SIGNED BY MEMBERS OF CALVARY BAPTIST CHAPEL, HE <br />STATED THAT HE IS A LICENSED LAY MINISTER AND HAS INSTITUTED A SPIRITUAL <br />PROGRAM FOR ALCO-HOPE. HE INFORMED THE BOARD THAT HE SPENT 12 YEARS <br />IN A PENITENTIARY ASA RESULT OF TROUBLE CAUSED BY USE OF ALCOHOL, <br />HE STATED THAT HE VISITS THE INDIAN RIVER CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION AND <br />THE COUNTY .JAIL AND WORKS WITH THE FINISHED PRODUCT OF THE BREWERS ART. <br />HE INFORMED THE BOARD THAT ONLY 25% OF ALCOHOLICS ARE REHABILITATED <br />SUCCESSFULLY. MR. HILL STATED THAT HE DOES NOT WANT TO SEE THE AVAIL- <br />ABILITY OF ALCOHOL EXTENDED IN ANY WAY, AND HE .FELT EXTENDING THE <br />HOURS FROM 1:00 TO 2:00 A.M., WOULD ONLY BE A FIRST STEP IN A DETERIOR- <br />ATING SITUATION. <br />7 <br />NOV 17 1977 <br />BOOKAG <br />0 <br />