PROHIBITION: Old Vine-Glo in New Bottles

Old Vine-Glo in New Bottles

How many angels can dance on the head of a pin? How can a prosecutor prove intent to violate the Prohibition Amendment? Dancing on a legal pinhead for the past four years have been the manufacturers of fermentable grape concentrates. Federal agents have been able to count them, but not until last month were they able to threaten them.

Wearied of ambiguities. Federal Judge Merrill E. Otis ruled in his Kansas City, Mo. court that Ukiah Grape Products Co.. although its juices were...

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