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Dates: during 1949-1949
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Eugene Acevedo Granillo was only 20 years old, had no business hanging around a bar, and didn't know how to handle his liquor. For these missteps he paid last week with his life. Entering the 101 Café in Downey, a suburb of Los Angeles, he flashed a driver's license to prove he was 24. He ordered up a couple of beers while the jukebox was grinding out Jealous Heart, danced about, began fooling around the shuffleboard game. Then Granillo tossed a couple of heavy shuffleboard weights across the crowded room. Bartender Edgar Gray (at right...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Death Of A Young Man | 11/14/1949 | See Source »

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