Coors Debuts in South Carolina With Large Investment
Aiken Produce wins Coors distributorship after rigorous vetting. Company plans to invest about 250000 for refrigerated facilities and equipment. Coors targets 20 30 percent initial market share in Aiken with anticipated payroll rise and long term growth.
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Coors
South Carolina
Coors Company
Colorado
Mississippi
Florida
Georgia
Alabama
North Carolina
Virginia
Washington
Aiken
Fred R. Treadaway
Randy Hull
Aiken Produce
Treadaway
Schlitz and Strohs
Anheuser-Busch
Nashville
Memphis
Tenn
Decisive Presbyterian Vote Near Columbia
AP reports the potential merger of the Southern and Northern Presbyterian churches may be approved tonight. The merger tally stood 39 to 8 with seven more votes needed for 75 percent of 61 presbyteries. Five of eight opposing votes hailed from South Carolina as Bethel Presbytery in Rock Hill rejected reunification.
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Columbia
South Carolina
Bethel Presbytery
Rock Hill
Drug traffickers battle DEA to a draw in 1982 effort
The AP reports top federal drug officials say nar cotics traffickers drew with the government in 1982 as seizures rose but heroin and cocaine grew more available cheaper and purer. DEA notes higher street supply despite new agents and task forces planned for 1983.
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Washington
Reagan
Drug Enforcement Administration
U.S
DEA
Francis Mullen
Gary Liming
Colombia
Pacific Coast
Caribbean
Bankers Poll Finds Most Oppose State Tax Hike in Deficit Fight
A South Carolina poll funded by the South Carolina Bankers Association shows 69 percent of 500 residents oppose tax increases to cover deficits. Voters favor spending freezes or cuts and favor a one cent sales tax only with property tax relief, while many doubt state job growth and worry taxes may drive out business.
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Columbia
South Carolina Bankers Association
Harry O’neill
Princeton
N.J
General Assembly
Robert B. Kay
Banker’s Association
South Carolina
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