Battle over beer taxes heats up with campaigns
The Beer Institute funds a print campaign targeting 14 key congressmen to oppose higher beer taxes, while Anheuser-Busch runs TV and radio ads aimed at beer fans urging lawmakers to keep taxes down. Ads promote a toll free number to pressure Congress, with industry figures warning a tax rise could cut sales. Critics question teen impact, but industry executives insist the target remains adult drinkers.
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Bruce Horovitz
Los Angeles Times
Congress
The
Beer Institute
Anheuser-Busch
Washington
CNN
ESPN
K. Lambright
St. Louis
Roberta Clarke
Boston University
Clarke
Jim Sanders
California
Lambright
Nicklaus Plans Golf Course on Biscayne Wetlands
In the Miami area Jack Nicklaus intends to build a golf course with homes on 59 acres of wetlands next to Biscayne National Park. Audubon editor Les Line says the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers granted the permit over objections by Fish and Wildlife Service EPA and National Marine Fisheries Service. The July Audubon frames wetlands as water quality protectors and life nurseries.
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Miami
Jack Nicklaus
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Biscayne National Park
Les Line
Audubon
Line
Corps
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Environmental Protection Agency
National Marine Fisheries Service
Digital photo faking sparks debate on memory and records
The July issue of Discover introduces digital photo fakery that lets images be altered at will, challenging integrity of photographs in media. Bennett Daviss warns of personal history revisionism after events like divorce. Granta’s issue 32 surveys history and manipulation of memory. Archaeology’s Canterbury visit highlights Shaker life. Washington Monthly examines bad outcomes of good government programs.
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Discover
Bennett Daviss
Granta
Archaeology
David R. Starbuck
Canterbury
N.H
James Bennet
The
Washington Monthly
MTV Ad Campaign Turns Print With Rolling Stone Features
The MTV network launches a print advertising campaign in Rolling Stone with 12 artists exploring the network's spirit rather than the logo. Prices run in the millions with some artists commanding high prices. first ad features Janet Wolley with others by Jenny Holzer and Robert Atl... The plan includes future issues and a call for amateur submissions. Sealy and Nike ads also highlighted with Bo Jackson and Sonny Bono appearances.
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Rolling Stone
Fred Seibert
Fred
Seibert
MTV
Janet Wolley
Jenny Holzer
Robert Atlanta
Record labels expand into video business with music and kid programs
Atlantic Records and Polygram launch independent video units to produce theatrical music videos and child focused programs. CBS Music Video reports four music videos among top 20 sales, led by New Kids on the Block Hangin Tough Live with about 1.3 million copies sold.
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Julie Shiver Jr
Los Angeles Timesith
Atlantic Records
Polygram Records
United States
Stuart Hersch
King World Productions
Atlantic
A Vision Entertainment
Polygram
Joe Shults
Polygram Music Video
Warner Bros
CBS
Tower Records
Music Plus
Tower
MTV
Debbie Newman
CBS Music Video
Billboard
Arista Records
CBS Music Video Enterprises
Major U S business and economic events scheduled
A packed week outlines Commerce Department inventories for May, May merchandise trade, June industrial production, June housing starts, and first quarter state personal income. Greenspan discusses policy. UAW talks at GM in Detroit and Chrysler in Highland Park. RTC and American Continental bankruptcy actions. Edwin McBirney arraignment in Dallas. Cedar Rapids Realtors meet with James Powers speaking.
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Commerce Department
U.S. International Trade Commission
U.s.-Mexico
Federal Reserve
Michigan
James Blanchard
Dart Container Corp
Labor Department
Federal Reserve Board
Alan Greenspan
Senate Banking Committee
United Auto Workers National Contract
General Motors Corp
Detroit
Resolution Trust Corp. Oversight Board
Washington
S&l
American Petroleum Institute
DAV Uaw-Ford
Dearborn
Mich
Dallas
Sunbelt Savings
Edwin T. McBirney III
Phoenix
American Continental Corp
FTC rules preapproved credit offers must be firm offers
The FTC rules that a prescreened preapproved credit card offer must be a firm offer of credit. Issuers may verify data but cannot deny credit after a credit file check except in rare fraud cases. The change aims to curb the privacy intrusion of prescreening while preserving genuine credit offers.
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CPE Ace Company
Oyeldcoghc
GLO
Aegonih
ADR
America West Air Awal
Orc Banks OF
IOWA/L
Orc Brenton Banks
Eastman-Kodak
OS Om
Equitable OF Iowa
Firstintowa Fia
General Mills(h
Hanson PLC
Hawkeye Bancorp Hwwke
Heartland Express
HON Industries
IE Industries EL
Vowa-Illinois Gse
James River
Longview Fibre
Maytag Myg
Aus
Ore Met Coil
Moore Corp Ltd. Metsil
Ore Nash Finck Nafc
Orc Nat'l Comp. Sys Nlcs
Orc Penw
Procter & Gamble(h
Raytheon
Square D
Telecom USA
United Dominion
Ore United Fire
United Tech Wal-Mart(h
Weyerhaeuser
GRACE
Nordby International Inc
Boulder, Cole
Nordby International
the Gazette Co
Federal Trade Commission
Marvin Kaplan
Associated Credit Bureaus
FTC
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Palm Springs
Calif
Sonny Bono
Rolling Stones
Wal-mart
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S&p
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