Hometown boy buys A&P store starts Dallas success tale
Gerald Pierce rose from high school assistant to manager at Casa View A&P and then bought the store through Affiliated Food Stores and SBA funded financing. The move saved stores and jobs, increased sales by 35 percent, and let Pierce run his shop with local control and lower costs.
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Dallas
UPI
Gerald Pierce
Casa View A&p
A&p
Pierce
Southwest
Affiliated
Texas
Harry Cook
Wichita Falls
Brownwood
Longview
Cook
Chuck Younts
Subcompact cars to top U.S. sales by 1980 predictions
A Detroit report summarizes AMRC forecasts that by 1982 up to five percent of U S domestic cars will be made by foreign firms in U S plants and gasoline will top $1 a gallon two years earlier. Subcompact and compact cars are projected to 60 percent of production in 1979 with subcompacts leading U S sales in 1980.
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Detroit
UPI
United States
U.S
Congress
Volkswagen
Volvo
Chesapeake, Va
AMRC
North America
Malaysian prawn could become a gourmet American delicacy
South Carolina researchers led by Dr. Paul Sandifer study captive prawn farming as a luxury food item. Initial ponds yield up to 600 pounds per acre in four months with 60 to 70 percent survival. Issues include growth rates, pond density, feed types, and potential market viability.
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Columbia, S.C
UPI
South Carolina
Paul Sandifer
South Carolina Marine Resources Research Institute
Charleston
Sandifer
Phoenix man persists in insurance picketing at Fort Scott
Harold Bates, a 27 year Phoenix resident, has picketed Western Insurance Co headquarters in Fort Scott for nine years over a disputed car accident settlement. He refuses court action, says he wants no money, and aims to warn others about insurance practices. Bates also picketed the Arizona governor's mansion and has targeted Western offices nationwide.
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Fort Scott
Phoenix
Ariz
The
Western Insurance Co
Harold Bates
Arizona
Bates
Western
Bennett Accused Overlooked Deadline for Kansas Energy Rules
Kansas Democratic Chairman Henry Lueck charged Gov. Robert Bennett with bungling the energy office setup by missing a 120 day deadline to adopt fuel priority rules under Senate Bill 13. He warned hearings could violate state open meeting and notice laws if held after August 22 while emergency rules remain possible.
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Overland Park, Kan
UPI
Kansas
Democratic
Henry Lueck
Robert Bennett
Energy
Lueck
Energy Office
Johnson County
Democratic Central Committee
Senate
Harold Wills
Bennett
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College of Charleston
John Manzi
Jeanne Joseph
Marine Resources Institute
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Truitt
W. Main
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