What Happened To Grand Old Brews
Nostalgic beer brands vanish as federal antitrust probes focus on predatory pricing. The piece notes historic brewers and market decline from 1860s to 1970s, with FTC scrutiny of big brewers potentially squeezing smaller rivals. In Spokane, Douglas R. Postel, 18, is jailed for armed robbery at the Arctic Circle drive-in.
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University of Idaho
Idaho
Franklin H. Pitkin
Howard Loewenstein
William B. Mead
Washington
UPD
United States
Progress
Oklahoma
Texas
Griesedieck Brothers
St. Louis
Tadcaster
Worcester
Mass
My Beer
Omaha
Neb
Wee- Willy
Marathon
Wis
Old Shay
Baltimore
12 Horse
Rochester
N.Y
Silver Bar
Tampa
Fla
Mug
Cincinnati
Ohio
Kinoyo-Masamune
Honolulu
Butte Beer
Butte
Mont
Old Reading
Reading
Harvard Beer
Willimansett
U.S. Senate
Senate Beer
Washington, D.C
Oppenheimer & Co
Anheuser - Busch
Budweiser
Schlitz
Burnham and Co
Federal Trade Commission
FTC
Spokane
UPI
Douglas R. Postel
Postel
Arctic Circle Drive-In
Okanogan County
Arctic Circle
Butz nomination clears Senate Agriculture panel 8-6
Earl L. Butz wins an 8-6 committee vote to become agriculture secretary. Critics say he favors corporate farms. he would place stocks in three agribusiness firms into a blind trust and sell within 90 days. Senate floor contest expected with possible 25 to 30 votes against him.
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Washington
UPI
Senate Agriculture Committee
Earl L. Butz
Senate
Purdue University
Agriculture Committee
Butz
Robert Dole
Kan
Republican National Committee
Agriculture
Herman E. Talmadge
D-Ga
George D. Aiken
R-Vt
Talmadge
WFA Co op Eyed Protect Investors in Turnaround
SEATTLE Western Farmers Association a three state agricultural co operative is $57.3 million in debt and watched by SEC state agencies to safeguard investors. The Lynden Farms marketer posted a $10.25 million loss last year prompting top level changes led by President A J Oldenburg. The co op with 55 000 members and 21 000 investors holds $26.4 million in finance fund certificates and operates in Washington Oregon Idaho employing about 3 000 people.
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Seattle
CUPID
Western Farmers Association
Lynden Farms
A.J. Oldenburg
Dale Smith
WFA
Susta
Co-op
Securities and Exchange Commission
State Securities Division
State Attorney General’s Office
State Department of Agriculture
Washington
Oregon
Idaho
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