Lowenbrau under FTC inquiry over domestic import claim
The FTC is examining whether Lowenbrau advertising misleads consumers into thinking the domestic version is the German beer brewed since 1383. Anheuser-Busch says American Lowenbrau is brewed by Miller under license, not in Munich, and not the same beer. Miller contests the concern, noting the German beer has not been imported since 1977.
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Germany
Michael Pertschuk
Federal Trade Commission
Pertschuk
Treasury
W. Michael Blumenthal
Keting
Lowenbrau
Anheuser-Busch
America
Munich
Miller Brewing Co
Miller
Miller Brewing
Blumenthal
Insulation up as builders install more in homes
Owens Corning Fiberglas Corp says insulation per home rises by 20 percent from 1974 levels. By 1980 new houses are expected to average over 900 pounds of insulation, up from 721 pounds in 1976.
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Owens- Corning Fiberglas Corp
DC transit strike heads to court ruling on walkout
UPI reports Washington transit workers and WMATA faced a judge to explain why an order to end the wildcat strike was ignored. About 100,000 commuters were affected as 200 union members demanded a cost-of-living increase, leaving buses and subways largely idle.
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UPI
Washington Metropolitan Transit Authority
U.S
Louis Oberdorfer
Oberdorfer
Amalgamated Transit Union
Metro
Four Puerto Rican nationalists drop federal suit for UN appeal
At a Washington rally, attorney Michael Deutsch says the National Committee to Free the Four Puerto Rican Prisoners of War will drop the November 1976 lawsuit to obtain release and pursue the case before the United Nations Human Rights Commission. Figueroa Cordero, dying of cancer, did not attend. he will travel to Cuba for July celebrations. Demo around the White House highlighted a 1950 Truman assassination attempt and the 1954 House attack.
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Griselio Torresola
Secret Service
Oscar Collazo
Michael Deutsch
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National Committee
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