Small liquor dealers push for price control amid chain competition
Industry critics say chain stores force out independents. dealers report layoffs and higher workloads as they warn a monopoly could raise prices. Officials note most drunken driving cases come from bars, not stores, while lawmakers consider a minimum markup and lawsuits challenge below-cost sales by chains. The beverage association faces a $50,000 per violation suit in Maricopa County.
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Independent liquor dealers face decline after price repeal
Dan Morehouse of Casas Adobes Liquors on 7117 N Oracle Road says fair trade repeal in 1978 cut his business by 3 percent. He warns the independent liquor salesman could be a dying breed if prices are not raised.
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Muriel Humphrey Hospitalized for Exhaustion
Muriel Humphrey 65 is expected to stay at Washington Hospital Center for about a week to rest after heavy workload and recent gall bladder surgery. Betty South said she is hospitalized for complete rest with daughter Nancy Solomonson noting exhaustion from supporting Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey in his Senate duties.
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Haringey workers reprimanded for watching porn during repair work
In Haringey England several town employees lost half an hour's pay and their foreman was reprimanded after being found watching a pornographic film in a house they were repairing. The incident occurred during lunch break and continued after it ended.
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Super City chain thrives on low prices and bulk buys
Louis A. Cohn owns the Super City liquor chain from Tucson expanding to six stores by 1976. He touts no frills stores, bulk discounts, and a low markup to outprice smaller dealers, while denying below cost selling and citing lawsuits over fair trade rules. He notes lawsuits from 10 years ago and says his staff runs lean with 14 people.
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Speaker to discuss Mexico conservation lecture
Car los Nagel of the Arizona- Sonora Desert Museum will present a slide lecture on Mexico conservation. He will examine private and government efforts that earned a United Nations Environmental Programme Latin American Leader designation. The event, sponsored by the Sierra Club, is free and open to the public at 7:45 pm in Room 201, Physics Atmospheric Sciences Building, University of Arizona.
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