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...network may be competing against entertainment programming on another. Similar arrangements will be in effect for the Republican Convention in Dallas in August. The networks' reasoning is simple: gavel-to-gavel coverage is very expensive, and the number of viewers it attracts, in the words of NBC Anchor Tom Brokaw, "has been diminishing and diminishing...
Strange Brew. The unofficial thirst quencher of the convention will be Anchor Steam beer, a locally produced suds that will be handed out gratis to delegates and visitors, gavel to gavel. Few takers are likely to mistake it for their steady brew. In a nation where the major beer brands are lager light and getting lighter, Anchor Steam turns out a product that is dark, dense and slightly bitter. It is the antithesis of what Brewer Fritz Maytag, a scion of the washing-machine family, calls "lawnmower beers." Some authorities, not all of them locals, call it the best beer...
Produced in San Francisco since 1896, Anchor Steam acquired the second part of its name-or so legend has it-because early batches tended to geyser out of their wooden kegs when tapped. The brewery fell on hard times during the rise of the national brands, and it was about to go out of business when Maytag bought it in 1965. A novice, he became a master brewer and turned what some considered a wealthy man's hobby into a serious business. Last year Anchor Steam produced 33,500 bbl. of beer, and while most of that is sold...
...with his familiar finishing crescendo, over Football Players Sam Graddy of Tennessee and Ron Brown, soon of the Los Angeles Rams. So the 4 X 100-meter relay team was set, too, in this likely order: Graddy leading off, Brown the second leg, Calvin Smith the third, Lewis the anchor...
Koppel says he's content on "Nightline," and in fact, that he discouraged talk of his replacing the late Frank Reynolds as anchor of "World News Tonight." "I don't think Ted believes that 7 p.m. would be particularly advantageous to him." Shales says, because it would not allow Koppel's interviewing skills to shine...