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Miller Brewing Co. and Anheuser-Busch spend millions on advertising to convince us of how tasty, macho and light their beers are [Aug. 16]. Nevertheless, with all the additives in American beer, it tastes as if it were squeezed through dish towels. Many drinkers say they can down a gallon of Danish, German, Mexican or Japanese brew, but after three American cans they feel acidy and bloated. Like the U.S. automobile and television industries, the brewers will learn the hard way that we're not as stupid as they think...
...community. Among Portland's winning inducements to the Bath (Me.) Iron Works company: $15 million worth of renovations and construction of piers that will be leased to the company. In Colorado, Fort Collins appears to be the victor in a three-town battle for a proposed Anheuser-Busch brewery that would create 500 jobs in the plant and 1,200 elsewhere. While the city of Pueblo offered 409 free acres of land and Greeley put together a land-and-amenities package worth $46 million, the deciding factor was Fort Collins' proximity to an interstate highway...
...Save Humanity) visited St. Louis early this month, he pointedly congratulated 7-Up for its commitment to black-run enterprises over the next five years. Then he met with a group of black businessmen and made a rather blunt proposition: to finance a drive designed to encourage the Anheuser-Busch brewery to give more contracts to minority firms, they should each donate $500 to Operation PUSH. Said Jackson: "We're all family here, but you have to pay to play...
...black St. Louis businessmen took offense. "We don't need any outsider coming in and telling us how to get along and telling us we have to pay him to make progress," said one. Other blacks complained that Jackson had targeted the wrong company: 18% of Anheuser-Busch employees are minorities and the company purchases $40 million annually from black businesses. Said William Douthit, the black president of the St. Louis Urban League: "We have always pointed to Anheuser-Busch as an example of ideal corporate social responsibility...
...conference of 50 black businessmen and ministers, Dr. James Declue, president of the local N.A.A.C.P. board, said, "We support the Rev. Mr. Jackson's concept. It would be idiotic not to, because we are doing the same thing." But he stopped short of endorsing a campaign against Anheuser-Busch. For his part, Jackson accused his critics of ignoring their obligation to organizations like PUSH that have helped blacks. Said he: "Anybody who wants to pick apples off the ground but is not interested in the forces pushing the tree is looking for something for nothing...