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According to Square establishment owners, especially bar owners, the biggest problem they have has since the bill took effect is the lack of storage space for the empties. To collect their refund the bars and retail stores must keep all the empty returnable containers on the premises until a distributor picks them up during delivery of an order, and records the amount owed the retailer...

Author: By Mary K. Warren, | Title: Deposits and Returns | 3/4/1983 | See Source »

Prosecutors termed the shipment from Houston to Libya the largest illegal movement of explosives ever investigated by the U.S. Jerome S. Brower, a California explosives manufacturer and distributor who is an unindicted coconspirator, testified that Wilson, who left the CIA in 1970, said he wanted "as much as I could get" of cyclotrimethylene trinitramine, a plastic explosive known as C4. Brower said he shipped 42,300 Ibs. in 856 5-gal. cans disguised as "drilling mud," a chemical lubricant used in oil-drilling rigs, from California to Houston, where it was loaded aboard a leased...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hot Shots Feel the Heat | 2/14/1983 | See Source »

...then told De Lorean that a "Mr. Vicenza," a drug distributor the C.I. knew, would be willing to put up about $3 million to complete the purchase of 220 lbs. of cocaine for roughly $5 million. Vicenza, actually DEA Agent John Valestra, would handle the distribution of the coke, and De Lorean would be given most of the profits. The C.I. told De Lorean that once the cash was on hand, the actual financial transaction would be conducted by Benedict, the presumed bank officer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Bottom Line... Busted | 11/1/1982 | See Source »

...ubiquitous FBI cameras were waiting when Hetrick arrived at 4 p.m. Benedict assured Hetrick that the $1.8 million would be in the room shortly. Hetrick said he was "ready to go." It was not until 7:45 p.m., however, that yet another self-styled drug distributor, actually DEA Agent Gerald Scotti, arrived with Vicenza. Hetrick was wary, but in Scotti's briefcase, which was placed on a Plexiglas coffee table, was a vast amount of cash...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Bottom Line... Busted | 11/1/1982 | See Source »

Kraus first entered the race last January, and was widely considered a long shot at the outset. Lyons, an Arlington flower distributor, who ran for the seat four years ago, had the highest name recognition and was considered the favorite. But the Harvard admissions officer soon established himself as the most progressive candidate in the crowded field, and won the backing of conservative organizations praising him for "honesty and integrity...

Author: By Jacob M. Schlesinger, | Title: Dean Officially Wins Senate Nomination | 9/28/1982 | See Source »

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