Word: schlitz
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Right about then, a squat, bull-necked dude, wild with drink, began elbowing his way through the crowd, bellowing for another Schlitz. He seemed to be the type that sends floral bouquets to funerals with the inscription "I AM VERY SORRY THAT IT HAD TO COME TO THIS" written on them. I loved the man, for I knew that he would provide the story. I had spent a lifetime waiting to write...
Died. Erwin C. Uihlein, 82, president (1933-61) and chairman (1961-67) of the Jos. Schlitz Brewing Co.; of a heart attack; in Milwaukee. Under his command, Schlitz grew into one of the largest breweries in the business (1967 sales: $394 million), second in the U.S. only to St. Louis' Anheuser-Busch...
...LIRR. They live in the neighborhood, work at nearby stores and factories, and come into the place after work to chat about the things people always talk about in bars. "How are they treating you at Grumman," one man says to another as they sip their Schlitz and Schaffer. "Not bad, but I'm not going anyplace," he replies. A little further down the rubbed wood bar, a scotch drinker banters with the barmaid, asking how she likes the heat. "Most of the time it's not too bad," she says tossing her bobbed head. "I have a very nice...
...Excuse me, sir," drools a red-faced drunk with stringy-haired girl in tow. "We're conducting an on-the-street interview here--would you like to say a few words?" he asks, holding out a half-empty Schlitz microphone. We're alive, we're alive." Boston is dead...
...delighted to read about Eastern Airlines' gift to the Metropolitan Opera [May 26]. Since the story also mentioned other contributions by industry to the arts, it seems unfair to exclude the Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company. In 1965 and 1966, Schlitz co-sponsored twelve free park concerts by the New York Philharmonic, concerts that, in the words of one reporter, "attracted more listeners than the Beatles." The series will be repeated this summer...