Word: walgreen
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Waldenbooks, Lucky supermarkets and Walgreen drugstores banned the issue. The Southland Corp. kept it out of 4,200 7-Eleven stores because, a spokeswoman said, it was "beyond the bounds of good taste." Yet most 7- Eleven stores sell condoms all the time, displaying them right on the aisles...
DIED. Justin Whitlock Dart, 76, cantankerous California industrialist and longtime member of Ronald Reagan's "kitchen cabinet"; of heart disease; in Los Angeles. Dart joined Walgreen drugstores as a stock clerk in 1929 after marrying the boss's daughter and eventually became the chain's general manager. In 1941 he moved to the Rexall Drug Co. and turned it into Dart Industries, a conglomerate he merged with Kraft Foods in 1980. Dart recognized Reagan's political potential and worked to advance his career, but refused to accept any high-level post as a reward. Said Dart...
...Thursday-evening news. On Friday, the FDA belatedly advised consumers to "avoid in prudence" all bottles of the capsules. By then it was virtually impossible to obtain Extra-Strength Tylenol anywhere in the Chicago area or indeed in many locations around the country. Two Midwestern retail chains, Jewel and Walgreen, withdrew all bottles of the pain reliever from their stores...