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Page 8 THE BATTALION FRIDAY, MAY 5, 1978 Graduation Cards © 1977 Hallmark Cards, Inc. When you care enough to send the very best YARBROUGHS Downtown Bryan 205 N. Main 779-9363 r Kent killings noted United Press International KENT, Ohio — A small group of students and faculty members gathered Thursday on the Kent State University Commons in unseasonably cool and windy weather to begin ceremonies marking the eighth anniversary of the killing of four students by National Guard troops. About 220 students and 75 faculty members attended the beginning of the commemoration for the four students and nine others who were wounded when National Guard troops opened fire on a group of anti-war dem onstrators on May 4, 1970. Many factors alter consumption Aggies not top beer drinkers Store stuffl FOR YOUR PEACE OF MIND u STOW &GO WELL LIGHTED CONCRETE BUILDINGS RESIDENT MANAGER INSURANCE AVAILABLE 2206 Pinfeather Rd. 822-6618 By JAN BAILEY Coors, Lone Star, Schlitz, Bud- weiser. Miller, Michelob, Pearl, Old Milwaukee, Shiner, Andeker, Falstaff, Pabst, Olympia, etc., etc...by the can, cup and keg hun dreds of gallons of beer are sold in Brazos County every week. But contrary to an old Aggie myth, Brazos County is not the beer drink ing capital of Texas. Beer distributors in Bryan and College Station say they do a good business. Many attribute much of their success to beer-drinking Ag gies. But Bill Lawrence, assistant supervisor in Brazos County for the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commis sion, said there are several counties in Texas with more per capita guzzl ing than Brazos. According to the Wholesale Beer Distributors of Texas report for 1976-77, more than 24 million 12- ounce cans of beer were sold in Bryan-College Station in 1977. But almost three times that many were sold in Longview in Gregg County. What determines the amount of 3 lls lime i® relurn i»ur Refrigeralor. PLACE: MSC LOADING DOCK (WED., THURS. & FRI. 10-4) SBISA AREA (WED. 10-4) COMMONS AREA (THURS. & FRI. 10-4) $5NOTE: NO SUMMER RENTALS OR RENEWALS! all units must be returned to avoid PENALTIES (Please clean and defrost your machine before returning.) IT-201/208 New York State Income Tax Resident Return 1977 NY State Department ot Taxation and Finance With New York City Personal Income Tax & Nonresident Earnings Tax Page 1 Or Fiscal Year Ended 1978 First name and initial (if lomt or combined return, enter both) Last name JoHKl mA JAiOE Dog Home address (number and street or rurai route) 1234 KAa&uSp^ AvcNPE Apt. No. 6>o\ City, village, post office and state y ZIP code kJew York., kIeW YoRK\0004 ZIP code Your social security number 236 I 23 1873^ Spouse's social security number 294 IZ& 19(64 Occupation SALESMAN Occupation TELLER- (A) Bh Married filing joint Return (1)0 Single (Check only ONE box) (2) 0 Qualifying Widow(er) with dependent child (5) Q'Married filing separately on one Return (3) 0 Unmarried Head of Household (6) O Married tiling separate Returns (on separate Forms) School district in which you reside—See instructions Name Code K.ENHAQRF I Taxpayer s NY State county of residence Manhattan! B) Change of State Residence—If you were a New York State resident for only part of the year, enter the number of months of residence in the box and attach Schedule CR-60.1 (see instructions page 14) If filing status (5) above is checked, use Column A for husband and Column B for wife. Al! others use only Column A. Federal, 1 TOtal Income (from page 2, Schedule A, line 16) Column A 2 Additions (explain on page 2 in Schedule C) 3 Line 1 plus line 2 4 Subtractions (explain on page 2 in Schedule C) 5 Total New York Income (line 3 less line 4) 16,500 16, Sfrp 6 NY Deduction | check one box and enter amount [Standard Deduction —15% of line 5. but ! not more than $2000 (Married filing separately total lor both may not exceed $2000). See instructions page 12 for minimum allowed. 7 Line 5 less line 6 8 Exemptions: Column A—Enter number claimed 9 New York taxable income (line 7 less line 8) 10 State Tax on amount on line 9^0^ 11 Stat 12 Lin 13 Sta; 14 Li 15 Sti Column B IfegQ- sax 16 81/ 17 T X CO 1/ 1— 18c >- 18d City I8e City Tax orTfi. 133,. 19 Add lines 17, 18a, 18b 20 State Tax Withheld 21 State Estimated Tax 22 City Tax Withheld 23 City Estimated Tax, 24 Total (add lines a) Enter line 24 25 If line 19 is ■ey order payatxe lo 26 If line 24a is I 29 l ited on 1978 estimated tax. Your NY State 28 1 NY City 29 1 i For office use only Sign here ^gnature ol ore (T-201/208 1977 Dolph Briscoe For Texas Pd. Pol. Ad. by Brazos County Briscoe Committee, Charles McDaniel, Chairman, Box 4246, Bryan, Tx. 77801 beer consumed? In Brazos County, it’s up to the seasons. The mainstays of local beer distributors are hot weather and football weekends. Dianne Hayes of the local Coors franchise said most of their business is based on Texas A&M University. Business is best in the fall when stu dents return to school and in the “Were hoping to get this business down even more to a science. ” Daily and monthly sales re ports, annual totals, even daily weather re ports are logged and filed for reference. spring before graduation. Several distributors echoed this tie to the University’s schedule. “When the Aggies are out of town, it’s pretty slow,” said Carl Schaffhauser, owner of Schaffhauser Distributing Co. in College Station. Les Morello of the G. F. Sousares Distributing Co. in Bryan was one of the few distributors who said his business was not heavily influenced by students. Schlitz and Old Mil waukee, two Sousares brands, con stitute about one-half of all beer sales in Brazos County. Morello said the biggest Schlitz and Old Milwaukee customer is the blue collar worker. Like all the dis tributors, Morelle said he is aware of what his customer buys, where he buys and when he buys. “Were hoping to get this busi ness down even more to a science,’ Morello said. The Sousares com pany already keeps extensive rec ords on its sales. Daily and monthly sales reports, annual totals, even daily weather reports are logged and filed for reference. Morello said the records help ex plain fluctuations in sales. He ex plained that a recent three-day rainy spell cut monthly sales by 5 percent. All the distributors said the first week of each month is the best for sales. January and February are the worst months. The beer business is a very com petitive game. Distributors keep constant tabs on their competitor’s sales. The compare customers and ads. And they’re not above knocking the competitor’s product. They all believe they sell the best beer on the market. Schaffhauser said the American consumer is generally very unin formed about the beer industry. “They do what the boob tube tells them,” he said. Morello keeps a picture album that illustrates this competitive theme. The photographs show how beer signs are used to market the product and bump the competition. Distributors try to overpower their com petitor s signs with their own by hanging larger, more colorful ones in strategic places in bars and stores. Distributors try to overpower their competitors’ signs with their own by hanging larger, more colorful ones in strategic places in bars and stores. They even try persuading the own ers to completely remove the com petitive sign. The competition doesn t stop at signs. Every distributor likes free advertising, so a myriad of beer- backed products are on sale at each warehouse. Baseball caps, can openers, trash cans, t-shirts, halter tops, straw hats, cigarette the list is endless. The distributors agreed that sj| cial promotions, like the recel Coors 200 Indy car race; have lit! effect on local beer sales. Suchpn motions are handled by the brew and only local advertising is mm.) aged by the distributor. The Coors distributorship isfairli| new to this area. It opened aboif two years ago. Dianne Hayes ij Coors Central Inc. said the i pany is still in the process ofleve|| out its sales. She explained I the first few months sales weretj tremely high, partly because! brand was new in the area; partly because of what she calls! “Coors mystique.” Schaffhauser said there haveb some significant changes in be# drinking habits in recent years.] said about 70 percent of today sIm I is sold for home consumptim Thirty percent is sold in bars. Afct years ago these figures werep versed he said. All the local distributors saidfcl largest sales were to retail store! Schaffhauser added that northern states beer consumptiol often increases in the winter, will people staying inside bars home to drink. Prices for 16-gallon kegs ranf from about $25 to $31. This is! cheapest way to buy beer. The a ings from buying in kegs variesfror _ 33 percent to almost 50 percent! T pending on the brand. But carbon dioxide is used with their pump, the beer will last only ale days before going flat. Flat or frothy, every weeka.„,_^ beer is downed in Brazos Coiinti 'l 4 the brand and place of purchase" depend on individual tastes,! most of the results are tl same...full stomachs, smilingfailt^g^ happier, richer beer 111 otv V 01 T ^1 and tributors. Chemical harmful to pot smokers labeled safe for use on sugar canj United Press International WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — The poisonous chemical paraquat, which can cause lung damage to smokers of Mexican marijuana, is widely used in U.S. forming, includ ing the harvesting of sugar cane, it was reported Thursday. Agriculture officials were quick to emphasize the use of paraquat pres ents no dangers for consumers of sugar produced in Florida or Texas. ELECT TOMMY JANIK >mm< levis Fric YOUR FULL TIME - COUNTY JUDGE May 6th Primary Your Vote is Important for Honest, Reliable, Responsive Brazos County Government. Paid for by Tommy Janik Campaign Fund, Eddie Binford and Bob Griffin, Co-Chairmen, Box 2806, Bryan, Texas 77801. ‘‘I haven’t heard of anyone ilF? 111 smoking sugar cane leaves,” sR e . George Wedgeworth, presidenlii . r ' c the Florida Sugar Cane League !; ' Wedgeworth said crop duk™ es ( planes have been spraying paraqi on Florida and Texas sugai e» crops as a harvest aid for about . years. He said its use has keenlQ 105 ^ ited, estimating that less than if 311 ^ percent of Florida’s 300,000 aereF^d sugar cane are treated with paraqii Fri< each year. tBiace The defoliant withers grtfjpm growth and, in the case of siitWgh p cane, aids the burning of wet fiel|n bo of cane just prior to the harvesting $1C cane stalks. Be fc ‘‘The Environmental Proteclii Agency licensed paraquat as a si non-hazardous chemical for use certain crops at least five years only after extensive testinil Wedgeworth said. “ai a Dr. Joseph Orsenigo, research Bach rector for the Florida Sugar' Cis I yeai League, said no traces of paraqit isura ever have been found in tests of® gpes sugar from fields sprayed with! Spt herbicide. pdy HEW has issued warnings ahoi lid.' the dangers of smoking paraqoi ons treated marijuana. Bunc But the Center for Disease Csjavaila trol in Atlanta reported it hastjeratic documented any cases of lungclwritir ease related to paraquat. Ma END-OF-SEMESTER BOOK 0 SALE 200 cartons of books . . . over 15,000 titles FROM 29c to $2.50 TEA AS A&M BOOKSTORE the Memorial Student Center