European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 23, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes monday september 23, 1985 oct. 1 liquor tax prompts spirited buying b United press International liquor stores nationwide arc reporting Christmas in september As Consumers Rush to beat an oct. I Federal liquor tax expected to raise a half gallon of 80 proof by up to several dollars. Pushing beat the tax sales in huge signs designed to entice customers liquor stores Are reaping Quick Bonanza from customers stockpiling their favorite spirits before the Price goes up. The new Tan passed As part of the 1984 deficit reduction act affects Only hard liquor and not Beer and wine. The new lax increases the distilled spirits lax by $2 per proof gallon from $10.50 to $12.50. The last change was in 1951. It is estimated the tax can raise s149 million in 1985 and up to 1535 million by 1989. People Are buying three month sup plies said Ron Beatty manager of Cor ral liquors in suburban St. Louis. It s Christmas in  retailers and wholesalers alike say Che Price of liquor will increase More than the tax hike because new taxes paid by the distiller will compound through higher distribution costs As bottles reach store shelves. Stores contacted around the nation varied in their estimates on How much liquor prices would increase under the new tax depending on distributors actions but All agreed the tabs would be noticeably higher. September will be the Best month in the history of United liquor wine and Beer co. Of Phoenix ariz., said general manager Sheldon tat/., who expects liquor sales to decline after the tax takes effect. The Market is Flat now he said. This is the age of drinking moderation. When liquor prices Rise people slide Down to Beer and  a liquor store in downtown washing ton d.c., which ran newspaper ads urging Consumers to buy their Christmas gifts before the tax kicks in was swamped this weekend with one Patron reporting wait ing in line for about 25 minutes just to buy a six pack of Beer. In new Hampshire the state run liquor monopoly kicked off a pre tax Sale Lasi week by dumping 12 half Gallons of booze into the Pisca Taqua River in Portsmouth in a Boston Tea party like event. It was our Way of reminding or. And mrs. Consumer that the tax is going up. Buy now said state liquor commissioner by e Hersom. In other words fill the closet before the tax goes  Consumers in Michigan arc getting a double shot on oct. I. In addition to the Federal tax hike the state is raising taxes by 4 percent on liquor sold by the bottle in package stores and by the Glass in bars. The one thing we arc thankful for is that the tax Impact is coming at the same time so the Consumers can get All their complaints in at one time said Tom rip icy of the state liquor control commis Sion. He expects a fifth of liquor to in crease is to 11.25 through the two new taxes. Regular customers who might buy a bottle a week normally have been buying cases in the last week or two said scan Haas of the beverage warehouse in a de troit suburb. In new York the manager of 67 wine and spirits on Manhattan s Columbus Avenue said the Price of a liter of go Gnu act scotch will increase Only 40 menu while a liter of chivas regal scotch will jump nearly s3.70. To $26.64. But manager Kenneth Dunwald said be  not expect the Price hike to dim holi Day sales because companies like Chinu passing along a big Price hike will litre by drop prices in november for pre Holiday enticement. In Washington state meanwhile we expect people to Hoard about a month s Supply but they should be Back into regu Lar buying patterns by thanksgiving Laid liquor Board spokesman Carter Mitchell Back in St. Louis however at least one foursome of golfers is set until 1986 Roll around. One fellow came in and ordered 29 cases of liquor said David Kay of David Kay s wine and spirits co. He said he heard about the increase and he got to Gether with his buddies at their country club to Stock up for the rest of the  striking Ford autoworkers in Ohio ratify agreement Lorain Ohio a United Auto workers members at Ford motor co s to rain Assembly Plant voted sunday to ratify an agreement to end their two week strike Over health safety and production grievances. The agreement covering some 5,200 workers provides for the recall of 45 work ers who arc Laid off or have been out of work because of other grievances said Michael Pohorence Law local 425 presi Dent. He said 82 percent of the estimated 2,300 members who attended a meeting ratified the agreement which was reached at 3 . Sunday after an 18-hour negotiating session. He declined to release exact vote totals. The strike also had caused the closing of Ford s Ohio truck Plant in nearby Avon. Ford officials had said other shutdowns were planned for monday at plants in Cleveland Detroit and Buffalo that Supply parts to the Lorain operation which produces thunderbird a cougars econ line vans and club wagons. There normally is no production at the Plant on sunday. Pohorence said workers would begin returning with monday s Day shift. The strike which began sept. 8, had been portrayed As a test of an automaker s attempt to increase productivity against the Union s Contention that there was too much work for too few people. Pohorencc said that Plant ventilation and safety equipment also were important issues and that in All 21 issues were settled in the talks. A opens second probe into paraplegic s death we be settled 90 percent of the grievances to the Benefit of the membership he said. The company would never hire addressed themselves to the Issue of a Power without a strike. Of the workers to be called Back 35 a Fol come from the 81 Laid off workers who Stuffl have recall rights he said. The majority of those will provide emergency Relief for workers on the production line. He said the other 10 to be called Back had been out of work because of pending grievances. Dublin. A. Up the veterans administration has begun a second investigation into the death of a 35-year-old Man who suffered a massive heart attack the Day after he was denied admission to a veterans Hospital. Donny Gene Williams 35, a paraplegic who also suffered from emphysema and diabetes was taken to the Hospital by two friends because he was suffering Chest pains according to his lawyer. He was turned away by the examining doctor who said the detox unit was filled and told the friends to bring Williams Back the following Day. The next morning Wil Liams was found dead of a massive Cor onary. The Bottom line is you be got a Man dead because the Hospital would t take care of him said attorney Gerald Bur rows who filed a $500,000 wrongful death claim against the a on behalf of Wil Liams three children. Rep. Roy Rowland d-oa., who serves on the House veterans affairs committee said an investigation into the May 12 death cleared the doctor. The first probe into Williams death ended last monday when an internal a review committee reported doctors acted correctly in not admitting Williams. But the a opened a second probe thursday in response to the wrongful death claim. The a s regional counsel Bill Thigpen said the latest probe could take up to six months. Pat Greenway told the House veterans affairs committee hearing that he and Boston Harrell took Williams to the Hospi Tal because he had once been a patient in the alcoholic rehabilitation War of. Harrell said Williams was suffering Chest pains. Williams whose Handicap was not serv ice related was examined by or. Alberto Espennola who told Greenway and Harrell to take him Home because the Hospital Alco holism unit was already filled to capacity. The doctor told them to bring him Back the next morning but when Greenway arrived to pick him up at the one room Flat where he lived Williams was dead. The report on the investigation of the incident however said the doctor did not believe Williams was suffering a heart at tack. According to or. Espennola the report said or. Williams was Alert and in no distress  that conclusion was disputed by the at Torney. He was suffering severe Chest pains and regurgitating blood said Burrows. Although the report cleared the doctor of responsibility in the death it also concluded that Greenway Harrell and Williams were treated poorly by other staffers. It said two  Hospital employees will be disciplined for their actions. Espennola declined to be interviewed. Entertainer Elton John and his wife enjoying their Rife fun time for Elton to magic Mountain amusement Park 35 Miles North of downtown los Ai Gelts. Compiled by the new York times fiction i Lake Wobegon Days by Garrison Tuor the Hunt for red october by Tom Clancy a Skeleton Crew by set can Klov Dunne is Oren Les " Dominic a the fourth deadly sin by Law inca Sand for lonesome Dove by Larry Mcmurtry 7-tme cider House rules by Jonn Irving 8a Maggot by John Fown to the accidental tourist by Ann Tutor a of tomorrow Comaj a Mussuto nonfiction Sandra Harmon choices " athe club " to brainchild by Jotun Saul paperback nonfiction h wrote a Book by rave led by m. 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