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University Daily Kansan / Friday, November 1. 1991
Jule Dickinson/KANSAN
Recvcling recital
Students in the Kansas Union listen to Jennifer Polson, Kansas City, Mo., senior, read The Lorax by Dr. Seuss. The KU Dr. Seuss Club read the book, which has an environmental theme, every day this week in recognition of Recycle Awareness Week, which ends today.
Volunteers help stop Detroit fires on'Devil's Night'
History of arson on Halloween slows
The Associated Press
DETROIT — Thousands of volunteers dared would be arsonists to light up their neighborhoods and apparently held down the number of fires set during "Devil's Night," the city's official website between arson spree, authorities said.
Firefighters sat idle for hours at a time Wednesday night as an estimated 39,000 volunteers, armed with fire extinguishers and flashlights, defended the entrance which suffered from widespread publicity of last year's Devil's Night.
Two fire deaths were reported, but at least one and perhaps both were unaccounted.
A child died Wednesday in a blaze started by a housemate playing with matches, anda woman died this morning after she seriously burned in an apartment fire.
An official count of Wednesday's fires in Detroit was not available, but the number probably will fall short of the 411 reported Oct. 29-31 last year, said Bob Berg, representative for Mavor Coleman Young.
"It's clearly down from past years," Berg said early today. "You don't want to be premature, but all signs seem to be pointing that way."
Wednesday, Berg said Last year, officials made 22 arrests during Halloween and the two days preceding it.
Officials imposed a dusk-to-dawn curfew for youths under 18. Fifty-seven youths were charged with violations, police said.
Two people were arrested for arson
Devil's Night turned ugly in the early 1980s when pranksters torched houses instead of tossing eggs. The fire spread to nearby blazes left dozens of people homeless.
"Detroit needs to be safe," said volunteer Kam Sewon, 49. "If we don't look after each other, who's going to look after us?"
About 4,000 volunteers agreed to watch designated vacant houses in the city's Adopt-A House project. Other residents are part in various neighborhood groups.
"I think the people of the city of Detroit were the decisive factor," said Gregory Hicks, deputy director of the neighborhood's City Hall program.
George Cooper, a 66-year-old
who helped patrol the city, agreed
Elevator music used as punishment
"This is what makes you feel good," he said. "When the people who live in the communities get out and work in the community, then you've got something going."
The Associated Press
KEY WEST, Fla. — The crime was playing reggae too loudly. The punishment: elevator music.
A man charged with violating a noise ordinance must subject himself to two hours of easy-listening music as punishment for blaring his "Jamaican Jam" tape on a downtown corner during the middle of the night, a judge said Tuesday.
The judge tried out a few country singers on the dreadlocked Brown, who told him he "used to listen to them in Oklahoma."
After Monroe County Judge Wayne Miller found Zachary Brown guilty of the second-degree misdemeanor, he set out to learn what type of music Brown didn't like.
The judge tried again. Jimi Hendrix?
"Jimi's like my spiritual brother," Brown said afterward.
Lawrence Welk?
"I said I could listen to him, but it doesn't necessarily mean I would purchase his music. " Brown told the judge.
Miller settled on 101 Strings, an orchestra known for its all-strings instrumental versions of pop songs. He gave Brown 30 days to complete his sentence at the library, where he must get a note from a librarian as proof.
He could have been sentenced to 60 days in jail and fined $400. He said he thought the not-so-easy listening sentence was fair because he was innocent. Under city law, music audible more than 10 feet away is too loud.
Spirits maker sells brands to rival
The Associated Press
Sale of seven brands to Jim Beam will bring Seagram Co. $372.5 million
NEW YORK — Joseph E. Seagram & Sons Inc. said yesterday it had agreed to sell seven of its distilled-spirits brands to a rival, Jim Beam Brands Co., for $32.5 million.
Seagram said the brands sold accounted for about a quarter of the House of Seagrum's sales in the U.S. market but a much lower share of its operating profit. The company declined to disclose exact sales or profit figures.
The brands sold are Lord Calvert Canadian Whisky, Calvert Extra and Kessler Blended American Whiskeys, Calvert Gin, Wolfschmidt Vodka, Ronic Rum and the Leroux line of cordials.
Edgar D. Bronfman, president and chief operating officer of Seagram's parent, the Seagram Co. Ltd., said the sale fitted the company to focus on premium and core brands
The deal, subject to review by the government, is expected to close in December.
Jim Beam, a unit of American Brands Inc. of Old Greenwich, Conn., said the brands had a combined volume in excess of 5 million units which would increase its case volume by 35 percent.
American Brands Chairman William J. Alley said the deal would make Jim Beam the third largest distilled spirits marketer in the United States.
"The new brands will strengthen Beam's
competitive position in vodka, Canadian
american-blended whiskey and
rum, he said.
Alley said the brands were strong in the popular-price segment of the market and would fit well with current consumer trends toward that segment.
The Seagram Co. had more than $2 billion in sales last year with products that included wines, fruit juices, coolers and mixes in addition to distilled spirits.
Its other U.S. distilled-spirits brands include Seagram's 7 Crown Blended Whiskey, Chivas Regal, Crown Royal and Seagram's VO Canadian Whiskies, Seagram's Extra Dry Gin, Martell Cognacs and Captain Morgan Original Spiced Rum.
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