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Business. Schlitz Donates Paintings of Famous Blacks Four original watercolors were do nated to the Black Archives of Mid America, Inc., in Kansas City, Mo., by Jos. Schlitz Brewing Company. The archives, founded in 1974, are dedicated to preserving yesterday for tomorrow. They include a museum and art gallery where the watercolors are on display. The donated watercolors are by art ist J. Pinkney who was commissioned by Schlitz to paint portraits for use on a black history calendar. "The personalities chosen for the calendar represent a cross section of black achievers including jazz mu sician Charlie 'Yardbird' Parker; Lor raine Hansberry, author of 'A Raisin in the Sun'; physician Daniel Hale Wil liams, who performed the first opera tion on a human heart; and cowboy adventurer Nat Love, also known as 'Deadwood Dick,'" says Leon Hearn, Schlitz associate manager of special markets. The watercolors, valued at about $1,000 each, were presented by Martin Hartley, special markets manager in Schlitz's Kansas City Division. During the ceremony. Hartley was awarded the key to the city by Michael Fisher, assistant to the Mayor. Schlitz brews six brands of malt bev erages for distribution nationally Schlitz, Schlitz Malt Liquor, Schlitz Light, Erlanger, Old Milwaukee and Old Milwaukee Light and operates five breweries and five can plants in the United States from its corporate headquarters in Milwaukee. Bass Elected to Vice President WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. Mar shall B. Bass has been elected vice president of R.j. Reynolds Industries, Inc. The announcement was made by R.J. Reynolds Chairman and Chief Ex ecutive Officer, ). Paul Sticht, who said, "Bass will continue to have re sponsibility for corporate personnel development and will continue to serve as secretary of the public policy committee of the company's board of directors." Bass joined the personnel depart ment of R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Com pany in 1968 as director of personnel development. With the formation of R.J. Reynolds Industries in 1970, he moved to the position of corporate A Marshall B. Bass director of personnel development where he has been responsible for fed eral contract compliance programs, equal employment opportunity and policies pertaining to training, promo tion and evaluations of performance. Bass joined R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company after a 23-year military ca reer during which he rose to the grade of lieutenant colonel. Bass is a graduate of the University of Maryland and holds several honor ary doctorates. In 1977, Bass received a Doctor of Humane Letters degree from King Memorial College, Columbia, S.C. In 1981, he was awarded a Doctor of Humane Letters degree from St. Augustine's College, Raleigh, N.C. and in 1982, he was awarded a third Doctor of Humane Letters degree from Liv ingstone College, Salisbury, N.C. 7UP Stresses Absence of Caffeine New York, N.Y., The Seven-Up Company announced a new thrust in the advertising for its 7UP brand that stresses that the product contains no caffeine, a widely used stimulant add ed to most other major soft drinks. "7UP has never contained caffeine and never will," Edward W. Frantel, president and chief executive officer, said. "The Seven-Up Company decided to embark on this new and aggressive advertising thrust strongly emphasiz ing that 7UP contains no caffeine be cause it appeared to us that there is a growing body of concern among con sumers about the possible negative health implications of this stimulant, especially with regard to children, who are major consumers of soft drinks," Frantel said. . P. Martin Associates, Inc., a New York-based advertising agency, re cently landed a contract with Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc., for the de sign and placement of advertising. From left are Wayman F. Smith, III, vice president of corproate affairs at Anheuser-Busch Companies, Joel P. Martin, president of the ad agency, and Victor M. Julien, manager of na tional projects for Anheuser-Busch, Inc., the subsidiary which brews Bud weiser, Budweiser Light, Michelob, Michelob Light, Natural Light and Busch beers. I 4
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