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Sheetz Looking for Approval to Sell Beer at Altoona, Pa., Convenience Store.
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Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
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March 12, 2004
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By Jeff McCready, The Tribune-Democrat, Johnstown, Pa. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Mar. 12--ALTOONA, Pa. -- Sheetz Inc. is continuing efforts to obtain a license to sell beer, though more than 6,000 people have signed a petition asking it not to.
Chairman Steve Sheetz said in a telephone interview yesterday that the company's application to sell beer at a new store under construction in Altoona remains before Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board, Harrisburg.
"In the end our decision is to try to get a license. His decision is to oppose it," Sheetz said of an Altoona pastor leading opposition to beer sales. "The decision is up to the PLCB."
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