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- 1 2 3 4 Local families have Coke connection, Chattanooga Free Press , February 26, 2010
- ↑ The Bottleneck At Coca Cola Enterprises, Bloomberg Businessweek , September 13, 1992
- 1 2 3 Memorial Service Set Tuesday For Cleveland's Skeeter Johnston, The Chattanoogan , April 7, 2007
- 1 2 Betsy Morris, Patricia Sellers, What Really Happened At Coke Doug Ivester was a demon for information. But he couldn't see what was coming at the showdown in Chicago., CNN , January 10, 2000
- ↑ Nicole Lever, Gillian Johnston's Passion For Horses Has Never Dwindled, The Chronicle of the Horse , January 26, 2005