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daily nebraskan
monday, September 12, 1977
Ag Depf. crocks down
Washington-With higher supermarket
prices for meat expected this fall, the
Agriculture Dept. is cracking down on
improper meat-grading practices it says
may boost prices as well as hurt ranchers.
"When there are breakdowns in the
meat-grading service, the impact of .the
problems results in lower prices being paid
to producers for their animals and higher
associated press
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prices paid "by consumers for meat. This
situation reduces confidence in the meat
industry and reflects badly on all meat
packers," Carol Foreman, assistant
agriculture secretary, said Saturday.
A spokesman said that 'some meat
packers and graders have been charged
recently with bribery and corruption.
Misgrading of beef is a perennial problem,
officials said.
The spokesman said there have been
cases in which a packer paid a producer
a relatively low price for a low-grade car
cass which was later given a higher grade
and sold at a higher price to supermarket
chains and, in turn, consumers. '
' : Ms. Foreman who prefers that designa
tion, stressed that most meat graders and
packers are honest.
Natural rubber
Pasadena, Calif.-Government research
ers say they have devised a chemical
process that could lea'd to - commercial
production of natural rubber in the United
States for the first time since World War II.
Sprayed on the desert guayule shrub,
which grows wild in the American South
west and Mexico, the chemical in
laboratory tests caused the plant to
produce two to six times more rubber than
it normally yields, said Henry Yokoyama.
A yield increase might encourage
American companies to plant and harvest
rubber plantations and decrease U.S..
dependence on foreign supplies, he said.
Although commercial use is at least
three years away, Yokoyama said, several
large companies have already expressed
interest. '
"Rubber companies say that if they can
get , 20 per cent yield, then it will be
commercially feasible," he said.
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Undergraduate or gradu
ate position open with New
Student Orientation for
Administrative Assistant,
Contact Nebraska Union
200 for more information.
The Nebraska Union
Advisory Board is seeking
interested students to fill
three positions on its Survey
Task Force, Interest in the
Union is the only require
ment. Apply at Union 200
by September 16.
The Union Program
Council Public Relations
Committee needs interested
students to serve on the
committee. Contact the Ne
braska Union Program
Office 115, or call 472
2454. Tassels will meet Tues
day at 5 pjn. in the Union.
Room number will be
posted,
The Talks and Topics
committee will meet Tues
day at 5 pjn, in Union 115.
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The - Ag-Econ Agra
Business Club will meet at
5:30 pjn. Tuesday at the
home of Prof. Baker, 3259
Starr St. Sign up in Filley'
Hall 301,
The UNL 4-H Club will
meet Tuesday for a picnic
at Peter Pan Park, 33rd and
Y Streets.
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The Teacher's College
Advisory Board will meet
Tuesday at 6:15 p.m. in the
Union. Room number will
be posted.
The ASUN Government
Liaison Committee which
lobbies for student rights
and interests will meet Tues
day at 7 p.m, in the Union.
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The UNL Young Demo
crat's will meet Tuesday at 7
'pah, in Union 345,
,
The East Union Program
Council Films Committee is
sponsoring the movie
"Swasbuckler" Wednesday
at 8 p.m. in the East Union,
Admission is $1.25,
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"The Niobrara: A River
in Jeopardy" is a slide show
which will be given Tues
day at 10 a.m. in the Great
Rains Room of the Nebra
ska East Union. After the
show, a panel will discuss
three aspects of the U.S.
Bureau of Reclamation's
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