The Fresno Bee from Fresno, California • 39

The Fresno Bee Thursday August 30 1973 Page Cl yi'''''-? While Bob Kraft works under a car his constant companion Effie rests on his stomach Bee Photos by Ralph Thronebeiy MewesH--'- He Works Like A Dog Now which socket did he say? Every guy needs a milk break Diet Switch Meat Prices Spur Pasta Sales Increase One spark plug coming up boss Council Cuts Conference Delegates From 23 To 3 to custom slaughtering to keep beef on their shelves Safeway spokesman Henry Flank said the 300 California and Arizona stores now buy cattle and have them slaughtered by meat packers The retail price of beef may be frozen at 72 cents a pound but a market may have to pay 80 cents a pound for beef and absorb the loss he said Frank said Safeway and other chains are willing to take the loss to keep the customers from going someplace else to shop Gary Osmondson assistant manager of Fresno's Thrif-timart store said his store is selling beef a small lass but we must keep beef on hand to keep our customers lie said a market is not in business to lose money but its only alternative is to not sell beef at all until after Sept 12 when it would not be taking a loss But one chain spokesman said since there is a definite date when the increased costs may be passed along to consumers markets are willing to keep those customers who want beef supplied with the product Meanwhile supplies of iceberg lettuce are than the Western Iceberg Lettuce Inc reported The association said bad weather and strikes which plagued the lettuce industry in the Salinas-Watsonville area are over Mother Nature as if to compensate for all the setbacks is providing a generous crop of high-quality the association said By Jim Boren Fresnans and consumers across the nation are buying more noodles spaghetti and macaroni and food industry officials say it is the first sign of a change in the eating habits brought on by the high cost of meat and other commodities Chain supermarkets have reported pasta products sales have increased anywhere from 10 to 100 per cent and one industry spokesman viewed the development as evidence of shifts in eating habits of Eob Borelli of the Perfection Macaroni Co of Fresno which supplies much of California and Hawaii with pasta products said his sales are up about 15 per cent The reason is macaroni spaghetti and noodles have not risen in price at the pace of meat or other foods he said A spokesman for Safeway said pasta products sales also are up considerably And he added that sales of fish are up 50 to 100 per cent while TV dinners and dry beans were up about 50 per cent Other chains reported the sales of hamburger supplements were also up Food industry officials also shy the trend will probably continue because price controls on beef are due to expire Sept 12 Meanwhile food chains are counting the days until the beef controls are dropped because they are taking losses up to 15 per cent on meat since many of them converted Poore Asks Educational TV Rebirth By Lanny Larson Fresno County Schools Supt Ernest Poore told a meeting of educators and other citizens from the San Joaquin Valley area he will recommend the county's Department of Education go forward with a plan to activate Channel 18 as an educational public television station Poore's remarks conrh'd-cd a two-hour session today amended by about 50 rer-sons the majority of them representatives of various educational agencies The proposal developed by consulting engineer Jacob Wiens cf Woodside' would put a million-watt transmitter on a mountain-top near Reedier utilize equipment already in the inventory of school districts and be financed principally with a grant from the federal Depart-See Poore Tage C7 trol planned variation funds Actually Thomas explained the city manager has that duty and he can hold back funds and limit the number of delegates to the conference The council instructed acting City Managed White to only authorize three delegates Roscllen Kershaw vice chairman of the FCDC explained only 10 persons were authorized to a'terl the conference She added the neighborhood councils have travel mi they decided to rlso representatives These neighborhood council delegates were not approved by the commission she said Mrs Kershaw said the FCDC approved sending three delegates from the FCDC one from each of the six neighborhood councils and a youth representative Councilman Dale Doig said he is not opposed to By Charles Milos In a show of power the City Council today limited the number of Fresno Community Development Commission (FCDC) delegates to a national conference In Washington DC next month from 23 to three Although the council did not take an official vote it was a consensus that only three should attend the conference which would include a representative from the Planned Variations neighborhood count's an FSDC representative and someone from the citv staff Last week the council went on record in favor of limiting the delegation to one or two persons The following day the FCDC stuck to 1 1 guns determined to send at least 23 persons to the conference When asked on a legal ruling today City Attorney Spencer Thomas said the city has the power to con citizen participation or Freno being representative at the conference but felt the money could be spent better elsewhere Doig explained the expenditure per representative is not $500 as reported earlier but is actually $635 per person And the total expense for 23 delegates would not be $11500 but closer to $15000 Councilman A Villa commented don't want a ran front at ion but more than three delegates is rot Councilman El- in Bel! pointed out that tie use of federal funds for lobbying is contrary to policy of the Department of Housing and Urban Development Mrs Betty Rausch a member of Neighborhood Council in Area 4 explained a similar regional council for citizen participation was held in Fresno recently but very few local residents attended School Milk Price Will Rise By 4 Cents By Gerald Merrcli The cost of a half pint of milk will increase 4 cents 66 per cent for 55-000 students in the Fresno Unified School District next month in the wake of the federal government's abandonment of the milk subsidy program Pupils who attend the district's 78 schools will have to pay 10 cents for the milk which last year cost them 6 cents Additionally district officials today announced they will discontinue serving one-third of a quart of milk to junior high and high school students and limit them to a half pint In the Clovis schools system officials announced the price of milk will double from 5 cents for students and will increase from 10 cents to 15 cents a half pint for adults Anthony Trovato assistant business manager for the Fresno schools system said the cost of milk to the district last year was about 9 cents a half pint with the government pay ing 3 cents of that With the increase to 10 cents in the cost of milk to the district this year he said students will have to pay the full price since the government has discontinued its subsidy Last year Trovato said the district sold 1520000 half pints of -milk and See Milk rage C7 VACATION RENTAL HEADQUARTERS Rent Ycur Choke Now THE SENSATIONAL NEW 68 IM'KODl CLI) KY liKITOM: n-ve i 1 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