European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 06, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Consume watch Friday May 6, 1977 the stars and stripes Page 19 by Mary Nerv do you know who you Are doing business with or better said who you should not be doing Busi Ness with the Usa eur armed forces disciplinary control Board puts out a Liston firm ii individuals and establishments which Are off limits to . Forces person Nel that should be read by everyone. It is generally posted on unit bulletin boards and published in local daily or weekly bulletins. However according to John Simmons chief of the office of the judge advocate ,.evtdently theist is escaping the attention of some con Sumers. He still frequently receives questions about the status of some of these firms. The firms and individuals have been placed off limits became of poor business practices misrepresentation of products misrepresentation of Purchase Price Etc. They Are definitely businesses an people to stay Clear of or your own  firms Are listed by the country in which they Are incorporated but representatives of Many of them conduct business in  list modern living Germany Arnty armm education Surv los.  Jav. A mount product Hans brain if a  Armtrong  of aristocrat products Hans Straits it a Turnholm. Fret Arldt a. Mcmo. Furl Lara company Rudolf Dtta str to imms Walldorf Badin. Or. And in. Alarm Zarotny  Motomu Nhinh. Or. Mid mrs. Edward Rota. Zambonin strata 13, Doomun Lynn. Transatlantic Martung a Mph Erhard Trassa ii Koo Munich i. Or. Simuoli r. We Sllyn Lute Clr oronou34 Eichom i. Italy attn Rio Murante Export Mill Murow so vat la. Lolly. Liechtenstein mailing add rats Columbia Corpora ton Eit . 8o� 14m. Pm Wova dui. Via sol Larland. Of report wars House of Europe  . An us fl-4oo  Acu Tanca company . Boi to. Fl-w4  Planco company . To 1mw. Pm.  goods and company it. Paula Strana t. Al �0 Vaduz Roebuch Ivou Manl company . Bon pm fl-4m  inlay National exports Hau Putmon 21, fl-4te a to new Bridga Cut tory. . By my. Al to  Ahlarn Allonia prod Iku eit., . Boi 43i, pm  distributors inc., . Boi Stu. Flun Vaduz Luxembourg Imarn Illonal factoring Bureau a Mph. . So. Iu1. Luio Bourg City. Luxembourg. Unite states army of Vontas education Surv co. . By m4, Washington. . 10901.lalngton education plan Ibl soum Lumbar Strait Chi Cago iii., . Samul r. Will cd 100 re Varna Road pvt Pool . Tom. Addresses unknown Capitol motors of Stuttgart and Rourl  Raqu Romant sales establishment of Vaduz and Frankfurt books Houm of Buado of London icel Hingl. Howalt inv Airmont  Book salts of Chicago. G. Limburg Mobil Lur Miura Lulor Lamant and Horst Tylel it Wilrye. Malt Ranart Canart establishment. Tupper  educational malarial a. J. Willa a Mph and company China Crystal. . Corcoran st., mrs. L. M. Corcoran or. L. M. Cor. Doranjr. Besides probably being cheated Baa off limits business you can also be subject to military disciplinary action for doing so. If you should have dealings with a com Pany you feel has treated you unfairly be sure to report the fact to your local Lega assistance officer. He in turn will relay the information to the Usa heur judge advocate s office which will give it to the armed forces disciplinary control Board for investigation. Most businessmen realize that having their establishments or firms declared off limits will result in financial loss. There fore referral of such cases to the Board May contribute greatly to protecting servicemen and dependents from unscrupulous merchants. What  or individual who Haven t received Inch bad rat Ings those woo sell of military Pott most have commercial. Activity Reg str Salon certificates. These certificates Are issued by usar eur As a Means of proscribing policy procedures and minimum controls gov commercial enterprises and agents ing in commercial transactions on eur and Safe installation in the United states european , this leads Many to assume that such businesses Are above re proach More or less endorsed by the american  is absolutely not the Case. In fact if you look at the certificate you la find that it spells out just the oppo site the . Forces do not endorse the Salesman his company his product rows services the certificate is in no Way a guar Antee of the product or services  the buyer purchases at his  the certificate also notes that if unsure you should consult your Legal assistance officer before you sign a  with a permit solicitation is not Al Lowed in government housing unless at the invitation of an individual solicitation other than by cafes concessionaires also is not allowed in troop Barracks or in snack bars and other cafes facilities. Tagged by mass mailers by Jeffrey Mill associated press you Aren t just occupant or resident to those bulk mailers who have you on their  re an inquisitive kid or a Black activist orsome other Type. A government commission says you should be told before someone peddles a list with you name and Label on it the privacy Protection study commission is recommending that the direct mall Industry set voluntary guidelines to prevent mail Sec lists from being sold without permission of the persons of the list. If that does t work Federal and state Laws May be needed later to Deal with sales of mailing lists said the commission s chairman David f. Nowes. But he noted there Are first amendment problems in limiting communication with  it is common practice for organizations to sell their lists of customers members or donors together groups Nowes said. People keep wondering How did i get on that mailing list Well they ought to be told he said in a speech to a conference of the direct. Mail marketing association in  is an Inch and a half thick Catalon available to mail ers giving the names of the Vari Ous lists available Nowes  kids and Black activists Are among the titles of the lists which give mass mail ers some Assurance that they a emailing their come on to some one who is known to be interest Din a specific pitch. If your name is on such hit Yon can get tagged for Ever with that sort of identification. And Yon probably won t even know about it Nowes said. Some direct mailers Are begin Ning to Send forms to those on their mailing lists allowing the to say if they Don t want their name and other information about them turned Over to others he noted. Other organizations have promised to remove any person s name from a mailing list on . Nowes said the commission would recommend in its report to Congress in june that such Volun tary actions be expanded. Let the person know what you have on him he urged the Audi ence of direct  name marketing prob Lem is disturbing. However an legislative solution at this time May be worse he declared. He said if businesses Don adopt voluntary guideline on mailing lists a greater problem might develop Over computerized data Banks. Electronic payment systems expected to be in widespread use within a few years will make possible storage of vast amounts of information on individuals a no Essaid. A lot can be Learned about person if you know every Pur Chase be made every donation every membership fee he paid he said. The Burger Boom a by Louise Coo associated press t fast food outlets on picnics and i family dining rooms americans Are gobbling up More than so Bivion hamburgers a year but the meat they Are eating May vary from place to place.,. No one knows exactly How Many pounds of topped beef Are sold and consumed to the United states. The 5.s.department of agriculture estimates that Only 15 or 20 per cent of the ground beef is produced at federally inspected plants. Most of the rest is chopped up by the Butcher at the supermarket and there Are no Over All sales figures. Only the meat produced at the Federal plaats subject to us a standards on Tat Content and Tiv Estther rest is regulated by a variety of state sad local Laws. An economist for the american meat Institute Trad association estimated that roughly 51 billion Hamburg ers will be consumed in the United states this year com pared to 16 billion hot  the meat produs at the Federal plants is sublet to us a standards on fat Content and additives the rest regulated by a variety of state and local Laws. Re said hamburger consumption which works out to More than 200 a year for every Man woman and child has increased sharply in recent years but declined to provide any specific comparative  report prepared by the joint cooperative Extension service of Cornell University the state University of new York and the us a says that hamburger accounts for up to 38 pounds or 40 per cent of the beef eaten by americans each year. Industry sources estimate that by 1980, ground Bee will account for so or go per cent of All the beef consumed in the country. Hamburgers reportedly account for $41 billion Orsi per cent of the atonal sales in food service Stab us meats in the United states. A Spring 1976 Survey for the National restaurant association showed that hamburger restaurants served u per cent of All restaurant patrons far More than any other Type of restaurant. Mcdonald s alone Sells an estimated one billion hamburgers every 4%  clue to the increase in ground beef sales comes from the figures for cow Slaughter. That s because thereat from the leaner grass fed cows is often used for hamburger while the meat from Grain Ted steers i turned into More expensive cuts. When Grain prices Rise As they have in recent years Farmers tend to sell their cows for Slaughter rather than keeping them for  compiled by the american meat Institute show that the number of cows slaughtered last year was slightly less thai in the previous year but was still 43 per cent higher than in 1974.a us a spokesman said most of the ground meat produced in Federal plants under the eyes of Federal inspectors is sold on a bulk basis to buyers such As fast food chains. There Are two categories of chopped meat undertow Federal rules Pound beef and hamburger. Neither May contain More than 30 per cent fat neither May contain additives other than seasonings and these must be listed on the Label and both must be made fro fresh or Frozen beef. The difference is that extra fat May be added to hamburger up to the 30 per cent limit ground beef cannot contain anything that is not in the Cut of meat being chopped. State and local rules vary from area to area  new York state for example ground beef May not contain any added fat. Water seasoning binding or extenders. Hamburger May contain added ref fat and seasonings. Frozen beef patties May have some extender such As soy protein included. New York retailers Are not required to Label the meat according to the Cut it comes from Chuck sirloin round Etc. If they do choose to provide such a Label thereat must come from the Cut listed. Part of Haubner s popularity is us Price. Thereat of labor  tha ". That ground beef cot an average of b cents a Pound on a nationwide Beds last year an increase of 13 per cent since hit porterhouse Steak at an average $2.34 per Pound on nationwide basis ares rib roast at l77 increased 30 per cent in the same  Consumers stretch the meat by adding bread crumbs cereals or prepackaged filler mixes. But the new York state cooperative Extension service says that these extenders have risen sharply in Price in recent years and May be More expensive on a per Pound basis than the meat  sure you figure out exactly How much stretch you Are getting for the Dollar before you Start cooking