European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 08, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Poge 6 the stars and stripes wednesday june 6, 1977 12 for Etc accuses Sunkist of monopolizing Citrus business in the West Washington up the Federal Trade commission monday claims Sunkist growers inc. Of monopolizing the Citrus business in the Western . To such a degree that it now markets 75 per cent of All oranges and Lemons grown in the Region. Among other things the marketing co operative has withheld from the Market Large Supply of Lemon products with the purpose or effect of stabilizing prices an has refused to sell Citrus products to com Peting processors and marketers the Etc  addition. Sunkist worked out exclusive dealing agreements with about Sico Mercial Citrus packing houses under which they Are not permitted to pack fruit for non Sunkist members or Deal with other competitors the Agency said create a monopoly the antitrust complaint said some of the alleged practices Lessen or eliminate Competition or create a  Sherman Oaks. Calif., company had total sales of $482.9 million in the 12-month period ending oct. 31,1975.the complaint seeks an order prevent ing the exclusive packing arrangements and other allegedly  prac  also seeks divestiture of a processing Plant in Yuma ariz., which Sunkist obtained in 1974 from growers Citrus products As Well As land and cold storage facilities acquired from southwestern Iceland cold storage co. In a lengthy statement answering the accusations Sunkist said the complaint represented either a broadside attack Ronall Farmer cooperatives or a Complete Lack of knowledge on the part of the Etc on How cooperatives  also accused the government of either knowingly or unknowingly trying . Legislature bans mixing nudity liquor Albany. . L Pil the new Yor state legislature monday passed a Bill to ban nudity from establishments with liquor licenses a measure some critics say is  measure passed by wide margins in both the state Senate and Assembly no goes to gov. Hugh l. Carey for his Signa Ture. It was not immediately known i Carey would sign the Bill. Sponsors said the Bill would give Testate liquor authority the Power to bar topless female dancers or waitresses. So called bottomless performances already Are  of the Bill doubted whether the courts would uphold any bar on Dis plays of nudity without an additional charge of obscenity. To destroy the Opportunity for a Farmer to receive a fair and equitable Price for his crops. Sunkist a nonprofit marketing cooperative of 7,500 Citrus growers in California and Arizona said in the statement american agriculture has Long recognized the value of the cooperative system of marketing and in 1922 Congress passed the capper volstead act enabling Farmers to join together to Market their crops. The allegations contained within the complaint attack the very activities which Are encouraged by the capper volstead and. This the complaint can be interpreted As a broadside attack against the cooperative system As a whole. Either that or the Etc has a total Lack of understand ing of the function and role a marketing co operative plays in assisting a Farmer in Selling his crops.". The statement also said both Consumers and Farmers have benefited from the cooperative system because of its efficiency. Survived nazi beat mrs files suit Deborah Lapp 10th Grade student at Mountain lakes n j., has hied a Feder Al lawsuit charging her principal and teacher violated her constitutional rights. She refused to stand daring the pledge of allegiance and protects the requirement that students do so. If her ult is upheld it might invalidate toe Law tints is people most show respect by standing during the pledge. Up clerk s Button kills Hardy army Retiree Owensboro by. A Wesley Vance a retired army sergeant who sur Vived front line combat in world War Viand beatings in a nazi prison Camp received official notice recently of his own death. What the germans could t do some air Force clerk managed to do with the push of a Button says Vance 52, who concerned about setting the record straight. " i want to get it straight that 1 not  Vance 52. Says his wife called him artwork two weeks ago upset and a Little Ner Vous. She had received an official letter fro the air Force which offered condolences for the recent loss of her  Are sorry to hear of your husband s  it said. Included in the envelope were forms she was told to nil out for his veterans insurance and other  laughed but my wife did t think it was so Tunny. Anch Don t either now Cometo think of it said Vance who was a staff sergeant when he retired after 20 years service. I m worried they might not get it completely straightened out. The Way i Vei of my finances set up it could Cost me a great  receives a monthly Check from the government and he got his retirement Money this month he thinks because he notified the air Force in Denver that he snot dead. But Vance says he s worried that the Mut up May return to haunt him. I imagine it s going to take a lot of Timeto get it straight he said in an interview. I Don t know what i will get next month. I got a letter just a couple Days ago and the said my retired pay records had been closed out or something to that effect Vance said he was told that another Wesley Vance had died in an Oklahoma military Hospital they had different initials but somehow the Man who died was listed As having the Owensboro Vance social Security number. Vance says he was told that a clerk prob ably pushed the wrong Button or pulled out the wrong file causing that  i would be been working out of town especially in Oklahoma it would be really Shook her up More than it  Vance Saidof his wife. Vance was in an army infantry unit in world War 11, and saw plenty of combat."1 was in a nazi prison Camp for seven months and they could t kill me he said laughing. They hit me Over the head a few times with a Rifle but that s  Vance said he escaped from the prisoner of War Camp and made it safely Back to the British lines. Motown tops a a Black owned . Firms new York Cap motown i the Hollywood based entertainment comerate led the 1977 list of the nation s top 100 Black owned business enter i recompiled by the Magazine Black Eiffes , which has been no. 1 Tor Nek of the five years the Magazine has pub wished its list had 1976 sales of $50 million. The firm founded in Detroit in 1959, employs 300. In second place was Johnson publishing a co. Of Chicago publisher of Ebony mags Zinc with sales of $47.6 million and 320 employees in its growing communication business which was founded in 1942. Hair care company third Johnson products co. Of Chicago which makes hair care products and cosmetics was in third place with sales of $43.5 Mil lion. Founded in 1954, the firm employs 413  two Johnson firms Are not related. Rounding out the top five Black owned businesses in 1976 were fed co foods corp. Of new York a supermarket operator with sales of $37 million and 450 employees pod Philadelphia International records record and music publishing firm with sales of $25 million and Iso  top five firms All retained their rankings of the previous year. Five years ago. The cutoff Point for inclusion on the list was Revenue of $1 million but this year Reumuth inc. Of Detroit Metal stamping and fabrication firm earned the no. 100 spot with sales of it million. Total sales up i per cent total sales for the 100 top companies Rose 24.2 per cent to $775,19 million from $623.92 million the previous year. In theist s five year history they have risen 6m per cent from $459 million. Meanwhile re. Parks inc., be no. Company with sates of $117 million Sod prominent Black owned business for Man years i Jube missing from the ust next year. The specially meat maker has been acquired by Orin corp. Of North Mwai Fla. Earl g. Graves publisher Sod editor of the Magazine wrote in the june edition that the merger comes As a Shock for sentimental reasons Buhas umps ten is marking an important new stage to the evolution of Black business toward full participation in the american  lightning kills cd operator Smyrna a. A a woman found dead with a melted citizens band radio microphone in her hand was killed when the Aerial outside her Home was struck by lightning police said. Officers said they found Debora Howard Brown. 24. Sitting in front of the radio with the microphone in her right hand. She bad bums on her right hip upper right Srajn Torso and neck. Police said monday she apparently had been talking on the radio when lightning struck 8.nd oho girl reaches notional spelling Bee Columbus Ohio up Jana Schroeder 14, of Vandalia can t read these of encyclopedias she won in the Dayton regional spelling . When she arrives in Washington this week As one of 93 contestants in the National spelling Bee. Her Mother will have to assist in the sightseeing trips that Are a fringe Benefit of the , the victim of a birth defect is the first Blind person to go so far in the nation Al spelling Bee. Contest officials said. It s been a three year Effort said he Mother mrs. Howard Schroeder in a Tele phone interview. Last year she stumbled Early in the local Vandalia  was eliminated. Two years ago she won in Vandalia but lost in the next step of the contest in Dayton. This year s Wir. Got her a Call from Ros Alynn Carter appointments Secretary and the Promise of a letter from the first lady when she returns from a tour of latin  students at Vandalia Morton Junior High celebrated Jana Schroeder Day thursday with an Assembly posters wishing her Luck and a Bon voyage  can t believe 1 got this far said Jana an a student who this wednesday and thursday faces a grueling Imro Urshell off. She said it does t even matter if she loses. Preparing for the spelling bees has Beena Schroeder family project for months. J Ana s parents and older brother Dean and Dan have searched out such treasures As Etc rhinology and Polis soil and recorded them on cassette tapes. Mrs. Schroeder became a spelling Drill master by night. Jana said she has no technique. She just tries to control her nerves enough to listen closely and to sound out words she frequently has never Beard before. A measure of the achievement is the prizes she has won so far. The 30-volume set of encyclopaedia Brit Tanica for example is unavailable i braille. Mrs. Schroeder said that a the first thing i checked into. But none  reference books for toe Blind she said Are rare because they Are so burdensome. Jana s pocket dictionary comes in 30 volumes that take up a brie Wall of her room. Mrs. Schroeder said she Hopes Jam prize will Call attention to the problem. Reference works in braille she said a something that certainly needs to to