European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 12, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes monday september 12, 1977 meat grading practices Fine combed Washington a with higher supermarket prices for meat expected this fall the agriculture department is crack ing 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 prices paid by Consumers for meat. This situation reduces Confidence in the meat Industry and reflects badly on All meat  Carol Foreman assistant Agri culture Secretary said saturday. A spokesman said that some meat pack ers and graders have been charged recently with bribery and corruption. Mis grading of beef is a perennial problem official said. The spokesman said there have be encases 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. Foreman stressed that most meat Grad ers and packers Are honest. Meat prices Are expected to Rise through1978 As effects of a two year reduction in the cattle Supply begin to show up at the retail  rises will be tempered by cheaper pork us a has said As Well As by  which May keep beef producers from cutting herds so deeply. The reductions Are designed to raise returns to ranchers and livestock feeders. Us a graders use guidelines to rate the Quality of a carcass and the Quantity of usable lean meat it contains. The rating is a service to packers who request it and pay Tor  than half of the meat sold at retail is graded. Meat must be inspected by us a for wholesomeness accurate Label ing and preparation under sanitary conditions. But grading is voluntary. Prime and Choice Are the top Quality grades and the ones most familiar to  said the food safety and qual Ity service she oversees is putting into place new administrative rules that will require full personal financial disclosure statements each year by All its meat graders and supervisors to help eliminate any conflicts of  double the number of reviews by National supervisors of the Field grading offices. Increase the number of Field supervisors by 10 per cent for improved Day to Day review of the accuracy of each meat grader s work and also to decrease the opportunities for bribery to  increase the amount of time supervisors devote to training new graders and the frequency of refresher courses for All employees. Monitor consent orders now in effect for 20 of 26 plants in Southern Cali fornia and Arizona where persons have been convicted of bribery or other violations of grading regulations. Four of the 26 have since gone out of business and the remaining two Are expected to sign the orders agreeing not to violate the rules. Increase checks of graded meat when it arrives at supermarket chains processing centers military bases and wholesale warehouses. Epa proposes hush the bus rules Washington a _ the Environ mental Protection Agency hoping to take some of the noise and clamor out of City life is proposing regulations to require buses to run More quietly. Buses Are an integral component of the Urban noise problem Epa administrator Douglas m. Costle said sunday in announcing the  93 million americans Are exposed to Levels of Urban traffic noise which May adversely affect their hearing a Giraffe not Only has a Long neck but can display a Long Tongue too when it longing for sweets wants to. This Giraffe at the Washington Park zoo in Portland ore., extends and curls its Tongue As a youngster gingerly offers a Goody. A photo executive s body found 2 charged Birmingham Ala. A the body of a Chicago steel executive missing since aug. 18 was found in an open pasture South of Birmingham saturday morning police said. Deputy chief . Myers said discover of the body of Nigel Harlan 43, came 14 hours after a Texas couple was arrested i Milton fla., and charged with murder in the Case. He said the body was found in Shelby county pasture where horses were Graz ing. Chief James Parsons would not com ment on wounds. He said the nude body apparently had been dragged from a vehicle and under a barbed wire Fence to the top of a Knoll in the pasture. Myers said Tony Randolph Nolen 25, and Debra Ann Andrus 22, both of Kountz Texas were charged in warrants issued Friday evening. He said they were in a Milton jail on forgery charges in connection with the use of a credit card belonging to Harlan. The two were expected to be returned to Birmingham this weekend he said. Myers said the credit card was known to be in Harlan s Possession when he left a Birmingham nightclub with a Young woman Early in the morning of aug. 18. He said it was used at Gulf Breeze fia., near Milton but would not say for what purpose. Harlan father of four and a vice presi Dent of Ogden steel corp. Of Chicago was in Birmingham for business meetings. Myers said Harlan and two associates went to the lounge and sat at a table occupied by a Young woman. Investigation showed he said that the woman and a Man entered the club together and separated with the Man going tothe . The Deputy chief said a paid for Beer was sent to the table apparently As a signal that the Man was ready for the woman to leave with Harlan. Myers said it appeared that Harlan was set up for a robbery and killed in the at tempt. Rewards totalling $12,500 were posted $10,000 by the state and $2,500 by Ogden steel. And generally makes everyday life a plea  regulations which were to be printed in the Federal Register monday would be imposed in three stages with the final noise standards to be met in 1985. In essence the final standards would require a bus to function about As quietly As the Quie test bus now in service. Types of buses involved the standards would be applied to both exterior and Interior noise Levels. And they would affect City transit buses school buses and intercity buses. The exterior noise would be measured from a distance of 50 feet. The Interior noise level would be determined at the noisiest seat  final standards would require exterior bus noise Levels not to exceed 77 Deci Bels. Interior Levels would be 80  to Epa studies exterior noise Levels for City transit buses today Range from 78 to 86 decibels with Interior readings ranging from 80 to 90  comparison experts say the noise from a subway is about 90 decibels. Some jets on Takeoff s and landings generate 110 decibels or More of noise. The Agency asked for Public comment on its proposals. . Ambush of 2 lied to massacre in restaurant san Francisco a two Young orientals were shot one fatally in ambush Early sunday in what police say probably was revenge for a Chinatown restaurant massacre a week earlier in which five diners died. The shooting occurred just inside the front door of a two unit three Story House in a Middle class neighbourhood a half lock from Golden Gate Park. They were ambushed going into the entranceway probably by two persons who were lying in wait inside the nouse said police it. Dan Murphy. Killed instantly was Michael Lee about 19, and wounded critically was Mark Chan also about 19, according to Murphy. Chan was reported taken to Mission emergency Hospital for surgery on multiple gunshot wounds including one Bullet wound near his heart. The two Young men Are affiliated with the Joe boy gang violent rivals of the watching gang Murphy said. Police say the apparent targets of the Golden dragon restaurant shooting were members of the Wah Ching gang which operates in Chinatown. All the Wah Ching members escaped injury but five persons died and 11 others were wounded investigators said. Murphy said intelligence indicates the restaurant shooting was by members of the Joe boy gang which operates in the a pan town and Richmond districts the shooting occurred in the Richmond District five Miles West of Chinatown