European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 29, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                May 1985 the stars and stripes Page 17 cattleman association has a beef with Consumers new York times Joann Smiths favorite meal is standing rib medium with Yorkshire she also likes fast food the thicker the in she there is no Cut of beef that she Doest like i even fix oxtail talk like this is perhaps to be expected from the 45 year old she is the president of the National cattlemen Asso the first woman chosen to represent the billion beef cattle and one of her major projects for she is to try to convince americans that beef is sitting in the associations Washington she said she realized that Many health conscious americans associated the words red meat with such things As heart disease and As a beef consumption has been declining Over the last from 94 pounds per person in 1976 to 79 pounds in but As Smith sees beef has gotten a Burn today beef is Good for she its a wholesome Safe no matter what kind of diet youre we Are producing a leaner product that fits into any beef that people can eat safely without upping their cholesterol Levels and gain ing 40 Smith is a fifth generation cattle Raiser from waca whose first Grade teacher once taped her Mouth shut for talking too she is still speaking her on subjects such As the raising of leaner the use of antibiotics in cattle feed and the farm one of her strongest beliefs is that americans have a very Strong misconception that beef is much higher than poultry in fat and according to her organizations 3 ounces of lean roast beef contains 169 As against 174 calories for 3 ounces of baked Chicken without the same literature says that 3 ounces of cooked lean beef contains Grams of while 3 ounces of baked dark without has Chicken and pork All Are said to have about the same amount of cholesterol 75 milligrams in three Smith conceded that which i really dont like the taste is lower in calories and cholesterol than either beef or according to scientists and Many cuts of beef Are High in fat especially saturated which can be particularly detrimental to the they also note that fat is High in calories and that both saturated fat and dietary cholesterol tend to raise the level of blood meat typically accounts for 23 percent the total fat and 27 percent of the saturated fat consumed by Erma Bombeck some mothers Are fussy about the pea nut butter they feed their others can get pretty choked up about water softeners that take the scratch out of their kids with its the potential inlays they bring i i am shallow and vacuous but i put too much Money and sacrifice into the construction of those kids to Compromise lets talk those three sets of White Pearlie that you see today represent my cruise to Norway my Matching set of Vuitton Luggage my operation for a deviated what is there to breathe for when your child eats like a Beaver they represent five years and Worth of pay ments a trip every week into the City rain or circling ramps and parking to stowaway zones Wak ing up every morning of your life Brush or Smith was out packaged and out processed by poultry in the when innovative products such As Chicken hot rolled Turkey and rolled Chicken went on the poultry did his she said with a faint at the we just didst have the Money to do research and promote were just now catch ing with new froze food products like lean cuisine and More roast beef in the fast food who is tall 5 feet 9 inches and has the kind of healthy Good looks that might make a septic think she was chosen by the cattlemen for her appear yet she worked her Way up through the organizations predominantly male she has dark Blond a pronounced Southern accent and a sophisticated style of she was wearing a Black suit with Gold vertical a Gold silk dark toned stockings and Black open toed but at she its Blue since taking office in she has spent most of new York times photo Joann Smith beef is Good for your Teeth will rot under those bands that Why i Felt so ruthless when a Young girl visited us a few years ago at her Beauty was flaw she was built like an she brought me live she was Bright and funny and she had read All of my she opened her Mouth and i saw the i took her aside and you May think you Are attracted to my but underneath that even Row of Teeth and healthy Gums is a very Ordinary believe there will be other White Teeth in your life exciting men who floss and see their dentist twice a but Trust this Union would never you would always ask was it the Teeth its not the end of the learn to play the i probably  be so paranoid about these things were it not for my he contends he didst take a he married a two months after we her time on the meeting with consumer cattle government Trade groups and the Denver based National cattlemen association has and is said to represent almost cattle raisers when the membership of state affiliates is Smith said that in response to americans rising in Terest in approximately 50 percent of the cattle in this country Are now being raised in ways that make the beef she said this is done primarily by feed ing cattle on grass for a longer time before sending them to the feed lot for the meat still has she the Pri Mary difference is that it does not have As much outer fat there is very Little difference in the mar asked about reports that some supermarkets had been reluctant to Stock this leaner she nodded and said some retailers Are slow to they have enjoyed tremendous profits for Many years with the beef product that they have and they Are reluctant to diminish they Why change a Good thing so its going to wind up being Between the retail ers and the turning to the Issue of the use of antibiotics in cattle Smith said these drugs were being used less and less in the the cattlemen association has recommended that any Low level continuous feeding of tetracycline antibiotics to beef cattle be some researchers say that such which Are used to prevent disease and promote could harm people by stimulating the emergency of drug resistant bacteria in human the main drug in question is and very Little tetracycline is being used Smith adding that none is fed to the cattle at her when asked if cattle raisers Are immune to the cur rent farm which seems to be hitting Grain farm ers the she said cattlemen Are going out of business right and because were highly we have no Opportunity to pass the Cost so we have to take what were until we can get the Federal deficit and interest rates in going to be very concerned about the future of Smith said that if someone asked her if he or she should go into the cattle business in America she would answer go find something else to do dont be so and in she said the business is still basically a husband and wife operation and that 90 percent of All farms and ranches with beef cows have herds of less than 100 the average beef cow Herd in the United states has 35 she the leading cattle she Are Kansas and Colora were he was sending out for my Teeth needed my eyes went bad and i got a kidney this was followed by Chicken the remo Val of my tonsils and an operation on my foot for a terminal he said if i were a hed have called the better business in his heart he always Felt i married him for his group insurance its been a Good but every time a genetic flaw is discovered in one of our i can feel his eyes upon me eyes that marry in haste repent Over a sometimes i think his Mother was i should have Learned How to play the piano and settled for a Nice chipped tooth c c los Angeles times Syndicate