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...dessert. Two hundred extra butlers were recruited to help serve a feast that began with suprême of seafood Neptune (crabmeat, tiny shrimps and scallops in sauce) served with hearts of palm and proceeded, with grateful disregard for the high price of meat, to roast sirloin of beef. Military orchestras and Les Brown's band provided music, and Bob Hope played host at the after-dinner show. A sample Hope line (greeted with traditional groans): "This is the first time I've played to a captive audience...
...Beef Farmer Randolph Huffman, 50, reflects the opinion of some Americans who voted for Nixon in 1968 and 1972 but never fully trusted him. "I don't really like Nixon, but both times I figured he was the lesser of two evils," says Huffman. "This type of Watergate thing goes on all the time. These boys were just unfortunate to get caught. But Watergate has caused us to lose whatever confidence we had left in our Government, in the System...
Corn shortages would kick up the cost of cattle feed and all but rule out a decline in beef prices in the foreseeable future. Though demand for beef continues to grow, about 3% fewer cattle are now going to market than at this time last year. One reason is that spring cold and storms decimated some herds; a blizzard last month in Iowa wiped out 90,000 head. In addition, cold, wet weather slowed the fattening of many steers, who used up calories just to keep warm. This, too, has hurt, because many ranchers and feed-lot operators...
Eagle Eye. The show-biz tricks are buying time for a more fundamental reorganization. Guterman has cut costs by keeping an eagle eye on such things as how many ounces of peas or slices of beef a cafeteria counterman doles out, though he has continued the company's policy of having its executives sample the food regularly to maintain quality...
CHILLING THE MARK. Getting rid of a customer who seems likely to take the heat and beef-become angry and complain that he has been cheated...