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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1975
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PULLMAN, Wash. — Com
plaints about musty or moldy flavors
in processed dry beans — in pro
ducts such as chili and pork and
beans — have caused the West
Coast industry to begin an
emergency research program, offi
cials say.
Professors at Washington State
University and the University of
Idaho are seven months into studies
they hope will reveal why some pro
cessed beans don’t taste or smell
good, despite normal cooking and
handling.
Some persons estimate that up to
10 per cent of the 1972 and 1973
crops were afflicted by the off-flavor
problem. Up to 5 per cent of the
1974 crop has been rejected in some
places, one of the professor said,
though it is still too early to tell
whether the mysterious problem
lingers.
If this problem continued into
the 1974 crop, the threat to all seg
ments of the dry bean industry was
indeed serious," said John Sacklin,
food science director of Nalley’s
Fine Foods and an organizer of the
research effort.
Some estimates of the loss have
ranged as high as $10 million in
Washington and Idaho last year.
Various tests, Sacklin said, show
that there is nothing wrong with the
beans from a health or safety
standpoint. He said the tests
showed that insecticides and her
bicides were not responsible.
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Too forceful, says Japan
Krishna devotees ousted
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TOKYO — Authorities here
quietly are cracking down on a
group of young foreigners bent on
bringing an Asian religion to some
reluctant Asians: the Japanese.
After five years in Japan, the
saffron-robed members of the Hare
Krishna movement admit the
Japanese area a hard lot to win over,
having converted only five persons
among the country’s 110 million
people.
In their frustration, some Krishna
devotees may have acted rashly,
said John Williams, 25, of San Fran
cisco, who also is known by his re
ligious name of Karnamritas Das.
“But our intentions are good,’ he
added.
In the past month, five American
devotees have been arrested — one
youth twice — on charges ranging
from assault to intimidation. The in
cidents have received wide press
coverage in Japan, and the National
Police Agency says it’s run out of
patience.
One incident involved a 70-
year-old woman who was struck in
the face by a Krishna missionary she
criticized for forcefully selling re
ligious literature to passersby — a
major complaint against the group,
police said.
Williams, who currently runs the
Krishna mission in Tokyo, said the
charges are “frameups” or stem
from misunderstandings. None of
the American devotees speaks
Japanese.
He blames racism on the part of
the Japanese for some of the trou
bles.
A National Police Agency
spokesman said authorities received
numerous complaints about how
the Krishna mission operates and
decided to take action.
The spokesman said the
crackdown is being carried out
quietly — no deportations, just the
denial of extensions or renewals of
visas for the Hare Krishna mis
sionaries. Most are on tourist visas
and technically shouldn’t be en
gaged in missionary activities, he
added.
Authorities have identified 17
American Krishna members, rang
ing in age from 19 to 30, and all will
have to leave the country once their
present visas expire, he said.
Those arrested recently, who ar
rived in Japan on tourist visas, were
allowed to return home to the Un
ited States with the charges against
them dropped, the spokesman said.
Williams and a half-dozen other
American and Canadian devotees
live in a spacious, but rundown
house in an affluent central Tokyo
neighborhood.
One devotee said the mission is
supported from funds raised in the
United States through the sale of
incense and soap, but other mem
bers of the mission were reluctant to
discuss its finances. Japanese au
thorities claim the pamphlet sales
pay for living expenses.
Only five Japanese have joined as
full-fledged devotees, although as
many as 20 show up for the mission’s
Sunday feasts, Williams said.
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