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je 8A a. By M t wasi nslatii Vps, s« hnoloi ids. 1 dney ' irs — mane nt Ce; hen i Asso ntenr gene loped bi, iii ads a nth I A if L Boy ;hoi ioe ter F ster low its lasl in pui on ste “ra mi 4 Page 8 THE BATTALION WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1976 Film director Frederico Fel lini has sued an Italian magazine for libel because it printed an ar ticle saying that he had turned into a Casanova during his filming of the life of the famed 18th Cen tury Venetian lover. The report that Fellini had “lost his head” over a young ac tress and was about to leave his wife, actress Giulietta Masina, was the cover story of Novella Supermarket officials push coffee boycott Associated Press Soaring coffee prices have prompted officials of at least two supermarket chains to suggest that their customers switch to other bev erages to try to bring costs down. In a move reminiscent of the sugar boycott two years ago, Kenneth Knese, area manager for the nine Justrite stores in Kansas City, Mo., posted signs in his outlets reading: “We at Justrite feel coffee costs have become ridiculous. Therefore, we are asking you to select a substi tute until coffee suppliers reduce their cost to you.” A similar message came from Neil Golub, head of the company that runs the Price Chopper chain in the Albany, N.Y., area. Golub has been running full-page advertisements urging customers to try tea, boull- ion, hot chocolate or hot cider. “We did the same thing when the price of sugar went up. . . and we think it might work again,” he said. Spokesmen at stores in other areas of the country said they did not plan to encourage any formal boycott, but expected that consumers would re volt without any urging. “The consumer is smart enough to know, ” said Ted Simmons of Colo nial Stores in Atlanta. "I assume that when the price gets high enough, they’ll say the hell with it.” Sugar prices climbed to record levels in late 1974, prompting con sumer groups and some stores to urge a boycott. The higher prices — more than $3 for a five-pound sack of sugar — were blamed on increased demand. Consumption dropped and do did prices. By this fall, the aver age retail price for a five-pound bag of sugar was about $1.15, according to the U.S. Department of Agricul ture. Coffee prices, meanwhile, started rising in the summer of 1975 after a frost in Brazil destroyed much of the crop that would have been harvested this year. Political unrest in Africa also cut the world supply. Recent increases have boosted prices to about $3 a pound at the wholesale level. Retail prices still are under $3 a pound in most areas — : partly because merchants are selling cheaper, existing supplies and partly because they are using coffee as a “loss leader” to get customers into their stores. The Albany and Kansas City stores aren’t the only ones urging a boycott. U.S. Rep. Benjamin S. Rosenthal, D-N.Y., head of the subcommittee on commerce, consumer and mone tary affairs, launched an inquiry into the increase in the price of coffee. He noted that there had been sev eral special promotions on coffee re cently and said: “If there is a short age, why are there discounts? The quickest and surest way for consum ers to avoid being squeezed to the last drop is to vote with their dollars — refuse to pay the prices.” Singing Cadets to give concerts in January tour Most Texas A6cM students com plete the fall semester this week and depart on a month-long vacation. The Singing Cadets have the same time off, but will invest their last week of between-semesters holidays for Texas A6cM. A West Texas concert tour is planned Jan. 8-15. Director Robert L. Boone, pianist-accompanist Mrs. June Bier- ing and 70 Singing Cadets will per form in Austin, Midland, Monahans, Amarillo, Vernon and Stephenville. The 1,400-mile tour will take a va riety of music to former students, friends of the University and people getting their first impression of Ag gies. Along with concerts in community halls, high school auditoriums and churches, the all-male glee club will present its sermon in song for Mid land and Stephenville churches. Boone said the concert will “ac centuate the positive.” It opens with a tribute "to God, who gave us voices with which to sing,” the director described. The program features songs of brother hood, popular pieces and novelty numbers. A quartet, called the "Aggie- nizers,” will be featured in both halves of each concert. The show finale is “What A Wonderful World.” With 75 hours of rehearsal and fall semester performances, the group has put in more than 5,000 man hours preparation for the tour. The Cadets report back to the campus Jan. 7 for final packing and "some practice to get their voices ready,” Boone said. Names in the news 2000, a Milan women’s weekly. In a statement released through his lawyers, Fellini said the report was “seriously libelous and harming for his personal and family life and deprived of any ground, the fruit of mere imagi nation.” Elliot Richardson, the man who jokes about not being able to hold down a job, says his one firm career goal is to return to Eng land as ambassador However, the U.S. Commerce Secretary didn’t say he wanted it more than being governor of Massachusetts or president of the United States, two posts he’s con sidering running for, Richardson has served as un dersecretary of state; secretary of health, education and welfare; secretary of defense; and attorney general in addition to the ambas sadorship and his current posi tion. At a news conference Monday, Richardson said he wanted even tually to be renamed ambassador to England, a position he held in the Ford administration. Defeated U.S. Sen. Robert Taft Jr. says he’ll return to his Cincinnati law practice but that he has not ruled out further polit ical activity. “You never make these deci sions until you see what the op portunities and options are,” said the Ohio Republican. He was de feated Nov. 2 by Cleveland Democrat Howard Metzen- baum. Taft said he will return to the law firm of Taft, Stettinius and Hollister, a firm founded by his late father, U.S. Sen. Robert A. Taft. Actor-comedian Freddie Prinze, star of the NBC television series “Chico and the Man,” has been sued for divorce by his wife of 15 months. Kathy Prinze, 26, cited ir reconcilable differences in a Superior Court petition filed Monday against Prinze, 22,ll«i the first marriage for Prinze!; the third for his wife. The couple has a Q-monM: son, Freddie. Retired Adm. 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