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Milk products may
lower cholesterol
THE BATTALION Page
FRIDAY, JANUARY 27, 1978
Clues from a locker picture
Battalion photo by Ken Herrera
And what, Holmes, can you deduce from a
largely out-of-focus photo of some lockers?”
My dear Watson, you see that the single
hasp that IS in focus shows signs of long use
and the lock has been twisted severly to one
side. Obviously, the locker belongs to a senior
Aggie who has lost his key. He has a hot
temper and is strong — but not strong enough
to break the lock.”
Incredible, Holmes!”
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MADISON, Wis. —A University
of Wisconsin food scientist says
fresh milk or yogurt can reduce,
rather than increase, cholesterol
levels in humans.
“Recent research indicates that
there are factors in milk that some
how prevent the build-up of choles
terol in our blood,” said Prof.
Thomas Richardson.
Cholesterol is in milk fat, which
comprises a large part of certain
dairy products, and is also pxoduced
by the body. High cholesterol levels
have been linked with coronary ar
tery disease.
But Richardson said drinking milk
or eating yogurt — fermented milk
— has been shown to reduce choles
terol levels.
“Therefore, whole milk and espe
cially skim milk should not present a
problem by increasing blood choles
terol of consumers,” he said.
“At this time, we are not sure how
other diary products might affect
the blood cholesterol of consumers.
A lot of the studies were done by
feeding yogurt to people. But sub
sequent studies indicated that even
fresh milk reduced cholesterol.”
One early study was conducted
on African Maasai herdsmen, who
consume large amounts of a fer
mented milk product similar to
yogurt. It showed they have low
blood cholesterol and a low fre
quency of coronary artery disease.
Richardson said the study, by Dr.
G. V. Mann of Vanderbilt Univer
sity Medical School, showed the
Maasai volunteers had even lower
blood cholesterol levels when they
were fed more of the fermented
milk product than they normally
eat. He said a study of American
volunteers produced the same re
sults.
Richardson said Mann’s studies
indicated fermentation of the milk
may be important. But he said there
are also indications fresh milk may
be just as effective in preventing
build-up of cholesterol in the blood.
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Hot checks curtail area
check-cashing policies
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“The main reason we stopped tak-
|g checks was the combination of
[aduating students leaving with the
id check uncollectable, and all the
Inconveniences involved,” said Jim
bbins, IHOP manager.
Inconveniences such as mailing
itices, telephone calls to banks and
ployers and bookkeeping are
(voided when merchants do not
e checks.
too bad, a few people mess it up
rthe majority,” Robbins said.
Robbins has held bad checks that
e over a year old.
He suggest a Bad Checks Com-
iittee be implemented through
exas A&M’s student government.
A student shouldn’t be able to
laduate if he has bad checks that
ve not been paid for,” he said.
IHOP is considering taking
ecks again, because not accepting
checks could be the reason for
IHOP’s drop in volume. IHOP is
po contemplating other reasons for
Be drop in businesss. If he deter-
iines the problem is IHOP not tak-
ng checks, he will change his pol-
p, Robbins said.
| “Kids want to write checks be
cause it’s easier and they will have a
|ritten record of their expendi
tures,” said Robbins.
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“Restaurant business in College
Station depends totally on stu
dents,” Robbins said.
The problem with checks is it’s
hard to differentiate between a bad
and a hot check, said Littlejohn.
The county attorney receives
checks that are returned marked
due to insufficient funds,’ account
closed,’ or no account. These
checks are not written with the in
tent to fraud. Unauthorized or ir
regular signatures on checks is a
felony, and this is handled by the
district attorney. The district attor
ney uses his own discretion when
viewing each case.
Fifty percent of the bad checks
are from local residents and the
other 50 percent are from students,
Littlejohn said.
He stressed that he was able to
collect from the .local residents but .
in very few cases could he collect
from students.
Public Relations Director John
Birkner, public relations director of
University National Bank, said his
bank has problems with bad checks.
The bank stresses personnel check
ing, viewing each case with discre
tion, he said.
Birkner said that when an indi
vidual writes a bad check there is a
$5 charge, unless it is the bank’s er- ner said. The bank would cover a
ror. student’s check for medical ex-
There are exceptions to the bank’s penses, but would not cover a check
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