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WASHINGTON — Though
riding a wave of success in
ting Congress to approve his
jet cuts, President Reagan
ilizes he may not win all the
ties the next time around, a
ate House official says.
The official spoke in a back-
und interview, which means
name cannot be used. He
id the administration recog-
:es that this year, it may be
ling a showdown it cannot
“We’ve won seven major
[islative battles without a loss,”
said, “Quite candidly, we
^treasonably expect to con-
luetodo that well forever.”
"Sooner or later, we’re going
have a legislative defeat. It
to reason,” he said,
locking on a wooden table for
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en to work realistic goals into
1982 administration game
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“This is a political year, we
veelections coming up and it’s
bttougher to make these hard
'litical choices in an election
e ar,” the official said,
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United Press International
WASHINGTON — Milk sold
in one-gallon clear plastic jugs
loses both its nutrients and fla
vor when displayed for several
hours in supermarkets, a dairy
researcher from Clemson Uni
versity says.
The dairy scientist, Jack Jan-
zen says he thinks general loss of
flavor in milk may have some
thing to do with an ongoing de
cline in U.S. milk consumption.
Whether he can prove it is
another thing, but Janzen said
he is going to try. He has com
pleted taste tests.using panels of
students and consumers.
Another phase will involve
families who will receive two
quarts of milk at a time, one that
has lost its nutrients and flavor
and one that has not.
With detailed questionnaires
filled out by the families, Janzen
said he hopes to be able to deter
mine which of the samples they
would be more likely to purch
ase and whether the families
would drink the good sample
more often than they drink milk
now.
Janzen said if he can prove
his theory and show there are
economic implications of selling
off-flavor milk to the public, the
industry might change the con
tainers in which they sell milk.
The problem is that milk in
plastic jugs displayed under
fluorescent lights loses vitamin
content and gets an off-flavor
that Janzen says is like the aroma
of a storeroom filled with paper
products.
Scientists call it light-
activated oxidized flavor, poss
ibly caused by a chemical reac
tion involving the light and the
milk’s protein. It happens two to
four hours after milk is placed
under the lights. After six to
eight hours, most people can de
tect the off-flavor. After 10 to 14
hours, everyone can tell the dif
ference.
That cardboard-like flavor,
as Janzen describes it, is not pre
sent in most milk sold in cartons,
because the cardboard is coated
with plastic.
Janzen said loss of vitamins
begins almost immediately after
milk in plastic jugs is put on
grocery shelves under fluores
cent lights. Other researchers
have found losses in vitamin A,
an important nutrient in milk.
Although vitamin C is not im
portant to milk, Janzen has stu
died it because it is easy to mea
sure. He found the vitamin C in
milk is lost after 24 to 36 hours
under lights.
Although the industry has
not yet been convinced to
change containers, Janzen said,
“One solution would be simply
to go back to old-fashioned
fiberboard containers.
“Or they could use an opaque
plastic bottle that light couldn’t
E enetrate, like those used for
leaches.”
Janzen is hoping his research
may convince the industry to put
in color or a light-ray inhibitor in
the jugs.
“I think one reason (why the
industry has not changed) is
they feel quite strongly that the
housewife demands the plastic
container because of the hand
le,” he said.
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ed in hiring an instructional program supervisor. It will be
a part time position for approximately 20 hours per week.
There is funding for 655 hours from the date of hire until
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out a surprising series of victor
ies last year by bolstering his Re
publican strength in Congress
last year with a number of south
ern Democrats.
One problem this year will be
opposition to raising defense
spending while cutting funds
for social programs. The official
said the sentiment for slashing
defense funds is “increasing
(and) extremely strong on Capi
tol Hill.
“We understand that, but the
president has made his position
extremely clear on this and we
just have to deal with this issue.
When we confront it, we’re
going to be fighting for that in
crease, because that’s what the
president wants,” he said.
“It’s important that we get off
on the right foot, that we send
something up that has some
chance of succeeding,” he said.
“We’re very conscious of that in
drafting this package and we’re
conscious of looking at some
political tradeoffs.”
He would not discuss speci
fics of Reagan’s budget, which
will be unveiled Feb. 8.
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The glass milk bottles sold a
generation ago did not cause
problems because when they
were in use, stores did not sell
milk in open refrigerated cases
and the milk was not put under
fluorescent lights.
Janzen’s work several years
ago found 60 percent to 65 per
cent of milk in plastic jugs in su
permarkets had the off-flavor.
One thingjanzen has learned
and found to be especially dis
turbing is that young adults who
have known nothing but plastic
jugs are beginning to accept the
off-flavor as normal.
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WASHINGTON — Purse-
snatchers or corner stickup men
are more likely to pick on the
elderly rather than younger
people, a Justice Department
study says.
Overall, crimes of violence
against the elderly have de
creased in the past seven years,
according to the study by the
Bureau of Justice Statistics. The
study said about 75 percent of all
crimes against the elderly were
common thefts.
In the category of personal
larceny with contact, such as
theft of a purse, wallet, cash or
other property, the elderly were
more often victims. People over
65 were victims 3.2 times per
1,000 incidents and people
under 65 were victims 2.9 times
per 1,000 incidents, the study
showed.
“When a purse is snatched or
a pocket is picked, the direct
contact with the offender may
be very frightening even though
it results in no injury,” the study
said. “And the economic loss in
volved may be particularly up
setting to a person who is living
on a fixed income.”
The study was based on statis
tics from 1973 through 1980
gathered by the National Crime •
Survey. It showed those between
the ages of 12 and 25 were most
likely to be crime victims.
Crimes of violence against
people 65 and older decreased
from 8.5 per 1,000 in 1973 to 6.9
per 1,000 in 1980, the study
said.
Another study released ear
lier, “Crime Against the Elderly
in 26 Cities,” showed that elderly
are least likely to be injured,
most likely to have their purses
snatched or pockets picked,
most likely to be victims of com
pleted rather than attempted
crimes, and more likely to report
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