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Show THE DAILY PAGE EIGHT U.S. Becoming Nation of Gourmets? - Not too long ago the average Americans idea of a good meal was steak, chops or fried chicken. Now its apt to be Beef Fondue or Coq au Vin. The idea of flavor used to be salt, pepper and a bottle of catsup. Now it's likely to be red wine, rosemary, anise or shallots. Interest in gourmet cooking is more than just a passing fancy, according to a study by the Family Economics Bureau of Northwestern National Life Insurance Co. From small Midwest towns to large coastal cities, gourmet cooking is becoming a way of life. Gourmet cooking is the art of making good food taste better. One expert defines gourmet foods as CHICAGO (ACCN) CONSULTING SERVICES WORTH EXPLORING Many businessmen are not aware of the extensive services offered by local firms, because of the nonadvertising ethics of the profession, and they do not realizethat the payback for such services is often very quick and substantial. WASHINGTON, D.C. (ACCN) In accordance with the theme of the Conference, "The Law of the World and Mans Environment," the The professional personnel surveyed made the following recommendations to firms wishing to obtain, the best possible results from consulting services: 1. 2. 3. agenda provides for sessions on two treaties, one on environment cooperation among nations, the other on weather modification. Prizes totalling $2000 will be awarded at the Belgrade Conference to the writers of best papers on International Control of the Environment. In addition, the Conference will take up a wide range of other subjects including aircraft hijacking, exploration and exploitation of the seabed, urban problems and the lawyer, strengthening the United Nations, law for the development of nations, communication and transportation, a law and computer technology, investment law for sales and purchases in Socialist countries, his rights and the individual responsibilities, legal aid and other Define the problem carefully and set objectives with the counselor. Develop a mutual trust with the counselor being honest and open with the facts. liy Involve top management to the extent that they know and approve of what the counselor is doing. 4. Communicate often with the counselor. Ask questions and keep abreast of his progress. 5. 6. 7. Establish a continuing arrangement with the counselor with periodic visits to prevent the occurrence of major crises. 9. Share planning with the c o u n s e 1 o r . It is cheaper and quicker to solve problems before they occur than climb out of a crisis. Assign an inside liaison man to work with the Become aware of the firm's limitations anti the limitations of the counselor. Develop a system to be sure the counselor's suggestions are not wasted. follow-u- p of the United States. First In Socialist Country This will be the first Conference on World Peace Through Law to be held in a Socialist country. Speakers at the inaugural session will include Edvard Hambro of Norway, President of the General Assembly of the United Nations; Earl Warren, the Chief Justice of the United States, retired; Terje Wold, the Chief Justice of Norway, retired, and now Chairman of the World Association of Judges which is More Companies Stress Concern For Ecology shops also offer a tempting array of imported and domestic foods. It is estimated that sale of gourmet foodstuffs ran well over $1 billion last year. And its expanding at a rate of about 10 percent each year. While a real gourmet says a cookbook is merely the foundation that allows one to use imagination, sales of cookbooks are booming. In 1960, U.S. publishers brought out only 40 new cookbooks. Last year saw over 200 new volumes. Among the 1200 cookbooks available today, there can be found books on virtually every foreign cuisine. Argentina .VI oves To Try 2 Skyjackers BUENOS AIRES (UPI) of community relations programs, according to a recent study of how business and industry interact with the city, town, or other area of which they are a part. During the past twenty years, community relations programs have steadily become more wide-reachi- and sophisticated, ng even among smaller firms, and a nationwide survey of more than 300 executives who serve on the Personnel Policies Forum of the Bureau of National Affairs, Inc., (BNA) reveals that more than 40 per cent of their firms now sponsor or participate in some type of program related to the environment. These company activities range from seminars and talks through city and park beautification projects to glass collection and redemption. One western utility with 4,600 eme ployees reports building, city-wid- -has An Ar angenline three-judg- e panel nounced it will try American Robert Lee Jackson and his Guatemalan d on air piracy charges in connection with the hijacking of a Braniff airliner over the Fourth oi July weekend. The decision ended speculation that Jackson, 36, of Maryville, Tenn., and Ligia Lucrecia Sanchez Ancilla, 23, might be returned to the United States or Mexico without being tried here. , girl-frien- D.C. (ACCN) Ecology has become the cause the seventies in company-sponsore- d remodeling, underground wiring and interest free loans to Operation Equality to renovate low-inco- housing. In the east, a utility with 875 employees report "spending large amounts of money for equipment to control water and air pollution at new and old generating facilities," and a midwestern manufacturer meeting concurrently with the with 400 financial employees and technical reports aid in developing a community waste treatment facility." While this new ecological focus continues to grow in the priorities of the community relations efforts of business and industry, the BNA survey report points out that the primary form of involvement remains the traditional local charity contribution. In addition, BNAs Personnel Policies Forum members cite aid to minority and disadvantaged groups as having become a focal point of corporate concern during recent years. Virtually all executives surveyed report that their companies contribute financially to local fundwell-establish- ed raising and charity compaigns, although methods for determining the amount to be given differ considerably. Over one fourth (26 per cent) of the firms follow no specific patterns, basing the contribution on the need in a particular situation. Among companies which do employ a governing criteria, twenty-sevepercent base it on the size of the company compared with others in the community the fair share" endorsed approach by the United Fund. g drives among em on the United Fund ployees center approach, being used by 93 per cent of the companies. The vast majority of these firms permit this activity on company time and also provide for payroll deductions. Although companies in smaller communities tend to give more aid to local high schools and colleges than those in large communities, such aid is generally widespread. n Fund-raisin- ad- This demonstration trial will assume that a space vehicle has fallen on the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow, causing extensive property damage and killing two foreigners. Presiding over this trial will be Warren E. Burger, the Chief Justice Thegrowth of management service firms is indicative of the modern demand for specialists and the economic and operational advantages of hiring them by thedayor by the week. For the Utah businessman it is well worth the time exploring the services available. WASHINGTON, judicial ministration. Demonstration Trial A highlight of the Conference will be a demonstration trial to emphasize the expanded role the World Court at the Hague should play in the peaceful settlement of international disputes. In particular it will call attention to the need for power by the Court to consider disputes between individuals and nations instead of only disputes between nations. counselor. 8. services, legal fruits, vegetables and meats. Department stores, gift shops, boutiques and scores of fancy food Temporary Taxes Rarely Die Young 21-2- 5. home entertainment have contributed to the growing interest in good food. Postwar affluence sent millions of Americans abroad to study and travel; they came back eager to duplicate their new food experiences. Servicemen and their families, on overseas duty, returned with a love for foreign foods and the knowhow to prepare them. Bureau. Larger stores may also have sections of premium quality ' New treaties and new legal institutions to protect mans environment around the world will receive top consideration by some 4000 lawyers attending the Fifth Wjrld Conference on World Peace Through Law at Belgrade, Yugoslavia July For Best Results gourmet meal is one that does more than just satisfy hunger pangs. Any foreign or ethnic dish, not ordinarily in ones diet, can be gourmet. Health and organically-grow- n foods are also beginning to come into the gourmet picture. Earle R. MacAusland, publisher of Gourmet, sees the trend in gourmet cooking as a sign that Americans are at last beginning to appreciate good food. The changing lifestyles of young homemakers, increased leisure and reports the Family Economics Peace Thru Law Belgrade Meet To Scan Pacts U. of U. Research products with extra quality." Another says its making the most of what you have. Some think that any There has been an increasing urge for status, and gourmet cooking gives the homemaker something "new and different to serve for family or guests. Seeking new dishes can be a social activity. Americans have found, in gourmet cooking, a way to be creative, giving them the satisfaction of personal accomplishment. Twenty years ago, .gourmet or specialty foods could be found only in a handful of fancy food stores or delicatessens in large cities, mainly New York, Chicago and San Francisco. Today there is hardly a community without some kind of specialty food outlet. Practically all supermarkets have now at least a small gourmet corner, THURSDAY, JULY 15, 1971 RECORD World Peace Through Law Conference; and Charles S. Rhyne, of Washington D.C., President of the World Peace Through Law Center. The Fifth World Conference on World Peace Through Law follows immediately upon the closing of the London session of the annual con- vention of the American Bar Association, many of whose delegates are expected to proceed on to Belgrade. Consequently, the Belgrade meeting is expected to be the largest assembly of lawyers and judges in history to convene for the upgrading of international law and international legal institutions. Premiums Make Most of Life Firms Income - NEW YORK (ACCN) Some 78.4 cents out of each dollar of income received by the nation's life insurance companies in 1970 came from policyholders premiums, according to the Institute of Life Insurance. The remaining 21.6 cents out of the companies' income dollar came chiefly from investment earnings. The fe companies used 77.3 cents of each outgoing dollar to pay current benefits or to hold in reserve for future payments to policyholders and their families. A total of 4.4 cents was used for taxes (not including taxes directly connected with investments, such as real estate taxes). ! NEW YORK (ACCN) - "Tempor- ary" is defined as "lasting for a lime but the length of that time when it comes to temporary taxes can last and last, says Tax Foundation, Inc. The temporary U.S. manufacturers excise tax on cars has lasted, for example, since 1917. This Federal levy somehow its a good always was revived was about it as revenue raiser just a to expire, over period. And only, 54-ye- ar "temporary state levies alsc frequently gain new leases on life. Some even become permanent in mid-ter- Here are some examples, noted by private research foundation, in Lhe legislation already enacted or proposed in 1971 sessions: A Missouri bill this year would cormake permanent a acincome tax rale that, poration to 1969 to was go law, cording 2 for 5 from to percent temporarily 1971 only. A New York motor carrier road Lax of 7 cents a gallon on motor fuel (9 cents a gallon diesel, fuel), originally imposed for the period July 1, 1968 through June 30, 1970, was continued indefinitely by 1970 legislation. In Montana, bills introduced would make permanent a beer tax supposed to revert to $1.50 after June 30 this year. To add to the confusion, another bill proposes to hike the levy from $3 to $6. Also in Montana, a 1969-introduc- ed gasoline tax increase, supposed to last from July 1, 1969 to June 30 this year, would continue indefinitely by a 1971 6V-ce- nt measure. In Connecticut, three measures originally termed temporary, would be made permanent by 1971 legislation: a 'capital gains tax supposed to die by June 30; an admissions tax, scheduled to lapse at the same time; and a tax on dividends and interest received by insurance companies. .lli-perce- nt New Postal Service Has R&D Budget - WASHINGTON (ACCN) The U.S. Postal Service announced recently that approximately $110.5 million is being obligated during fiscal year 1972 for Research, Development and Engineering programs aimed at improving mechanized postal operations. The amount representing a 78 percent increase over the old Post Office Department RDE funding levels for the 1971 fiscal year part of the new Postal Service's $10 billion budget which started July l, this year. The largest amount of the RDE appropriation approximately $46 will go toward the million development of a Letter Mail Program. Designed to improve letter mail processing, the progra?n will consist basically rf th development of a national cru'. sorting network. The system, presently heir tested on a pilot basis in Cincinnati, Ohio, is based on the ability of letter sorting machines to efficiently sort letter mail ty reading codes placed on letters. Through the use of this system, a more efficient distribution of the mails will be provided by t!,. Postal Service. ANCIENT WONDER The Hanging Gardens (ACCN) of Babylon were built b Nebuchadnezzar about 600 B.C., to humor his favorite queen. Accounts say the gardens consisted of five terraces, each 50 feet above the other. They reminded the queen of the mountains of her native Media. |