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Show June 1969 build a sturdy loading ramp that insures quieter, safer loading. It UTAH FARM BUREAU NEWS Page 6 'Hunger" Show On TV Was Distorted View will help overcome the cattles balkiness to move in a shaky chute or ramp and thereby reduce the crowding and bumping that causes much of the cattle bruising. The plan specifies: use concrete for the walls that form the base of the ramp. Lay the concrete floor after earth fill is compacted in place. Use a rough finish on the walking surface of the floor to prevent the animals from slipping. Support the side walls - - built of 2 inch plank lumber - - with Loading Samp Plan No. 5960 By Creston J. Foster, News Director American Farm Bureau Federation The question of whether television is primarily an entertainment medium has been raised by a House subcommittee investigation which revealed a nationwide TV networks documentary, Hunger in America, contained untruths, staged incidents and misleading information. The probe which used FBI agents to gather data uncovered fakery in picturing a baby dying in a San Antonio hospital supposedly of starvation. According to tine Associated Press, the CBS narrator of the documentary said in reference to the baby, Hunger is easy to recognize when it looks lik this. This baby is dying of starvation. The committee report pointed out that investigators checked the hospital records and found the infant was born two months prematurely and died from resulting complications. The mother also told investigators that statements in the program about starvation were definitely un- wood heavy pressure treated the -- ground posts. Set these posts in and securely anchor them to the well constructed loading ramp can increase efficiency of handling able from Utah State University extension agents in the counties for A and reduce bruising of cattle. Working drawings of a plan for a permanent loading ramp are avail cents per copy. Dr. Wayne B. Ringer, extension agricultural engineer, Utah State 25 University, said the drawings are from Plan No. 5960 designed by the U. S. Department of Agriculture Cooperative Farm Building Plan Exchange. From it a person can concrete walls. Build an elevated catwalk for the operator along one side for convenience in driving the cattle. Construct it of 2 x 10 inch pressure treated plank lumber. Use only to pregalvanized fastenings vent rust. In hot climates, where cattle are often moved at night to restress caused by the duce the heat during day, a well lighted Where recommended. ramp is not available, battelectricity is ery powered lanterns can be used. Build the ramp as close as possible to the road or highway, so that it will be convenient for trucks and trailers to load and unload, Dr. Ringer suggested. true. This; was only one of several distortions unearthed in the documentary by the FBI. Referring to an infant death in Mississippi, the narrator said the baby was severely undernourished at birth and died two days later. Investigation showed the baby weighed 12 pounds, five ounces, showed no signs of malnutrition, and died at birth of prolonged labor by the mother. In spite of the House subcommittees findings, the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, gave an Emmy award to Hunger In America. A few years ago, CBS won a Peabody award for its documentary, Harvest of Shame, which dealt with migrant farm labor in the U. S. and utilized the same propaganda techniques apparent in Hunger in America. Recently the Federal Communications Commission censored the Chicago affiliate of CBS for a staged pot party it filmed on the campus of Northwestern University in Evanston, I1L CBS admitted this fakery, but a network official said he stands behind its Hunger in America show. Incidents such as these are not necessarily confined to one network. During the 1968 Democratic convention, the major networks gave the nation a distorted view of the police effort to control mob violence on the streets and in the parks of Chicago. Such coverage increases the credibility gap between TV and its viewers. The failure of TV networks to discharge their responsibility to objectively report the news is not likely to be corrected by more government regulation. The real answer might be a fair trial of so that more competition pay-Twould be injected into the industry. . V Behind every successful man is a guy from the Internal Reve- nue Service. Hospital and medical costs, auto repair costs and wages are the key factors that influence automobile insurance rates, says the National Association of Independent Insurers. 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