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This isn't so remarkable when one considers that last year 'Cliffe-dwellers polished off five tons of roast lamb, four tons of roast beef, three tons of ham, and almost two tons of butter. As if this weren'nt cough, they topped it off with 12,300 eggs and close to 300 gallons of ice cream...
...Finger In Butter. The French expedition had chugged out at dawn from its downriver base. From the undergrowth ashore sounded warning signals-rifle shots that said the French were coming...
...extended squad formation. They made no contact with the enemy. An air liaison officer had called out three fighter planes (P-63 Kingcobras) for reconnaissance and strafing. As they circled overhead, sometimes diving earthward, a lieutenant said, "It's always like this-like pushing your finger into butter. The butter spreads and when you pull your finger out you don't have much. Well, anyway, when the Viet Minh come out of hiding they'll find life difficult with no rice or boats...
After years of debate, Congress last week repealed the 64-year-old federal tax on oleomargarine, effective July 1. But oleo will still not be easily mistaken for butter; oleo sold at retail must be conspicuously identified on the wrapping, while yellow margarine served in restaurants must be either triangular in shape or clearly identified. Quipped one Congressman: "Maybe we should require Florida orange growers to sell all their artificially colored oranges in a square shape." In addition, 16 states will continue to prohibit the manufacture and sale of yellow margarine, and six states will still levy special taxes...
Buttermakers thought that Congress had picked the worst possible time to repeal oleo taxes, for butter prices have been slipping and surpluses mounting. Last week the U.S. Department of Agriculture bought up 239,000 lbs. of butter to support the wholesale price at 60? a lb., thereby adding to its huge 86 million-lb. stock of surplus butter...