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Meat boycott movement grows as prices rise nationwide
Support for a week long meat boycott starting April grows with housewives cutting beef purchases. Government and industry figures note price softening on wholesale level while organizers promise longer action if prices do not fall. Leaders cite consumer power and widespread leaflets, yet some merchants doubt impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
le Margulies
Associated Press
Los Angeles
Nixon
American Meat Institute
Chicago
Herbert Stein
President’s Council of Economic Advisers
Washington
National Association of Food Chains
Western States Meat Packers Association
West Coast
June Donavan
Arline Mathews
Meldrim Thomson Jr
New Hampshire
United Auto Workers Union
New York
Consumer Federation of California
National Consumers United of Chicago
The
Consumer Assembly of
Greater New York
Janice Westlund
Atlanta
Dennis Quinlan
Swift Packing Firm
Pathmark
Supermarkets General Corp
Alfred Mayer
Edmund Mayer Inc
Fresno
Calif
Lawrence P. Boragno
O’neill Meat Co
Donovan
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