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12 A MONDAY. OCTOBER 28. 1963- MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON Laboratory Being Erected To Create First Worldwide Nutrition Explosion (Firs! of two articles) WASHINGTON- Government scientists are building an ex plosion-proof laboratory on the University of Maryland campus as the arena (or a new united States effort to create a nutri tion explosion throughout t h e world. This College Park, Md., lab is the center of what promises to be a multi-million dollar proj ect, promoted by the Kennedy administration and quietly ap proved by Congress, for the pur pose of producing the world's cheapest and most plentiful source of animal protein. Partly altruistically humani tarian and partly a calculated gamble of the cold war, the project's objective is to develop a highly refined product called fish portein concentrate. "Cookies, doughnuts, noodles, and similar foods could almost magically be transformed into sources of good-quality protein if properly supplemented with fish protein concentrate, result ing in less parental worry over the starch - consuming teen ager," said Dr. E. R. Pariser, a bio-chemist who came from . b q247 29 Congress 10-28 V Fulbrighf Plugs For Aid Program WASHINGTON (UPI) - Sen. William J. Fulbright, D-Ark called for passage of the full $4.2 billion foreign aid program today because deep cuts would "pose unacceptable risks" in foreign policy. While urging the administra tion to overhaul the program, Fulbright, chairman of the Sen ate Foreign Relations Commit tee, said "we cannot tear up the blueprints before us and create a new structure on the floor of the Senate." The Arkansas Democrat was the first speaker as the Senate prepared to begin debate on the long-delayed measure to au thorize another year of the aid program. Senate leaders hoped for final action by the weekend. Former Texas Senator Dies WASHINGTON (UPI) For mer Sen. Tom Connally of Tex as died early today at his home here of pneumonia. He was 86. Connally's family said he had been ill for some time. He had been living in retire ment here since he left the Sen ate in 1953 after serving 36 years. The silver-haired Texas Dem ocrat was a former chairman of the Senate foreign Relations Committee. Massachusetts Institute of Tech nology to head the project. If this gives the project do mestic appeal, its whole em phasis however is to produce fish protein concentrate at a fantastically low cost to put it within reach of most of the world's people, especially those in underdeveloped lands who need it most. The supposition is that the conntry that can ac complish this aim will gain great prestige in the eyes of these peoples. At an African conservation last summer, a Ghana official ssked Interior Secretary Stewart Udall: "When are we going to get this fish protein concentrate?" Soviet Russia and 35 other countries are working on such a product. The United Nation's Food and Agriculture Organiza tion has done preliminary re search, spurred by the hope that malnutrition might be eradicat ed in even most primitve lands, A Swedish firm is producing such a product, but at rela tively high cost, which is added to bread to give it protein en richment. A form of fish protein con centrate is at least as old as ancient times. By a primitive method of salting whole fish to halt the fermenting action of the enzymes, the Romans produced what they called liquamen, a liquid concentrate, and sold it all over the Mediterranean world. Ancient Roman rcceipes include liquamen as a season ing. A similar product has been made for years in several Asian countries but it is too expen sive for mass consumption and too salty for babies or pregnant women. In recent years it has been produced in several other forms as a brownish powder, which looks like instant coffee and has meaty taste; as a brown paste; and as a tasteless white powder. An important virtue of the powder or paste forms is that they don't require refrig eration, and still retain their nutritional value for long per iods m either moderate or trop ical climates. Like Beef Concentrate Dr. Pariser took from a lab oratory shelf a jar of Swedish- made paste and asked me to taste it; It looked and tasted like a beef bouillon concentrate, with not trace of Its fishy ori gin. He said it was 20 months old and so concentrated that molds couldn't survive on it. The paste makes an excellent soup, Dr. Pariser said, and the powdered forms can be added to all sorts of foods from mash ed baby foods to baked goods and vegetables. An estimated 2 billion persons in the world lack adequate ani mal protein In their diets, com pared with 600 million who fare pretty well in this nutritional need. Common sources of ani mal protein meats, poultry, eggs, milk and cheese are scarce or relatively high in cost in many ares of the world. Fish is cheap and plentiful along many seacoasts, but it is un available to inland populations of primitive lands which lack re frigeration facilities to preserve it in warm climates. In Liberia, for example, the average total animal protein in take is 3 grams per person com pared to 66 grams in the United States. Objectives of the new U. S. project, being carried out by the Interior Department's Bureau of Commercial Fisheries, are to develop production methods which would require small in vestment, are economical to op erate, flexible to utilize for small or large operations; and to pro duce fish concentrate in forms acceptable to local taste prefer ences, cultures or taboos, fully satisfactory to nutrition experts, and in forms that permit cheap shipment, long storage and low prices for consumers. In short, the idea is to make it possible to produce it wher ever fish are abundant, for sale wherever protein is scarce. Dr. Pariser's goal is 10 to 13 cents per pound for concentrate with 80 per cent protein content. At this price, he estimates the Let Us Show You The Terrific New Warm florning WOOD HEATER Modal 700 AMERICA'S MOST MODERN WOOD CIRCUIATORI AUTOMATIC THERMOSTATI FIREBRICK I CAST IRON LINED FIREIOXI LIFETIME PORCELAIN FINISHI BURNS 26" LENGTHS OP "WARM FLOOR" ILOWtt (OPTIONAL) Medford Fuel Co. 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Cost Breakthrough In 1959 a UN report stated that fish concentrate should not cost the consumer in underde veloped countries much more than he would pay for dry skim milk in the same area. An American firm at that time re ported it could produce a par tially deodnriznH fish flnitr fnr about 18 cents per pound. The un report said io to 19 cents per pound was considered "re alistic." In seeking a cost break through, American scientists in I their new lab plan three ap proacnes: 1. Chemical various sol vents, many highly volatile (hence the explosion-proof lab), are used to extract the lipids or fats from the fish to pro duce a tasteless, odorless pow der. This method has been used in Chile, Morocco, Canada, England and the United States. The search is on for a cheap, plentiful solvent. 2. Biological Enzymatic pro cesses have been used in Uru guay, where chopped fish were inoculated with a special yeast to which molasses had been add ed, resulting in a liquid paste within 2 to 3 days. Bones, scales and fins disappear in this process along with the charac teristic fishy odor. The Danes used another enzymatic process to produce a fine, fluffy powder of pronounced but excellent taste. 3. Physical a German meth od of passing high voltage cur rents through macerated fish, producing a highly nutritive pro duct, will be pursued. Ii one or more of thes ap proaches leads to the project's objective, it will be an unpre cedented achievement of bene fit to countless millions of the world's people. It would lead to fuller utilization of the ocean's vast marine resources, which in turn would give commercial fishing the world around a hefty boost. "Our consumption of fish in the oceans is less than one per cent today," Dr. Pariser noted. "We hope to hasten the day of harvesting good from the sea on a large scale." Congress has backed this ef fort with initial appropriations of nearly a million dollars. While confidence is high among the scientists, there is an unscientific obstacle to such an achievement. Another federal agency, the Food and Drug Ad ministration, regards fish pro tein concentrate with outright hostility if made from the whole fish. The Interior Depart ment claims the project hasn't a chance of success if only fish fillets can be utilized, for this would be uneconomic. With one agency holding the power to block use of food pro. ducts in the American market and another pressing ahead to develop such a product, a bureaucratic tug - of - war of mounting intensity has been abuilding with cold war impli cations. (NEXT When is a cleaned fish clean?) Queen Elizabeth's Physician Dies LONDON (UPI) - Lord Evans, 60, personal physician to Queen Elizabeth II and doctor to the Royal Family for 17 years, aiea in nis sieep omm day morning at London's King Edward VII hospital. Evans, a tall Welshman who was probably the most cele brated medical adviser in Brit ain, had been admitted to the hospital last month suffering from an undisclosed compiaini. SHOT BY ROYALTY KING'S LYNN, Eng. (UPD A local shop today put on sale pheasants shot by Prince Philip at a nearby royal estate for 30 shillings a pair, or $4.20. - luu'vaiiiXi.'uvtiLir kuu At Halloween, when scary little figures come to your door, be ready! Ward off dire consequences with Safeway's variety of goodies that bewitch even the fiercest! My, but it's fun! POP CORN White, Yellow 10-ox. pkg. Jolly Time 245c 33c Chunk Tuna Mayonnaise Wesson Oil Salad Dressing I All Your favorites. 20 Pkgs. Sea Trader light meat. Vi Can Best Foods 32 oz. jar 38 Oz. Bottle 5 GUM 79 iedmunt veryday Low Price. Ol. 89 33 P P .a H , f? U IAaf J U Limit Please DEC HALLOWEEN SPECIALS! Red Delicious APPLES Perfect for carameling or bobbing. 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