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The Newberry Sun, Newberry, S. C., Thursday, August 22, 1968—PAGE 5
Grocer named
in food stamp
violation
(The Department of Agricul
ture has requested publication
of the following news release.
Attention of readers is called
to the fact that “The Market
Basket w mentioned in the arti
cle is located in Chicago, and is
in no way connected with the
grocery store of that name in
this city.—Ed.)
A United States District
Judge has sustained the action
by the U. S. Department of Ag
riculture disqualifying a Chica
go retail store from participat
ing in the Food Stamp Program
for 30 days, ruling that “a cor
poration is responsible for the
acts of its agents even through
:he acts are committed without
the knowledge of the corpora
tion. ”
The disqualification of “The
Market Basket” grew out of an
investigation by the U. S. De
partment of Agriculture, work
ing through its office of the In
spector General. It is the first
time a case involving disqual
ification of a grocer for viola
tions of the Food Stamp Pro
gram has been judicially re
viewed.
The investigation revealed
that “The Market Basket” was
returning cash to Food Stamp
customers as change and sell
ing ineligible items. These ac
tions are in violation of the
Food Stamp Regulations which
are presented to all retail gro
cers in orientation sessions be
fore actual participation be
gins.
“The Market Basket” and its
parent company, Landslide
Foods, Incorporated, had sought
dismissal of the disqualifica
tion action, claiming that “the
evidence produced before the
Department of Agriculture and
its reviewing officer failed to
indicate or justify that the
plaintiff (Lanslide Foods, Inc.)
knowingly or willfully violated
or permitted violation of the
Food Stamp Program by its
employees; and that the deci
sion to disqualify for any per
iod of time was grossly dispre-
portinate to the degree of cul
pability, if any, by the plain
tiff.”
Judge Julius J. Hoffman said
that the administrative determ
ination was proved entirely va
lid, appropriate and fully war
ranted by the facts,” and that
termination was not unwarran
ted.”
Disqualification of "The
Mar ket Basket” from the Food
Stamp Program began June 21
and lasted for a period of 30
days.
The Food Stamp Program
helps low-income families to
stretch their food dollars by
purchasing Food Stamps with
the amount of money a family
of comparable size and income
normally spends for food. The
Federal Government then adds
a bonus amount of stamps, giv
ing the recipient the benefit of
more food for the same amount
of money.
FT. JACKSON, S. C.—Army
Private Leonda Sartor, 23, son
of Mr. and Mrs. James H. Sar
tor, Route 2, Whitmire, com
pleted eight weeks of advanced
infantry training July 26 at
Fort Jackson.
He received specialized in
struction in small unit tactics
and in firing such weapons as
the M-16 rifle, the M-60 ma
chine gun and the 3.5 - inch
rocket launcher.
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