People: Apr. 10, 1964

Funny, but soon after NBC Newscaster Chet Huntley said that the nation's meat industry was "sick" and that one of the consumer's greatest problems was "too much fat in our beef," a new viand went on sale in New York. The product: Chet Huntley's Nature Fed Beef, advertised by pictures of a lean and hungry Chet and by promises of "quality and flavor, plus low fat and high protein." The fat was in the fire, and NBC, prodded by a local packer, ordered Huntley to trim his name and face from the chopped chuck...

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