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Joe Neel Reports On The Beef Scare In Britain And The Two Diseases, One Human

and the other bovine, which are associated with contaminated beef. Scientists seriously doubt that the ten people who died from a severe brain disorder contracted the disease by eating contaminated beef. So, Britain's government decided yesterday against slaughtering millions of cattle.

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