European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 24, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Apparatus said to be the Only one of its kind tests the Lead Content of gasoline. Chow time tin can is pulled up arid emptied into the nest. Is by Schuettler operation Stork lift by Henry b. Kraft staff writer when Joe Stork was caught be tween some wires sometime ago and strangled to death he left his wife an four babies without insurance or Security of any  was t even a bite of food in the House when Joe was killed and the prob Lem of feeding the four infants was too much for the  s when the Village of Erl Isheim just a Short distance from Stuttgart Ger Many banded together and organized the Stork  that Joe was actually improvident. When he was alive he helped his wife main Tain the nest which was their Home and he went hither and Yon to dig up food for the kids. But Joe never looked ahead. He seems to have been Content to live from Day to Day and never bothered to save anything for the Rainy Day which came to the family when he  nest is perched atop a barn in or Lig Heim the tallest building in the Village. It has been there for 10 years and each year except two it has produced a new Brood of storks who after learning to Fly went away to build Homes of their own. The Mother and her four babies have continued to inhabit the nest since the old Man died and the villagers quickly realized that the Mother was unable to dig up enough food to feed the four youngsters. Residents of Erl Isheim got in touch with the Protection of Birds station in ludwigs Burg which decided that the problem of feeding the Young storks could be solved with a sort of lift. The station built a fish ing Rod affair to function something like this. A wheel was placed at the handle of a Stout pole something like a fishing reel. Near the tip is another wheel. A Strong wire runs from wheel to wheel. The Fisherman attaches a bucket containing the food to a Hook and then manipulates the Pulley to bring the bucket toward the tip of the Rod. When the bucket reaches the nest the Rod tips Over so that the food spills into the  of the Stork lift is Arthur Krauss teacher in the Village school or his 18-year-old daughter Renate. When its feed ing time for the Young storks two meat markets in Erl Isheim set aside meat for them. The storks will eat nothing else. Then Krauss or his daughter climbs thesis floors of the Community barn the pole is thrust through an aperture in the roof to the big nest. R1, ,. The infants Are a bit Over two month sold and Are just about learning to Fly. The Mother usually flies away Early in the morning in search of food for herself or to bring a morsel or two for the  returns Date in the afternoon to care for her  of the time the four children  on the Edge of the nest surveying the Countryside around them. They Are an at traction for motorists from almost a mile away. The whole Village is interested in the Stork family said Krauss and when feed ing time comes around you can see Many of the people standing near the barn looking up at the operation. Some even bring  Erl Isheim is a Little place and usually so quiet that the sound of an Auto backfiring8 like the Boom of a Cannon. It is the kind Laboratory technicians running teits on Petroleum products at Kaiserslautern. Etc attic Young storks wait for the noon meal which is pulled up the pole to them. Arthur Krauss attaches food filled can to Cable for its trip to the Stork nest. Of place where nothing Ever happens and the Stork lift is Page   one in Erl Isheim knows exactly Why Joe Stork was night flying when he flew into the wires and met his death. There is talk that his body May be stuffed and Dis played in the school building. The nest is located not Only in the High est building in the Village but in the oldest. The barn is 600 years old and in medieval Days was the place to which Farmers brought a. Tenth of All they produced As tribute to their overlord. Capt Elvin n. Heisey with m sgt Norton c. Poyneer of fort Worth tex., administrative Coic.  Quality at  Cost All of Western Europe s Scenic highlights Are within economical driving distance for american military person Nel and their dependents thanks to the International network of gasoline filling stations operated by Usa eur Quarter master. More than 115 such stations Are scattered throughout Germany France and other countries together with . Embassy and consulate stations and those operated by Safe. Their main purpose to provide Low Cost service for both High compression and regular engines in today s motorcars. The gasoline which is finally consumed in the Motorist s vehicle has travelled along and arduous journey involving a com plex distribution system stretching thou Sands of Miles from the Oil Fields to the refineries thence aboard Mats and Commer Cial tankers to the ports harbours and River terminals of Western Europe. A modest new building on the outskirts of Kaiserslautern Germany houses a test ing station unique in All Europe an opera Tion responsible for the lubricants and fuels consumed not Only by private car but by planes of Safe and the Craf Usa eur military vehicles and diesel ships of the . Navy. The 993d Petroleum products Labora tory headed by capt Elvin n. Heisey of Lancaster pa., is part of the  District pm Petroleum distribution command Europe commanded by col Merton Singer with Headquarters at Fontainebleau  process Between 1,000 and 1,500 Sam Ples a month Heisey said. Most of these tests we Call physical rather than Chemi Cal that is we test them in specially built machines and under Laboratory controlled temperatures corresponding with the sex by Jack Walters staff writer act conditions under which they Are actually  the two major occupational hazards in the lab Are fire and Lead poisoning. All personnel employed there Are medically examined every six months. The station is staffed by one officer Heisey nine pm technicians and 14 German employees. Number one Mission of the lab is Tocheck the Quality of aviation fuel particularly Jet fuel. Special instrument used in general testing Are refrigeration units for simulating stratospheric temperatures a device for determining the Lead Content in gasoline and Knock engines for rating the octane Quality of gasoline. In France Heisey explained the octane is controlled by the government specifying 90 to be retailed As a so called super Ca Burant. In Germany the octane number is controlled by commercial com petition. Recent boosts in octane number by German refineries reveal a 92 to 95 octane gasoline As the Premium Grade. Pm gasoline octane in Germany is about 91, or an average of stateside regular. This fuel can be used by older cars re Quiring a less powerful Gas and also in the High compression engines of later models. Some High compression engines of course should be adjusted in order to prevent the Ping or knocking noise. Our problem in this respect Heisey continued is to satisfy the greatest num Ber of users of pm Gas at minimum Cost the consumer can be assured of one thing he s receiving the Best possible Gas for the Price he s paying about half what he d  Back Home. Our policy is the Best fuel for the greatest number at the lowest Price " Page 12 the stars and stripes checking one of the Knock machines that determines octane rating Friday 4mly 24, 1959 the stars and stripes Page 13