European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 16, 1967, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 4 the stars and stripes monday october 16, 1967 Man May grow too fast on space flights by Jim Strothman Cape Kennedy Fla. A preliminary results of experiments aboard America s Astro Bug Laden Bio satellite 2 space Craft show that weightlessness can affect growth and conceivably could be harmful to astronauts on Long duration spaceflight. In one dramatic discover which May have human applications experimenters found that bacteria multiplied More rapidly in space then they Doon Earth. And since All living cell shave much in common whether they Are bacteria cells or human cells cellular turn Over May be higher in Man during weightlessness said or. Rudolph h. T. Mattoni Princi pal investigator for the Bac Teria 2, with its cargo of bacteria Frog eggs Pepper plants and wheat seedlings vinegar gnats amoebae another living specimens Rock eted into orbit Ken Nedy last sept. 7 and circled Earth nearly 45 space Bio satellite 2 s Pas sengers were allowed to develop so scientists could learn what effect radiation an weightlessness have on growth. Mattoni said preliminary counts of bacteria aboard the spacecraft indicate they reproduced at a rate 20 to 30 per cent greater than do similar bacteria on Earth where Grav Ity is general the scientist said growth appears to occur More rapidly in a weight less further research proves the same Phenomena occurs wit human cells spacecraft on Long duration trips to the plan ets May have to be equipped with gome form of artificial Gravity or astronauts May have to carry drugs to prevent a too rapid turnover of their body another Experiment Root sprouts in wheat seedlings appeared to be Normal in form but grew in directions unlike what could normally occur in soil on Earth. The roots curve upwards toward the shoots and sideways instead of live tadpoles developed through the embryo stage aboard Bio satellite 2, but As far As we can Tell they Are Ordinary tadpoles an official told newspaper More weeks will be needed to study the effect of the flight on amoebae experimenters said. Initial observations show that weightlessness did not have any affect on their development however. More time will also be needed to determine what effect if any weightlessness and Radia Tion had on the growth of Vine Gar gnats flour beetles an bread Mold spores packed aboard the Craft. Experiment ers want to observe effects through several future generations of the specimens. Alters pattern of . Immigration address Pope Paul i Speaks in St. Peter s Basilica to2,500 delegates of the world Congress of Catholic laymen who attended the mass he celebrated. The Pope said that although laymen Are being Given a greater role in the roman Catholic Church they still must obey the Hierarchy. A photo by John Beckler Washington a the pattern of immigration into the United states has been radically altered by the new Law enacted in 1965, with some traditional sources being largely Cut off. By next july 1, when the full Impact of the Law will first be Felt Southern european an asian nations will be supplying most of the immigration fro outside North and South Ameri Ca and the once heavy Flo from Western Europe will be Down to a is the picture projected by the state department on the basis of a year s experience under the Law. Its study which has not been made Public also shows that the new Law has resulted in a Swift buildup of backlogs in some categories of immigrants. The Basic feature of the1965 act was its elimination of the old system of admitting immigrants on the basis of their nationality with each nation As signed a quota. Most of the big quotas had gone to Western european nations. Now preference is Given to close relatives of . Residents and skilled professionals an workers. Within such categories immigrants Are admitted on first come first served basis up to a maximum of 20,000 Romany one nation and a total Ceil ing of 170,000 plus immediate relatives who Are outside the ceiling. The old quota system is being phased out gradually. In the meantime unused numbers go into a Pool available to nations with big backlogs. The quotas will be finally abolished next july 1.the dramatic effect of the new Law is seen in the state department s listing of the top 10 nations in total immigration for the last year the old Law was i effect the first year under the new one and an estimate for fiscal 1969 starting next july 1. In the last full year of the old Law s operation great Britain topped the list with 29,619 Fol Lowed by Germany with 26,619 Italy 9,986 Poland 7,328 ire land 5,555, and France the Netherlands Japan Russia an Sweden bunched Between 2,000 and 4,000.during the first year under the new Law great Britai Clung to the top with 26,750, but Italy came close with 25,994, Fol Lowed by China 19,329 Ger Many 16,863 Portugal 13,412greece, 13,322 the Philippines 9,817 Poland 5,258 Yugoslavia 4,615, and India 4,337. In the estimate for the year beginning next july 1, the list reads Italy 26,300 Greece 22,300china, 22,000 Portugal 21,100 the Philippines 16,000 Ger Many 12,000 great Britain 6,500 India 6,300 Poland,6,000, and Yugoslavia 5,500. In some of the individual categories the change has been even sharper. In the profession Al and skilled worker category for example two thirds of the openings went to nationalist China India the Philippines an Korea. The preference ratings fixedly the Law and the actual use of the preference categories have been widely unmatched in some categories. The Law assigns 20per cent of the numbers to Chil Dren of . Residents but only0.7 per cent of the visas issued during the first year fell in this category. Conversely the categories for professionals and for the Broth ers and Sisters of . Resident shave proved much too Small. The department estimate that during the coming fiscal year a backlog of 250,000 i these two categories will develop. For these and other reason congressional supporters of the 1965 act have decided to take another look at it and hearings Are expected in the House an Senate next year. Anti jewish Bias remains in Russia Zurich up the soviet government has continued its discriminatory policies toward jews in the last three years with the aim of eliminating the religion s tradition in the soviet Union according to a group studying the condition of rus Sian jewry. The statements were made Ina report released at the Confer ence of the general Council of the socialist International meet ing in Zurich. A working party of the coun cil which has been studying the condition of the jewish Community in Russia since 1964 said in the report that the treat ment of the jewish religious communities continues to be clearly different from that of other recognized faiths. No National religious organization is permitted leaving local communities at the mercy of local India s sterilization program remains Barren by Dale Morsch new Delhi up the moment of decision came for Roshan Lai s wife a year Agoras she watched her one year old daughter die of malnutrition. I Felt As if i had committed crime by giving birth to a child i could not save she said. In 20 years of marriage and her husband a Mill worker had brought six other children into the world. When they could no longer feed children properly the couple decided to Call a , 40, went to the local government Hospital for sterilization. The Lais represent the Multi million Strong group of indians the government is trying to reach in its desperate attempts to establish nationwide birth control. Lai his wife then four sons and two daughters live in Ashanty on the outskirts of Delhi. With overtime Lai earns about $26 a month. Their 19 year old son ram Lai who i barely literate brings in an other ?5 that he earns As newsboy. Last year the doctors said one year old Roshal Lai had developed rickets because Flack of proper food. When she died Lai went to the clinic. The doctor at the Mill had told them it was the safest and surest Way of preventing an other baby whom they could not feed. Lai s wife Roshan Lai told me it was their determination n t to have a child they care for rather than the government s offer of $6.44 for each sterilization Volunteer which made up their minds. But Lai is Only one among 515million indians. Less than one and one half million men have been sterilized after six years of government propaganda meanwhile 13 million babies reborn each year. Sterilization still is accept Able Only to a tiny minority of the country s 70 per cent of the sub continent s population who liven Small close knit villages be Lieve sterilization Means impotency. A villager who takes the big step and undergoes the simple operation must do it i secret or his standing in his Home Village plummets in India s 17 states Only the people of Maharashtra have really accepted sterilization to the degree that the stat government called off plans for compulsory sterilization of Fath ers of More than three Chil Dren. The stance stripes european edition col. James w. Campbell Usa. Editor in chief it. Col. F. 8. Michael jr., Usan. Deputy editor in chief Arnold Burnett. Managing editor Elmer o. Frank. Production manager Henry r. Epstein. 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