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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 10, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Poge 4 the stars and Stripe april 10, corridor walkers ruled out by Ben f. Meyer Washington a Thea is falling on several thousand government jobs abroad an the biggest whacks Are being taking by the Man who May have started it ambassador John wills Tuthill in Brazil. The 44-year-old envoy has jus reported to the state depart ment a 35 per cent Cut in the number of persons on the . Payroll in  department and other Federal agencies Are busily planning what to do with the people returning to Washington to avoid having government buildings crowded with me known As corridor  these Are people who wander around buildings Between jobs with Little or nothing to do until bureaucratic machinery puts them in new posts. Department officials insist there will be no corridor walkers As a result of president John son s order to Cut . Personnel abroad by at least 12 per Cen within the next few months and Tor additional cuts perhaps More severe later on. State department returnees will be assigned to training courses to other agencies to meet Long unfilled requests from universities for foreign service specialists and for other  began talking about personnel cuts shortly after he arrived in Rio de Janeiro a ambassador in 1966. He found about 1,000 americans of Var ious government agencies in the country and an even Large number of brazilians on the .  told friends he was astonished at the number of .employes in the country and at the things they were asked Todo. Normally a Calm Man who began his career As a banker he blew his top when a request came from Washington for Survey of bats and noxious Birds in  he fought that one to standstill. Last october Tuthill came to Washington to talk about his personnel cutback plans. Andone official commented then this is the ambassador s pro Gram he has approval to go ahead with it and he appears ready to stake his future on making it  observers regarded this possibly As a Way of saying i Tuthill wants to hang himself fighting the establishment he bag the  but department officials said nothing like that was in any body s mind and that Secretary of state Dean Rusk encouraged Tuthill to go  have estimated it costs about $25,000 a year to keep . Government employee abroad. In foreign service the receive various special allow ances such As for rent Cost of living and other items. There Are now 22,757 . Employees i foreign posts of whom 2,779 or More Are to be returned wit further cutbacks to be made later this year. , a capsized capsule three astronauts test the Apollo spacecraft in the Gulf of Mexico off Galveston tex., under the watchful eyes of frogman. The capsule s ability to right itself i heavy seas is demonstrated As it is tipped Over and forced upright As air fills its  it s All the calves fault Price of cheese on Rise by Dennis Redmont Rome a the Price of Gouda Camembert and other Sweet smelling cheeses is Likely to Rise if scientists Don t find a substitute for a substance founding the fourth stomach of in weaned  from 10 countries currently meeting at unite nations food and agriculture organization Fao cheese Summit conference issued the warning  America and Sweden have already been hit by the Price increases caused by the shortage of the substance use to coagulate or set cheese  liquid is called renin an enzyme formed by curdle milk in the suckling calf s  calves these Days grow up to be Fine meat providers the Fao specialists said. By that time their stomach Mem Brane can t make a Camembert stay  other countries however1, like Afghanistan the veal stomach fills Many a poor Man s stomach and the precious Ren Nin goes to waste. In still other nations renin i plentiful but the Market is weak. In India millions do no accept cheese set with renin from slaughtered calves for religious reasons. The scientists armed with Abas Kerful of samples and Statis tics Are studying the following solutions Drain renin like in India from live calves and lambs or suck juice from Young Zebus or buffaloes by inserting tubes several times  the stomach Mem branes of Wool producing baby lambs for renin production like in the soviet  a synthetic substitute for renin like in the unite states where several protein splitting enzymes Are combined to coagulate  the latter solution has been staunchly opposed by France and Switzerland. The manufacturers claim the artificial substance gives the cheese a bitter after taste. . Dolittle out by Jerry Henry Logan Utah Topi -. Utah state University psycho Ogist is trying a professor Dolittle with Anima he tse to teach animals How to "talk1 better not Only among them selves but a communicating with humans. Although it Long has Bee acknowledged that most Ani Mals have some Means of vocal communication the utterances a primitive and apparently express Only general situations such As alarm or Contentment nobody yet knows what animal actually talk about the language Barrier betwee human and animal is one that Man in All his sophistication so far has been unable to break. It is this Barrier that  Daley associate pro Fessor of psychology and forthe last three years director or the University s animal psychology Laboratory seeks to  s approach is simple enough in theory Reward the animals for making sounds you want them to make and thus teach them a new language much in the same Way a new born baby learns words. But this is More complicate than it May seem. It s harder than you might think to Reward animals such As the Guinea pigs we work with for making a particular sound he said. In a fraction of a second there is a terrific change in frequency in the Call. We must have very precise equip ment to Reward the animal atthe crucial  one approach is the surgical insertion of an electrode in the Guinea pig s head to stimulate the animal s hypothalamus or pleasure Center. A computer monitors the sounds the Ani Mal makes and the machine is programmed to stimulate the animal with an electric Shock when he makes a sound de sired by the experimenter. It s the same thing As teach ing an animal to press a bar or exhibit some other behave or Daley  Reward them when they make the move you want and soon they make the move whenever you  Daley sees a time when his animate will be Able to use the developing new vocal Pat terns to interact with each other and possibly help each other avoid common dangers. He also foresees communication Between the experimenter and the animal. Euro plan edition col. Jambs w. Campbell us editor in chief it. Col f. It. Michael jr.,. A Ftp Deputy Bdl or in Chi m e it Procto r .v.,. M Ana Olno he Welmer d. Frank ,., production Mana Jer Henry 8, Epstein circulation Mana Ltd an unofficial new Pap a of and for the . Armed forced published i x commander in chief . European command and printed dully at Oahu Udo Germany. Military and Dreeli the Star and str pee Apo w1t9. International Natalli the stare and Stripe Poat fact 14, 91-Darmatadt, Germany. Text Orlee hello 0 prefix 091u 20711 m Dar Meudt Alre trip prefix 2370 741. Telex 0419-332. New York office 641 Washington st., new York 10014, Tell area code i2 620,5/71.second elite Pottage paid at new York . 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