European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 11, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse Wednesday May 11. 1977 the stars and stripes Page 11 Ramses Mummy to be debugged 3,000year-i/cf Genf Sparks scientific feud by Dave Zimmerman Paris a the fungus Ridden Mummy of Ramses ii whose condition sparked an International feud is about Tobe debugged at a French nuclear Center where it will be exposed to 4,500 times the radiation needed to kill a mortal. The Date of the once secret project than t been made Public and sources said there probably will be no announcement until the 3,212-year-old Mummy has been flown Back to the Cairo museum where it began its Odyssey last experts said months of testing with other mummies and with skin Teeth hair and muscle tissue from cadavers has assured consultants ranging from cosmetics manufacturer Loreal to the Paris police that there is no danger to the egyptian King. The pharaoh. Officially reported ravaged by 60 types of fungus and two strains of insects will emerge from the nine hour operation perfectly unharmed and positively nonradioactive an atomic Energy com Mission official sterilization procedure pioneered seven years ago to halt decay in Art object Sand anthropological artefacts is to take place in a Gamma irradiation chamber atthe French nuclear Center in Sac Lay 13 Miles from the museum of Man in Paris where the Mummy has been undergoing diagnosis for eight chamber is 17 feet High 17 feet wide and 17 feet Long with Cement Walls five feet thick. Experts said Ramses intact in his coffin will be wheeled in on an operating table then exposed to 1.8 million rads. They said 400 rads Are enough to kill an Ordinary Man. The idea for the Mummy conservation project began in 1975 when or. Maurice Lucaille a French surgeon went to Cairo to do research on Ramses famous for the temples of Abu Simbell and other vast building projects during the period from 1301 to 1235 . Lucaille and egyptian colleagues concluded the Mummy was in bad shape. A few months later French and egyptian leaders agreed that the body would be sent to Paris for extensive treatment by some thes european edition col. Billy e. Spangler. Usa . Larry e. Joyce Usa. Duputy editor a Olla Mert Proctor. My blog editor Elmer d. Frank. Product ton Managar Henry s. Epstein. Clr Muon Manavar the Nawie Apar ii an Auu wind Enol Iclal publication Lor . Arnuad Force ova Saav Tea Start and lots lip Oulund in conjunction in abroad forum in Lorma ton program " Leo Armant of Ottah con Anu Oft in and Loti Ara not Csc Millr to Ull Cial mail tha . Gov Amman. Imd or Manl o Pafanda or . European command. 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Lionel bailout reported ending widespread fungal infection mostly on the left Side of the Mummy stack As Well As a foot wide fissure in the abdominal area and numerous Otter skin tissue preparation for treatment other scientists drawn from such diverse worlds a Loreal and the Paris Coroner s office ran radiation tests on cadaver fragments endless valuable mummies at Sac Lay and the nuclear research Center in Grenoble. An atomic Energy Agency official said the dry runs assured them that the Radia Tion treatment would not alter the phar Aoh s appearance an occurrence which according to ancient egyptian religious belief might jeopardize chances for Ramses soul to rejoin the body. All was not Bliss however. A British newspaper quoted egyptian scientists As saying the Mummy suffered Little More than a Loose toe and that shipping it to Paris for treatment was a political an american paper said egyptian and american experts strongly doubted that the Mummy s conservation was threatened and that some Felt its infection was Only a scientific invention designed to make the French look Good. Space methods used to study Turin shroud Rome a . Scientists Takin time out from space research have provided new evidence that the so Calle Turin shroud the Linen cloth in which the body of Jesus Christ was allegedly wrap Ped was turned into a document of his sufferings written in blood a leading Vatican expert right Rev. Msgr. Giulio Ricci said in a news conference Here that space age techniques were providing detailed read ing into the wounds the Man of the shroud suffered and How he reacted to it. Jesus had spontaneous movements of reaction and defense during the flagellation at tempting to Duck away from the striking lash and showing he was really a Man Ricci said the new research was based on photographs of the Linen cloth made in 1969with Mercury lamps emitting ultraviolet rays. These pictures were magnified and processed in America in 1975 and 1976 wit the same process developed for study of the photographs of the Moon and Mars by the Pasadena Jet propulsion of the researcher was John p. Jack son of Colorado Spring colo., a space photography photos show the thickness of single drops of blood. If the image had been painted on the shroud Painter s Brush would have produced Flat and crawling color Marks Ricci said. He said he believes beyond All doubts that the holy shroud now preserved in Turin Italy actually wrapped the body of Christ when he was entombed and before the resurrection. To the editor is it Basket brinkmanship a recent letter noted that the Forth commissary near Numberg required the use of a i bopping cart no matter How Small the Purchase. A reply from a military Community spokesmen indicated that when every one used a shopping cart it helped keep an accurate count of the number of people inthe commissary at any one time thus help ing the commissary manager to enforce anew fire regulation which limits the number of customers to 130 inside the commissary at the same . I feel compelled to comment on the Mili tary spokesman s reply regarding commissary customers and their shopping carts without necessarily impugning the sanity of those whose fingers toy with mis Sile buttons should their mentality be products of this same i understand correctly sirs that you claim by allowing the maximum 130 customers inside the commissary at any Given time each armed with either a shopping can or Han Basket thereby physically preventing that highly dangerous 131st individual from entering uie premises that you Are actually eliminating a fire Hazard and not pushing the situation critically near the Stampede Point with All respect to the worthy commis sary advisory Council does this not represent Basket brinkmanship carried on a desperate collision course a simple galilean Experiment would have demonstrated the categorical Absurdity inherent in your requiring a customer to bring his Mere package of chewing gum to the checkout counter in a shop Ping cart to wit the damned item Long remain inside the Basket without falling to the floor through the Meta Frame s Grill work. Or would you consider that straining a bit in the name of humor All seriousness aside though if you really care for a sensible suggestion simply have the id card checker noting when All shopping carts arc out on the floor keep further customers at the in trance until such time As a Bagger returns one or More recently emptied carts to the front please keep the monetary award you would have sent me for this Brilliant idea and use it instead to wrap Chicken wire around each Metal cart. Occasionally like to Chew gum with the Best of them. Or. F. Robert Elrauch Kitzinger Germany recently i became aware of a fire department regulation in our commissary info truth which limits the number of custom ers in the store to 130 at any one commissary is normally open for business 40 hours per week it closes on Al american and some local National holidays which All on open Days. The number military Community has a population of approximately 14,000 Active duty military members statistic from army Community services. On the basis of the above Fig ures Access to the commissary is limited to an average of 22.2 mins per member per week. This includes time spent in line wait ing to Check out and the time it takes to actually Check realize that the above figures May be disputed for several reasons including the fact that not All military members use the commissary but i have not included the de Pendents. A civilians teachers or retired military population All of which Are authorized commissary indicates that the commissary facility Here is woefully inadequate to sup port the population it is expected to can be done to upgrade this facility which so Many of us depend upon mrs. Sarah Schneider Furty. Germany editor s note Roy h. Ballnger Deputy director v. S. Army troop sup port Agency rept Tes hunk you for your letter concerning the it truth commissary. We do not dispute your figures and concur with the observation that the facility to not adequate to support the current volume of sales and provide a level of service desired and deserved by the patrons. The situation described in your Tetter is regrettably out unique and reflect out fact that most commissaries la Europe were originally contracted or converted from Orbec uses to support a much smaller population than that which currently exists. Prior to implementation of Central management and Transfer of operational control of commissaries to us. Army troop support Agency Tsatsa usar eur has developed an extensive program to upgrade physical facilities at Many locations. This program is continuing As a joint Effort by Usa eur and the euro Pean Field office eur which is a subordinate activity of Tsatsa. Construction is underway at Many locations and additional construction will begin this year. Determining where limited Dollar re sources will be spent is first a matter of determining where the Roost critical need exists. This determination starts with com paring existing store size with the space authorization established by Dod. The basis for this authorization is current Sale adjusted for inflation. While this is an important indicator. It is in reality Only a preliminary approach As current sales do not reflect the sales that could be achieved if the facility was adequate. Potential business must be part of the equation used to determine priorities. Another consideration is the utilization of existing facilities. A store which is oper ated 40 hours per week May be inadequate while the same facility operated so noon per week might provide a High level of customer service. This leads to a very fundamental question should available re sources be used to expand the facility or to hire additional labor and expand the operating hours this is sometimes a difficult question and Mast be part of any analysis. The Ideal solution would be to obtain sufficient re sources and improve the majority of stores in the near future but Ideal solutions Are often difficult to achieve. There is much Competition for available tax dollars and commissary construction has not fared Well in recent congressional appropriations. La 117 the surcharge was raised la 4 per cent worldwide with the additional Revenue reserved for facility improve ment. The Cost of eating went up but the added convenience associated with shop Ping in a Nice environment is certainly Worth something. A question that is now being asked is Bow much of the Burden should the Patron bear.? euro working with Usa eur to attempting to maximize the return from each Dollar invested or spent for operating costs. Facility and equipment improve ments which increase operating efficiency receive priority consideration. As an example construction of a land ing Dock and Purchase of a forklift reduces the labor requirement in the warehouse and frees resources which can then be bled to Ai checkout lanes or increase Fri dumber of shelf stockers. Over Worth of new Cash registers Are being pro cured and when installed will increase the rate at which patrons can be moved through the checkout lines. New shelving is Dow being installed in several stores and More is on order. Toto win increase the storage capacity on the sales floor and help sustain Stock Levels during Peak sales Peri ods. Your intercut is a greatly appreciated and your comments Are
