European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 29, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Caterpillars North camb loge a the for costs of the Northern United states Art suf Fering their worst infestation of Leaf chewing in Mare than 20 scientists two kinds of caterpillars Are eating their Way through stands of Spruce and fir from Indiana to Maine this Center for Short lived Phenomena in Cambridge the Center is following the course of the destructive bugs and predicts thai both kinds Wilt die out within a few behind researchers the Cater pillars will leave it Swath of dead Trees that will to susceptible to Turest Spruce Bud worm and Forest tent july the stars and stripes insects have appeared la Quantity at the same predicting Caterpillar infestations is a comp lbs mathematical Pfirsch people Are building computer models to find out Why it we dont know whether those two infestations Are re not As a third kind of Caterpillar a so Square mile area around the worst pest the Spruce has killed record numbers of Trees this Page s year in Minnesota and the Center the infestation of cat which eats Balsam fir and while Caterpillar come and go in cycles that  irom Minnesota to Maine cover several said researcher and new Gary but he said this is the first time since 1955 that the two kinds of scientists mid the which pick mostly on mature probably Are but will they scare crows these two farm Lolk were entrants in a it was thought to be the predictably by an alumni scarecrow contest my near Wanton Tirol soc contest Ever and was Span aum a payroll raise expected phone workers set strike Date panel rejects tax use hearing their Peak England and Are dying out in but they said the Bud Worms will live on until Thor food Supply the the Forest tent which Eala Oak and Maple almost totally defoliated Trees in a 55squarcrnlle area of an Indiana during six weeks in april and the Center it also destroyed 360 Square Miles i Michigan and infested Square Miles the scientists said that the Forest tent caterpillars natural inc flesh should be Able to control the spread in in Diana by the smaller infestation in Georgia defoliated most of the Sweet grim Trees in ils the Center but the which still have not been were wiped out by Birds and hot weather five pickets arrested in firemen strike University sym pathetic Union firemen from throughout Louis county tried to blockade this Louis suburb wednesday to help University cites fire fighters in Uteri six Day police arrested five pickets when they attempted to Block traffic entering univer sity Elliot equipped policemen then moved the pickets to the curb and kept traffic the pickets were charged with failing to obey a police Union firemen from several nearby including also said they would not answer fire Calls firemen Here have been on strike since when the City refused to Grant a disability pension to a fireman injured in the line of duty on grounds he was Only 21 per cent on local firemen picketed while a truce Story factory burned and firemen from other districts refused to Cross the picket county supervisor Gene Mcnary declared a state of emergency in the entire on Iso of duty county fire men threw up picket Linos at All major entrances la University City and Union bus Drivers turned Back rather than Cross the the striking local firemen were ordered to appear in court thursday to answer an accusation that they Are in contempt of a court injunction ordering them Back to St Louis county is a suburban area of about to to 1do communities with a total population of about 2 it does not in clude City of Washington a the communications workers of America announced wednesday that its members will strike the Bell system nationwide at 7 if contract talks if we Haven gotten a National agree ment by Midnight we Are going on declared Cwa president Glenn nearly members of the International brotherhood of electrical workers and the telecommunications International which arc also involved in contract talks with the american Telephone it Tele graph Are expected to join the walkout if it the Cwa announced earlier this week that ils members had Given approval fur a strike by a 61 but Iclet the Date to Union leaders to the strike Date was set tuesday night during a meeting of the unions executive it coincides with the expiration of current three year contracts but Evn the Bell system and its unions Watts said the begun distributing picket signs wednesday As a Neces sary As we gear up for either eventuality settlement or the announcement of the strike Date came As contract talks resumed following a recess earlier this As social Security prop Washington a the Senate finance committee wednesday rejected president Carters plan to use income tax revenues to help prop up the social Security the by an 113 makes it almost certain that payroll taxes will be raised again to prevent social Security from going Congress is expected to decide later this year whether to place most of the added Burden on employers or to split the Cost be tween employers and regardless of How the problem is said Kussell chairman of the there is no Way Congress will allow social Security to he told colleagues he could support using regular tax revenues for social Security Only As a test Gaylord who Heads the panels social Security or wants to use billion Rorn income taxes to replace social Security payroll taxes that were lost because j High unemployment during the recent re unless some More Money is found for social fund providing Bene fits or disabled persons is expected u be depleted in with the main retirement fund expected to be bankrupt by social Security traditionally has been financed by special payroll taxes on employ is and their Benir Fiji paid on retirement Are geared to the employees wages during his working years and to his length of employment Carters plan for shoring up the system would pump an additional billion into social Security Between 1978 and but his plan would depart from tradition in two ways by using income taxes for some sup port and ending the 5050 split Between pm it opera and employees on payroll dec joblessness up again Brussels api unemployment Rose again among the nine countries of the european common Market to reach a total of million in june per cent of the work according to the dec statistical of time july nearly of the ism jewish refugees now aboard line cruising oils Fedorc it Marseilles alter Al Tei Jaag to enter Palestine to exodus were reported in deed of medical at july a seven earthquake rolled through southwestern and South Central toppling building and leaving a Moon it toll of of dead and seismologist said the quake was toe worst Ever registered in inc coun try july 1967 army paratroopers Wen withdrawn from some of Detroit rubble strewn As nil Imison re turned following five Days of racial