European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 17, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes saturday september 17, 1977 problem s not the weight moving a 12-foot-Long burmese Python requires the efforts of two people Roy Hagenbrok left and Dale Belcher att. Louis zoo s reptile House. Its col Lection of 500 crawly creatures is being evacuated for the Winter while the 50 year old quarters Are Given an $800,000renovation Job. Dpi photo movers taking it easy on this particular Job St. Louis up a 300-Pound Croco Dile a pregnant Python and a 12-foot King cobra Are a few of the larger problems involved in moving Day for Ron Goellner curator of the St. Louis zoo s reptile  House is Home to one of the largest reptile collections in the . The 500 inhabitants Are being moved to new accommodations so renovations of the 50-year-old build eng can be made during the Winter. The move could solve a mystery sur rounding the zoo s slender nosed  Call him a he but Well find out for sure when we move him Goellner  happens to be the oldest zoo Resi Dent Goellner said of the huge  s been Here since 1933." Goellner plans to lower a crate into the Pool persuade the Crocodile to crawl inside then haul him out. Moves like that constitute the most work just because of the size of the animal he said. At one display there is a bloated Snake nigerian Leader to visit Washington up Nigeria Leader it. Gen. Olusegun Oba Sanjo has accepted president Carter s invitation to visit the ., starting in Washington on oct. 11, the White House said. Identified As a Ball Python. That s the oldest Snake in the build ing he said. She s Way past due to la eggs and keeps getting heavier. She s been Here since 46 that must be the oldest individual on record to produce viable  Goellner says moving the King cobra Tonew quarters in a basement of an adjacent building at the zoo should be less of a prob Lem. He s pretty easy going As far As King cobras go Goellner said. What we do when we clean his Cage is just open a Little door to a Side room and he crawls Back in. Well just do the same thing but have a Boxer something there that hell crawl into. We Don t manhandle any of the venom Ous snakes that is pin them Down and pick them up. It s dangerous to the individual picking them up and possibly harmful to the  Goellner said said cages Are being built to House some of the larger specimens such As the Monitor Lizard from new Guinea. Stretched out he s probably close to 9or 10 feet. Of course two thirds of that is Tail Goellner said of the Lizard which was lying on a tree Branch in its Cage. They re nervous animals though so just grabbing them right can be a Little prob Lem. They la flare their claws just like act and they re razor  stateside metric system s foes starting National drive Indianapolis a the unite states does t need the metric system says the founder of a group that he Hopes will swell into a powerful foe of the measurement  f. Wagner an attorney said that he was director of metric rebellion which is starting a National membership drive from Headquarters Here. He said legislation to repeal the 1975metric conversion act passed during the Ford administration is now being prepared for introduction in Congress. The Only people who stand to Benefi from conversion to the metric system Are the multinationals and foreign govern ments. If the multinationals do not convert their products to the metric system by1980, they will be barred from trading on the european common Market Wagner said. He predicted converting to the metric system would Cost american taxpayers 100 billion to $200 billion. The English system of weights and measures has served this country Well for 200 years Wagner said. Congress has decided what is Good for americans. We Are asking two searching questions Why must i convert to the metric system and who will pay the Cost " russians balk at paying . Traffic fines Washington a the soviet embassy says it will not pay thousands of Dol Lars in parking fines its diplomats and staff have accumulated this year on District of Columbia streets. And the russians say the United states should t ask them to. In Moscow we Are doing our Best to accommodate the americans there. They Don t get parking violations said Alexan Der a. Esmert Nyoh the embassy s minis Ter  believe in reciprocity and we Don t think we should have to pay the fines when we Are not Given enough parking  metropolitan police said the soviet embassy s diplomats and staff last year accumulated $342,820 in unpaid parking  All diplomats and embassy staffs accounted for about $1 million in unpaid parking fines Here in 1976. Currently All members of the diplomatic Community receive immunity from . Laws. Congress has been considering legis lation that would put restrictions of the immunity As it applies to embassy staffs. Fawcett majors acting ability called irrelevant Stevenson Wash. A the question of Farrah Fawcett majors acting ability i irrelevant to her fans says the onetime press agent of the 1950s ultimate sex goddess Marilyn Monroe. When i handled Marilyn in her Happy Days she was extraordinary said Roy Craft recalling his five years 1952-1957, with the actress. The difference is perhaps tha Fawcett majors is More of a personality. But an extraordinary  Craft editor emeritus of the weekly Skamania county Pioneer who says he finds Fawcett majors delightful said there is a simple Rule in show business Hustle what you have. If you Are talking about popularity marketability the acting in t important. An Fine dramatic actress will play the role to which she s assigned he said. But when you get a personality i think it s a mistake to have her play anything but  thing is when someone turns to Farrah Fawcett majors on to the want Farrah Fawcett majors. The question of her acting ability is beside the  by scientist finds remains of first flying Bird Provo Utah up a Brigham Young University scientist says his discovery of the Fossil remains of a flying Bird will Knock what was believed to be the world s first Bird from its . James a. Jensen of the by Earth sciences museum recently uncovered theremins of the Bird in the dry Mesa Quarry in Montrose Colo. For Over a Century a feathered creature found in Europe called archaeopteryx which lived in the age of the dinosaurs has been honoured As the world s first  said the sediment at the Quarry is of the same period As that in Europe and a femur thighbone of the new Bird is very much like that of some modern Birds. Or. John h. Ostrom who recently published archaeopteryx and the origin of Birds has made positive identification of the new Bird and says he will have to re evaluate his theories. The european archaeopteryx was a Small feathered Dinosaur which was structurally incapable of sustained flight. It looked very much like a Bird but lacked some very important Bone structures tenable it to Fly. Conflict of interest rules for . Contractors Washington up All contractors bidding for Federal work would be require to first disclose any potential conflicts of interest under new regulations proposed by the office of management and budget. Requests for bids on government projects would warn contractors they could be barred from obtaining future contracts i they violated the new standards. The regulations would require disclosure of any front organizations sister corporations subcontractors and Consul Tant arrangements which might otherwise disguise potential conflicts of interest. Dad gets j 0 years spiked formula los Angeles up a father who spiked his infant daughter s formula withdrawn cleaner in an apparent plot to sue the company that made the baby food has been sentenced to 10-year term in state prison. Eddie veal 21, and his wife Letha Mae,18, were both convicted last month on charges of felony child endangering. Veal was sentenced while his wife was ordered to undergo psychiatric evaluation prior to sentencing . 8. Prosecutors said the parents poured a Lye based cleaner into their child s formula last april. The baby has since recovered and is living in a Foster Home with the Cou ple solder child. Hawaii lava flow ends More eruptions seen Hilo Hawaii up the flow of lava from two Zipper like rifts on Kilauea vol Cano diminished Friday but eruptions were expected to continue authorities  Eaton scientist in charge at the Hawaii Volcano Observatory reported a tapering off since molten Rock began foun Taining from a fissure on the Volcano s East rift zone tuesday night. The resulting Southern flow of lava threatened a papaya Orchard and ranch before slowing to 250 feet an hour