European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 26, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday september 26,1977 the stars and stripes Page 5 countries differ on economics Washington a Treasury Secre tary w. Michael Blumenthal said finance ministers of key nations disagreed Satur Day on whether leading Industrial coun tries especially West Germany and Japan Are doing enough to boost the sluggish world Economy. He said there was a sense of concern whether recent Steps by Germany and Japan to stimulate their economies would be sufficient to help other nations As  Blumenthal made his remarks to report ers during a recess of the meeting of the 20 nation interim committee of the International monetary fund which met Here i Advance of the annual joint meeting of the if and the world  Carter is scheduled to address the opening session of the week Lon annual meeting monday morning. The sluggish world Economy and the dangers of a renewed recession in som nations Are expected to be the dominant topics at the meetings which will be at tended by finance ministers and the Cen trial Bankers of Many of the if s 131member nations. Unemployment is High throughout the world in the Wake of the 1974-75 recession without any immediate prospects of rapid improvement. The . Jobless rate of 7.1 per cent of the labor Force is one of the worst among Industrial nations. It is no secret that the . Is unhappy Over the Pace of growth in Germany and Japan since both countries Are running Trade surpluses while the . Is running a substantial Trade deficit which is expected to total about $25 billion this  to the . Blumenthal told reporters that other nations look to the . For markets for their goods and indicated that Germany and Japan also should do More to open their markets for foreign goods and therefore help nations with weaker economies. However it was Learned there also was criticism in the interim committee of . Economic policies. Blumenthal told the committee at the closed door meeting that the . Economy As measured by the Gross National product should grow at a rate of 5 per cent next year which the Carter administration considers  at saturday s meeting British finance minister Denis Healey was elected chairman of the committee to succeed Willy Declercq the former belgian finance minister who resigned the  of underdeveloped nations of the world known As the group of24, also met saturday and issued a communique calling on Industrial nations to pro vide additional Aid. The communique said the finance minis ters of the underdeveloped nations Are concerned that the slow Pace of economic growth in Industrial nations would Worsen the existing problems in the poor  they therefore urged the developed countries that Are in a position to do so to implement expansionary policies the statement said. Wii bomb kills soviet boy working in a potato Field Moscow up a teen age student has died after an Accident involving a world War ii bomb uncovered in a potato Field in Orsha about 400 Miles West of Moscow. The boy Michael Moroz 17, was injure when he tried to toss the bomb away from a group of fellow workers. Moroz pravda said was a student at Orsha Industrial pedagogical school and was on a work assignment with his friends in the pot Tofield when the Accident occurred. A potato Harvester apparently unearthed the bomb which was not described by the soviet newspaper. Back to the old grind a soft sculpture created by Colorado state University Art student Debbie Brown at fort Collins is meant to depict How the average student feels about re turning to the schoolroom As fall classes get under Way. Up photo children others were jolted University chiefs must testify on Shock tests Albany . A state University officials have been subpoenaed to answer allegations that Albany state University conducted mild electric Shock and other psychological tests on hundreds of Stu dents children and others without proper supervision or the informed consent of the subjects. The state health department subpoenaed acting University Chancellor James Kelly and other University system officials to appear at hearings next month. The health department Friday ordered the University to halt the experiments which the department said were conducted for the last two years without proper supervision or full informed consent of the  the experiments involved hundreds of state University students Chil Dren who ranged from preschool to sixth Grade and others the department said. At least one injury had been reported student whose face was burned by expo sure to a Light source researchers at the University said. The experiments Range from a test Tosee if children would pick up a specific toy they had been told to avoid to a self perception test aimed at finding out whether subjects thought electric shocks Hurt More Ideal woman is chosen san Vito to Capo Italy up Maria Rosaria de Santis of Italy was named Ideal woman of 1977" in a Beauty and household skills contest for married women. De Santis 29, is the Mother of a 4 year old daughter. Mrs. Similja Buris 32, of Yugoslavia was runner up among the 23 contestants. Or less when administered by members of the opposite sex. The department cited at least 118 cases of electric shocks being administered. Gordon Gallup chairman of the univer sity s psychology department told a new conference the shocks can Only be de scribed As uncomfortable rather than painful. He said most of the University students in the experiments had been required by their professors to either participate in the experiments or write a research paper. The health department said that under state Law a Camp Swide body called the institutional review Board including no psychologists had to approve the  health department said it began the investigation last Spring after receiving a complaint about the tests from a  it said it asked the University to halt the experiments in August while further in quiries were made. The order to halt the tests came after officials Learned the University failed to comply with an earlier re quest the department said. It became Clear that simply being gentlemanly about this was no longer enough a department official  denied that the University previously had been requested to Stop the tests. He said the person the University believe had complained was a graduate student who helped conduct the tests not a subject of the tests. Under questioning he said the graduate student had flunked out last  health department says it has Juris diction Over the tests under a state Law in tended to regulate and control use of human subjects in medical and other re search. Rapid rail wasteful study says Washington up the new subway and other rapid rail system that Are the Pride of City planners actually waste Energy rather than save it anew congressional report says. By contrast it says the City bus theold Public transit Workhorse that is being replaced by rapid rail is comparatively easy on fuel. The draft of the congressional budget office report on Energy waste and Urban transit made available to up draws substantive conclusion that rail rapid Tran sit offers Little Aid to the nation s efforts to save fuel. Under typical conditions the findings. Indicate that new rapid rail system actually waste Energy rather than save  and buses buses appear to offer the greatest Promise in terms of Energy conservation the report said. Van pools rate highly rating slightly better than buses but less practical were Van  All the Urban transport modes the report said Van pools can probably make the greatest contribution to Energy savings on a per mile  co report rated Energy efficiency by taking account of All Energy costs involved in the various modes of  rail systems fared badly in the comparison mainly because of their High construction costs and because Many Pas sengers use their cars to get to the subway station. Buses have an advantage the report said because of their Access condition Sand route coverage and the fact that express service can be designed to get maximum number of commuters out of their  pools Are slightly More Energy efficient than buses but have a. Drawback in their limited application namely betwee areas of High density housing and a Dis Tan common workplace the report said the private car use about twice As much Energy As rapid rail transit. The study will be the subject of hearings next month before a Senate transportation  chairman Lloyd Bentsen d-tex., said the findings upset conventional Wisdom about the value of concentrating Large amounts of Federal Money on new rail systems such As the new subway lines in Washington and san fran Cisco and another planned for  May Well cause Congress to re think its transportation priorities said Bent sen who asked the co to make its study. Of time sept. 26, 1947 the death toll of Ber Lin s mounting infantile paralysis epidemic passed the 100 Mark As Cooling weather brought Hopes that the disease soon might run its . 26, 1957 a bomb threat emptied the integrated Little lock Central High school for 30 minutes while army Para troopers searched the . Z6,1967 Twenty out of a organization of american states Oas Mem Bers voted for a request that other nations refrain from trading with Cuba and a recommendation that Oas nations impose sanctions against ships engaging in cuban Trade