European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 22, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Doily Magazine something fishy about this Hunter by Madden United press International wrestling a 50pound Catfish is Tom Cleveland idea of even though he says you have to be one step away from a mental Hospital to do Cleveland takes to Mississippi lakes on weekends to rabble Catfish out of their watery most of the the stubborn Catfish Doest give up without a the 51yearold plumber says the sport is filled with excitement and spiced with it takes a special Breed to do this kind of it takes a Man who can endure your body has got to be Able to resist and you have to be just Short of the mental Cleveland Cleveland Battles the Catfish in their favorite Lair a hollow i prefer a hollow approximately six feet under the 1 go Stop up one end of the log and then prod the fish out with a he when he tries to get out the open end i reach in and grab tie a rope wrestling a 50pound Catfish is Tom Cleveland idea of even though the mississippian says you Hove to be a step away from a mental Hospital to do around and take him to the unlike the majority of grabbing uses scuba gear to flab the he also will set up his own fishing towing culverts or Drums in areas where he thinks Catfish will he said the Catfish dont always Cleveland said the Catfish Are in the logs protecting their nesting area and they get mean when they Are Dis i sometimes stick my foot in the log to Block the one time i Felt something pulling on my ankle and it was the he had my whole foot in his Mouth and was tearing at the he Cleveland said his arms and hands suffer most of the the Catfish will tear at your Arm and Ive had cuts As big As five hell even tear your clothes said the the Catfish has a big some of them Are big enough you can put a gallon bucket in i guess i have a thousand my wife says i am going to need plastic surgery if i keep it i have been Cut he he said he catches numerous 50pound Catfish each the largest fish Hes landed was 73 when they Are about 51 pounds they Are really if you dont catch them la the logs you can ids them there he Cleveland said often times fish Are not the Only thing in the caught a couple of snakes in but i wont catch them i had some threats on my life when i sur faced and tried to put the snakes in the he grabbing has been criticized by some fishermen who say the practice should be outlawed because the fish Are taken while they Are i dont see any difference Between catching the Catfish during spawning and catching a White Perch during if there was a shortage of i would say it should be when fish Are i dont see where it makes that much grabbing is Legal in 62 of Mississippi the season running from the Spring until Midsummer Cleveland says Hes been hooked on grabbing for about 10 it has to be a that the Only Way to describe he Earth watch keeps an Eye on things by Patricia Mccormack United press International question what do Irish pubs have in common with hawaiian Ishol Birds of Namu Ket and life at zoo answer something called Earth watch is interested in All of Earth watch is a nonprofit organization in Mast for whom Plain people share costs and help re search and museums earthing Sand thin son the q the groups to expeditions this year in states Andis countries elude watches involving All the tongs listed above and Many plus 10 still to run including National Park a Bird tidying adventure will be greeted by Drc Haries Van Perfil professor of zoology at the University of there Are rest of the far abort Tares for an will be o places Tor abort n the fall the adventure that takes volunteers into Irish pubs and there Are More volunteers than places of a continuing scholarly work volunteers directed by George Cmelich of toe Sute University of new study my the return migration to sought for interviews Are natives of Ireland who my grate to made their then retired to the Emerald hoping to find the Rainbow place of their three thousand return Home but Brian Earth watch said in an interview the from county Are showing that the former americans Are treated by the Irish As there is some difficulty assimilating them into contemporary Irish emotional ingredients in the Saga of those who try to go Home to Ireland again Are drawn out via questionnaires and Bull sessions in various places which is where the pubs come for Many a secret is shared Over Irish pubs the expeditions involving hawaiian molluscs and Nantucket Birds speak for not the life at the zoo project under tute Lage of Deborah probes changes in animal behaviour with an Eye to recommending modifications fat the nations in toot from the animals Point a Schildkraut is director of behavioural Boston zoological and an assistant professor of Psychol  of some background on the zoo from the Earth the Hama dryas Baboon reacts to bared Teeth As if they were an aggressive threat Friendly zoo goers laugh and Grin at Baboons for hours a what effect does this have on Baboon behave feeding and Breeding habits August 1978 what options Are available which provide an Educa Tion to the while preserving the Sanctity of animal life at the 200 volunteers paid j675 to join the expedition at the Walter Stone zoo in spent three weeks at their lived in since the Volunteer is helping a nonprofit the cos sharing monies and transportation to and from the staging area Are tax Earth watch was founded by Robert Citron of the smithsonian institution in 1971 As a kind of cultural peace there Are always More research projects than monies to fund Rosborough and Citron idea was to build a Bridge Between the taxpayer and the scholar in several Hundred scholars present research proposals to Earth watch every year and As Many worthy ones As possible Are authorized the selection process involves distinguished persons from an advisory included George presi Dent of the american Institute of nautical archaeology Margaret curator american museum of natural history Roger professor of population Harvard cooperating institutions Range from the american Council on education to the Marine technology National geographic National science teachers outward the United states office of the childrens museum of Indianapolis and the world wildlife the stars and stripes Page 13