European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 22, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes tuesday August 22, 1978 of. Louis must spend funds faster St. Louis up City officials have been told to spend Money from a Federal program More quickly or face a possible loss of Federal funds. Johnny Bullock jr., area director of the department of housing and Urban development wrote a letter to the City last week criticizing the slow spending of Federal Community development  noted that As of june 30, about 128.1 million of the $31.6 million in Community development funds allocated for this year had not been spent. An additional $3million from past years also had not been spent he  letter said City officials were warned in december to spend the Federal Money twice As fast As in the past. Rather than doubling its rate of expenditure the City s ability to expend Block Grant funds has slowed considerably Bullock said. The City will have to take immediate Steps to streamline its  the letter implied that extensive review requirements adopted by the Board of Al Dermen for appropriating Community development funds was a major reason for the  Kindleberger director of plan Ning and programs of the St. Louis come Unity development Agency said the 6 Agency will propose ways of spending the Money faster when it presents the Alder men with its recommendations for allocate Jing next year s funds. Snake charmer strangled by Boa on Canada stage la Tuque Quebec a a 25-year-old nightclub entertainer lost control of a 7 a foot Boa Constrictor in his act and the make strangled him before an audience of Iso people. Jean Guy Leclair who performed under  name of be grand Melvin died Sun it Day at club la Turquois 130 Miles North of pm Montreal. He seemed to miss a reflex and the Boa wrapped around his neck said gae. Tan Grenon the manager of the club. When Leclair got Blue in the face Grenon said recalled the police. As he and four police officers struggle with the Snake Grenon Cut off its head with  s was t a pleasant thing to have to of but i had Little Choice he said. Unfortunately be grand Melvin was Al ready , who lived in Montreal wore a Vampire s Black Cape and fangs during his act walked on broken Glass and pierced his skin with nails. A coast guard is dealt four of a kind history is made at Cape May n. J., Ashe Guinnane quadruplets of Detroit Are graduated from recruit training atthe . Coast guard training Center. The four Brothers from left Vincent Paul Peter and Gerard receive congratulations from capt. Leo v. Dona Hue training Center commander. Age 17, the Brothers we a Only quadruplets to pm i military service i ing together. Could be Boon of Burn victims Semi synthetic skin is develop Boston a a surgeon and a mechanical Engineer have produced a Semi 1 synthetic skin tested successfully on Ani Mals and expected to be used on human Burn victims in less than a year. Over the past four years we be made material which in animal studies has proven to be a satisfactory but temporary re placement for skin or. John Burke sur Geon in chief of the Burn unit of thes Riners Hospital for crippled children in Boston said  have gone a considerable Dis Tance. It acts functionally very suchlike real skin. We re talking functionally in a physiological sense rather than a cos Metic sense. It does t look like the real thing. It is whitish although i suppose we could make it any color we wanted. It is obviously not , 57, a Harvard professor collaborated with professor Lonnis Yannas of the department of mechanical engineering at Massachusetts Institute of technology. Our ultimate goal is to have a Perma nent replacement. In the animals we replaced great areas of skin loss. We expect to use it in the same Way with people. It is absolutely temporary now. In Ani Mals we Are talking about a  the bum Center now uses grafted human skin and human skin stored in its skin Bank in deep freeze to attempt to replace skin lost because of Burns. Actually we re not going to improve on skin. Skin borrowed from other people works very Well. But it is rejected in a Short time and it would not be As readily available As synthetic skin. You could say it the synthetic skin would be tailor made. At the moment a Holdup to using it on humans is processing enough of it and Stor ing it. In the last year we have developed method of freeze drying it until we can reconstitute it and store it at room  Burke Calls the substance Semi synthetic because we Don t Start