European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 11, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes monday september 11, 1978 daredevil drops in on naval Field Byrd confident the Senate w Ridgecrest Calif. Up two daredevils fell from the 30,000-foot level Over the China Lake naval air station and survived almost a scratched in a High Altitude hang glider record attempt  two were on their Way to 40,000 feet when their balloon  Stephane Dunoyer Desegonzac the hang glider Pilot landed on the naval ordnance test Center Airstrip. He was held for questioning until government authorities realized he had not landed on restricted military territory on  Gary Cervany of Glendale Calif., Rode the balloon Down at 1,200 feet a minute calmly protecting $5,000 Worth of camera equipment As he prepared for the rough Landing 10 Miles East of Ridgecrest. The two men were trying to break the world record for a High Altitude hang glider flight of 31,600 feet set two years ago by Bob Mccaffery of Sylmar Calif. Until sealed bar graphs aboard both crafts Are examined next week it will not be known if they  said i landed near the control Tower but i did t see anybody. I thought everybody was on a Holiday. They sent out a truck with a sign on the Back that said follow me so i loaded the Kite on the Back and jogged behind the truck. They wanted to know what All the cameras were doing on the Kite and i tried to Tell them that my Grandfather was an Admiral in the French Navy in world War but that did t do any Good. Finally they realized what i was doing there and the balloon and they were very Nice to  displayed a China Lake medallion that was Given to him As a souvenir. Bestsellers fiction Chesapeake James a. 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Washington up Senate demo cratic Leader Robert Byrd said saturday he is increasingly optimistic the natural Gas Compromise Bill will pass the Senate but warned the Bill probably would die if sent Back to a House Senate conference for  his expressed Confidence the West Virginia Democrat conceded to re porters he does not yet have the votes to push the Compromise  the proponents nor the opponents have a majority of votes at this Point Byrd said. But my personal contacts with at least 70 senators and my knowledge of the uncommitted bloc and the identities of those senators making up the uncommitted bloc leave me increasingly  about reports an Effort would be made to Send the Bill Back to a House sen ate conference committee for changes Byrd said at his regular saturday news conference that he hoped the Senate would not vote to do  the practical pragmatic stand Point the re committal of the conference re port in my judgment would probably mean no Bill at All he  majority Leader said he wants an up or Down vote on the measure and Hopes there will be no  asked about estimates it might take a week to 10 Days for the Senate to act Byrd said that would be rather out of the Norm for a Compromise worked out by a House Senate conference committee. But on a conference report of this nature a week to 10 Days would not be at All Liscomb ovulating to me he added. The National conference of state Legislatures and the United states conference of mayors and cities have sent wires to every member of Congress urging the Natu ral Gas legislation be passed immediately an Energy department spokesman said. In addition the 16 largest Independent producers of natural Gas in Texas sent let ters to senators from 13 key states saying the Bill should be passed immediately be cause it would result in increased drilling activity. If the Bill fails they said con Gress would not consider natural Gas policy again for Many  said time was growing Short for dealing with other legislation if Congress is going to avoid a postelection session. He said he hoped to avoid a lame Duck session because they generally Are unproductive. Byrd also told reporters there were Sev eral Bills including the Humphrey Haw Kins jobs measure the fair employment j practices Bill and the equal rights j amendment time Extension Bill that face a race with  will Only allow for so much legislative activity he said. I Hope the con Gress can Complete its work before the elections and not have to come  Alf London gets company on 91st birthday Alfred m. Landon 1936 presidential nominee stands with his wife in front of their Topeka kan., residence As the Landon Junior High school band approaches to Honor Landon on his 91st birthday. Up photo new vaccine available in limited quantities safer More effective rabies shots developed Atlanta up the limited Avail ability of a new rabies vaccine that gives better Protection and produces virtually no Adverse reaction was announced saturday by the National Center for disease control. The new vaccine was developed by inactivating a Strain of rabies grown in human cell tissue the cd said. Work on the vaccine began in the 1960s and although it still has not been licensed the cd said it is currently being used in human Field trials in the United states and  cd said that in addition to giving a much higher level of Protection against rabies and producing less Adverse reactions than the old Duck embryo vaccine far fewer shots of the new vaccine probably will be  shots have always been dreaded because they were painful and prolonged and caused severe reactions in some peo ple. The new vaccine according to the cd is available through the cd on a limited experimental basis. Persons May be Eligi ble to receive the vaccine if they have a serious allergy to Duck embryo vaccine Dev they do not get adequate antibody Protection with Dev or they have been bitten by a proven Rabid  cd said that for pre exposure Only persons at High risk of being exposed to rabies primarily Laboratory personnel will be considered for the new vaccine. The vaccine is now being produced in France Germany and the United states. The  vaccine is the one that will be available in this country the cd said adding that it is similar but not Iden tical to its european counterparts. The cd report on the vaccine said the Federal health Agency had collected data from physicians on 186 persons Given the vaccine. The vaccine was Well tolerated and no treatment was discontinued because of an Adverse reaction it said. The cd said that the vaccine had protected 45 people in Iran against rabies after they had been bit ten by proven Rabid animals. Similar 100 percent Success was achieved in 31 persons in Germany Given the vaccine after rabies exposure. The health Agency indicated that Only five or six shots of the vaccine will be the recommended dosage. It said the world health organization was recommending six doses of the French and German vac Cines. Dev requires 14 to 21 shots