European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 29, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 the stars and stripes Byrd sets test vote on Era Extension in Surprise move Washington up in a move wednesday which caught opponents off guard Senate democratic Leader Robert Byrd set a test vote for next week on legis lation extending the ratification time forthe equal rights amendment. We re going to bring up Era if 60 senators want to bring up Era Byr said. Gop Leader Howard Baker in a rare burst of anger accused Byrd of making East nations Are debt risks study reports Washington a the soviet Union and other communist nations Are approaching the limit in borrowing from the West and some May be unable to pay on time the nearly $50 billion they already owe a new study said wednesday. A slowdown in the recent rapid growth of East West Trade is Likely to result since communist nations need to borrow from the West to finance imports said the study published by the Brookings institution a Washington based economic research institution. It said that while Poland and Bulgaria Are in the worst shape not one of the. Countries is without a debt servicing prob Lem including the soviet Union. Continued borrowing on the scale of the recent past. Would almost certainly pose serious problems in the near future the study said. Eastern Europe s ability to service debt to the West is subject to considerable  it said that within the next two to three years some of the countries May need to reschedule their debt a Way of stringing out payments to avoid an outright default. The study said the rapid growth in East West Trade Over the past decade has been made possible by Eastern european Bor rowing from governments and from Pri vate commercial Banks in the West. It said that from 1974 to 1977, the net debt of communist Europe increased from$13 billion to $46 billion of which nearly two thirds is owed to Western Banks. The study gave the following country by country breakdown on the debt Poland $12.6 billion the soviet Union $12 billion East Germany $6.1 billion Eastern bloc Banks $4.4 billion Rumania $3 billion Bulgaria $2.8 billion and czechosovakia$2.4 billion. It said the ratio of debts to Export earn Ings of the communist countries is higher than in most underdeveloped nations yet the terms they get on their own Are better than those charged by Banks to such fast growing countries As Brazil Mexico an South Korea. The soviet unions is for the moment the most credit worthy of the communist economies the study said but it will also face problems if pessimistic predictions come True that its Oil exports May decline while its need to import Grain will remain great. The report was prepared by 15 economists from the european common mar Ket North America and  soviet Union had a modest deficit of $1.6 billion in its Trade with the West Las year but that followed deficits of $4 billion in 1976 and $5.3 billion in 1975. The Trade deficit of other Eastern european nations totalled $5.9 billion last year $8.4 billion in1976 and $6.8 billion in 1975. The move without any Advance warning to anyone at  he warned that Byrd s tactic would chill efforts to get time agreements on other legislation As the Senate seeks to adjourn oct. 14. Baker told Byrd it will be a very difficult and Stormy time Between now and the end of the 95th Congress. But Byrd said he had been told he could not get time agreements on other Bills unless he agreed to drop for Good the Era Extension the Humphrey Hawkins jobs Bill and the Hospital Cost containment propos al. The Bill As passed by the House would extend by three years and three months the time states have to ratify the equal rights amendment. The current 7-year period expires next March. So far 35 of the required 38 states have ratified the constitutional amendment. Using a Lull in the Senate proceedings Byrd called up the Extension Bill and immediately filed a cloture petition. He then withdrew the Bill but the cloture petition remained in effect. Under Senate rules the vote would nor Mally have come Friday with 60 senators needed to Cut off debate on the motion to consider the Bill. A second vote also re Quiring 60 votes would have to be held to end a filibuster against the Bill itself. Reminded by sen. William Scott r-va., that he had been promised a 2-Day notice before the Bill was brought up Byrd asked permission to switch the vote to monday. That however conflicted with a jewish Holiday and Byrd then moved the vote to tuesday. Byrd denied charges by republicans that he was being unfair or using some sleight of  i have time and time again tried to get time agreements he said. We re not acting in haste. We be seen a lot of  Byrd said it appeared that opponents of Era the Humphrey Hawkins Job Bill and the Hospital Cost containment program wanted to string out the rest of the ses Sion without acting on those controversial measures. Valleys and mountains Arizona state University graduate Stu Dent William Wellendorf kneels to Point out the peaks and depressions in his mosaic of a Grain of Sand put together from 1,100 Electron Microscope Pic Tures. With Wellendorf at Tempe Ariz., is or. David Krinsley head of Asu s geology department. A photo world of interest found in a tiny Grain of Sand Tempe Ariz. A it s a strange new planet with jutting Mountain peaks surrounding gouged valleys a lifeless Moon perhaps if it were larger than .3millimeters. An Arizona state University graduate student has charted the surface of this unknown world a Grain of Sand. William Wellendorf spent 120 hours Piec ing together 1,100 Electron Microscope photographs into a 10-foot mosaic All part of his work toward a masters degree in geology or. David Krinsley head of Asu s geology department says its the first time there s Ever been such a detailed portrait of a Grain of Sand. Irregularities on Grain surfaces enable scientists to Chart the history of a Grain of Sand More than 200 million years in the past he said. We can study very Small portions of Sand grains and determine for instance whether an area has been glaciated or exposed to desert  he says he s been studying Sand for 15 years and Hes never seen anything Lik Wellendorf s display. Viewing an entire Grain rather than limited portions gives one a new perspective he said. David Eisenhower remembers Ike s temper was unpredictable Washington up David Eisen Hower grandson of one president and son in Law of another says Dwight Eisenhower was a raw boned shy starchy figure who had a temper like a Bessemer Furnace and whose famous Grin masked his efforts to obscure  smoking a cigarette dropping its Ash in a paper Coffee cup shrugging talking rap idly and easily David 30, shared with an audience at the National archives wednes Day night some of what he s Learned about his Grandfather in the past two years. He s writing a Book about him and it might be done he said with a memory raising Grin in "1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983� he called Ike Granddad sometimes or  he spoke of Richard Nixon his father in Law simply As  Eisenhower was unpredictable David said. He kept a Shotgun by the television set to shoot crows at his retirement farm at Gettysburg and he gave orders to shoot cats on  he loved horses and when some got Loose on the farm and Tore up a golfing Green that took three years to build Ike sitting on the porch said seeing them Romp was the most Beautiful sight i d  everyone had expected the temper to explode. All 65 sex associates of Eisenhower he has interviewed for the Book remember the temper David said but no one remembers anything Ike said when he got mad. Once when he was Young he said Eisen Hower hired him to paint the barn. One Day at lunchtime David got into a game of hol Lywood Bridge with a pal and it consume most the afternoon. When Eisenhower came upon this Dis play of idleness i looked into the Besse Mer Furnace. I remember two words italian landowner kidnapped Palmi. Italy a a wealthy italian landowner. Marquis Bernardo Toraldo. 40. Has been kidnapped outside his farm House in the calabrian Village of Calimera by three gunmen who forced him into a car and drove away police reported. You re fired " later Ike forgave his grandson. After Eisenhower died when the family read Plain speaking a Book in which Harry Truman first revealed that Eisen Hower had a wartime Girlfriend Kay sum Mersey it was the first time i d heard fit David said grinning. Of we were All shocked. For a few Days. But we got Over  someone asked How Ike got along with his vice president Nixon. Rumours that Ike and Nixon intensely disliked each other were not True he said. Eisenhower broke precedent in 1960 to endorse Nixon for the Republican nomination before the convention. Eisenhower s staff and his political ends did not like Nixon Felt they could not get a handle on him and May have secretly worked for his defeat but not Eisen Hower he said. And How does he feel about his father in Law a Man who made mistakes which he conceded to the country but he was also a Good Man who wanted to do