European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 18, 1980, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pago 10 the stars and stripes wednesday june 18. 1980 10 or More barrels per acre plants probed for crude Oil i Rin Cess and. My. Al l a can Shore Branch  imported .1  University of Maryland Plant geneticist is " Weed the Gopher Plant which produces among scientists probing the possibility of Latex a Milky liquid which is one third Oil producing crude Oil from plants. Suspended in  or. . Joshi. Of the University s last i he Oil  be  Mil refined in shopping Cente bookstores. Standard processes into gasoline and Glicr Petroleum   conducted earlier in califor Nia with the Gopher Plain Euphorbia la in i have shown that it can produce ii a Rock of crude Oil per acre. Joshi said. He said he believes Hal through i proved cultivation and Breeding techniques the yield could be increased Toni barrels per acre. Research planned Joshi and a colleague. Or r h. . Are promising a three year research pro Gram involving a Survey of Maryland s la lev producing plants to determine if and Are  to High yield cultivation on mar Ginal soil. They would also conduct tests of the Gopher Plant to determine the Ideal planting and harvesting limes in Maryland for the highest Latex yields. Afler that. Research could be directed at Breeding improved varieties of selected plants for faster growth and higher vie ids. Joshi said. Joshi has grown about 40 of the plants which can be also grown in Semi desert areas in his greenhouse Here. Live Lually Petroleum plants could be developed and grown As Cash crops on Petroleum plantations. Joshi said. Cuban boat if May be Over officials say Klov list Ita. Athe massive influx of cub Iii refugees into the United states apparently has come loan end. And about half inc More than 114.000 cubans who came to Florida in inc eight week boat life have been relocated . Officials say. Not a single refugee stepped ashore in key West on monday and coast guard spokesmen said Aerial surveillance indicated no refugee filled boats in route. Neil Many expected i ederal officials cautioned Hal cubans still could show up hut those numbers were expected to be Small. Florence Gabriel spokeswoman for the i ederal emergency management Agency said reports indicated some 15 to 20 boats still in the cuban port of Mariel. But the departure of a Busload of refugees monday left key West processing centers empty.  officials say 63.000 cubans have been relocated so far. And Only 7,000 have settled outside of South Florida. In refugee Camps around the country. 49.443 refugees arc wailing to be resettled and Many  want to Settle in Miami officials said. Chrysler loan has doubters officials say Detroit a a handful of Bank Urc being pressured to join Chrysler corp j bailout plan for fear that any holdout could threaten to sink the company officials say. Incr body is talking to them other Banks the loan guarantee Hoard staff we a  said a Chrysler executive who asked nut to be identified. Under the agreement by which Chrysler Hopes to continue its operation All of its 400 lenders must agree to participate in inc congressionally apprised loan guarantee plan. I he plan calling for the issuance of up to il.5 billion in federally backed debenture is primarily a package of interest rate con Cessions and payment deferrals on the part of the lenders. However some Banks reportedly believe the plan Only delays the inevitable Chrysler bankruptcy. Not interested we re just not interested in it and Haven t been from the slurp said David w. Knapp president of the american National Bank and Trust co. Of Rockford Iii. Their the other lenders Crystal bait lulls them this the loan guarantee solves Chrysler s problems. Mine does  Knapp said his Bank is just As Likely to collect the $5 5,000 Chrysler owes it by suing As by going along with the loan package. American National seized �125, 1 00 from a Chrysler account in april to reduce its debt. Chrysler is counting heavily on the loan program. Last week it stopped paying most of its suppliers until it receives the s500 million that the Chrysler loan Gua Rantee Board conditionally approved on May 10. Meeting scheduled the Board scheduled a meeting wednesday to make the approval final and Chrysler s lenders began signing documents 200 pages for each in new York Over the weekend. Chrysler and its subsidiaries owed the lenders about s960 million earlier this year. The total debt of the nation s no.3 automaker and its subsidiaries is about $4 4 billion. In Washington an aide to sen. Donald Kiegle d-mich., said the senator and his Michigan colleague. Democrat Carlle Vin had been making Telephone Calls to Banks on Chrysler s behalf. Their strategy has to be. I m just a Little Bank someone will work out a Deal with me Well that s not feasible this  the aide said. Chrysler executives say such a strategy considered usual on the pan of a Small Bank in a Large financial Rescue operation is not possible. If Chrysler is forced to seek court Protection under the bankruptcy Laws it could take years for a Bank to recover any Money. Economic slump making people sick study finds Lansing. Mich. I i la the eco nomic slump is making people physically sick and could  to 19.443  l Ilc nil in Michigan including More Sui a pcs. Murders and heart Allicks a report  i he paper prepared in the University of  for a meeting of governor Wil  i. Milken s human services cab inet said the physical and mental problems of unemployed workers May be the lip of an iceberg of suffering in their families. It warned repealed layoffs can Start workers on a downward spiral which eventually leaves them unfit for employment a  Law current Michigan crisis has All the worst elements present to an extent unprecedented since the great  the paper was based on research per formed by m Harvey Brenner for the con Gressional joint economic committee. Bren Ner found a i percent increase in unemployment can Lead to increased deaths heart attacks cirrhosis of the liver suicides and homicides. Based on National estimates inc paper concluded Michigan could conceivably see As Many As 19.443 deaths linked to the current economic situation. There could be 10.120 heart attacks. 247 deaths from cirrhosis of the liver. 460 suicides and 324 homicides the paper said