European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 13, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes monday. January 13, 1986pagee the stars and stripes monday. January a i " _. Farm population drops sharply financial crunch in agriculture blamed for decline Washington api liven when Survey errors inc disc Iunice 1985 saw one of the sharpest year i a Cir declines in the . Farm population in a decade govern ment census cup Cross say. Moreover the income of farm families continues to lag Chi if Lett Fem crisis but i Don t think the actual  was 7 percent last year scale said. For myself 1 would doubt tha More than half of this change is real in a Jar to year basis and i would strongly i aspect that the rest of it could be account for simply by the problems that Are inh nent in the  but even if Only half of the 7 percent decline was real it would be a  change in the farm population not nation about it he said. Bacalu said he thinks the farm population decline will continue in 1986, but not at the 1985 Rale. If i Hud to guess at this Point 1 would doubt that 86 would show More than half As much decline As the figures did for 1985. He said. The report did not include breakdowns by state or by size of farms. As defined by the government farms Are places that Hare sales of agricultural products amounting to $1,000 or More a year. In 1984, the remit said about one out of 41 persons or 2,4 percent of the . Population lived an farms. According to us a records going Back to 1910, the nation s farm population peaked it 32.5 million in 1916, which was about one out of every three americans at that time. News update new safety standards London a British authorities reacting to an Airliner fire which killed 55 people last summer have ordered new safety standards for British airliners including Early installation of fire resistant scats and improvements for emergency exits. The aim is to gain vital seconds Tor passengers escaping from smoke and names in burning aircraft. The civil aviation authority said its new deadlines for installing fire resistant seats arc in Advance of the rest of the  aircraft with new scats must com ply with the new fire resistance Stan Dards by july the Caa said and til British airliners must fit firc Rea tint teats by july 1987, five motto earlier thin the previous deadline. Condor no better san Diego a a rare California Condor suffering a sever Case of Lead poisoning showed no sign of improvement and was still unable to digest food a spokesman for the san Diego wild animal Park said. It s definitely showing no improvement Park spokesman ton Hanscom said. We look for liable behaviour or decline until we can get some Type of nourishment in  the Bird taken from Ibe wild of Kern county was the last known Breeding female in the wild. Be it one of 27 California condors known to exist five of which Are still in the wild. Veterinarians operated to remove undigested food from the Condor s crop a Sac near the Throat. Opaque fluid was placed in the crop and a rays Are being taken several times a Day to see whether it is moving to Ward the Bird s Gizzard