European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 22, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday. December 22, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 5 workers remove the body of a Pilot whale curly saturday at Cooks Brook Beach in East Ham mass., after a mass beaching. 38 Pilot whales die on Cape cod As scientists seek clues to beaching Eastham. Mass. A thirty eight Pilot whales died after beaching them selves along the Cape cod coast with about a dozen Given lethal injections to end their buffering Marine officials said saturday. Five of the giant mammals that ran aground on the Sand Friday afternoon survived despite the crush of their own weight on their internal organs said Paul sic Swerda curator of fishes and Mam Mals at the new England aquarium. The beaching was the deadliest of the year along Cape cod. On dec. 3, s7 Pilot whales stranded themselves about a mile away and 26 died. Sic Swerda said whale experts Uncer Tain Why the giant mammals Beach them Sands or time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. Dec. 22, 1946 Georgia  Eugene Talmadge died at age 62, less than a month before his scheduled inauguration for a fourth term. He had campaigned under a White supremacy Banner and was elected under the state s county unit system despite James v. Carmi Chael s popular vote win. 30 years ago today ,.dec. 22, 1956 egyptians and Anglo French forces exchanged prisoners through the United nations and cleaned up the last unfinished business of the Suez conflict. 20 years ago today. Dec. 22, 1966 the soviet Union launched two rockets a fifth Moon probe Luna 13, and an Earth satellite in us Cosmos series. To years ago foday. Dec. 22, 1976 Chicago mayor Richard Daley 74. Died of a heart attack. He had served As mayor for More than 21 years. Selves will research the habits of the whales for clues. Feeding habits storms and tides May play a role he said. Three of the survivors were carried by trucks and successfully released into the water Early saturday after being lagged with red markers to help scientists follow their Progress. One calf remained alive at another aquarium and Rescue workers were trying to move another out to sea saturday. Three of the dead were among those that beached themselves dec. 3, said Sieswerda All the adults in the dec. 3 pod As groups of whales arc known were either pregnant females or females that had just Given birth he said. Two previous beached pods were made up of females and a few male offspring. Sieswerda speculated hat females May go into More precarious Waters than males because they need More food for their offspring. Such pods also might he come confused because they pay More attention to their offspring than to where they arc going he said. Lava flow ravages subdivision Katakana Hawaii a lava flowing out or Kilauea Volcano tanned out through this area s largest subdivision saturday destroying four More houses before Dawn and threatening Doz ens of others after forcing scores of peo ple to pack their belongings and flee. I would estimate about 20 percent of the Kaapana gardens subdivision has been inundated said Hawaii county civil defense administrator. Harry Kirn. Many other Homes still remain in grave  the lava destroyed 13 Homes in the subdivision Friday the worst single Day loll of developed property since i Lauca s intermittent eruption began Jan. 3, 1983, on this Island built from the sea floor by centuries of eruptions. The molten Rock surged into the coast Al subdivision after burning a seven mile path Down the Hillside from a glowing lava take on Kilauea s cast Side during the night it burned through vegetation crossed roads and devoured Utility poles. A partial evacuation of Kaapana had been ordered earlier in the week but was extended Friday to include most of this Village of about 500 people. About 1 20 Homes were evacuated. 1 Nice roadblocks kept the curious out of the  handful of people mostly elderly. Longtime residents refused to leave Fri Day and were allowed to remain the flow front spread out across a hat area of developed property saturday As it approached a Cluster of houses. At least is million damage has been caused by the newest flow said Hawaii county mayor Dante Carpenter he had earlier declared Kaapana a county disaster area and asked Cov John wait cd to declare it a state disaster area. A spokesman for the governor said wait cd is considering the request. Earlier phases of Kilauea s eruption sent lava flowing through the Royal Gar Dens subdivision several Miles to the West on this Lush Remote Southern coast of Hawaii Island. Jobless animals saved from death Tua latin Ore. A Anima lovers have come to the. Rescue of about 40 dogs and cats who Are losing their jobs As taste testers at a pet food Plant offering them new positions As household pets. A spokeswoman for the Hurvin co., maker of Blue Mountain dog and cat foods said the company was swamped with Calls after word that the animals might have to be destroyed reached the Public Friday. Spokeswoman Dorcine Dean said hundreds of people called to offer new Homes for the 20 dogs and 20 to 25 cats. Some callers said they could t stand the thought of the animals being destroyed and others just wanted to adopt a pet. Hurvin co. Has sold the Plant to Alpo Pel food co., which plans to cease pet food production at the Tualatin facility. About 130 workers will either lose their jobs or be transferred. The planned closing left the future in doubt Tor the dogs and cats that have been serving As taste testers helping re searchers judge the Appeal of each new mix by their enthusiasm or Lack of it the animals arc housed at the Oregon health sciences University animal re search farm in nearby Cornelius under a contract with Hervin that expires dec. 26. Tina Jordan an animal caretaker at the University said she was told she would have to dispose of any Hervin Ani Mals left after Jan. 31. The dogs Range from about 4 to 10 years old including beagles poodles dalmatians terrier crosses foxhounds Cocker spaniels a Labrador an afghan a Basenji and an elkhound. Zip a Dee Doo Dah Christmas he Learned that to  Mot having. Because that somethings what Vest Pino inside yourself