European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 27, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page g the stars and stripes sunday december 27. 1987 pages from 1493 almanac found inside another Book Cambridge . Ai j two pieces of paper discovered glued inside a Hook at Harvard University Houghlon Library have provided a window on the past the 500-year-old pieces of paper printed in Ger Man turned Ouli Ohe most of a 15th-Century almanac. The two yellowed sheets folded four ways arc eight pages of a 12-Page almanac for Cracow Poland published in 1493. Chronicling the prospects for 149j, the almanac predicted weather conditions planetary1 eclipses and the astrological fates. It s not Earth shattering James Waish. Whose titles keeper of printed books said recently of his disco ery1. Vet it is Sonu Lomg to have assembled something printed that never was known before. Just As we throw away our Calendar for l�87 when 1988 comes along so they threw away their almanacs he said. They re As a result quite  Walsh found the pages at the Start of a much bigger scholarly expedition. Since july 1986. He has been compiling a Catalon of Harvard s 4,000-volume collection of books published before 1501. The technical term for such books is  derived from the latin word meaning Cradle incunabula were published in the infancy of printing which began in the mid-140qs with the Gutenberg Bible. According to the Houghton s chief librarian Law rence Dowler Walsh is one of the few people in the world capable of the massive and unprecedented undertaking because of his background in latin an greek. Walsh expects to be finished in another five years. The fruits of his work will become the several volume catalogue of Toneu Nebula in the Harvard University Library. The slate University of new York at Bing Hamton will publish the volumes. The almanac pages Walsh found were recycled As Book lining a common 15th-Century practice for Dis posing of misprinted and outdated material. The sheets Wurch inside the front and Back covers of a cop of Justinian s institutions belonging to the Harvard Law school. The pages were removed by Marjorie Conn Conser Vator of Harvard s Fogg Art museum. When Walsh realized he had a nearly Complete Book he searched for the rest of it. A Catalon of such ancient materials led him to the missing pages no the Huntington Library in san Marino Calif. Appt la James Walsh holds a 5-Cnlury-l about 120 fire fighters bottled 3 four alarm fire in an apartment building Early saturday bringing it under control within 90 minutes officials said. Some firefighters suffered smoke inhalation bul no injuries were reported among residents of the four Story wooden building on russian Hill one of the City s oldest neighbourhoods. The first alarm sounded at 2 23 a.m., and streets around the building were barricaded the red Cross helped displaced residents find shall or for the right. Fund Raiser participant files suit for damages Milwaukee a a woman who suffered broken hones when she jumped into a tub of Gelatin during a Charity fund Raiser has filed a lawsuit against the leukaemia society of Ameri Ca. Geri Kicfer charged that the 500-Galion tub into which she jumped in 85 contained Noth ing More than coloured  she says she suffered fractured Bones and other injuries because the Gelatin solution had not set the lawsuit Kicfer filed seeks $100,000 in damages from the Charity which is based in new York and has a chapter in Milwaukee. A spokeswoman at leukaemia society head quarters in new York Moira Moynihan said she had no information about the lawsuit and could not comment. The executive director of the Wisconsin Chap Ter. Nancy Sands rom also said she could not comment on the lawsuit. Eastern ends All flights from main Houston Airport Houston Dpi Eastern airlines which once operated More than 50 daily flights from the intercontinental Airport will discontinue in last three flights from the Airport Jan. 31, airline executives have said. The Miami based Carrier will operate four daily lights from Houston s Hobby Airport to Atlanta an Eastern Hub starting in february. Eastern is owned by Scias air corp., an airline holding company based in Houston the elimination of flights at the main Airport Means 72 employees will be Laid off or transferred an Eastern spokeswoman said. Several years ago Eastern employed 650 peo ple at intercontinental and had More than 50 flights a Day. Eastern s pullout at intercontinental is the lat est in a yearlong series of moves hat have included thousands of layoffs asset sales and route changes. Flock of Birds Falcon die after hitting window Salt Lake City a a lock of Wax wings and a Merlin were killed when they slammed into a window. The bodies of 33 Cedar waxwings a Bohe Mian Waxwing and the Merlin a Type of Falcon were found recently outside the k in hards Wood Bury mortgage co., said Bob Walters a biologist with the Utah division of wildlife resources. It appears the waxwings were feeding on Ber Ries in a Bush outside the building when the Verhn showed up and the wait mrs tried to flee iut smashed into the reflective Glass window he said. Be said the incident was an example of the danger Glass buildings pose to Birds lie said  should avoid planting Bushes that it act Birds near Large windows