European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 14, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday. April 14. 1988 the stars and stripes Page 3 muscovites Savouring slice of american life Moscow Al l  of mosaic braved a cold kind Ami miu1 Thrisi i tuesday to line up fur an Cru an sask i  i specials equipped Van in com ring the pies As Purl of a join economic venture involving a new a Tom j company. The crowd bailed Nurije the window of inc Mobile Pieria to Lund out Ali air Nih lev fur slices of Thiru and Tomato i a. Almost 1.2 a slices had Hcan dispensed Vcra the acc hour period by Midal Crumin bul workers could t say How Many were sold because free pizza was doled out for an hour after opening. The reaction is extraordinary said Louis Man Cone president of Hima food enterprises in Piscataway. N.j., at the Van s first Day of operation in mos cow s Lenin Hilk Lwell lie moving through inc City to determine what inc Market is for opening pizza restaurants. Judging from today Al jus this location there s a mar Ket Piancone said. A new la allowing soviet firms to enter into joint ventures with foreign companies is one of the Steps taken by Mikhail s. Gorbachev to raise productivity and provide sorely needed consumer goods and serv ices Many Western  have been wary How Ever using that the rules require inc joint firm s director to be a soviet that hiring and firings must conform to soviet Law and Llinat inc joint venture could compete with its Western Parent abroad. Since the Law went into effect joint ventures have been signed involving Coal paint and fertiliser production. Pepsico inc. Last fall signed a contract to have two i i Zahul restaurants in Moscow but they have not yet opened. We thought this was a great Opportunity rethought we d get hit Yankee spirit and come Here and open this said Piai conc i . Partner Shelley m. A Cigar standing in front of lettering on the Van pro claiming Hie first american pizza in  pc incr said the firm intends to open As Many As 25 pizza restaurants around Moscow if the soviet govern ment approves and demand is sufficient. Meanwhile inc Mobile pizzeria is offering pizza Tor about  slice and whole pics for about is 4. Only Tomato and cheese slices were sold tuesday bul Piancone said 20 toppings including meat will be available Starling wednesday. Me said Ingrodi cols from the United slates Are being used now but company officials Hope la use some soviet ingredient eventually. This is part of the spirit of the join venture Cziger said. We Hope to work with the. Soviet Agricula the Van draws a crowd of Muscat lies who chomp on inc american style pizza and pronounce it a tasty treat. Lural people so we can gel tomatoes with just the right acidity for our recipes. And the cheese we wan to buy soviet cheese bul it Lias to have the right fat con  he said pizza will he sold for foreign currency in a few weeks but Only when the Van is parked near hotels and areas frequented by Lou Risis. Depending on its location the Van will sell pizza for either rubles or foreign currency but not for both in the same Day. Reiser who operates a Trenton . Real estate and Imp on firm said 51 percent of the profits go to his soviet partners and the remainder to the new Jersey company. Since rubles cannot be exchanged on inc world mar Ket a Cigar and Piancone intend to use their share of Ruby profits to buy Soviel commodities such As caviar furs wooden russian dolls and other items for Sale on the . Market. They said they have about $500,000 invested in the Van and arc prepared to invest another is million to Sci up restaurants. The Van is equipped with freezers a machine that presses dough in three seconds and an oven thai re lenses As Many As 50 pizzas an hour on a conveyor Bell. Moscow already has pizza Parlours most of which opened within the last three years with the help of italian companies but the product Only vaguely resembles american pizza. Usually in consists of a thick Doughy crust smeared with Tomalo paste. Topping when available include canned cold 1o Magocs sardines chopped cps a or lumps of Salt pork. A Moscow University student sampling new Jersey pizza for the first time tuesday said he and his friends have Freij gently catch Soviel Piza. This is different. It s Good and the Price is nor Mal said Andrei Vlasyuk. A math and computer Blu Deal. Roars Greet patenting of engineered1 mouse Washington us l granting of the first animal Patent far development of a mouse genetically engineered to develop cancer to help in medical research raised a howl of protest from activists and members of Congress seventeen member of Congress immediately fired off a joint letter protest ing the approval and asking for a moratorium on further patents until Congress acts. Two Bills that would impose a moratorium on animal patents Are. Under consideration. There is mounting opposition to the patenting of animals in  inc letter said. The Patent office Lias been Given no Clear and certain signal from Congress thai the unrestricted patenting of animals is acceptable Public  i think this decision by the Pat Cal office is outrageous fur this reason this Pat Cal office has unilaterally usurped congressional Power 1 and Broeng Mech tag opponent Jeremy Zifkin in a Tele phone interview. Commissioner Fri Bald Quing said tues Day his office of patents and trademarks Lead approved Harvard University s Patent on the  Mcusic and was consid ering 21 additional animal patents. This May Well be a first step toward continued genetic engineering thai will permit the medical Industry to fight against diseases thai have been very difficult to eliminate in our  Quigg told a news conference the Patent office has previously approved patents for genetically engineered bacteria and the Plant Patent act went ?. Harvard s or. Zhilin letter up inns to a picture of a Fitnet Icalla altered mouse. Into effect in May 1930. Quigg said his office s Job was Loas sess applications and approve them if they met Patent regulations this one did. Ethical considerations he said he would leave to Congress. He said the office would draw the line at Paie Ling genetic engineering techniques involving humans. The Harvard Patent covers a tech Nique in which Laboratory made cancer genes Are introduced into Early stage pm. Bros of mice. The mice and their descendants arc born with cancer genes in All their cells. The genes inserted into the mouse embryos Are combinations of mouse Mam Mary tumor genes and cancer causing mouse Sims. In should be useful in a wide variety of research including Reasi cancer said Philip led or a Harvard medical school geneticist and co inc nor of the technique. A Cdr said 50 percent of inc animals will develop Kreasl cancer by the age of 10 months and exposure to cancer Caus ing pollutants May accelerate the pro Cess other mice in which researchers at tempt to induce cancer form tutors much More  tic new Niico can be used to lest treat ment and diagnostic techniques a Cdr said the Patent office decision was based on a who supreme court ruling indicating the Soltice could not refuse a Pat Cal simply because it covered living Mph tar but the decision comes at a time when activists Are increasing opposition to use of animals for Laboratory lest and some fear this kind of Experiment Avion would Lead to More bizarre and unacceptable uses of genetic engineering. Groups such As the Industrial biotechnology association were enthusiastic. Ida president Richard Godown said the Pat Cal to Harvard will permit the efficient and effective testing of therapeutics As never  last Spring the Patent office announced in would allow applications involving animals but turned Down one involving of piers on the grounds Whir Pat Cal was not original