European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 3, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes wednesday May 3, 1989 study faults on the Job training in . New York. A . Workers arc lagging behind i hair japanese and West German counterparts mainly he cause of poor on the Job training not a weakening of the work ethic an Mit re part says. The great Success of training and re training programs run by japanese and German corporations suggests that the work place not the schoolhouse. Is the Best place to prepare workers to keep up Wuh changing technologies said the Massachusetts Institute of technology report. Made in  Young americans receive most of their Job skills in institutions of formal learning and what they pick up on the Job is usually of a limited nature Gath ered from watching a  the re port said. The Issue is not what workers will do when motivated but rather what they can do. Given their weaker Basic education and the kind of work experiences provided by companies that have Low regard for training and few institutional re sources to provide  the two year study produced by a 16 member Mit commission on Industrial productivity said the nation s lagging rate of productivity growth is the biggest threat to the nation s Standard of living and Security. In contrast to  states. West Germany and Japan stress on the Job training to provide general and specialized skills that can be used even after switching jobs. Such countries find it easier to pro Duce workers with the flexibility and skills needed to respond to rapid and unpredictable changes in technology and markets the report said. West Germany for example offers Young workers apprenticeships in 400 occupations. The apprentice usually 16 years old. Spends an average of three years working in a company under a supervisor. The training curriculum is no a vitiated by government employers associations and Trade unions. In Japan workers rotate Between re search manufacturing sales and other areas. They spend several Days a year in corporate training centers and arc also encouraged to take correspondence courses. Priceless mask found in Egypt i Rovo. Utah a an excava Tion at an ancient egyptian cemetery has uncovered a perfectly preserved Mummy of a woman wearing a Price less Gold death mask a noted Egypto Logist save. Wilfred Griffs a professor at Langham Young University said he and other scientists found the Mummy Teh 20 in an in plundered egyptian lomb dating to about 100 . Nothing of this Caliper from this Laic in to egyptian history has Ever been  Ciggs said in an account of the discover released monday. It s  at first archaeologists were excited just to find an in plundered lomb. He said when they carefully lifted the lop from the heavy wooden casket they Weresiuk nned by the magnitude of Iner Dis covery. We saw her Beautiful Golden face shining Buck at us. And there was an Awe some silence Griggs said. We Reali de immediately what a special and unusual Opportunity it was for  the discovery brought immediate Security problems he said. Guards hired to protect the site told research ers they could t be responsible for the Mummy s safety and egyptian troops were summoned to take the treasure to Cairo for safekeeping. The pre Christian Tomb dating to Between 100 . And a a. 100. Was found beneath a Limestone Ridge in a cemetery near Seila. Where by re searchers have been working for years to Tuth the development of christianity in leg vol. The cemetery was used Tor about 1,000 years beginning about Boob cd Riggs was joined in the project  eur Phillips professor of geology. And Marvin cd. Kuchar a professor of clothing and textiles both of  palc pathologists from califor Nia universities were also on hand. The mask was brightly painted in reds blues Whites and yellows to de pict scenes of the afle world and the Archit Oil lists hate found this Riold unasked Mummy in a grate in Egypt. Egyptian gods. The Mummy had flow ers placed on the Chest and garlands of four different kinds of Flowers were wrapped around her body. The body in self was placed on a bed of Flowers. There was a great amount of love and tenderness and Devotion that went into this  Griggs  amount of detail and the amount of Effort that went in to burying the dead suggests the importance of their belief relating to the next phase of  . Companies such As ism digital equipment and Chaparral steel do pro vide effective training the report said. But Many Small and medium sized companies can t afford to establish extensive training programs. Or they arc concerned that if they do they d lose their invest ment when workers Transfer to other companies. Changing this would require a kind of National political leadership that has not yet appeared the report said. The panel criticized . Public and vocational schools citing studies show ing youngsters lagging in math science geography and other disciplines com pared with students in of her Industrial countries. Port destroys killer bees found on ship Miami a a swarm of about 500 killer bees has been destroyed at Miami s port state officials said. The bees were discovered april 21 by workers at the Omni terminal in Down town Miami agriculture commissioner Doyle Conner said monday. They had been hitchhiking on the outside of a con Tainer brought in from Suriname a coun try in northeastern South America aboard the freighter Werner. The bees were destroyed that Day by a state inspector. But As a precaution additional bait hives have been placed inthe port and surrounding areas. It is the fifth swarm of the highly aggressive bees discovered and destroyed in Florida in the last four years. Last May a swarm of about 10,000 was found at fort Lauderdale aboard a freighter carrying fruit and vegetables from  said his department has had about two dozen bail hives at Miami s port Miami International Airport and the Miami River for some time. The additional bait hives put in place since the Swann was discovered raises the number to More than 50."the first bail hive we Ever placed was in Miami because it s an area we veal ways been concerned about Conner said. There is just a tremendous inter change Between Miami and Central and South american countries virtually allow which Are now infested with Africa sized  state and Federal inspectors Monitor up to 300 bait hives in 13 port areas in  bees have been migrating North from Brazil since the 1950s and now arc in the Central part of Mexico. They arc expected to reach the Texas Border sometime next year. Officials in Florida arc not expecting them to arrive through the Normal migration process for an additional four or five years. Congress to. Scrutinize bid for Money to fix by Washington a lawmakers said monday that Congress painfully aware of the More than $20 billion invested in the by bomber will take a close look at an air Force request for an additional $1.2 billion to Correct major flaws. It does t make a lot of sense not to make the by work if you can do it said rep. Marvin Leath d Texas a member of the House armed sen ices com Mittee. We really have to Pul the Arm on the air  the service has proposed spending the extra $1.2 billion Over five years to improve the by the swing Wing plane resurrected by. Then president Reagan in 1981 As the answer to the aging of inc nation s Force of nuclear aimed bombers. The b-1b Fleet has experienced major problems. Three of the original 100 ordered by Reagan have crashed and the general accounting office the investigative Arm of Congress concluded two months ago that the Cost of planned improvements could be nearly $400 million for each bomber. The Gao cited problems with the aircraft s defense system and troubles with fuel leaks. In a memorandum circulated to members of the House armed services procurement subcommittee Las week committee chairman  Aspin d-wis., questioned whether spending More Money would solve the Fleet s problems. Even when these fixes arc made the plane will fall far Short of the original electronic Counte Neasure specifications. Well have to decide if improvement planned is Worth the  Aspin  will review the request within the next two months As part of inc defense authorization process. Rep. Andy Ireland r-fla., a member of the armed sen ices committee said the country has spent More than $20 billion on the Fleet and abandoning that in vestment would be  do have 97 already invested. We need to finish them up again under close scrutiny Ireland said. He said the by performs substantially As expected in a lot a lot of ways but an area of scepticism needs to  addition to the funding request for the by the air Force also has proposed shining nearly $300 Mil lion for procurement of the b-2 stealth bomber to re search and development on the aircraft