European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 5, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday March 5, 1990 the stars and stripes a a a Page 3 educator Beer maker concoct ancient nectar fit for the Philadelphia apr the recipe was part of a sumerian hymn to the goddess Nin Kasi written in cuneiform on a Clay Tablet that dates  to 1800 . It Calls for ingredients you might not think of but it makes a smooth mild Beer a with a Little fruity taste. A a it a very Good a professor Solomon Katz of the University of Pennsylvania said As he opened a bottle. A they used dates to make it taste that  the bottles Label had cuneiform characters calling Nin Kasi the goddess of Beer a the lady who fills the vessel with  the Label also showed one of the earliest known tablets showing two men using straws to sip Beer from a narrow necked Jar. The Beer was the culmination of iwo years of research by Katz and Fritz Maytag owner of san Francisco based Anchor brewing co. They sampled some of the remaining bottles of the Beer last week in Philadelphia. They had brewed about 100 barrels in August but said they were forced to use it up quickly since it contained no preservatives. A the sumerians did no to use hops which help to keep Beer from going sour a Maytag said by Telephone from san Francisco. Modern Beer makers usually use malted or sprouted Grain but the sumerians used baked bread which adds to the mild taste Katz said. A they did that because the bread was almost magical to them a Katz said. A you could eat it for dinner or you could brew with  the cuneiform Tablet originally translated in 1964, records a brewing process interspersed with praises to the goddess. A you Are the one who soaks the malt in a Jar the Waves Rise the Waves fall a starts one verse. A a that a a brewing process a Katz said. A a that a exactly what Brewers do today to turn the grains into  a real brewing is very simple a Maytag said. A and we know that the Brewers 5,000 years ago were extremely skilled. We ought to assume that these Guys were just As Good at brewing As we  by the time the Nin Kasi hymn was written brewing was at least 5,000 years old Katz said. By 2000 ., Sumeria had 55 words describing different varieties of Beer. A Beer recipes Are the oldest we have a Katz said. The anthropologist who specializing in nutrition believes Beer May be the Cornerstone of civilization and it has been argued that ancient humans turned from Hunting to farming in order to raise Grain for Beer. Barley and wheat a the two main professor Solomon Katz. Deciphered the ancient recipe ingredients of ancient Beer a were among the first grains to be harvested. A Why did people go out and domesticate a Cereal Grain that does no to have much nutrition a Katz asked. A they had plenty of other resources. Why would they go through the Effort could it be because it was a source of fermented sugar a a 1987 newspaper Story about katzes theories which the professor also had written about caught May tags Eye and led to the collaboration. A i thought it was intriguing a Maytag said. A it occurred to me we should try to make some of the Beer to see what we could  Katz had to pore Over Many tablets to determine some of the finer Points of the recipe. He pointed at the translation of the Nin Kasi hymn. A see where it says a mixing. With Sweet aromatics we can to be sure if that meant grapes raisins or dates a he said. They narrowed it Down to dates using other recipe tablets from that period. Maytag has no plans to Market Nin Kasi although people have tried to buy it a i done to think the world is ready to buy sumerian  of officers family loses court award. Atlanta apr a Federal appeals court has reversed a $632,814 award to a Serviceman a family who challenged the military a finding that their loved one was killed in action during the Vietnam War. The ruling by the 11th . Circuit court of appeals went against the first american family to refuse to accept the remains of a casualty of War. The court reversed the decision of a . District judge in Florida who in 1988 ordered the government to pay $632,814 to the family of an air Force officer whose gunship was shot Down in Laos in 1972. The judge ruled that the air Force recklessly caused the family emotional distress by declaring it. Col. Thomas Trammell Hart Iii dead. The appeals court found that the government acted within its authority and ruled that the lower court both lacked jurisdiction and decided wrongly on the merits of the Case. Hart 32, was one of 16 crewmen aboard the gunship. Two Crew members parachuted to safety the others initially listed As missing in action eventually were determined by military experts to have been killed. Harts wife Mother and daughter challenged the techniques used to identify the remains and charged that the methods violated military policy. Anne Hart also wanted her husband returned to the a unaccounted for list. She said the decision to Label him killed in action without positive identification could doom him if he were still alive and being held As a prisoner of War. The appeals court noted that searchers reconstructed the Downing of the plane and dug around the Accident site to a depth of 14 feet unearthing 50,000 Bone fragments identification tags and personal effects. In reviewing the governments handling of the Case the appeals court said a clearly in cases where the total evidence indicates the persons involved in the incident were in fact killed and where recovery efforts were thorough and Complete we must conclude that the individuals have been accounted  the government according to the court a made its identification As Best it could and when that proved to be insufficient it complied with every request made by the Harts except their request that it. Col. Hart be returned to unaccounted for  the appeals court said the family could pursue its Case through other channels such As the rained forces Board but added that the courts  second guess discretionary  Federal workers can take the Job Home by Ronald e. Roel new Day spurred by a need to compete for workers in a labor tight Market the Federal government has launched its Host comprehensive a  program that will allow thousands of government employees to spend a Lew Days a week working at Home. The program scheduled to Start late this month establishes guidelines for Federal agencies that choose to make the flex place option available to employees ranging from clerical workers to managers. A a we re hoping to get about 3,000 people to participate pm 30 or 40 agencies a said Wendell Joice personnel research psychologist for the . Office of personnel management and a director of the flex place project. The program is not exactly a a telecommuting full time work at Home communicating with the office mainly by phone and computer terminal. The governments guidelines suggest flex place workers spend no More than three Days a week at Home depending on their jobs. A employees have to be very careful about isolation a Joice said. A they should have a regular presence at the main office so they done to feel  since the program is voluntary to the governments 3 million employees the guidelines done to require approval from the 20 unions representing government employees Joice said. In the private sector Many companies a including digital equipment corp., Dupont co. And  West a began work at Home programs during the 1980s. About 18 million employees do some Home based work according to a 1985 study. By 1992, an estimated 35 million people a More than 28 percent of the labor Force a will be working at Home for themselves or their employers according to Carol do Agostino who works out of her Valley Stream n.y., Home for link resources a new York based consulting firm. The private flex place style programs have been largely successful employers say. For instance at  West the regional Telephone company based in Denver 2,700 of the company a 69,000 employees have been working part time from their Homes according to Mike Dillon a  West manager. The 2-year-old program has provided greater flexibility for employees and has Cut operating costs for the company Dillon said. Many workers report that such programs improve productivity by cutting commuting time and enabling them to work on big tasks without interruption