European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 10, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The future of cryonics still much in doubt ii sounds like science fiction but its just California. Or. Thomas Donaldson wants to pay $35,000 to Alcor life Extension foundation a a research cryonic suspension and Frozen body storage facility in Riverside Calif. A for beheading him and freezing his Noggin for future resurrection. Donaldson who is suffering from a brain tumor wants his head preserved before his brain becomes too impaired. Already he has some trouble thinking and speaking. He has filed a suit in the Santa Barbara Superior court for permission to let Alcor technicians take his life without Legal problems. Donaldson is betting future scientists will discover ways to get rid of his tumor and attach his head to a healthy body. Although the suit May represent a legitimate Way to Cope with the trauma of impending death it May reflect an unrealistic Faith. A we can to even reconnect the spinal Cord today a said or. Lionel Blackman of West Palm Beach Fla. In fact the science of cryobiology is not moving in that direction at All. A i know of no medical or University laboratories that Are attempting to reanimate the dead or even studying it a said or. John Baust director of the Center for cry biological research at the state University of new York in Binghamton. Cryobiology is the study of human and non human life systems at Low temperatures. But cryonics its Are not cry biologists and they Are betting scientists will revive and repair dead bodies in the future. Cryonics its say cryonics is the process of preserving clinically dead people at Low temperatures in Hopes of returning them to life and health when Medicine has become More sophisticated. Cryonics is not a big business. Alcor has been preserving dead people since 1972 and now has 13 bodies Frozen in liquid nitrogen vats a four Heads in Neur suspension canisters and nine bodies in giant thermoses company spokesman Carlos Mondragon said. Anybody with a Job can afford cryonic suspension Mondragon said. People usually make Alcor the beneficiary of a regular life insurance policy. If they change their minds they simply designate a new beneficiary. A nobody pays any Money up front so people done to have a lot to lose a he said. Alcor can store Only 25 a a patients at the current facility. There Are two other companies that have Frozen even fewer bodies than Alcor trans time in Oakland Calif., and cryonics Institute in Oak Park Mich. A there is a tendency for some people to say technology can solve every problem they can imagine a said researcher Baust who is past president of the International society for cryobiology. A i am not sure that is True. Our Center is internationally recognized in the Field of cryobiology and none of our scientists has prescribed to head preservation. We done to feel there is a High probability of  some life forms do revive after freezing he said but they Arentt dead when they Are Frozen. Certain insects reptiles amphibians and primitive life forms naturally freeze in Winter and their metabolic processes slow Down. A but to compare a Frozen Beetle under a Rock to a head in a vat of nitrogen is very difficult Quot he said. A on the other hand who is to say we wont be Able to sew Heads on bodies in the future a said Blackman. A just the other Day we came up with a Type of cortisone that can prevent a person with a spinal Cord injury from becoming quadriplegic. This Guy Donaldson knows the cutting Edge of technology and he Hopes Medicine is getting there  Cox news service at a glance any questions kill a How does Toadstool Poison East Germany size 41,768 Square Miles the size of Virginia population 16,736,000 1989 estimate main language German currency East German Marks no official rate although $ 1 usually buys Between 4 and 5 Marks. After july 1, East Germany will convert to Deutsch West German Marks. Travel restrictions passport leave or pass form Security briefing and visa available at Border. Different rules exist for travel to Berlin. Overview much of East Germany lies in the North German Plain a Flat area crossed by several Rivers most notably the Elbe the Southwest is More mountainous. The country a makeup has changed often throughout history with one of its More stable periods being after several Small states were United As Prussia in the 18th Century. Berlin the capital came under the control of the soviet Union after world War ii when it and Germany were divided by the victorious allies. Its a fact East Germany is an International sports powerhouse that finished second to the soviet Union in both the summer and Winter olympics in 1988. A there Are several types of Poison associated with different kinds of toadstools said Harold s. Burdsall of the Center for Forest mycology research in Madison wis. The chief mechanism he said is the destruction of the liver the filtering system for poisons in the body. A the toxin inhibits an enzyme called rna polymerase which synthesizes the genetic material messenger rna. Without the messenger rna the liver cells Stop synthesizing Normal proteins and so cease to function. Jaundice sets in. The process lasts four to seven Days. With the filtering system gone vomiting is frequent before the victim  frequently by the time symptoms appear major irreversible damage has been done he said. In a few cases liver transplants have been attempted to save people who have eaten poisonous toadstools. A wild mushrooms require expert identification a Burdsall said. A among fungi Many make you sick some make you very sick and some Are hallucinogenic. Only a few Are fatal. A a do first born children Excel More often than their younger siblings a for years research has shown that first born children have seem to have it All. Studies revealed them to be overrepresented among politicians prominent scientists Rhodes scholars and people listed in a a who a  but according to Mit historian Frank sul i o Way later born children have a leg up on their older siblings in one important respect receptivity to new things As adults. Analysing the 28 major scientific controversies Over the past 400 years a from the findings of Copernicus to those of Einstein a later born scientists were overwhelmingly More Likely to be in favor of new theories. According to Sulloway the same factors that work in favor of first born intellectual achievement a close ties to parents increased attention As children a make them More conservative and resistant to new ideas As adults. New York times Page 10 c sunday june 10, 1990