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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 22, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 a a a the stars and stripes Friday june 22,1990mugging for police photo a protester who attempted to breach a barricade shows his disdain for the san Francisco police who detained him and snapped his photo. As part of an organized series of protests some 80 aids activists were arrested wednesday doring the first Day of an International conference on the deadly  unknown Monkey found in populous Brazil area san Francisco apr a previously unknown Monkey species with a Lions head and a striking Gold and Black coat has been found in one of brazils most populous regions researchers said wednesday. A a it a quite remarkable because its almost like finding something in the suburbs of los Angeles a said Russell Mittermeier president of conservation International in Washington. The Black faced lion Tamarin As the new Monkey is called is a Golden Squirrel size Monkey with Black face forearms and Tail. It is Only the fourth species of lion Tamarin known. It is the highlight of a meeting on lion tamarins that started in Brazil on thursday. The new lion Tamarin was found in the Spring by a this sketch shows the newly discovered Black faced Tamarin Monkey with its lion like mane. Two biology students Lucia Lorini and Vanessa Guerra Persson who had just graduated and taken their first jobs As professors. They were collaborating with Dante Martins Teixera of the National museum in Rio de Janeiro. The discovery a is biologically important and an important conservation Challenge As Well a said Benjamin Beck associate director of the National zoo in Washington. Further studies of the animals habitat and their relation to other lion tamarins should be conducted soon he said. When Mittermeier Learned of the discovery he immediately committed $30,000 toward such studies and toward Protection of this highly endangered new species. A a in a sure other organizations will follow too a he said in a Telephone interview from Costa Rica. The Black faced lion Tamarin was discovered on the Island of super Agui in the state of Parana Southwest of Sao Paulo. Part of the Island is a National Park. Preliminary surveys suggest that Only a few dozen of the Black faced lion tamarins have survived Mittermeier said. Three other species of lion tamarins Are known. The most famous is the Golden lion Tamarin which has been bred in Captivity at the Washington zoo and elsewhere around the world and successfully reintroduced into a Reserve in Brazil. That Tamarin is All Gold in color. Two other species Are All Black or Black with Golden head. All Are members of the Genus . The new lion Tamarin was named  Cassara after the coastal fishermen or Cai Caras who live and work on the Island where it was found. All of the lion tamarins Are endangered primarily because the coastal Atlantic Forest of Brazil which is their sole habitat has nearly disappeared under the crush of a burgeoning human population. The Southern coast of Brazil has a population of 150 million. The discovery of the Black faced lion Tamarin a complicates conservationists jobs because we have to be concerned with another species in another habitat a said Charles Snowdon a zoologist and psychologist at the University of Wisconsin. On the other hand he said a it May be important for getting better ideas about How to conserve All species of lion  researchers must find out exactly How Many Black faced lion tamarins remain exactly where and How they live what they eat and what other animals live in the same places Beck said. Stateside texan s descendants ruled ineligible for Oil Field Fortune Beaumont Texas apr a Federal judge has ruled that thousands of descendants of an Early Texas resident have no claim to a share of the spindle top oilfield Fortune or the estimated $200 billion Worth of Oil pumped from it since the Lucas Gusher came in in 1901. The ruling came in a summary judgment in favor of Amoco production inc., Mobil Oil corp., Phillips Petroleum co., Texaco inc. And Chevron inc. In a suit filed by four relatives who claimed kinship to Pelham Humphries and asked for $200 billion in Oil Gas and Mineral rights from the companies. Brown Peregoy a Tennessee resident representing 3,000 members of the Humphries heirs Trust association contended Pelham Humphries received a Grant to the spindle top property from the mexican government in 1835, and left no will. The judge said in his ruling however that Humphries conveyed the Grant to William Inglish whose heirs conveyed it to William Mcfaddin in 1883.ohio lawmaker collapses from kidney Stone problem Washington apr rep. Dennis Eckart a Ohio collapsed in his office wednesday and was admitted to Walter Reed army medical Center for treatment of a kidney Stone a spokeswoman said. A this legs kind of went out from under him a said Louise Hilsen Eckartz a press Secretary. Eckart was examined by a doctor and emergency medical team on duty at the Capitol and then taken to Walter Reed where he was admitted around 1 ., Hilsen said. A the is resting uncomfortably a she said. A the is in a great Deal of  Eckart 40, had no previous kidney problems she said.2 killed in crash involving truck with hazardous Load North Platte neb. Apr a Nick carrying hazardous chemicals was involved in a Highway crash and burst into flames killing at least two people authorities said. The flatbed truck carried 55-gallon Drums containing various flammable and explosive chemicals from Exxon chemical co. Of Houston said fire capt. Bud Gale. Firefighters decided to let the 82 Drums and the vehicles bum because the Blaze did no to pose a threat to the Rural area Gale said. Few details were available but it appeared that two other vehicles were involved in the crash said Lincoln county sheriffs Cpl. Mike Dye. Firefighters at the scene reported two dead Gale said. The crash took place about 5 45  On . 83,15 Miles South of North Platte in Central Nebraska. A half mile area was cleared but officials did no to know How Many people in the sparsely settled area were affected by the evacuation Gale  Winner of contest steers Clear of Urban Sedan Glennallen Alaska apr a Man who won a years use of a $30,000 Lincoln town car said thanks but no thanks a the luxury Sedan May suit Urban commuters but does no to fit the rugged lifestyle in his Remote Hometown. A this is battered Rusty pickup truck country a said Bruce Cain 33, an accountant in the town of about 500 residents 190 Miles Northeast of Anchorage. A Between Frost swells and holes in the Road and temperatures that can reach minus 50 in the Winter a town car would be a bit impractical a and eccentric a he said a a it a too ritzy for Glennallen a said his wife Shirley. Use of the car was a prize in an Alaska airlines promotional game. Budget rent a car corp., which would have provided the car instead sent Cain a Check. The Amoum was not disclosed. A everything worked out nicely a said Bodge spokeswoman Ellie Bennett. A Bruce did no to want t car and we weren to too optimistic about its Long Tern  i  
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