NEWS Morrie, Eleanor & Gary Schwartz and the staff of MORRIE'S Service Center, Inc. 24848 Southfield Rd., Southfield corner 10 Mile 557-1747 Wish All Their Relatives, Friends & Customers A Happy, Healthy NEW YEAR HAPPY NEW YEAR! HAPPY NEW YEAR! Guaranty Federal Savings Bank iimadommul We outnice the other banks. TAYLOR, LINCOLN PARK, DEARBORN, RIVERVIEW. WYANDOTTE. ALLEN PARK, TRENTON, SOUTHGATE, FARMINGTON HILLS 374-3300 102 FRIDAY SFPTEMBER 9. 1988 High Tech Continued from preceding page becoming an increasingly common sight throughout Israel's Negev and Arava desert. In one of the more surpris- ing spinoffs of aquaculture, the well-known St. Peter's fish is being bred successful- ly in the scorching Arava desert. Since ancient times the fish have provided a livelihood for many a Galilee fisherman, and are still one of the favorite dishes at restaurants that line the Sea of Galilee. The fact that St. Peter's (or tilapia as they are known scientifically) are freshwater fish, did not deter Israeli researchers from try- ing to breed them in salt- water ponds. Zoologits at Tel Aviv University merely found a hybrid of the Galilee strain that is resistant to high temperatures and salinity. They also developed a new method of keeping the brackish pond water clean. As a result they have been able to increase the average numer of fish that can be rais- ed in a square yard of pond space from two or three to a whopping 30. The annual yield — over 200,000 pounds of fish per hectare — is 15 times higher than that of a normal commercial fish pond. In order to reap equally outstanding results with other fish, Israeli scientists have embarked on a variety of research projects, among them: the perfection of a vac- cine which would reduce the high mortality rate among baby shrimp and the develop- ment of a homrmone treat- ment which would alter the spawning season of sea bream from wintertime to all year round. One of the most popular and diverse products of Israeli aquaculture is not fish at all, but rather sea algae. Algae grows naturally in salty water, and serves as feed for fish. But the Israelis have found a seemingly infinite variety of other uses for algae. One type has been isolated for its betakerotene, believed to be a cancer-preventing sub- stance. Developed at the Weiz- mann Institute of Science, it has become a highly popular health food in the United States and elsewhere. Micro- algae also yields rare fatty acids that are in high demand in the pharmaceutical industry. Not surprisingly, Israel's knowhow in aquaculture is already in demand in other countries. In Thailand, for in- stance, the increasing saliva- tion of water sources has jeopardized traditional rice agriculture. The Thai govern- ment recently turned to Israeli scientists to learn how to cultivate algae in saline water. Scientists from Ben- Gurion University of the Negev have taught farmers in the Philippines how to grow algae to produce biofertilizer and instructed farmers in Guatemala on how to use the substance to purify water in industry. Algae is in fact seen as an ideal crop for the Third World. It provides a protein-rich replenishable source of food, that does not require sophisticated cultivation or harvesting techniques. And it can be grown in arid zones that have only salty water. A joint Dutch-Israel irriga- tion project is soon to be set up in northern Cameroon, based on applied research in rain harvesting done at an ancient site in Israel's Negev desert. Dutch and Israeli researchers will use ancient techniques of run-off agriculture used by the Naba- teans from the first century BCE. This desire on the part of Third World countries to ac- quire Israeli aid in agriculture is proof of Israel's first successful high-tech ap- proach to farming. World Zionist Press Service FOLLOW-UP Report Says Farrakhan Remains Anti-Semitic New York — Despite at- tempts by Louis Farrakhan to rationalize his hostility toward Jews, a continuing pattern of overt and intense anti-Semitism exists in his re- cent speeches and publica- tions, according to a new Anti-Defamation League report on the Nation of Islam leader's public statements this past year. Titled "Louis Farrakhan: Continuing the Message of Hate," the report was made public by Abraham H. Fox- man, ADL national director. Foxman noted "the per- sistence of Farrakhan's anti- Semitism despite efforts to soften his public image" and gave as an example a speech Farrakhan made last March at the University of the District of Columbia. In that speech, Foxman said, "Far-