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Roy Tells Police Of Seeing Father Beat, Kill Mother Portland -aJTO- A 7-year-old boy 'Saturday told detectives he had seen his father, in a drunken rage, savagely beat his frail 95-pound mother to death early that morning. The father, Patrick A. Ed wards, 31, was booked on a first degree murder charge in the city jail. He was accused of beating his 27-year-old wife Blanche as the climax of a domestic quarrel when he re turned from a night of drink ing early Saturday. . The boy said he saw his father kick and beat his mother. Then, the boy said, Edwards threw his wife down stairway and slammed her down on the kitchen floor of their southeast Portland home until she died. " Hours after being arrested Edwards was still in a daze from heavy drinking and told officers he did not remember beating his wife. He said he awoke about 6 a.m. and found his wife a battered body in bed. Police officers said when Edwards called police he in dicated . he had killed the woman. : Detectives said the boy peered through a crack in a doorway as the beating took lace. The boy said. Edwards discovered him at the base ment door of their home and ordered him back to his bed in tne Dasemenx. t . Police said blood was splat tered throughout the house. Many Injurits An autopsy showed Mrs Edwards died of a skull frac ture and hemorrhage. She also received a ' .tiered jaw, broken teeth, broken ribs, pelvis and internal injuries. The couple had four chil dren, ranging in age from 18 months to seven years. The children were placed in the custody of policewomen. Progress Made in Thrombosis Study Ithaca, N. N. (Science Service)-Why some bloods do not clot, while others do, causing coronary thrombosis, may be discovered due to the work of Prof. Harold "A. Scheraga of Cornell Univer sity. ' Prof. Scheraga told a dis trict meeting of the American1 Chemical Society, here today that a new theory has made it possible to recreate the sup posed structure of a highly complex protein molecule, ribonuclease. The model con structed by Prof. 'Scheraga shows more than 1,800 atoms in their relative distribution inroup hout the ribonuclease molecule. He has been work ing siKce 1946 on various com plex molecules and processes involved in such illnesses as diabetes and thrombosis. The theory is expected to apply to other protein molecules. Proteins are a class of com plex . substances forming an essential part of all living matter. Before rorld prog ress can be made against mal adies, it is necessary to know the structures of the protein molecules which react witn certain enzymes and hor mones. Martin Called For Jury Duty Portland - (DM - The' name of missing Kenneth R. Martin of Portland was included Fri day on a list of about 5,000 persons chosen for jury duty here. Martin, his wife, and three daughters vanished last Dec. 7 when they went looking for Christmas greenery. The bod ies of the two youngest girls were later recovered from the Columbia river. The bodies of the third child, Martin, and his wife, have never been found. " ; A court house spokesman said an order by a presiding circuit judge would remove Martin's name from the list. Last May, Mrs. Martin's name was.: inadvertently called but it, too, was stricken from the list. Fallout Blamed For More Leukemia i London-UPD-A British medi cal health officer said. in an article published Friday in the authoritative medical journal Lancet that the rise in leu kemia cases in certain Eng lish counties may be caused by the increase in radioactive fallout. Dr. Alun Phillips, medical health officer in Caernarvon County, said that deaths from leukemia have risen 50 per cent in two successive four year periods. He added that if strontium 90 is responsible, leukemia deaths will rise in five other countries, but he gave no specific figures. J V I I ADOPTED Hemmy Ahn, 15, whose name in Korean means "giving favors to others," has been adopted by members of Post 6412 of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Camp White. An orphan of the Korean Con flict, she will receive financial assistance from the post for one year. She has studied cldassical dancing and is an accomplished pianist. Final papers for the adoption have been received by the post here. At Least Seven Killed in Wreck Lethbridge, Alta. - (UPD - A propane gas truck ploughed into a speeding two-car pas senger' train and burst into flames Saturday, killing the occupants of the truck and a number of passengers on the train. ; A Canadian Pacific railroad spokesman said he understood 12 bodies had been recovered from the wreckage, . but Dr. Sidney Cornish, coroner in nearby Claresholm, said sev en persons had been killed. A police report also said sev en had been killed. Two bodies found on the right-of-way were believed to be those of the truck driver and another man. At least 15 persons were reported injured. ' The collision occurred at 10:20 a on. at a level crossing one mile from Parkland and about 60 miles south of Calgary.-' Railway officials said the diesel . - powered "Dayliner" made up of two passenger cars, was en route.-from McLeod to Calgary, Alta, at 70 miles an hour. . Czechs Border Violator Wuerzberg, Germany -flJPD-C o m m unist Czechoslovakia Saturday released an -American i solder, held in jail 14 months for violating the iron curtain frontier and returned him to U. S. Army authori ties. .- Pvt.' John R.; Kennedy, 26, of Philadelphia, was turned over to the 3rd Infantry Divi sion at the border town of Waldhaus, Germany. He faced possible court martial for illegally crossing the bor der and being absent without leave. 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Three entomologists at the Louisiana State University here report that nutrition plays a role in raising the toxic substance in fire ant venom to its most effective level. Since the ant is an insect-eater, its feeding activi ties will be reduced during the winter; Evidence for this was seen in the full poison sac but empty crops of ants col lected in the winter, the sci entists point out in the cur rent issue of the Annals of the Entomological Society of America. Crop fluid, which comes from the food the ant eats, may contain a substance needed as a preliminary or precursor to the venom. Atro phied glands were seen in un dernourished ants.. Fire ants' bites are known to cause painful reactions in man and even death to ani mals. , ... . Medford Pages 1-6 MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, OCTOBER 26, 19592nd SECTION Compromise Climate Reported In Antarctica Negotiations Washington-fflPB-The 12 na tion Anarctic treaty confer ence was for from complete agreement this week end af ter its first week of working sessions. . The secrecy lid was on as various delegates held in formal meetings and com municated with their govern ments. Official communiques thus far have indicated "general agreement" on two of the probable 12 articles in the treaty. A communique Friday said "A spirit of compromise prevails and that satisfactory progress is being." Committee sessions will be resumed Mon day. The principles on which agreement has been reached are (1) Peaceful purposes in the projected Antarctic treaty area; (2) Prohibition of mil itary activities, and (3) scien tific cooperation. Precise terms of the articles have not been published. None of the delegations has indicated any desire to frus trate the treaty negotiations, and all have been impressed by the firm purpose of the United States and the Soviet Union to arrive at a compact. Turn Expected SPACE-AGE WIND TUNNEL Richmond, Calif. - (UPD A unique wind tunnel has gone into operation at the Univer sity of California's Engineer ing Field Station here. Offi cials said it is the first large scale wind tunnel in the United States capable of sim ulating many of the high tem perature effects in upper alti tude supersonic flights. RECORD NUMBER NABBED Tokyo - (UPD - Motorcycle police in the metropolitan area arrested a record 313 drivers, for speeding Friday night, it was announced Saturday. The conference is expected to make a definite turn be fore the end of the coming week. Meanwhile diplomats not participating indicated their uncertainty. Some observers are specu lating on the possible need of a long recess before the final termination of the negotia tions.. And there is some com ment about the expediency of a Modus Vivendi prior to the effectiveness of the trea ty." The conference has not been able in its early stage to isolate the questions of terri tory and sovereignty claimed by seven countries from the general purpose of scientific cooperation, and inspection. The working papers pre pared by experts of the 12 countries prior to the assem bly have not proved to be a firm basis for negotiations. At least , three countries are now reported to have pre pared their 'own working I drafts of a projected treaty, f Some Uncertain - borne of the' countries rep resented are uncertain of the long-term plans of other countries concerning the Ant arctic area. The overlapping claims, of Great Britain, Argentina and Chile have never been recon ciled. Russia, although reserv ing rights from discoveries made more than a century ago, first sent scientific ex peditions to Antarctica with in the framework; of agree ments among internation sci entific organizations for the international g e o p h y s ical year. With the end of IGY it be came apparent that Soviet scientific expeditions would remain in the southern, con tinent for a long period, and would conduct explorations over an immense area. Thus, uncertainty over the possibil ity of future Russian terria torial claims, based on actual physical occupation of large areas, becomes a background factor. It particularly , con cerns countries in the south ern hemisphere, which are not: yet familiar with Rus sians as relatively near neigh bors. At least a few of the dele gates regret that the Anarc tic problem was linked in in troductory statements and press articles with broader questions of world relations, and . possible systems of, in spection to be applied to the Zast-'ff-st relations. They re-, O - MAIL TRIBUNE, Mtrffortf, Or. garded the Antarctic situation 1 . . Sunday, Oct. 25, 1959 as a specialized regional prob lem where agreement might not be complicated with much broader international r relations. 9 CAN YOU READTHIS MESSAGE ? w& Uf help . r - UGive ifie 'o ANSWERj : Be wise. You. can help so many " people when you give the United Way. GIVE THE UNITED WAY Sponsored By CALIFORNIA OREGON POWER CO. mm JV lj J ulj 11) lUD; lJL SEffj ffDffi flllRf?)fl flf kD g lyj lyj kj uuy jx End Tables, Floor Lamps, Occa sional Chairs Below Cost! Eads Transfer & Furniture Co. - Ife Space Ual off $50,000 Surplus FURNmJRE co. FURNITURE o BEDDING APPLIANCES o TELEVISION AMERICA'S FINEST! 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