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.
"" He was released at almost
the exact point where he and
SP4C1 Cole J. Youngert of
Detroit, wandered over the
border Aug. 24, 1958,
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Poor Poison Gland
Seen in Fire Ant
Baton Rouge La. (Sci
ence Service)-Close examina
tion of the poison glands and
sting of the imported fire ant
-object of a multi-million dol
lar eradication program in the
southeastern U. S-indicate
the insect pest's poison may
not be as toxic during the
coming months.
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
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dernourished ants..
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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.
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