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o O MEDFORD MAIL TRIBlSiE. MEDFORD. ORE. THURSDAY. OCTOBER 6, I960 Ancient Silver Cup Located in Cyprus Puzzles Scientists London - (Science Service) j - The restoration of a cor : rosion encrusted silver cup made with pride by some un 5 known silversmith over 3,000 ', years ago raised a problem I which is puzzling scientists. ' The cup was buried in the j ground of Enkomi in the is I land of Cyprus, where it lay hidden until modern times. i The problem concerns the J decoration on the cup. As a , result of laboratory work, the i decoration was first reported 1 to be an inlay of a substance ! called niello. Niello is a mix- ture of the sulfides of silver j and copper and is the basis of ;jewelry which has been made "for many hundreds of years 1 by a very tricky process hand- ed down from father to son ? in Siam (Thailand) and other " parts of southeast Asia. The Enkomi cv.p is dated at 1,400 B.C. If the niello decora Vtion was used in Cyprus at I that early date, it is a dis ! covery of great importance to ' archaeologists. I But Drs. G. R. Claringbull i and A. A. Moss of the depart ment of mineralogy of -the British Museum here report J they believe that the evidence I suggesting the decora tion. might be niello is not con ' elusive. They consider the evi i dence is that the Enkomi cup was inlaid with copper. t When first' excavated, the cup was covered with green i corrosive products. Prelimi nary examination showed the presence of gold and a black nnwriprv etihstance. When the black powder was analyzed spectrograpnicauy, tne resuus indicated that it might be niello. The next problem was how to remove the corrosion ilfo nf crime three'thousand years in the ground without Jocfrnuind pithpr the Sold Or the niello. Laboratory experi ments with niello showed inai it would resist being soaked in hot formic acia. ine noi acid was therefore used to wash off the incrustation. Be- nnqiVi nritfinal decor ation was revealed in a sur prisingly fresh condition. Feeling Explained rw HarniH J. Plenderleith of the International Centre for the study of the Preserva tion and Restoration of Cul tural Property in Rome ex plains why he feels the En komi cup was decorated in niello: The perfection of line and luster survived immers ion for 20 minutes in com mercial formic acid at boiling temperature without any sign of loss. The black patterns were "lustrous or splendent and enamel-like" and, where iinriaTnacpH hv time and the soil, the material formed a perfect tracery ot sntny jei black .mass-and-line ornament in the bright silver ground work. -v The Family Council Fdltrir'i Note: The Family Council consists oft' Judge, a psychlj- E?Jt".,.ri .Hit and a women's editor. Each article is a' summary of an actual case history. The Council reports mi problem!? that hay. been dealt with by responsible asencles and counselors. i - i another. The girl, capable of Mr. L. P.-He'll regret this Peter P.-I never loved my wife. . Mil. 1. P.-I am a widow with only one son and l am uidariv .licnnrtninted in him. Uiv ft . Peter is 26 and he married a perfectly wonderful girl ihrao VPnrS R?fl. Thev Jiave no children yet. I love Eunice a Haiichtrr of my as i wwuiu -o - r,.. nnw T have learned something terrible about my son.! He is involved an an af fair 7 with Eunice's ..'-"best friend." , , , Eunice doesn't know this I ---.4 T fm mrl -nil t hv accident. : Peter admitted everything to me He told me ne warns i : be divorced. This is madness i , hie wife is every- i thing desirable - attractive, i good-natured, a perfect home maker and has the sort of per ! in.. v,ot makes everyone . , rm.:. nthpr ffirl isn t ' love ner. in " . ., f nearly as pretty and is sport I ed. I don't know how to stop t him from taking a srey . " regret all his me. tut, mine is all that my mother says she is. The only trouciie is u.a. -i ' i in inve with her. iTwent out with her for i companion and because my mother kept throwing us to r mrf mother started f mP aigning for mamage. She said I couldn't go on keep . fng Eunice on the string for jmK -Mhpr T wasnt over, l iuiw iiv. - , , - to love with her. but she said that would come. .. . j:w after our mar riaee I began to feel terribly Iraoped. Eunice and I sudden-yrap?-" J ... have nothing m I friend Janice t . . ; around and sud- CToitmorefuno t talk to her than any girl Id ever known. At last I realized h e. . ..... ..... (ho rpal thinE. See jeh 1 r- mp a long time. 1 cant : go on with my wife. The Council: There is more uinman too many ":,"u There are two. mM it is for Mrs - ' i ,ct nrrpnt the fact Li. r., sue hiu . , - that she cannot do anything about this matter. She can of v.or son her ad- course, , , . vice and opinion, but that is all " .. hipm is more one of immaturity than else A grown man ij r . : imDorUnt a responsibility as marriage simply doesn't let his mother 5lmr..' . hi into the step. He doesn't "marry a woman teFZ- is looking for an easy way out of his situation. - - tempting to build . love and leIn?"V?in, ,ilh his wife. j istpiv looked for an ne iiiuncu""- . rrho npnrest one at hand-a girl, who evidently in truded herself between the young couple-looked like an ; ideal escape route. nn.:. ,-olatinnshlD. built on i an ugly deception, can have few of the elements involved ! in real love. Peter wishes to '.u-i .in.i his mother and the dominant role she has 1 played in his mariUl life. Un- ; fortunately, like most violent : ....-ii:,. thin one would ! .probably succeed simply in !JretilacinB one tyranny with rtpttinor Involved in an affair with her best friend's hus band, must be a highly un principled aggressor. Peter would merely find himself in a new, perhaps more poweriui "trap. There is no quick, easy way out of Peter's problem. But thA -nlntinn is within him. When he gains the strength and insight to see nimsen -ip.iv rtp win. reorganize that love, unlike infatuation may be built througn eitori and good win. (Copyrignt i.bu, General Features Corp.) Child Molester Added to FBI's Most Wanted List Wacliinglnn - fllPII - Doiiald Lerov Pavne. 42, a rapist and child molester, was placed on the FBI's list of 10 most want ed criminals today. The fugitive has a history of vicious sex attacks on wom en and children dating back 23 years. He is currently sou-ht for the rape of an 18- year-old girl and perversion committed against a 12-year- old boy in Houston, Tex., in July, 1959. Described as Dangerous . TJavnp whose nose is mis shapen from an accident, has hoon rfpsrrihed bv a iudse as . rianeerous criminal "who vunnlri not hesitate to Km. TrnT raiitinn: that he should be considered "aimed I and dangerous. Davnp Kprvnrl his first ncni- Ipntiarv sentences in New Mexico for ine rape oi a io vpar.nlrl cirl and sex perver sion against a woman victim. He was sentenceo to oan onpniin nrison in California in 1950 for sex attacks on a 9-year-old girl and ner lu v..r.nld hrother whom he had picked up near their home at Monterey, Calif. .'ho .noiiivp was wanted by California authorities as a pa role violator at the time oi the Houston crimes. See the easnew menu ideas in October 9th Family Weekly Medford Mail Tribune I 50tk I Anniversary-1 Qolden Opportunity, (ijfl6iHE)(. :0 fiWl GBCMii(o)(7g W dC0 0qD KVffiQ save 48c on each shirt BOYS' WARM COTTON FLANNEL SHIRTS Come in first thing tomorrow and choose plenty of school shirts for your boy . . . enough to last the season ... all at this special price! Every one is sanforized and color fast ... all long-sleeve. You'll find a rainbow of plaids and fancy designs. 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