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22 THE OSHAWA TIMES, Fridey, August 14, 1964 Studies Of Amish Sect Unmask Genetic Traits . By FRANK CAREY ' BAR HARBOR, Me. (AP)-- New genetic studies among highly in-bred Amish religious group in the United States have unrec-| wife, One or the other of them, uncovered a previously ognized form of dwarfism in man, a Johns Hopkins scientist 'Thursday. Characterized aso by unusual sparsity and fineness of hair so victims cannot braid In addition,the scientist said, an unprecedently high incidence ofa ly known form of m, one characterized six-fingered ia halfeof all the Amish liv- in the United States. a % Victor A. McKusick told about the strange findings of po- tential importance to advancing knowledge of the genetics of in- bred populations and of human heredity in general in address- ing scientists taking a special course in medical genetics. McKusick said the previously- known form of dwarfism called the Ellis-van Creveld Syndrome had hitherto been reported in only 50 instances throughout the world's recorded medical his- tory. Yet, he said, 43 cases of it have now been traced among the Lancaster County Amish, in- cluding 17 still living. And, he said, exploration of the rich genealogic records of the plain -living, closely - knit Amish, "everyone of whom is ,|probably doomed to early -|death, are victims of an inborn That all cases of this partic- ular form of dwarfism can be traced* back, over some 10 gen- erations, to either an immigrant| 8! named Samuel King, who came to the U.S. in 1774, or to his he said, must have had the "bad gene" which still prevails. The Amish sect originated in Switzerland in 1693 but the S0/Amish culture in Europe was assimilated se vera! decades ago. Except for one group near Kitchener, all Amish now live in the United States and their number has increased five-fold since 1905. Another quirk of nature--the production of abnormal babies whose cries resemble "the plaintive mewing of a cat'-- was also described Thursday. ALL ARE DOOMED ' The cat-cry infants, who are derangement of their heredity- carrying' chromosomes--a dis- order of unknown cause--that has been given the name Cri- du-Chat Syndrome, which is French for "cry of the cat." But Dr. Margery W. Shaw, of the University of Michigan, de- clared that while the cat-like crying of the infant is the most bizarre characteristic of the ail- ment, the infant also has these symptoms: Severe mental retardation; an unusually small head; down- ward slant to the eyes; low-set ears; depression of the bridge of the nose; and a small lower jaw. And Dr.Peter Bowen of the University of Alberta said: "Tf there are any other kids in thé wards with such a child when it cries, they look around for the kitty." Dr. Shaw told reporters that the malady was first recognized by a French scientist, Dr. related to everyone else to some degree," has indicated this: Jerome Lejeune of Paris, only Arab Nations Form Own -- Trading Bloc CAIRO (Reuters)--Represent- atives of Egypt, Iraq, Kuwait, Jordan and Syria 'Thursday night signed a document form- ing an Arab common market, which aims at the free move- ment of the currency and prod- ;jucts of the member countries. The aims of the Arab com- 'mon market as stipulated in the document; Freedom of movement of per- sons and currency; freedom of trade in local and foreign prod- ucts; freedom of residence work and the practice of eco- nomic activities, and freedom of transport, transit and use of airports and harbors. bers of the market are those who signed and ratified the Arab economic unity agree- ment, which came into force on April 13, this year. They are the U.A.R., Iraq, Kuwait, Jordan and Syria. The signing took place at the final open session of the. Arab League's council of economic unity. ing The document says the mem- dium and the Jow end of 'good grades, Hog prices were higher. Lambs gained during the mid- dle of the week but slipped to close steady to the week's open- TORONTO (CP)--Trading on barely steady to last week's closing levels at the Ontario public stockyards this week. Dry-fed Tots sold well and were in short supply. Buyers continued their a on the grass-fed unfinished kinds fed heifers sold at strong prices with the shelley grass types| States holding barely steady. . Dry- Good cows sold on a weak demand with the lower grades} trading steadily. Bulls remained) unchanged while demand for re- placements continued dull. Veal calf prices were un- evenly lower with buyers apply- pressure to common, me- ing. Cattle receipts were estimated) at about 11,000 head, about 3,000 head more than last week and some 1,400 head more than the same week in 1963. Receipts were higher than last week 'due to the extra day of trading and S07 ST Reece Slaughter Cattle Trade Stodgily a build-up of replacement types! for the special stocker and feeder sale. Western cattle re- ceipts totalled 832 head, 600 head more than last week. Western stock calf receipts were 120 head more than last week at 176 head. There were no shipments to Easiern Cana- dian slaughterers nor exports off the market to the United Slaughter cattle: Choice steers sold at $24-24.50 with sales to 25 and a few fancy lots to 25.50; good 22-22: medium 20-21; common 16-19; choice heifers 21.50-22.50 with odd tops} to 23.75; good 20-21; medium 18- 19.50:. common 15-17; choice fed) yearlings 22-24; good 20-21.50; good cows 16-17 with sales to 18; medium 14.50-15.50; canners and cutters 10-14; good heavy}! bologna bulls 18-19; common jand medium 15-17.50. Replacement cattle: Good stockers 21.50-23 with good steer stock calves to 24; common and medium stockers 16-21. Calves: Choice vealers 26-29 with odd singles to 31.50-33; good 23-26; medium 20-23; com- mon 18-21; boners 12-18. Beef Over Beef Prices Grows In U.S. WASHINGTON (CP)--A cloud originally no bigger than a ham- burger patty has arisen on the United States agriculture de- partment's horizon. It has Ca- nadian ramifications too. The issue is béef and--partly --the weight it has in a U.S. election year. On one hand, despite a big beef population, the government has been doing its best to keep prices up. The prices have done pretty well too after a fall of nearly $4 a hundred pounds for choice steers last year. Prices |have revived by about $3 a hun- dred since then. But there is also a possibility still that the U.S. cattlemen's lobby will succeed, despite ad- ministration pressure, in having firm.-quotas imposed on beef imports. This: wouldn't affect, Canada as much as it would Australia, Argentina, Mexico and some other countries. Canadian beef exports to the U.S. are mainly live--and. thus exempt from the proposed bill. Sales of beef, veal, lamb and mutton from other countries have ranged from 10,000,000 to 50,000,000 pounds annually in the past. The beef quota bill originated as a senate amendment tacked to a minor legislative item and now is before' a congressional committee, where the adminis- tration hopes it will die. If it passes it would, for one thing, strike a blow at the U.S. de- mands for broad tariff cuts in- ternationally. Westinghouse UEW Staff Nearing Strike BRANTFORD (CP) -- About 300 employees of the Canadian Westinghouse Limited plant prepared to strike today after negotiations for a new labor' contract reached a stalemate Thursday night. Glen Pattinson, president of Local 555, International Union of Electrical Workers, said that barring a last-minute agree- ment the strike will go into ef- fect at 12:15 p.m., the end of the morning. shift. He said Thursday night that 'a settlement at this time does 'not look good." The company and union have been bargaining for a new two- PORT MOODY, B.C. (CP)--A new arm of the chemical inus- try established here is expected New Development May Boost B.C. Wood Sales here, said the biggest otential markets are in exterior for resiential an to boost the marketability of British Columbia plywood and particle board. Reichhold Chemicals' (Can) ada) Ltd. has embarked on the manufacturing of a high-density resin-fibre overlay that gives plywood and particle board a colorful weatherroof coating. It is the first such plant in Canada and the fourth in North America. Basically, the process in- volves the use of a_ special bleached -kraft paper impreg- nated with resin and bonded to' the plywood or board. The overlay can be plain, col- ored or printed with any pat- tern or design. Plywood can be made to look like walnut or teak at a fraction of their cost. Reichhold moved into the field recently by expanding fa- cilities at its $1,500,000 chemical complex in this Vancouver sub- jurb. MARKET FOR SIDING year contract since Dec. 19. The old agreement expired Feb. 5. George L. Hagen, general construction. The process could revolation- ize cement pouring, he said, since the overlay is water re- sistant and any treated cement- pouring panel could Reg m4 used many times. Reichhold already is experi- menting with panels of alumi- num bonded to plywood, which would produce a material with the advantage of both, Mr. Ha- gen said. Reichhold hopes. the new tresin-fibre overlay panels will sell. in other areas, including uses as desk tops, television cabinets, fences, boats and even house trailers. The company use the treated panels for the exterior siding on its new. plant. 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