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in in in in in in in in in 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 REPUBLIC The Arizona Republic Friday, November 2, 1984 MAIL Obituaries Gienn A. Pratt Glenn A. Pratt, 75, retired director of industrial development with First Interstate Bank of Arizona, N.A., died Oct. 30, 1984, at Scottsdale Memorial Hospital. Mr.

Pratt, Phoenix, joined the First National Bank of Arizona in 1953. During his 31 years with the bank, he was director of industrial development, head of the corporate relations section of the bank's business development department and head of the national accounts department. He continued A8 a consultant to First Interstate president, Edward M. Carson, after retiring in 1974. Mr.

Pratt was born in Douglas. He graduated from Douglas High School in 1927 and attended the University of Arizona. He was employed with Columbia Pictures Corp. in California from 1933 to 1943, and served in the Army in World War 11. Before joining the bank, he manager the Douglas Chamber of Commerce and sales manager of Krick Weather Service.

He was a member of the American Industrial Development Council and was active in the Phoenix Chamber of Commerce. He served as vice chairman of the chamber's economic development committee and chairman of the economic advertising committee. Survivors include his wife, Phyllis; daughter, Susan; and son, Gibson. Memorial services will be 4 p.m. today at Christ Church of Ascension, 4015 E.

Lincoln Drive. A.L. thin Moore Sons made arrangements. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society or the American Heart Association. Barbara Jo Beaver PARKER Barbara Jo Beaver, 13 months, daughter of Mr.

and Mrs. Daniel L. Beaver of Parker, Oct. 30, 1984, at Good Samaritan Medical Center in Phoenix. The child, who was born in Lake Havasu City, also is survived by grandparents, Ila Mae and John Sutherlin and Patricia and Marion Beaver; a great-grandmother and a brother.

Services, arranged by Camelback Sunset Chapel, were Thursday in Phoenix. Memorial contributions the Parker United Methodist Church are suggested. Ethel L. Miller Ethel Lee Miller, 90, of Phoenix, a former practical nurse, died Oct. 28, 1984, at Desert Haven Nursing Center.

Mrs. Miller was born in Holmesville, and moved to Arizona from Wichita, in 1981. Survivors include a daughter, Sybil Keim; son, Bryce; a sister; a brother; five grandchildren and two dren. Memorial services will be 11:30 a.m. Sunday at First Church of the Brethren, 3609 N.

27th St. Paradise Chapel Funeral Home made arrangements. Oswald W. 'Ozzie' Button Oswald W. "Ozzie" Button, 71, of 1425 W.

San Miguel, a retired letter carrier, died Oct. 31, 1984, at his Phoenix residence. Mr. Button was born in Lawrenceville, and moved to Arizona from New Mexico 23 yeras ago. He also had been a major in the Army.

Survivors include wife, Mary Ellen; daughter, Janet Schmucker; son, Ron; three stepsons; two sisters; two grandchildren and two great -grandchildren. No services are planned. Chapel of the Chimes, Glendale, made arrangements. Memorial contributions to Hospice of the Valley or the American Cancer Society are suggested. Joseph E.

Sheets Jr. SUN CITY Joseph E. Sheets 66, a retired telephone engineer, died Oct. 30, 1984, at his Sun City residence. Mr.

Sheets moved to Arizona from his native Kansas City, in 1981. He served in World War 11 and was employed by Southwestern Bell Telephone 40 years. He was a Scottish Rite Mason, a Shriner and a member of Telephone Pioneers of America. Survivors include his wife, Evelyn; sons, Jerry and Terry; a sister and five grandchildren. Services will be 4 p.m.

Saturday at Sun City Christian Church Disciples of Christ, 98th Avenue and Palmeras. Sunland Mortuary made arrangements. Memorial contributions to the church are suggested. Berniece Keithly MESA Berniece Keithly, 80, of Mesa, died Oct. 30, 1984, at Maricopa Medical Center, Phoenix.

Mrs. Keithly was born in Nida, and moved to Arizona from Dumas, Texas, in 1945. Survivors include a daughter, Barbara D. Hill; 8 sister; A brother and three grandchildren. Graveside services will be 2 p.m.

today at East Resthaven Park Cemetery, 4310 E. Southern, Phoenix. Bueler Mortuary, Chandier, made arrangements. Edmond F. Failing Edmond Franklin Failing, 58, who was a drug and alcohol abuse counselor at Calvary Rehabilitation Center for several years, died Oct.

31, 1984, at Veterans Administration Medical Center. Mr. Failing, of 2933 W. Solano Drive was born in Las Animas, and moved to Arizona from California in 1970. He served in the Navy from 1943 to 1950 and the Air Force from 1956 to 1960.

He was in maritime service from 1960 to 1969. Survivors include his wife, Eileen; daughter, Terry Groshaber; stepdaughter, Mary Black; stepsons, John Earl D. and Walter N. Wood; four sisters; two grandchildren; four stepgrandchildren and three stepgreat-grandchildren. Memorial services will be 2 p.m.

Saturday at A.L. Moore Sons, 333 W. Adams. Memorial contributions to the Arizona Lung Association are suggested. Marie A.

Fleenor MESA Marie A. Fleenor, 39, of Mesa, died Oct. 31, 1984, at Mesa Lutheran Hospital. Mrs. Fleenor was born in Cincinnati and lived in Arizona most of her life.

She was a student at Mesa Community College and past president of the Tri-City New Day group. Survivors include her daughters, Karen Vobornik, Debra and Julie Fleenor; parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Jacobs; a sister; and four grandchildren. Mass will 1 be 10:30 a.m.

Saturday at Christ, Ave. the King Rosary will Catholic be 7:30 Church, p.m. today 1505 at E. Falconer Funeral Home, 251 W. Juniper Gilbert, where friends may call from 5 to 8:30 p.m.

today. Alick H. Godwin Alick Hugh Godwin, 85, a retired supervisor with Ford Motor died Oct. 31, 1984, at John C. Lincoln Hospital Health Center.

Mr. Godwin, of 2508 W. Wethersfield, was born in Saskatchewan and moved to Arizona from Bradenton, two years ago. He retired from Ford in 1962. Survivors include his wife, Ida; daughter, Ruth Hoyt; sons, Kenneth five sisters and four brothers; seven grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

Services will be 9:30 a.m. today at Hansen Mortuary, 8314 N. Seventh St. Elbert I. Mock Elbert I.

Mock, an auto mechanic, died Oct. 31, at Desert Terrace Nursing Home. Mr. Mock, of Phoenix, was born in Clinton, Iowa, and moved to Arizona from Indianapolis 20 years ago. Survivors include his daughters, Sharron Greene, Joyce Glover, Katheryn Babbs, Donna Knapp and Renate Conley; parents, Mr.

and Mrs. Michael Mock; five sisters, two brothers and 10 grandchildren. Services will be 2 p.m. Saturday at Hansen Mortuary, 8314 N. Seventh where friends may call from 6 to 9 p.m.

today. Harmi B. Hulbert Harmi B. Hulbert, 65, a retired salesman with Monumental Life Insurance died Oct. 31, 1984, at St.

Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center. Mr. Hulbert, of Phoenix, was born in Denver moved to Arizona from Chicago Ridge, years ago. served in the Army in World War II. He was employed with Monumental for 23 years before retiring recently.

Survivors include his wife, Helen. Mass will be 9:15 a.m. Saturday at Most Holy Trinity Catholic Church, 8620 N. Seventh St. Rosary will be 7 p.m.

today at Hansen Mortuary, 8314 N. Seventh where friends may call from 5 to 7 p.m. today. Clyde E. Holder SCOTTSDALE.

Clyde E. Holder, 76, a retired assistant postmaster, died Oct. 31, 1984, at his residence, 2120 N. 68th Place. Mr.

Holder was born in Canton, Ohio, and moved to Arizona in 1981. He was a Scottish Rite Mason, a Shriner and a Knight Templar. He also was a member of the Order of Amaranth, Order of the Eastern Star and National Association of Retired Federal Employees. He was a former city treasurer and past president of Goodwill Industries in Canton, Ohio. Survivors include his wife, Caroline; daughters, Priscilla Sherer, Susan George and Cynthia Haff; sons, Benjamin F.

and Timothy sisters and four brothers; 11 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Services will be in Canton. Messinger Mortuary made local arrangements. Emily C. Oakley SCOTTSDALE Services for Emily C.

Oakley, 85, who died Oct. 26, 1984, at her Scottsdale residence, will be 10 a.m. Saturday at Calvary Church of the Valley, 6107 N. Invergordon. Mrs.

Oakley, of 4707 N. 75th Way, was born in Larchmont, N.Y., and moved to Arizona from Maryland 25 years ago. Her father, the late Edward P. Call, was editor of the New York Post and publisher of the Journal of Commerce in New York. Survivors include her daughter, Mary Anne Oakley; and son, Berford Oakley Jr.

Messinger Mortuary made arrangements. Contributions to the church memorial fund are suggested. William J. Disotell William J. Disotell, 81, a retired supervisor for American Motors died Oct.

29, 1984, at Phoenix Baptist Hospital Medical Center. Mr. Disotell, of Phoenix, was born at Big Bay, and moved to Arizona from Kenosha, 16 years ago. He was employed with AMC for 40 years, retiring in 1965. He was a member of Washington Adult Center.

Survivors include his wife, Aldia; daughters, June Hansen, Muriel Kloster, Shirley Smith and Judy Hockers; two sisters; 14 grandchildren and six great -grandchildren. Memorial Mass will be 3:30 p.m. Saturday at Ss. Simon and Jude Cathedral, 6351 N. 27th Ave.

Greer Chapel and Funeral Home made arrangements. Fred M. Sunde SCOTTSDALE Fred M. Sunde, 81, a retired statistician for Wisconsin, died Oct. 31, 1984, at Scottsdale Memorial Hospital.

Mr. Sunde, of Scottsdale, was born in C. Chicago and moved to Arizona from Wisconsin in 1967. Survivors include his wife, Dorothy daughter, Joan Colpaert; a sister; and a grandchild. Graveside services will be 1 p.m.

Saturday at Green Acres Memorial Gardens, 401 N. Hayden. Memorial services will be 2 p.m. Saturday at Christ Church Lutheran, 3901 E. Indian School, Phoenix.

Friends may call from 5 to 8 p.m. today at Messinger Mortuary, 7601 E. Indian School. Henry A. Miranda Memorial Mass for Henry A.

Miranda, 91, who died Oct. 29, 1984, at John C. Lincoln Hospital Health Center, will be 12:30 p.m. today at Most Holy Trinity Catholic Church, 8620 N. Seventh St.

Mr. Miranda, of 1212 E. Wagon Wheel Drive, was a retired furniture upholsterer. Hansen Mortuary made arrangements. George Dravillas SCOTTSDALE George Dravillas, 43, a mortgage broker and president of First National Money Corp.

of Phoenix, died Nov. 1, 1984, at Scottsdale Memorial HospitalNorth. Mr. Dravillas, of Scottsdale, moved to Arizona from his native Chicago in 1981. Survivors include his wife, Kathleen; mother, 'and Mrs.

S. Davillas; stepdaughters, Kasey Kamron; three sisters and a brother. Services will be 1 p.m. Saturday at Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church, 1973 E. Maryland, Phoenix.

Prayer services will be 7 p.m. today at Messinger Mortuary, 7601 E. Indian School, where friends may call from 5 to 9 p.m. today. Tests prove aspartame 'safe'; Pepsi switching to use Thelma M.

Bechman SUN CITY Thelma M. Bechman, 79, formerly a secretary for an engineering firm, died Nov. 1, 1984, at her Sun City residence. Miss Bechman moved to Arizona from her native Battle Creek, in 1958. She was a graduate of Olivet College in Michigan.

Survivors include nephews, Mark and Bryan Bechman. Services be 10 a.m. Saturday at Sunland Mortuary, 15826 Del Webb Blvd. Dix Price Services for Dix Price, 73, who died Oct. 29, 1984, in San Diego, will be 10 a.m.

Saturday at the Phoenix 1st Ward Chapel of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1316 E. Cheery Lynn. Mr. Price, of Phoenix, was an attorney and the retired executive secretary and general counsel of Arizona Education Association. Friends may call one hour before services in the church relief society room.

Memory Lawn Mortuary made arrangements. Mary J. Fenwick APACHE JUNCTION Mass for Mary Joan Fenwick, 59, who died Oct. 25, 1984, at Mesa Hospital Medical Center, will be 10 a.m. Saturday at St.

George's Catholic Church, 1890 S. Plaza Drive. Mrs. Fenwick, of Apache Junction, was 8 health assistant with Mesa Public Schools. Friends may call from 3 to p.m.

today at Bunker's Desert View Chapel, 9702 E. Apache Trail, Mesa. Nessim L. Gabay Nessim L. Gabay, 93, of Phoenix, who operated the Gabay Children's Shop many years, died Oct.

31, 1984, in Phoenix. Mr. Gabay was born in Turkey and moved to Arizona from New York 42 years ago. Survivors include daughters, Marilyn Schwartz and Irene Sliwezynski; son, Jerry; seven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Green Acres Mortuary, Scottsdale, arranged private services.

Albert E. 'Sparkey' Sparks CHANDLER Albert E. "Sparkey" Sparks, 80, of Chandler, a retired Air Force master sergeant, died Oct. 31, 1984, at Veterans Administration Medical Center in Phoenix. Mr.

Sparks was born in Tucumcari, N.M., and moved to Arizona from Oklahoma: 30 years ago. He served in the Air Force 31 years. Survivors include his wife, "Lou;" daughters, Mrs. Gary Waters and Priscilla Harper; son, Griff; mother, Mae Sparks; a sister and five grandchildren. Services will be 10 a.m.

Saturday at First Presbyterian Church, 98 W. Oakland St. Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. today at Bueler Mortuary, 14 W. Hulet Drive.

Herminia Moreno EL MIRAGE Herminia Moreno, 82, of 14110 El Mirage Road, died Oct. 30, 1984, at Valley View Community Hospital in Young- town. Mrs. Moreno was born in Rio Grande City, Texas, and moved to Arizona 50 years ago. Survivors include daughters, Ofelia Ornelas, Stella Samora, Romelia and Emma Moreno; sons, Oscar, John, Jack and David; 64 grandchildren; 128 great and two great-great Services will be 7 p.m.

today at Lundberg's Golden Door Chapel, 11211 Michigan Youngtown, where friends may call from 4 to 9 p.m. today. Graveside services will be 10 a.m. Saturday at Resthaven Park Cemetery, 6290 W. Northern, Glendale.

Gertrude M. Skillman Gerturde May Skillman, 92, of Phoenix, a retired schoolteacher, died Oct. 31, 1984, at Desert Haven Nursing Center. Mrs. Skillman was born in LeRoy, and moved to Arizona from Lexington, 41 years ago.

She was past president of Chapter the PEO Sisterhood and was a member of Creighton United Methodist Church. Survivors include cousins. Services will be 9 a.m. Monday at Camelback Sunset Chapel, 301 W. Camelback, where friends may call from 2.

to 04 p.m. Sunday. Memorial contributions to to Creighton United Methodist Church are suggested. Viola Mae Hahn MESA Viola Mae Hahn, 80, of Mesa, a former schoolteacher, died Oct. 28, 1984, at Mesa Lutheran Hospital.

Mrs. Hahn was born in Markleysburg, and moved to Arizona in 1954 from Massillon, Ohio, where she was a teacher 22 years. Survivors include sisters, Carrie Brewer and Hazel Stunkard. Services will be 10 a.m. today at Melcher Mortuary Chapel of the Roses, 43 S.

Stapley Drive. Abe S. Burdette MESA Abe Samuel Burdette, 77, of Mesa, a retired postal worker, died Oct. 31, 1984, at Patterson Terrace Care Center. Mr.

Burdette, who was born in Utica, and moved to Arizona from Canton, in 1959, served in the Navy in World War 11. Survivors include his wife, Mildred; daughter, Marcia McNulty; son, Gregory; two sisters; a brother and five grandchildren. Mass will be 10 a.m. Monday at Queen of Peace Catholic Church, W. First St.

Rosary will be 7:30 p.m. Sunday at Melcher Mortuary Chapel of the Roses, 43 S. Stapley Drive, where friends may call from 5 to 8 p.m. Sunday. Joseph Panyik YOUNGTOWN Joseph Panyik, 69, of Youngtown, a retired petroleum technician for Standard Oil died Oct.

30, 1984, at Valley View Community Hospital. Mr. Panyik was born in Illinois and moved to Arizona from Wyoming seven years ago. He was employed by the oil company 35 years, retiring in 1975. He was a member of the Elks and First Baptist Church of Youngtown.

Survivors include his wife, Esther; sons, Bob Panyik, Tom and Adrian Williamson; a sister; four brothers; seven grandchildren and seven great -grandchildren. Services will be 1 p.m. today at Sunland Mortuary, 15826 Del Webb Sun City. Darwin Olson YOUNGTOWN Darwin Olson, 78, a retired farmer, died Nov. 1, 1984, at Veterans Administration Medical Center in Phoenix.

Mr. Olson, of Youngtown, was born in Evanston, and moved to Arizona six years ago. He served in the Army in World War Il and farmed in Catawba, before retiring in 1969. He was past commander of an American Legion post in Wisconsin and was a member of Disabled American Veterans. Survivors include sisters, Inez Schmuland and Juliette Olson.

Lundberg's Golden Door Chapel arranged private services. Republic Wire Services ATLANTA The national Centers for Disease Control said Thursday it has found no evidence of "serious, widespread" side effects from aspartame, the low-calorie sweetener known as "NutraSweet" that is used in many diet soft drinks. Pepsi-Cola U.S.A. took the center's evaluation to heart Thursday, announcing it will drop the century-old sugar substitute saccharin and go 100 percent with NutraSweet in all its diet colas. At the request of the Food andDrug Administration, the health agency evaluated 592 complaints of- side effects from aspartame users, ranging from headaches to gastrointestinal disorders and rashes.

The federal health agency con- ceded that it was "unlikely" that interviews with people who had complained about aspartame could prove or disprove any cause-and-effect relationship between the sweetener and illnesses. Only blind clinical tests could do that, scientists said. But the study found no consistent pattern in either the complainers or their symptoms, although the agency found that "certain individuals" may "have an unusual sensitivity to the product." The data indicated no "evidence of serious, widespread, adverse health consequences" from the sweetener, the agency concluded. Most of the complaints, 67 per- Irma M. Abbey Services for Irma M.

Abbey, 70, who died Oct. 27, 1984, at Maricopa Medical Center, will be private. Mrs. Abbey, of Phoenix, was born in Detroit and moved to Arizona from Farmington, in 1969. Survivors include her daughters, Mary Byrne, Sue McCollum and Joan Abbey.

Woodward; sons, Harry Sr. and David; and 11 grandchildren. Memorial contributions to the American Heart Association are suggested. retired employee, of the Arizona highway department, Oct. 31, 1984, at his Prescott residence.

Mr. Castaneda was born in El Paso, Texas, and had lived in Arizona 62 years. He formerly was a miner at the Iron King Mine in Humboldt. Survivors include his daughters, Lupe Castaneda, Annie Martinez and Genieve Vasquez; sons, Albert, Rudy, Fred, Roy and Johnny; adopted children, Patrick, Anna, Veronich and Johnny; a sister and a brother; 30 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. Mass will be 10 a.m.

Saturday at Sacred Heart Catholic Church. Rosary will be 7 p.m. today at Memory Chapel Mortuary, where friends may call from 5 to 7 p.m. today. Jose V.

Castaneda PRESCOTT Jose V. Castaneda, 75, a Bessie O. Bray Phillips SCOTTSDALE Bessie Olive Bray' Phillips, 90, a longtime resident of Morenci, died Oct. 30, 1984, at Scottsdale Christian Home. Mrs.

Phillips was born in Graham, Texas, and had lived in Arizona 83 years. She was a member of Greenlee County Historical Society and Evening Star Rebeckah Lodge. Survivors include her daughter, Dorothy 0. Creasman; son, Elliott; a sister and a brother; six grandchildren and seven greatgrandchildren. Services will be 10 a.m.

Saturday at Shumway's Lakeshore Mortuary, 1815 S. Dobson Road, Mesa. Friends may call one hour before services. Services will also be held p.m. Monday at Shepherd of the Hills Presbyterian Church in Morenci.

Home. Phoebe Baker Bushman SNOWFLAKE Phoebe Baker Bushman, 90, A retired registered nurse and midwife, died Oct. 26, 1984, in West Valley City, Utah, where she was visiting a daughter. Mrs. Bushman, of Snowflake, was born in Cardston, Alberta, and moved to Arizona 65 years ago.

She served six missions for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, was a Sunday school and primary teacher and past president of the mutual improvement association. Survivors include her daughters, Sariha Rush, Phoebe Thomas and Helen Horner; sons, Martin D. Nephi and Curtis; three sisters; 34 grandchildren and 38 great -grandchildren. Services will be 10 a.m. today at Snowflake Stake Center.

Friends may call one hour before services in the relief society room. Dutcher Family Funeral Home made arrangements. Maria G. Marquez CLIFTON Marquez, 88, who formerly was a teacher in a one-room school in Metcalf, died Oct. 30, 1984, at the University of Arizona Health Sciences Center in Tucson.

Mrs. Marquez, of Clifton, was born in Chihuahua, Mexico, and had lived in Arizona since 1904. She was a member of Beneficio Propio. Survivors include her daughter, Lucille. Gonzalez; sons, Frank Jr.

and Octavio; a sister; five grandchildren and 10 greatgrandchildren. Mass will be 11 a.m. Saturday at Sacred Heart Catholic Church. Friends may call after 2 p.m. today at Lewallan Funeral Amalia "'Mollie" Gonzalez CLIFTON Amalia "Mollie" Gonzalez, 70, owner of Trail Liquor Store, died Oct.

31, 1984, at Morenci Hospital. Mrs. Gonzalez, a lifelong Clifton resident, formerly owned variety stores and the Cliff House Restaurant in Clifton. include granddaughter. her son, Bert Marietti; Memorial Mass will be 2 p.m.

Saturday at Sacred Heart Catholic Church. Caldwell Funeral Home, Safford, made arrangements. Memorial contributions to the American Cancer Society are suggested. 4 Medicine cent, were "neurological (or) behavioral symptoms," such as headaches, dizziness and mood changes, the agency reported. Twenty-four percent were gastrointestinal symptoms, 15 percent were allergic-type reactions and 6 percent were women reporting changes in their menstrual cycles.

The numbers add up to more than 100 percent because some people reported experiencing a combination of side effects. If the symptoms had all been similar, there might have been more cause for worry, said Dr. Frederick Trowbridge, the director of the agency's nutrition division. "Had there been very clear-cut symptoms, it would have raised more concern that there was a recognizable pattern associated with aspartame," he said. "That would riot have been conclusive, but it would have been more suggestive." Because the study depended on people who had reported their own symptoms in the first place, the agency could not determine whether their illnesses were real or imagined, Trowbridge said.

But he noted that the symptoms headache, fatigue and the like were "generally of a mild nature" and "mostly the kinds of things that happen to people every day." The FDA, before it licensed aspartame in July 1983, did perform clinical tests on the sweetener, Trowbridge said. Consumer groups citing users' complaints have demanded a ban on aspartame, pending more tests and public hearings on the sweetener's safety. The FDA, soft-drink companies and NutraSweet's maker, G.D. Searle and have maintained it is safe. In an interview from New York, Pepsi-Cola's president and chief executive officer, Roger Enrico, said the conversion to NutraSweet "is expected to significantly accelerate Pepsi-Cola's growth in the $5 billion diet-soft-drink category." Enrico expressed hope the switch will lead to Pepsi becoming America's No.

1 diet drink in terms of sales. He said Pepsi now ranks No. 2 behind Coca-Cola in diet drinks, but is tops overall. Seven-Up ranks third in both diet and non-diet soft drinks. "Consumers are telling us that Nutrasweet is better tasting," Enrico said.

He said the company's cola diet drinks Diet Pepsi, Diet Pepsi Free and Pepsi Light will begin arriving on store shelves with 100 percent NutraSweet by the end of this month and be available nationwide by Jan. 1. Gene factor is tied to high Down's risk Associated Press The new findings could allow TORONTO Researchers many women over 35 who are have identified a genetic abnor- found to be at low risk of having mality that sharply increases a a child with Down's syndrome to family's risk of having a child dispense with amniocentesis, the with Down's syndrome, a discov- relatively complicated and expenery that ultimately could prevent sive procedure now used to deteras many as 30 percent of such mine whether a fetus has Down's births. syndrome, the scientists said. They stressed that their work Families in which either the mother or father has the abnor- is still experimental and that some years remain before the mality are 20 times as likely as kind of others to have a child with testing they are doing can Down's syndrome, Colleen Jack- become widely available.

son-Cook, geneticist at the Jackson-Cook said the genetic a in abnormality she and her colMedical College of Virginia said Thursday. leagues have linked to Down's syndrome is found in Richmond, only 1 or 2 Meanwhile, scientists at Johns percent of the population. Hopkins University in Baltimore If women were screened for the reported promising preliminary abnormality and amniocentesis studies of a completely different was done only on those who method of predicting Down's carried it, about 30 percent of syndrome risk by analyzing a Down's syndrome births could be family's genes. prevented, she estimated. The two teams of researchers, Antonarakis said he will not be who presented their findings i in able to make such estimates Toronto at the annual meeting of concerning his findings until he the American Society of Human and his colleagues Dr.

James Genetics, could not yet say Gusella at the Massachusetts whether they have found two General Hospital and Dr. different risk factors or merely Caterina Metaxotou in Athens, have arrived at different ways of Greece have done more redescribing the same risk factor search. for Down's syndrome, a congeni- The abnormality identified by tal disease characterized by men- Jackson-Cook consists of an extra tal deficiency, a broad face and piece of genetic material that can slanting eyes. occur on certain chromosomes. This is the first time that The extra piece is a copy of what researchers have had any way of is called the nucleolar organizing estimating a family's risk of region, or NOR.

The risk of having a child with this relatively Down's syndrome increases in common birth defect, said Dr. people with a double NOR, Stylianos Antonarakis of the Jackson-Cook said. Hopkins group. Down's syndrome occurs norDoctors previously have known mally in about one of every 1,000 only that Down's syndrome be- births. It is characterized by an comes more common as women extra copy of chromosome 21, one get older, with its frequency of the 23 chromosomes that occur rising sharply in women over age in pairs in the adult cells of 35.

normal individuals. Pacts by live-in partners over property enforceable By BRENT WHITING Arizona Republic Staff Property agreements between unmarried men and women who live together may be enforced by state judges if valid contracts exist between the parties, the Arizona Supreme Court ruled Wednesday. Justice Stanley G. Feldman, writing for the court, said the decision falls short of recognizing "palimony" arrangements, in which a property agreement may involve a promise of sexual services. Agreements to pool income and share in the proceeds, even though parties are living together without marriage, are among the kinds of mutual promises that may be recognized by judges, Feldman said in the court's unanimous decision.

The ruling stems from a 1981 lawsuit filed by a Tucson woman seeking to obtain half of the assets acquired during 12 years in which she lived with a Tucson man without marriage. The Supreme Court overturned decisions by Judge John G. Hawkins of Pima County Superior Court and the Arizona Court of Appeals denying claims by Rose Marie Elsten Cook for a share of the property. The case was remanded to Hawkins for a determination of whether there was a valid property agreement between Cook, 32, and her former partner, Donald Cook, 57, and whether the agreement may be enforced by court order. Rose Cook uses the Cook surname even though the parties never were married, court records show.

Carmine Cornelio, her attorney, contended that before the parties split up in June 1981, they had pooled their incomes and assets. He argued that the law entitled Rose Cook to a 50 percent share of the joint assets. During their years together, they acquired two cars and $5,000 worth of stock; they bought a house for $21,250 and purchased $4,000 worth of furniture and furnishings; and they accumulated $3,000 in a joint checking account and $6,000 in a credit -union account, according to court records. After they split up, all Rose Cook got was one of the cars and $480; Donald Cook retained the balance, of the property, the records show..