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June 3,1982
More nutritious egg has
less fat, cooks the same
United Press International
VANCOUVER, British Col
umbia — Two scientists say they
have found a way to produce an
egg that offers more nutrition
and less risk of heart disease but
still fries, poaches and scrambles
like the old-fashioned kind.
Dr. Darrell Bragg was resear
ching ways of making bigger
eggs 10 years ago when he stum
bled upon a method to increase
the polyunsaturated fatty acids
(PUPA) in eggs.
But Bragg had no way of
hatching the idea until another
researcher, Dr. Alan Leslie of
Ritchie-Smith Feeds, developed
a scheme to apply the laboratory
findings to the farm by devising
a special formula for chicken
feed.
The two doctors told a news
conference Tuesday that the
new egg offers the same taste
and cooking qualities of the
ordinary egg but has a higher
ratio of PUFA to saturated fatty
acids, which is recommended
for reducing cardiovascular
problems and obesity.
Although the new egg will
cost “marginally” more than
those currently on the market,
Leslie said consumers will be im
pressed by its increased nutri
tional value.
types it contains and this new
method to increase the ratio of
polyunsaturated fatty acids
could work against that to im
prove its public image,” he said.
“We feel the research at the
University of British Columbia
has pointed us in the direction of
improving the public acceptance
and the image of the egg.”
In the laboratory, Bragg
found he could raise the de
posits of PUFA in the egg yolk
from 5 percent to about 28 per
cent. Building on the discovery,
Leslie fed selected chickens with
special rations and they re
sponded by laying eggs with
PUFA levels 100 percent above
normal.
Increasing the PUFA ratio
does not reduce the overall fat
content of the egg, Bragg ex
plained, it simply has a fat com
bination that is easier for the hu
man metabolism to break down.
However, a higher PUFA ra
tion does not affect the amount
of cholesterol that deters many
egg lovers from indulging in
their favorite breakfast food.
The improved egg will be un
crated on the Vancouver market
in August by Ritchie-Smith
Feeds, which is based in Abbots
ford, B.C. There are no definite
plans yet to sell the eggs else
where.
scheme to apply the laboratory “The egg is being discrimin- PUFA levels 100 percent above plans yet to sell t
idings to the farm by devising ated against because of the fat normal. where.
7 ive youths, 17, to be tried
is adults for prison murder
United Press International gan shortly after midnight. Sheriff Chuck Palmer said at Andy Anderson, Josep
United Press International
BOISE, Idaho — A teenager
jailed for non-payment of $60 in
traffic fines who was reportedly
tortured to death by five juve
nile cell mates might have been
saved if authorities had super
vised the “explosive situation,”
the dead youth’s mother says.
“I want people to know all
about this,” Janice Peterman
said in an interview Tuesday
with United Press International.
“I want them to yell to the top of
their lungs. Something must be
done to stop this from hap
pening.”
Ada County Deputy Prosecu
tor Greg Bower said five 17-
year-old youths — all brought to
the county jail for nonviolent
crimes, two for traffic violations
— would be tried as adults for
the “sadistic” murder of fellow
inmate Christopher Peterman,
17.
Investigators said Peterman
was hit, kicked, gouged and
burned on his feet for almost
five hours Monday apparently
following an argument that be
gan shortly after midnight.
Fourteen hours later para
medics were summoned to the
exercise yard where the youth
lay dying.
Mrs. Peterman said she was
“just numb” over the attack. Her
son was jailed Friday in a single
cell with the five other youths
for failing to pay about $60 in
traffic tickets issued for speed
ing and driving without a
license.
“I was with my son when he
died (at a hospital),” she said.
“He never regained conscious
ness. He had a swollen face and
his ears were just blue. They had
to shave his head and drill holes
just to relieve the pressure.”
She said the small-framed
youth “hadn’t been involved
with the courts before” and did
not know the other juveniles be
fore the incident.
“Why in the hell weren’t they
(the youths) supervised?” she
asked. “You put that many kids
in a cell, and they’re angry to
begin with, it’s going to be an
explosive situation.”
Sheriff Chuck Palmer said at
a news conference that routine
procedures were followed with
the prisoners. The argument
apparently began about mid
night, he said, and jailers be
lieved the torture occurred over
four or five hours. During that
time the youths were checked by
guards five times, he said.
He said guards did not think
it unusual for Peterman to re
fuse his breakfast, especially on
a holiday when prisoners are
allowed to sleep late — and they
apparently saw no bruises or
burn marks on the youth
although the six moved from the
cell to the exercise yard and the
torture continued at both loca
tions.
Asked why he could account
for only five hours when 14
hours elapsed from the time the
argument apparently began at
midnight and 2 p.m. when para
medics were called to the jail,
Palmer said he could not com
ment because of the impending
trial.
Bower said Sean Matthews,
Andy Anderson, Joseph Krahn,
Richard Engie and Randall
McKeown were charged with
first-degree murder in the
death. State law allows them to
be tried as adults automatically
because of the murder charge.
Mayor’s wife killed
in couple’s bedroom
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United Press International
LA PORTE, Ind. — Investi
gators say the gunman who
broke into the home of Mayor
Aloysius J. Rumely Jr., killing
his wife and wounding him
critically, may have been bent
on revenge.
Sources said La Porte
Police Chief Larry Miller may
even have a suspect in the
attack early Monday in the
bedroom of the couple’s posh
home as they slept.
Rumely, 71, remained hos
pitalized in critical condition
today with three gunshot
wounds sustained in the inva
sion of his home. Police Tues
day stationed a guard outside
his hospital room in the inten
sive-care unit and security
forces closely scrutinized all
visitors.
Three days of visitation be
gan Tuesday for Rumely’s
wife, Frances, 69, who was
found tightly gripping a
silencer she apparently tore
from the assailant’s gun as he
shot her twice. A funeral is
scheduled for today.
Miller, a close fr end of the
Rumelys, has refused to com
ment on any findings or possi
ble motives in the attack. The
Chicago Sun-Times reported
in Wednesday’s early editions
Miller has turned down all
offers of help apparently be
cause he has the investigation
in hand.
Agencies turned away in
cluded the FBI, Illinois and
Indiana police agencies. One
Illinois agency even offered to
supply the chief with the
names of criminals with simi
lar home invasion histories,
the newspaper said.
Family members said they
knew of nobody who would
want to kill the mayor.
“There are two theories —
a broken burglary, or an
attempt on the mayor’s life,” a
source told the La Porte
Herald-Argus. “And we reco
vered an item that I have nev
er seen connected to a burg
lary.” The newspaper said the
item most likely was the
silencer.
The Indianapolis Star
quoted a police source close to
the investigation as saying re
venge appeared to be the mo
tive.
When presented with the
revenge motive, a high-placed
authority who asked not to be
Is
identified told the ft
Tribune, “You shouldpn
those leads.
“Things like thisjusti V
happen in acitylikelaPj
the source said. “If this*
comes out, it could I
dible.”
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involved in the shootings P ,«■
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rear window.
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thought he was shooting
mayor when he fired ail
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paper said.
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