European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 28, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse Day May 28, the stars and strikes Page 5 seven of nine defendants on hand thalidomide prosecution begins in Germany it corf Germany a Iven of nine defendants went on ,1 monday to answer charge being responsible for the in mines and deaths of thou is of children whose mothers my the drug thalidomide the defendants Are officials and scientists of a West German pharmaceutical firm Cherie tru Erenthal. They Are charged a 972-Page indictment with eel Igent manslaughter and a ii Ting bodily injury through the development production Jan Dale of the sleep producing drug marketed in Germany As Conter an from 1957 to 1961. Pictures of children about 40 parents of. Alleged thalidomide victims sail in the 5-ont rows of the courtroom acid lome held up pictures of their malformed children for scores Ojele vision and newsreel cameras. Pearly 200 newsmen from around he world were on hand for the rial in this Small Coal mini gown eight Miles from Aachen. The opening session had barely Lotten under Way when a de sense attorney filed a motion topics tone the trial of or. Heinz Wolfgang Kelling 48, head of scientific Field work for Groenen Hal the attorney presented a medi Al report that Kelling is suffer ing from a perforated ulcer and i physically unable to stand Trillow. The court accepted the was the second defend it to have his trial week the court put off that of Hermann Wirtz 71, president and chief stockholder of the com Pany. He underwent surgery May 8. Most of the three hour morn ing session was devoted to tech Nical argument Over prosecution objections to three defense Law yers. The prosecution which spent five years investigating the Case contends there was a link be tween the drug and thousands of children with missing or Mal formed limbs or ears and other defects of a Type that had no been noted before the drug was put on the Market. Some of the children died soon after birth. Their mothers took the drug during the Early stages of preg Nancy. An estimated 6,500 children in20 countries from Austria to the Philippines allegedly were Vic Tims of what some medical authorities termed the thalidomide Al of is blamed for causing a variety of nervous Dis orders in adult drug is known to have been manufactured under License i England Sweden Israel Brazil and Japan and to have been marketed in several other countries until withdrawn in 1961.several cases of alleged thalidomide deformed children were reported in the United states where or. Frances Kelsey a fed eral drug administrator blocked sales and was honoured by tace late president John f. american mothers were said to have obtained the drug abroad. The reason for the . Ban is expected to be aired at the trial. The defendants face sentences of As much As five claims unofficially estimated at $25 million Are i abeyance pending the trial s outcome. It is expected to run two years exceeding in length the Ausch Witz War crimes trial the arrangements for which were looked to As a Model in the preparation of the Alsdorf proceed ing. Horizontal1, full grown Pike. Woeful 8. Disorder12. The Dill 13. Prevaricate14. Egress 15. Pineapple16. Paid notices 17. Withered18. Plant Organ 20. European River 22. Concerned26. Leaf of a fern29. Soak flax 30. Yellow bugle31. Deep affection82. Offer 33. Needy 34. A beverage35. Leather moccasin36. French painter37. Sprouts 40. Pealed 41. Beast45. Algerian seaport 47. Cut off49. Capture 00. Josyp broz51. Slender finlal52. Charlea lamb53. 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A researchers say parents kill 1-2 children daily Chicago up every Danone or two children under 5 years of age in the United states Are killed by their parents according to two infanticide rate is greater than the combined total take by tuberculosis whooping cough polio measles diabetes Rheu Matic fever and appendicitis. In addition every hour five infants Are injured by their parents or guardians report e. Heifer and c. Henry Kempe of the University of Colo Rado. Snowball effect the doctors whose compilation of child abuse research is included in a Book they Are pub Lishing said the problem of child abuse tends to have a snowball said that when abused children grow up they beat their own children. Very few be come psychotic. These Are no the people who suddenly kill their entire family and but Heifer said the incidences of child abuse Are not necessarily increasing. He said the re porting is increasing and As a result he sees a hopeful sign i dealing with the problem. One of the problems involve Din trying to find a solution to the problem Heifer said is finding psychiatrists to treat the parents. He said 70 or 80 per cent of the children injured Are under 5years-of-age. This is because the Type of parents who abuse children Are usually confused about the parental Heifer said the parents expectations Are too great they make excessive and premature demands and look to the Chil Dren to Supply their needs. He said a child who survives abuse in infancy will learn to take car of the emotional demands of the parents and will be beaten less. The main concern of those who work with abused children is for infants who Are too Youngton have Learned what is required of is an assistant professor in the department of Pedi attics and Kempe is professor and chairman of the department. Wee pals scat it we Don t wet any girls around Here hate i transferable
