European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 29, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday june 29, 1977 the stars and stripes Page s Virginia artefacts finds give new View of colonial life style Washington a _ archaeologist who Are working a few Miles from colonial Williamsburg in Southern Virginia have uncovered artefacts that disclose new de Fra weighs total ban on saccharin  of american pottery found an dated. Also unearthed was the top of a three part still that probably was used to brew medicines. Very Little is known about the people who stuck it out through disease Indian at tacks and famine and we re very excite about our finds said Ivor Noel Hume who is resident archaeologist with colonial Williamsburg. He is directing the excavations at car Ter a Grove one of the country s Handsom est colonial houses. The project is supported by the National geographic society which has just reported on the finds. Skeletal remains have been unearthed of the people who worked doggedly to survive in the 1630s and 1640s after the initial glow of discovery had been extinguished. The first English attempt to Settle in the area in 1607 ended in disaster. Up until now it s been assumed that the Early English settlers had to live off the land and make do with rather primitive household effects and tools but now we re finding they had a wide Range of sophisticated things with them in the wilderness Noel Hume said. He and his associates have unearthed Silver and Gold threads from clothing venetian Glass a Gold inlaid table knife apiece from a suit of Armor and the slip Ware dish dated 1631. Many who came Over Here had land and servants Noel Hume said. Some started out in Silks and satins and ended up in Canvas. The High Quality cutlery Delft Ware and other sophisticated pottery we have found May indicate upstairs peo ple s possessions or maybe just hand me Downs. We just Don t know who these people were yet. The dated slip Ware vase is a stunning find. Analysts of the Clay material forming the dish indicates it was fired in a local Kiln making it the earliest dated piece of american pottery yet  an undated plate found nearby appears to be similar and Noel Hume says there Isno doubt both were made locally by a Man or men who were skilled and had served Washington a the Pood and drug administration is considering a com plete ban on the Sale of  commissioner Donald Kennedy told a House subcommittee that the Agency May prohibit All sales of the artificial sweetener because of a new Canadian study which shows a High incidence of bladder cancer among males who use Sac charin. He said the Fra is extending until aug. 31 the comment period on the original proposal to ban the use of saccharin in son drinks and foods but allow the artificial sweetener to be sold to the Public Over the counter. Our purpose in extending the comment period should not be misinterpreted As weakening of our decision to remove Sac charin from the food Supply he said. Our Only purpose is to examine in the Light of important new findings whether saccharin should remain available for an purpose he said. Kennedy said his new concern is based on the Canadian study which shows therein an estimated 60 per cent increase in the risk of bladder cancer associated with these of artificial sweeteners in  the House voted last week to withhold funds during the next is months for the enforcement of the saccharin ban. But a Senate panel rejected this proposal after assurances were Given that legislation set Ting an 18-Monlh delay of any saccharin ban is being prepared. After new evidence on saccharin came to Light the Fra promised to reopen i shearing process in order to evaluate it. The new evidence was an unpublished Canadian eld Etiologic study concluding that saccharin is a human Carcinogen. Data collected during the research showed that males using saccharin have a significantly higher risk of developing bladder cancer. The Fra s original saccharin ban was based on another Canadian study showing a link Between the sweetener and Tum Orsin Laboratory rats. Dated plate broken pieces of a plate bearing the Date 1611 were unearthed near colonial Williamsburg. Analysis by x Ray Indi Cates the plate manufactured of Vir Ginia Clay is be earliest dated piece of american pottery Ever found. A apprenticeships in England or Holland. One of the most unusual artefacts is the Ceramic Helm that was the top of the three part Stilt that the experts believe was use to brew medicines. Broken tiles bearing scars from the pot that rested on them were found in the same area indicating a pottery was once in the area. So far the Kiln or kilns that produced the plates and the Helm have not Bee found. The Helm was shaped with consummate skill and the Artisan who fashioned it was producing wares More sophisticated than anything yet attributed to american ceramics in the 17lh Century Noel Hume said. Duluth dowager found strangled in mansion Duluth Minn. Up Elisabeth , 83, member of a wealthy mining Timber and banking family was found strangled in her bedroom at her fashionable Lakeshore mansion. Her night nurse was found beaten to death in the same second floor room of the Large Brick Home. Empty jewelry boxes were found strewn around in Congdon s bedroom police said. About 50 policemen state patrolmen and state crime Bureau officers with the help of a helicopter and dogs searched the 30 acre estate with its expanses of grass Gar Dens and walkways on the North Shore Flake Superior. A caretaker who came to work about 7 am. Discovered the bodies police said. Police it. Nick Radulovich said there apparently was a fight in the mansion Al though no weapon was found  said the killers apparently got into the Home through a rear second Story window. In addition to searching the grounds for clues authorities looked for the night nurse s car a Cream and White 1974 or 1975 Ford which had been parked in the drive Way in front of the mansion but was miss ing in the morning. Another member of the Congdon family Dorothy Congdon shot and killed an in Truder on the roof of her mansion about four blocks from Elizabeth Congdon s estate several years ago. A Coroner s jury cleared her of blame. The Congdon estate which includes sep Arate servants quarters gardens Green lawns and walkways is surrounded by a High wrought Iron and Concrete Fence in the fashionable London Road residential District on Duluth s North Side. The movie you la like my Mother starring Patty Duke was filmed there several years ago. Elisabeth Congdon was Active in family businesses and she and other Congdon served on boards of directors of several firms. Pro Flynt rally hurls Barb at Bryant Cincinnati up poet Rod Mckuen and attorney f. Lee Bailey led 2,000 exuberant Young persons through a free speech rally for convicted Hustler Magazine publisher Larry Flynt sunday night. Mckuen. However spent most of his time chastising entertainer Anita Bryant for her denunciation of homosexuals. Mckuen dressed in jeans and Tennis shoes invited the crowd to join him in a song called Don t drink the Orange juice the title taking its Cue from Bry ant s advertisements for Florida oranges. Don t drink the Orange juice i beg you  Mckuen Sang As the audience joined in. It might Lead to All kinds of  it s not the Larry flints who Are hustlers Mckuen concluded. It s the  Bailey said he does t buy Hustler mag Azine but defended its publication interpreting the first amendment to the american Constitution As meaning if you can t speak your ideas there s no Point in living  Don t shackle the press said Bailey adding that he recently told a group of re porters. They Public officials ought never to Tell you what to  Young persons to stand up for what they be dding that the . Supreme lived in and noted civil disobedience i Bailey addin court and All other courts below it Are not unmindful of the Public mood urged a legitimate tool to indicate a  consumer Confidence rises to highest level in 4 /2 years of time Ann Arbor Mich. A consumer Confidence has climbed to its highest level in Ivi years despite concerns about thearter administration s Energy program and the death of the tax rebate according to the University of Michigan Survey re search Center. But a Telephone Survey of 1,370 persons across the country last month showed a growing decline in expectations for future economic improvement. The nationwide Sample of consumer attitudes recorded a figure of 69.1 Points on the Index of consumer sentiment up 1.6 Points from february 1977, and the highest level since fall 1972. The 100-Point Index is based on the february 1966 level. More respondents reported in May 1977 than at any time since 1972 that their families were better off financially than a year earlier Many of them citing higher in comes As the principal  the report said. However expected changes in personal finances were less favourable in May reversing an improvement made in early1977. Nearly 50 per cent of those  they consider it a Good time to buy a House now because housing prices Are expected to Rise in the future. Just 28 per cent cited that reason in february 1977. June 19, 147 the family of Benja rain buggy Segal thwarted plan for a lavish funeral by holding a Brief private service for the Luin underworld Leader. Five members of the immediate family and Allen Smiley segal1 Ambler pal who was with him when he vat gunned Down were the Only attendant. June 1s57 korean War turncoat Andrew Fortuna arrived on american toil for the first time in six years and Sam he was definitely not a communist despite Happy life under the red regime. Fortona one of a score of american prisoners of War who chose life in China Vather than repatriation arrived in Honolulu aboard Treuner president Wilson. June 1967 actress Jayne want Field along with her attorney and chauffeur were killed in new Orleans when the ear in which they were Riding darted around a curve and Tut a blow moving truck