The Michigan Daily-Friday, October 3, 1980-Page 9 9MAJQR E/ENTS * ** presents * * * S4AP Photo' Rock superstar Iron Peterson, head of U.S. Geological Survey's Mount St. Helens project, examines pumice samples from the steaming crater of the recently-erupted volcano. v, du , s. ,. - M Prosecutor shot .to death near MIT CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (UPI)-Three tnen apparently bent on robbery shot pnd killed an assistant district attorney early yesterday as he sat with a colleague in a disabled car parked by the Charles River. Edward Bigham III, 28, was shot on- te in the chest. Bigham and his passenger, Marian Ryan, both served -as assistant district attorneys for Mid- dlesex County. POLICE SAID Ryan was treated at Cambridge City Hospital for a facial gunpowder burn and released. The woman told police Bigham's blue ;Volkswagen had developed mechanical problems and was parked on the road- side on Memorial Drive adjacent to Massachusetts Institute of Technology ;when a large white car pulled up from ,behind shortly after 1 a.m. " Two of three men in the white car ap- proached Bigham's car and when he tried to lock his door, jerked open the passenger door and shot Bigham at ,point-blank range, police said. BIGHAM apparently then staggered from the car and took several steps Pefore collapsing, police said. An MIT security officer arrived minutes later and administered emergency first aid. A spokesman for Cambridge Hospital *said Bigham was pronounced dead on arrival at 2:03 a.m. Police later said it was believed he lived only a few secon- ds after the shooting. "We believe robbery was the motive, but we have nothing else on it at this time," a police spokesman said. Bigham, who was married, was the son of prominent Waltham attorney Edward Bigham Jr. and lived at his parents Weston home. He was a 1975 graduate of Boston College and received his degree from Boston Kids kept from mom in court case From United Press International LANSING-The Michigan Court of Appeals refused yesterday to return a young boy and girl to a mentally im- paired mother who said she did not un- derstand at the time of the custody hearing that her children could be taken away from her. The court said the judge in the "Lenawee County child neglect case repeatedly asked the woman if she un- derstood that she would lose her paren- tal rights unless she proved she was capable of caring for her children and was told she did. "WE DO NOT deny that the woman -suffered from a mental handicap," the -court said in upholding the judge's -decision. "It is unclear to us, however, that the probate court could have done more to insure her understanding and we are unwilling to rule that, because a parent -is incapable of comprehending the nature of the proceedings, the court is powerless to proceed in a child neglect case," the court said. The court also said state social Workers were not obligated to offer the woman in-home help before moving to take away her children. BELL'S * GREEK PIZZA The "finest pizza that ever came out of an oven. College Law School in 1978. He began the job as assistant district attorney in the spring of 1979. Mid- dlesex County District Attorney John Droney called Bigham "a good lawyer and a very nice person." The elder Bigham discribed his son as a scholar and ,athlete active in several sports at BC, including football. "I just can't understand how people can do these things," the elder Bigham said. "We're all heartsick." HAVE DINNER WITH Charley THIS WEEK A bowl of chili, a slice of corn- bread & house beverage for $1.50 Special is from 6-8 pm, M-F Good Time Charley 1140 South University-68-8411 r OP U 0. ... r0.q .R"+a.... The D.R.E.A.D. GOLD CARD Will Be Available October 6 At: ert at Crisler Arena in Ann Arbor Oct 22 8pm Tickets are $11.00 and $10.00 M, * # * I wI I I October 10 Power Center All seats are $7.50 reserved in cooperation with edl~pse, ar 0 Ck I* * *i UPRISING 0 CTOR IVIUILL iIDITORWIM Tickets are $8.50, $7.50 and $6.50 al jarreau october 15 hi'll auditorium Tickets are $9.50, $8.50 and $7.50 m U. GARY NUMAN OCTOBER 24 HILL AUDITORIUM Tickets are $8.50, $7.50 and $6.50 """""""* * *" Oct 30 Power Center Tickets are $8.50 reserved i A 1. I I f ' '