Thirty three awards totalling $68,648 and three pensions amounting to . $514 were announced b during October under the Criminal Injuries " compensation Act. - For no apparent reason ,, a 20-year-old Vancouver * woman was attacked and thrown heavily against a wall by an ontoxicated man. She suffered a torn left knww joint which resulted in + disability. The victim was awarded $2,600. { A 20-year-old Van- fi gouver' woman was at- stacked and indecently ~ assaulted after a man gained ‘entry into her " apartment by feigning an u ‘ emergency situation and x six weeks . stabbed PAGE 2, THE HERALD, Tuesday, December Va WIT t Thirty-Six In use her teleptone. Mone suffered facial bruising and a state of mental anxiety. She was awarded $1,000. While on a street in " Vaneouver a 45-year-old Vancouver man was attacked and robbed of a case of beer by another man. He ._ sustained multiple contusions to his “¢best, back and left ‘shoulder. The victim received $650.00 in compensation. _ A 22-year-old ullam man ‘was in the back during an altercation with another man outside a- hotel premise. The knife wound to the vic- tim’s back severed | his and has left ; total lower araplegic ‘or per- anon disabilities suffered and impairment of future earning capacity the victim was awarded a monthly pension of $389. As she was walking on a street a 46-year-old inal cord him a Vancouver woman Was . attacked and ‘given “a heavy holt by a mentall ally unstable man. fered Ie to her left shoulder and arm and was awarded $506. -. Without ‘warning’ a 31- year-old B.C. Interior man ‘was struck in. the face by another man while on the premises of a. hotel beer parlour. he* “man from the suffered. serious damage to his left eye which. resultedin removal of the of damaged eye. For the permanent 198s of his left eye and possible im- pairment _ of earning capdcity victim was awarded $15,000. — A: 18-year-old Prince: George man was at- tacked and struckin the facé by a man-vielding a» motorcycle helmet on a hotel parking ‘lot. He suffered a fractured nose and dental damage. The victim was awarded $1,063. ‘Without. - apparent provocation a 4 34 year-ald B-C.. in. terior was attacked and future. the . _ wielding beaten | aesailants ‘in the vicinity. ‘of a trailer park. He suffered m ultiple lacerations to his ‘face, scalp and body. He was awarded $1,258. A 23-year-old man from the East Kootenays was attacked and shot in the abdomen by a_.pistol- man who had Walked into the victim’s house and shot him while he was in bed. He suf- fered extensive internal injuries which resulted in en approximate three- month period of disability, The victim was awarded $3,623. A-- 49-year-old Van- couver man was attacked and . pushed - heavily two male ° . against a table when he surprised a would-be - thief who had broken into his residence. The victim suffered dental damage and was awarded $530. In three separate in- cidents over a period of three years, a 55-year-old Vaneouver man was attacked and robbed by unidentified assailants who attempted to rob him. During these at- tacks the victim suffered a fracutre to his right leg and damage to his right eye which has resulte loss of sight in that eye. For the injuries suffered and permanent disability remaining the victim was awarded a lump sum payment of $1,200 and a Some Happy Some Fearful In U.S. - - Mexican Exchange SAN DIEGO (AP) _ The initial excitement of homecoming and family reunions over,: prisoners transferred home from Mexican jails have resumed the rote of convicts, scrubbing floors and performing other prison duties as they await a parole board’s decision on their fate. Taking the prisoners in alphabetical. order, a parole board was to consider the first 16 cases today, with some pris- oners to be freed as early as Tuesday, said. James Meko, coordinator of the 20 Yr. Old To Marry LONDON (AP) — American Mark Good- man, 20, put his arm round his 77-year-old step-grandmother, a one- time chorus girl, and announced they will marry on Jan. 25. “To hell with what Anne’ 3 Husband Y LONDON ea iBringess Anne's hy usband saat Mark, Phill atrresi from 4a British emy to become a “+ gentleman farmer, "&” Phillips, 29, will farm “Gatcombe Park in @-ouce sters home Queen Elizabeth bought for her only daughter and son-in-law after their wedding in 1973. The old estate is being refurbished for them. Buckingham Palace announced the change in Phillips’ career plans today and said he will leave the army next spring. “Really, I don’t think he felt that there was much future for him in the army,” said Phillips’ father, Peter Phillips. “For fairly obvious reasons he is not able to get some of the rept mental soldiering that he would have to have in This Santa Is Different SEATTLE (AP) After 25 Christmases in a Santa suit, printer Edd Davis has Jearned the ropes: listen carefully to the small people who climb on your knee, make no promises and rely on the “surprise package.’’ Davis, arobust 47 anda rotund 250 ‘pounds, also puts a different twist on playing Kris Kringle—he receives rather than. gives. “I give out only some candy and take gift or- ders, but I don’t give an presents, " Davis said. ‘The people bring me items t! tT distribute ta needy grou He says e youngsters often squeal with delight and shove even harder to get close to a Santa they can give to. “E just ask them what they’d like to have,’’. Davis said.. ‘Many times their dreams are really great.” “use the ‘surp packa e’ a lot. 1. say, You'll be happy with most anything ” santa leaves, won't you?’ They almost always say yes and that gets the parents off the hook, especial) when the family can't af- ford to give them much," STARTED IN NAVY: - Davis got started in the dit = only - rise ° anybody thinks,” the Los Angeles youth tol reporters Friday, remarking that he will be 1 on his -w i “When there is. deep love there is no need for BeX,” oo (te a : Leaving Army- = Will Be Farmer. _ order iti behind brothers. Her infant son is fifth. ‘Phillips has served in- the army 10 years and was commissioned in July, 1969. He became a rowp leader with the Queen’s Dragoon Guards in West Germany and was: promoted. to captain four years later. ~~ He became .an_ in- structor at the Royal MilitaryAcademy, , Sandhurst, in March, 1974, and last year joined the ministry ’ of defence after completing the junior command and staff course at War- The estate comprises | 600 acres at Gatcombe Park and an adjoining @0 - acres purchased by the Queen in October. Santa business while stationed in the U.S. Na’ at Bremerton, Wash., in 1952. The sailors had a shipboard party for needy children and he ste in when the. assigned Santa got sick. ‘Since then he has ap- peared at various func- tions from Ohio to Oregon, but now he does for - non- commercial organ- izations and “just for the ‘fun of it.” He takes nearly a month off from his regular job ag a printer for The ‘Seattle Post-In- telligencer—either on vacation or leave—to appear at schools, community clubs, day care centres, children’s homes, hospitals, nursing — homes and some Private: residences. Because he. knows ‘and ‘ teaches sign langue ge, one of his special visits is a party for deaf children sponsored by .the Nor- west Hospital Speech and Hearing Guild. . It is easy to com- municate with any children, even the re- tarded, Davis said. . cae | gesture, I ve them something, and I watch their eyes light. up.” he were to, command. a. a ’ _ is ‘ters! fystothe fi Ad fhe Step-Grandmother proposed last. Wednesday id after repeatedly travelling across the Atlantic during the last two years just to be with his widowed step-granny. ‘Back’ home in Los Angeles, Mark’s parents furious.” ‘Mark's mother; Selma Goodman, -said. she was shocked ‘and maintained her son really just wanted to be ‘“‘mothered.” “He wants to. marry me. I- know him. We are very close. I.know what he is thinking. He can't - marry me so he is trying to marry his step- ane she said. But. Mi nerve {0 ‘su really wanted to marry her. -It’s ridiculous, I don't know bow she got that idea.”’ ‘Simon Goodman im- mediately telephoned to rebuke his son, but Mark I-"exception’ said the telephone call ended in a shouting match, A major problem is _whether the coupel _can- obtain a marriage licence. When they asked the Paddington registry ‘office for.a licence, they were told. marriages randsons and ques hay its list of “orohibi e relationship’ Sgrect thi which marriage is not lawful for a man both hig father's father’s wife an alk hen Fe hee rifothert - “Yater' wife. The ‘for ““ptep- relationships. APPLICATION ABANDONED icing to a cake vas originally applied with a bunch of feathers. Sr: begaas pugs utine Act makes: TO: the arb alee: asa mew - Centre here. prisoner exchange ogram. . . m AP total of 17 U.S.- Guru th returned home e weekend in the first‘ phase of the U.S.- Mexican prisoner ex- e treaty char leciding y who will be freed, the parole board will consider the nature of the offence (most of the prisoners were serving time on drug charges), the prisoner's backgrowid and a com-~ parison of time served in exico with time nor- mally served in this country for the same of- fence, However, San_ Diego Sheriff John Duffy. has vowed _— to check thoroughly - all returning risoners, running their ingerprints, not just their names, through police computers {0 guard against any hasty releases: Duffy has been an outspoken critic of the air of —. celebration © surrounding the return. ' “They're nat retiring PoWs," one of Duffy's aides said. criminals,’ Meanwhile, . the Metropolitan ‘Correction MEXICO CITY, (AP) — The 10 U.S. nationals still held at the Los Reyes women’s prison: follo gz a weekend prisoner “They re . exchange between the United States and Mexico say they fear harassment from other prisoners now that they are so few. One woman, who asked not to be named for fear of reprisals, said prison officials told her not to talk to anyone “from the . outside if you want to. go home.” The women, in- terviewed at the prison, said there have been no outright threats since 27 other S. women prisoners left Friday and turday on chartered flights to San Diego along with 100 men from ancther Mexico City jail. But the women said- they feel unsafe now that the population has dropped to 10 =Americans, . one Canadian and’ two Britons. * Some said they fear they’lk be robbed of . personal possessions, and one said she was afraid of being beaten “because I am prettier than a lot of them.” - There arestill about 45 U.S. nationals, men, and per-2: yomen ip Mexican sai. eat: ‘ me wil fe “Sta abe pe ne this month or “next year under’ ‘the - exchange treaty. Others are ineligible for return under terms of the pris- oner swap. Most were jailed on drug charges. prison’s foreign — af B. C. Benefit Under Criminal Injuries Act © n of $50, ittonthly Pension o which ‘the Public injstered b eine on his his behalf. A 30-year-old Surrey man and his 27- wife were attacked 4 and slashed by knife-wielding assailants in front of a private residence. mani suffered lacerations to his forehead, abdomen and left arm ard ‘was awarded $917. His wife sustained lacerations to her left, wrist and left arm: She was awarded $1,027. An elderly woman was attacked, pushed to the floor, beaten and robbed by three unidentified female assailants who forcibly’ entered her home." She suffered multiple contusions to her head, ‘jeck.and: chest. She | was warded ; AY evear-old “North Vancouver woman was attacked and thrown heavily to the floor b: mate. aggailant.. he suffered contusions to her left elbow, knee, neck and midback. She was awarded $540. While in a hotel beer rloura al-year-old man m a northern B.C. ‘community was attacked . and slashed witha broken beer glass wielded by a female assailant. He suffered lacerations to his forehead, upper lip and cheek and a super- ficial laceration to his ‘back. The victim was awarded $970. A mentally unstable man, "without - provocation, attacked and stabbed: a 48-year-old Vancouver man in the left flank: The victim was awarded of $1,111. When a 32-year-ol Vancouver man offered assistance to two women who were being harassed by two male assailants, he was in turn. attac tacked by the assailants with a metal pipe. He suffered multiple scalp and facial lacerations: He was awar Ashe was standing ona street corner 4 50-year ald Vancouver man was, ‘for no apparent reason, attacked and stabbed in the back by a mentally ‘unstable man wieldin knife, He suffered s b wounds to his left flask and was awarded $800. Under the Criminal Injuries Cornpensation act, anyone ..who victim of crime in B.C. may: apply . for com- ensaiton, lication rms are at able at any office of the Workers’ Compensation Board, which administers the Act. Upon payment of compensation the is entitled to sue the fi y feather Ly COLORADO WAY UP THERE Colorado has the highest mean elevation of any state—54 of its peaks pre more than 14,-000 feet Ral, TERRACE daily herald General Office - 635-6357 Circulation - 635-6357 | ED ITOR.. #MINO Reg - PUBLISHER... W.R. 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But} just how long would I have to work to” - beeligible?” | you live. In regions of low unemploy need up to 14 weeks of insurable etploymenit to © From 10 to 14 weeks, depen on on where = ’ 7 claimants get UI benefits. This will only happen in places: where it’s easier to get and keep ajob. - 2 In regions of high unemployment, claimants - now need as little as 10 weeks to qualify.’ “Does this mean I'd get less or that the payments _wouldn’t last as long?” :. No change in payment amounts. The UI benefit rate stays at two-thirds of your average ,, Weekly insurable earnings. . - The maximum is $147, less sax. _ ‘The maximum time for which anyone may receive benefits has changed slightly, however. The old maximum: ‘was 51 weeks, Now it’s 50 weeks. But since September 11, the total number of weeks for which a claimant qualifies " has more closely reflected the, unemployment: rate ° in his or her region. Right now, we mneiete unemployrient by: dividing Canada i into 16 economic regions, 7 ae! owe Later in 11978 we will fine-tune the. program to 54 - 54 regions so that UI'will be even more closely - related to local labour market conditions. «What else i is changing _” . about UI?” ‘Not much. The basic two week waiting period, remains the same everywhere. And so do. - " the rules of the waiting period when a claimant has left his or her job for no good. -reason or been fired for misconduct. In - -such cases, aclaimant may havetowaitup =< ° to eight weeks from when employment ends until benefits start. Then there’s maternity, sickness and age ( 65 benefits, . Previously, sickness benefits wereonly ee during the first 39 weeks of the claim. oO Ww ch re © payable at any t time during the entire | q -The same people still _ your area., your rights, . Maternity benefits of 15 weeks and the special one-time benefit (equal to three weeks’ benefits) at age 65 remain the same. =. - ay for the — the same proportions, and the types of employ- _ ment. insurable for UI remain the same, tO. “Would I still go te the ge ‘same Ul office to claim?” Las , 1 Asexplained in ‘the box below, you still go to * the familiar locations for both UT offices and Canada Manpower Centres. Watch for changesi in ¢ Unemployment Insurance has chang ed for everyone's benefit, including yours. All we Bask | is that you remember your obligations as well as If the need should ever arise for you to come _ to.us, we'll make sure you get all the UI benefits -to which you are entitled by law. But youmust - youegetoginoeteas em : you're getting those benefits. oo ee The Unemployment Insurance Conmiission and the Dep periment of Manpower and Jmegration have becom have become anada En ployment aril Tra Fora time, youll Usilleeourlcal ofc eouitiedar her plaka it aa laa orCa tet oot of Tre toget f “As. sed Canada Ai ii all in one location, they a be ~-Working with p °--who want to w Employment and 1+ Bud Cullen : Minister ine jane erg ee — tip Immigration Canada Emploi et immigration Canada. Bud Cullen Ministre of u eso