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VOLUME 72 NO, 34

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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1978.

Hospital staff cleared of blame
in womans crippling window leap

Justice Kirke Smceth ruled in
British Columbia Supreme
Court Wednesday that
doctors and hospital staff at
a Victoria hospital were not
guilty of -negligence in the
case of a woman who crip-
ed herself while escaping
a hospital psychiatric

' ‘Theresa Anne Worth
became a paraplegic after
leaping about 10 metres from
a fenced roof garden at
Royal Jubilee Hospital on
Nov, 2, 1973.

She sued the hospital, Dr.
Alexander R. Stewart, Dr.
Diane A. Grant and nurse P.
K. Gallimore’ claimeng
professional negli
agalnat the doctors and

alleged negligence against
Gallimore, -

The case was heard in Vic-
toria and Vancouver in 1976
but Justice Smith's decision

-was delayed. by his. ap. an

pointment to a royal com>
mission.

In finding that the hospital
and staff had met all stan-
dards of care, the judge said
he realized it would be a
frightening experlence for
any person not completely
deranged to be sent to a
peychiatric institute.

He said most mental in-
situtlons have an open door
policy but this system has its
risks and patients escape In
astonishing numbers.
AVOIDS NURSES

Justice Smith said that on
Nov. 2, 1973, Worth took
deliberate steps to avoid

seen
ward, and made her way to

off t second floor. .
She thought this “was at
ground level .and after
sealing the fence she

fenced. roof garden’,

‘realized that the garden was

higher above the ground
than she thought, he said.

by nurses in the’.

calm, methodical

He said in his judgment
that Worth could see injury
to herself when she saw how.

. far above the ground the roof
‘garden fence was, bul was,

pared to accept the risk
Me a broken limb:to: escape |

- from: the Eric Martin In-

situite, a psychiatric centre.
"Tt ‘dilgws that the’

Paintiffhas not met the onus

. on her of establishing” fault

Jumping to a grassy
surface helow- she suffered
severe back injuries which
left her-a paraplegic.

Worth said ihat . her
decision to escape was 6
sudden impulse which the

. Judge said was executed in a

as against any of the’

defendants named in
action," the judge said
-Worth was traneferred to:
the institute, -after being»
taken to Royal. Jubilee
Hospital following a suicide,
attempt in October, . 10S.

Prison women’s quarters
‘off-limits to men guards

‘Living ‘i
“quarters at the women's
prison Lower Mainland

Centte.(Oakalla) should be

off limtts:fog male -guards,
the British Columbia Human
Rights:. Branch said Wed-

The prisoners’ right ‘to

nere’

privacy overrides provisions
of the Human Rights Code
raling out sex discrimination
in hiring, the branch saidina
brief to ‘royal commission

ne a naught ay,
rt . mo.

> Northwaat~: Community
College in Terrace has been |
named as one recipient of a
grant for ‘a federally. spon-
sored. Jebour ioe
program in post secon
educational’ « institutions.
Northwest receives $11,500
under the program.

The grants are part of a
program. designed _ to

promote labour education ~
‘ andto compliment the

vyarlous . programs an:
nounced by the Minister of

. Labour, Hon. . John - Munro,
since lasi Junie, At that time °

the Minister annoumced $10
million would be allocated to
education over the next five
years to unions with CLC
affiliation. As well, varying
amounts will be to labour

nizations not affiliated
with the Canadian Labour

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into conditions in provinelal
prisons for women. The
commission is: headed - by
Justice Patricia Proudfoot.

About nine men now are
assigned to guard duty in the
cell and washroom areas for
the 70 prisoners in the
Oakalla women's unit. The
brief also said male guards
shouldn't be asked to search
‘women prisoners.

The recommendations en-
dorse_ similar. als
made following a fivbye vy-job.

9 in
“Ali

“I want to retire young,”
Leon Spinks said Thursday,
_ the day after he won the
_ world heavyweight boxing
championship from
Muhammad Ali.
Spinks, 2A, didnot know his
immediate plans but they
may include two fights, one a
rematch with Ali, despite a

my

World Boxing Council edict -
thal he fight Ken Norton

; mile Spinks -
templated a vacation, Ali

packed for a fiveday tour of
Bangladesh.
“Fm gonna let him have :

the title for a couple ‘of

months to enjoy it then I will

return,” said: Ali, who
wants to become. the first

¢ will. give: ‘,

a rematch.

- study by a committee of

management and the B.C.
Uaonarepen Employees’
mn, brepresent
vincial jail workers. The

urged '
ex be assigned to guard
duty in the living quarters at
the women's unit.

Assigning male ataff to the
women’s unit, a practice
started in 1974, became an

issue last fall followin
allegations about sexual |

“man to win the heavyweight
tlile three times. -

Spinks said'he would give” |"

‘Alla rematch, and Top Rank
Inc., the bbe of Wed
nesday Us upset, opes
to ge #8. million for

dent of Top Rank,
president of Top Rank, plans

challenger before he meets. ‘[-

All, Arum has‘a contract’ to
promote’ Spinks's ‘next ‘six
fights «an

Ali mada no alibts for his
t, saying:
“Pll be back. rii be the

first man to win three
times.” ;

Bob Arum, -

he didn’t say
where Norton is on that list. .

Rights Code, ‘discrimination
is. illegat except where
“human decency and
privacy” are inunived
Harrigon told Justice
Proudfoot Wednesday that
life is not easy for guards at

‘the women’s unit.

‘and
essential] ¥ rational manner’. °

BLY. indians

Using old treaty. fight pipeline

OTTAWA (cP) — Op-
“position MPs Wednesday
warned the government that
construction of a Northern

peline will be delayed if

‘demands of Yukon and

British Columbia Indians are
not met.

"Frank Oberle (PC—Prince

George-Peace River) said lf
. the government dces not
' meet its commitments to the.
Indians they ‘‘will be sitting
in court rooms and in front of
bulldozers.”

Indian affairs critic John
Holmes . (PC—Lambton-
Kent) sald the government
already has broken two
major promisés made to the

Indians by refusing to hold
the second stage of an

7

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Eric Brorup”.

~ In page 4 of today’s Herald we béegla our JOB FIN-

_ DER service to the people of Terrace and District.

- According to Canada Manpower there are.2,500

; sone jfégistered “for: irae cert We have: ‘avited

: spleen y looking for. he ‘te. conde oir free”
‘thelr

74 : any ‘facts that “might ald ae in fia-"'
‘sereuting an ‘employet ‘and; where poutible ‘or-con-
Haptul, puplishing their (black and white)
¢- a few - have insited this offer of ours Is.
in futility. (A: couple are even opposedte lt,
altogether.) The Herald, -however, Is optimistic that
people who are seriously looking for work will weleome
whatever exposurethey can get, from all sources. The
Canada Employment Service in Terrace has promised
to supply us with a daily listing of available Job Op-
portunities, which we are publishing, today on the front. |
page. After today, It may appear on an inside page,
along with our JOB FINDER listings, - :
LAST ISSUE

end, incldentslly, the two photos in yeaterday’s
‘Herald: of. the. Armed: Forces DeHaviland. Butfalo
transporter. from Comox AFB, shown: danding at

ce ce airport; and offloading a Schweizer gilder, .
* shouldhave carried photo credit captions;" “Photos by

~Staslve. ,

=e
The Annual Church Pa Pursie and service = he held
‘SundayFebruary 19, this weekend. Boys will assemble
at the Safeway Parking lot at 10 a.m. and from there
* will be. paraded to Knox United Church, Terrace.- Bils .
annual meeting service to Scouting: will mark ;
- openings of Boy Scout Week, February 19 to 28 in-

inquiry by Dean Kenneth .

Lysyk and by dragging its
feet on settlement of Yukon
Indian land claims, :

- Holmes quoted extensivdy
from "A statement.made by
the Council] of Yukon Indians
when they visited Ottawa a.
few weeks ago, saying that
at the risk of being labelled
radical  §= and anti-
development they would

- fight in the courts to get land -

daims settled before con-

struction of the pipeline
“starts in January,

1961. ..
Oberle said Indians in his

northeastern 3B.C.. - con-

stituency, through which oo

‘kilometres of the pi
pum, are’using an ol ried

with ‘the government “to
build their case—and I hate
to say—against * the

. Diring the third day- of
‘Commons debate on the $10."

billion Northern natural gas’,
. area eae the ae

financing terrorist activities here.

OTTAWA (CP) — The gov-

’ ernment has devised a plan

to avoid costly purchasing -

mistakes‘ of the past as it

prepares to buy six naval

frigates for $1.5 billion.

. But even with ‘careful con- -
trol, officials ‘agree that

; unforeseen problema: might

push -the final price above

. the estimated cost.

A government group is
counting on a five-stage plan

to eliminate as much

guesswork as possible in
estimating costs. The
peogram will begin in April
or May with requests for

Proposals: from. competing”

earlier .assurances from
Indian Affairs Minister Hugh
Faullmer that Xukon land
claims would be settled by
1931.:CLAIMS BURIED

“Th light of events’ of:
recent ‘months, broken ¢
promises, losa of trust and
inevitable confrontation, the .
obvious conclusion is that the
Yukon land ‘claimn is not a’
‘priority but an issue to be
engulfed by-‘the gigantic
pipeline project. as -it gains
momentum,’’. Holmes said.

Holmes denounced the.
government. decision to

inquiry into the Yukon route
and instead draw up a-
specific set of proposals to
put before public meetings.

“Indians and native people _
have been betrayed,”
Holmes said.

“Oberle -and other MPs

again called for assurances - ret

that Canadians will get.the.
bulk of pipeling construction

3 contracls “and dob." ‘hes.

shipyards. rl Q

@ group plans to apen .
$63 milion selecting a ship:
design and getting detailed

‘cost, estimates before

cabinet. decides whether to.
proceed . with - construction...
The cabinet is to decide: in

1961 with delivery of the first

vessel in 1988, the ‘last ‘in

1989. .

The new frigates, ‘amaller
than the most recent
destroyers built for the navy,
will replace the St. Laurent.
class yers, now. more
than 20 years old, and fill —
Canada’s NATO. com-
mitments and enforee 's ‘SOV-

The Herald’s job finder service @ begins in this i issue.

" ‘OCCUPATION
~ Office Manager

Head Techiologist

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Heavy Buy’ Mechanic.

~~. 3460-721mo.
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SALARY DETAILS

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ORDER NUMBER
$2,027

~ various

essential, :

REMARKS REQUIREMENTS -

Duties include: supervision | of ‘tall, bookkeeping, .

payroll purchasing, -bill

. Supervision: of. staff: becwark, ordering, budge

“machine maintenance, ete. °
Must. be exp’d._ . i .

Completion ;

“Mia have extengive ins & fel exp. Must have
:DPW;T & DPW’ : tcp

for: instructing er
* 8, Vocatlorial, academic & t heneral interest:
Must ‘be: icensed.! :

Benjamin (NDP—Regina
Lake Centre) said such
guarantees should
into the legislation. ..

episiatlon casentiaily
ratification to.a Cansdisrt

agreement. with: the’ United: a

States to build the p
jamin

government behaved: as.
though Canada wasa banana.
republic by not securing firm
job. guarantees for “Cana:
dians on the 4,405-kilometre.
leg of the line to be built in-

“Canada.
.cancel a second Lysyk |

Donald Munro (PC-Esqui- .
malt—Saanich) © said * the
government Is trying to. rush
MPs inte approving the-

“Legislation without supplying:

full. information .-on!”

‘assessments of social, envi-

ronmental and economic im-

“It's cynical of the’ govern
“nent to push this way for the

pansage.of this'bill,"" Munro .
_ sald

ereignty coastal

waters.

over

‘AID INDUSTRY _

be written

said in
neeafemin the. deal ithe’

A

Federal officials hope the:
project willesd eka

improvements ‘ ‘the!

domestic tic vshipbu uilding fas,
ti

dustry will et able to |

compete in forelgn morkets, |
me. trade department

Officials also talk of

the frigate abroad, but -

others say competition is.

tough: They suggest there

are better chances of selling
technology developed by.
Canadian firms In bung

the vessels, -