LONDON (Reuter) — Afraid to work this morning? You aren't necessarily lazy. You may be suffering from ergasio- phobia literally a morbid ear of work, Peopie can have fears . about almost anything under the sun, including the sun itself—a problem known as heliophobia. Fears range _from a dread of snakes (ophidiophobia) and spiders (arachnophobia) to an in- nocent piece of string (inonophobia). Sheer panic is present in the lives of more than four million phobics in Britain alone. In a new book, Phobias and Obsessions, Joy Melville provides an astonishing list of seemingly’ ordinary situations that can strike terror into the dance in Kitimat. ag cnnry tration Kenny Stockton (direct from Nashville) will supply music at Riverlodge Thursday June 30 during the Dominion Day barn Also included in the orogram is the Kitimats Citizen of the Year COMMONS DEBATE hearts of men and women, in many cases crippling their lives. Broadly, phobias fall into three categories: fear of a specific object, such as cats. ' or spiders; fear of a specific situation, such as a crowded place, a restaurant or an airplane, and fear of a specific illness or of death itself. KNOWN FOR CENTURIES Phobias are not new. In the 17th century, the English poet John Milton’ wrote of those who cannot escape the fear of death: ‘They live a life half death, a living death.” : American humorist Robert Benchley once confessed to suffering from “kneebophobia,” a fear of the knees suddenly bendin the wrong way. Althoug club. i award and the Kitimat Tickets available at Ad Crozier’s Mens Wear, Sight and Sound, Atom Motors or any member of the city merchants fastball this particular fear is not . among the 241 phobias con- tained in the book, it is cer- tainly no odder than some of the irrational terrors described by patients to doctors and psychiatrists. There is, for example, the fear of sacred things (hier- aphobia ) ; of home surroundings (ecophobia); of oneself (autophobia) ; even of beards (po- gonophobia) and making physical love (erotophobia). Sir Richard Burton, the i8thcentury English explorer and orientalist who translated the Arabian Nights, had an irrational dread of honey. In his bi- ography, his wife said he could not sit in a room with honey and knew even if it was kept in a secret drawer or cupboard. Queen. Pageant. SOME HOUSEBOUND ’ But apart from a chapter on such bizarre fears, Miss Melville concentrates mainly.on the more common obias such as heights, ying and-agoraphobia, the fear of leaving the safety of the home. There are. some 300,000 agoraphobes in Britain, many completely housebound and unable to hold down a job, others re- duced te shaking, nervous jelly when: they have to tackie such simple tasks as shopping, travelling by blic transport or crossing usy streets, «: e author Jets the words of a woman agoraphobe tell of the kind of panic attacks: and their alarming symptoms, which make the victim fear he or she is VICTORIA (CP) — The British Columbia overnment introduced. egislation Tuesday to change the Corrections Act and permit the jailing of hard-core juvenile offenders. : Attorney-General Garde Gardom said the Corrections Amendment Act would permit the government to establish youth containment centres and permit the judges to sentence youngsters directly to these facilities, He said the containment centres form only a minor part of a comprehensive program: which the commission of corrections set up to handle juvenile delinquents. | oa Gardom ‘sald no child under the age of 14 could be jailed. Offenders over 14 could be jailed a maximum of two years, and only for “offences for which an adult would be liable to imprisonment for more tha’ two years.” ; Gardom said judges had not been permitted to jail youthful offenders since the repeal in 1969 of the Training School Act, . PROGRAMS DEVELOPED Since then, “an increasing number of community- RCMP hid the evidence OTTAWA (CP) — Former solicitor-general Jean- Pierre Goyer may have been negligent but senior RCMF officials were “clearly"nin conspiracy to keep him in the dark about RC. participation in an. illega! 1972 raid in Montreal, New Democratic Party Leader Ed Broadbent said ’ in the Commons Tuesday. Broadbent’s comment came after Goyer rose on a question of privilege to reiterate that he had not been told by W.L. Higgitt, former RCMP commis-: sioner, or John Starnes, former RCMP security service director, that the RCMP were involvedin the’ raid. . The NDP leader said. _ OPPAWA (CP) — Jean- Pierre Goyer has been at the centre of a series of political -storms since he was first appointed to Prime Minister udeau’s cabinet in 1970. ‘But despite his propensity for jumping from frying pans into fires, the 45-year- Quebec riding of Dollard is said by aides to feel he is a -competent minister and worthy of a promotion in Trudeau's next cabinet shuffle, The latest controversy surrounding the 12-year Commons veteran involves a 1972 police break-in al )’Agence de Presse Libre du Quebec (APLQ), a left-wing Montreal news agency while he was solicitor-general and minister responsible for the RCMP His only comment to date has been a terse news ‘release saying he would resignnif he was guilty of any wrongdoing in the case. old Liberal MP from the. He refused Monday to say more, relying on a Commons rule that allows ministers to answer only those questions that ‘affect their current portfolios. In the House, opposition MPs attacked his honor and accused him of being “gutless'’ because refused to answer quéstions. Trudeau, an old friend, and Solicltor-General Francis Fox answered questions on his behalf, Goyer's silence enraged the opposition and Ray Hnatyshyn (PC—Saskatoon- Biggar) urged him to resign, citing the minister’s involvement ‘‘in three suc- cessive scandals, namely Hamilton Harbor, the Lougheed procurement- Larry Stopforth affair, and now the APLQ breakin.” SCANDAL SIMILAR The Hamilton Harbor scandal, involving alleged bid-rigging and fraud in Man in the news - Goyer trusts his competence he: clearly “a rt of there was conspiracy” on the .the RCMP not to inform Goyer. os If Higgitt and Starnes had not rought. RCMP involvement. to. Goyer’s attention at a meeting Nov. 6, 1972, they had neglected their responsi lity, Broadbent said. oo “T think that has been con-- firmed in the . minister's statement.” , ‘Opposition MPs have been badgering the government for details of the 1972 raid aince last Friday; when three policemen—one an MP officer— were given an absolute discharge after pleading guilty to the crime. connection with dredging contracts, touched Goyer in much the same way as the current breakin controversy. Members of the Montreal news agency said they told Goyer by telegram in October, 1972, that an RCMP officer had heen involved in the break-in at the agency. Goyer, on the advice of the RCMP, did not reply to the telegram and Trudeau told the Commons Monday that Goyer did not know the national police force was involved. In the Commons Monday, he refused to accept opposition invitations to rise after question period on a int of privilege to explain s part in the break-in case and. answer questions. Instead, he listened in ’ silence while Trudeau defended him, and darted from the chamber later, refusing to talk to reporters. During his five years in the cabinet, Goyer also became embroiled in the controversy that preceded the purchase of Lockheed Orien patrol planes at a time when the airplane company was involved in a worldwide kick-back scandal. He was solicitor-general when convicted wife-killer Yves Geoffrey was granted an unescorted leave to get married. Geoffrey escaped with his new bride to Spain where he was apprehended on his honeymoon. Last year, Goyer was. uestioned in the Commons ‘or taking a lady friend to a sunny resort spot on a free Air Canada pass granted ministers and their escorts. He has sporadic Commons attack for circulating a letter in 1971 saying that an extra- parliamentary opposition existed that hoped to create a revolution. f been under{ having a heart attack or worse, going mad: . “I remember walking up our street,.the moon was shining and suddenly everything seemed unfamiliar, as it would in a dream.-I felt totally unreal. «. I almost stopped two people to ask if they could see me—was I really there? “y was sweating, trembling, my heart was pounding and my legs felt ke jelly, E felt I could go no r, as if another step would take me over into some dark pit.” "T was sure I wag going to die. I was certainly very close to fainting and the panic was uncontrollable.” Following this attack, the woman was unable to leave her home alone. based local programs have been developed by government ministries and private agencies in commu- nities throughout B.C. which respond to the need for services for children in conflict with the law.” - FEAR OF SNAKES IS OPHIDIOPHOBIA lazy or are you ergasiopnh FRIENDS AMUSED There is a general lack of understanding about phobias by many doctors and also by friends and relatives phobics, the author writes. Friends react to phobias with amusement or frank disbelief and relatives, who see more of the effects, are puzzled and irritated. A marriage in particular can be put under great strain, especially in the case . of agoraphobia, when one partner's fear of going out can jeopardize the whole relationship. The causes of phobias differ but they often follow a shock, such as the death of a close relative, an operation, iliness or change of lifestyle—like getting married or having a baby. a NEW PROVINCIAL ACT a | Hard-core delinquents | | may end up “However, a 8 continued to he identified for: specially-designated programs which may be utilized specifically for a small number of delinquent youths who are either a danger to the public or Growing up in violence MONTREAL (CP) Admitting that she cannot prevent her own three teen- age children from hitting each other; an American sociologist told an in- ternational conference here Thursday that parents must stop turning a blind eye to sibling violence. In a workshop session of an international conference on Violence in the Family, Prof. Susan Steinmetz said violence among siblings was the mest common and acceptable form of family violence. The University of Delaware sociologist said by being allowed to hit and punch their brothers or sisters, children learned physical. violence was ‘‘an acceptable way of resolving conflict.” ‘Children learned to use violence on their siblings by receivin physical punishment from their parents and watching parents hit each other, she said. . She proposed an end to physical punishment for children and suggested parents jell children they do not approve of their hitting and kicking each other. A man in the audience who said he had two girls “who fight a little’ asked the professor.if it was not healthier for children to release some of their anger, rather than internalizing it . “} totally disagree,” she British replied. “I’m not saying you should completely cut it out. My God I tried it.” The man said as an only child who had been deprived of brothers and sisters to fight with, he found he could not handle ‘violence very well. Several conference participants suggested that one-child families might be the answer to sibling violence. . As long as our society wants competition, leadership, getting ahead and territorial gain, said Prof. Steinmetz, it would be very difficult to rear non-ag- gressive children. She cited a _ recent American study which showed that threequarters of 1,224 sibling pairs between the ages of three and 17 admitted to using physical violence. The viclence ranged from slapping or shoving to—in a small number of cases—ac- tually using a knife or + Boys were more violent than girls and the most veolent acts occurred in brother-sister disputes. n Three percent of homicides in the United States are sibling homicides, she said. A British psychiatrist in the audience said he had come across cases of elderly ple who had been beaten y siblings, but added they rarely made a formal complaint to outside authorities. . official says Amin is alive “LUXEMBOURG (Reuter) — British Foreign Secretary David Owen said Tuesday he has information that President Tdi woe of gan a is alive an rmed. Owen did not elaborate in making the remark in answer to questions at a news conference following a session of European Economic Community foreign ministers. The ministers earlier adopted a statement condemning the ‘consistent denial of basic human rights" in Uganda and an- nouncing the EEC will make sure it not help re nforce the position of Amin’s government. Asked whether he knows of Amin’s state of health and whereabouts following press reports of an assassination attempt, Owenreplied: “My information is t he is alive and unharmed.” Radio Uganda reported meanwhile, that Am had met Ugandan delegates who had returned home from an Organization of African Unity meeting in Angola. _ The radio, @ Swahili- language bulletin, did not say when the meeting took lace, But it appeared to ave been later than ‘Saturday, the day Amin vanished from public view amid reports of an assas- sination attempt. The radio, monitored in London,’ said Uganda’s delegates who had attended the OAU meeting in Luanda on Saturday met the president scon after thelr return home. . .are often ‘in THE HERALD, Wednesday June 22, 1.77, PAGE ¢ Fears of a specific object li frighte frat oid at, earlier tening incident. For example, a child, already nervous about dogs may be bitten by one, causing the fear to develop into a phobia. . Fears of a definite situation can also relate toa frightening incident. A fear of being in an elevator may be due to having been trapped in one, or having been locked in a rcom. REASONS COMPLEX — But social phobies, with their fear of social situations, and agoraphobics, with their dread of going out into the street, have more complex reasons, connected with anxiety, for their phobias. Miss Melville Hsts the main techniques -used ‘to obic? treat these illnesses. They include: Desensitization: the patient is relaxci and then, over a series af sessions with a psychiatrist or psychologist, is asked to imagine what he fears in ar ever-ncreasing gradient. Flooding: the patient is confronted with the phobic object, without escape, until he becomes use. to it. Group therap,: patients talk out their fears and problems. Miss Melville ends on a sombre note, Th.: number of Phobics is apparently. growing because as phobias are more widel; discussedn more people admit to suffering from them, and- also because general living stress is on the increase. prisons. themselves, or who are con- stanily before the courts for serious delinquencies.” He said the containment factor was peared only for a few youths. who are “constantly repeating delinquent behaviour.” Under the bill, the commissioner of corrections must review the case of each youth confined in a containment centre and determine whether to continue to confine the youth or grant a :onditional release. GRANTED RELEASE The bill also orders that a youth who has served 75 per cent of his term shall be granted a conditional release. The attorney-¢eneral also said that every containment centre and remand facility will huve to be inspected each year by the commission of corrections and the superintendent of child welfare. She’s Second To CB And Calling 10-33’ By Abigail Van Buren ©1977 by The Chicago Trlbune-N.¥.News Synd. Inc. DEAR ABBY: Whoever invented the CB radio sura invented a road monster. My husband, a once law-abiding citizen, now gets into his car, turns on his CB and starts looking around for other CB antennas. He then identifies the color and make of the car and asks if they have their “ears” on. Next he gets a “front door man” and a “back door man” so he can exceed the speed limit without getting caught by a “Smokey” or “bubble gum machine” (police). ; Meanwhile, everybody else with a CB is speeding, looking for road buddies and driving with one hand on the wheel and the other holding a speaker. By the time we've reached our destination I'm exhausted. We just returned From one of those “fun” weekends, and I am ready for a streitjacket. Four hours over and four ‘hours back with breakers 1 to 9, and that’s it for me. Before my husband got a CB we enjoyed a leisurely drive listening to soothing FM music. No more! Next time Fl stay home. My handle? STEAMED BEAVER DEAR BEAVER: Don't sell the CB’era short, When you need help on the road you might have a long wait before a Tijuana Taxi (sheriff) or Smokey (police) happen by, but those guys in the 18 wheelers (big trucks and trailers) are great in a 10-33 (emergency) situation. DEAR ABBY: Please settle a debate bet-’een my gentleman friend and me. I just turned 28, at which time Jim informed ine that I am now an “old maid.” Jim’s definition of an ald maid is any woman who is 28 and single, regardless of whether she has been previously married. My definition of an old maid is a woman who is 30 and — has never been married. Which of us comes closer to your definition? | Iam a divorcee, so even though I am unmarried at age 28, 1 do not consider myself an old maid. Anewer in the paper. The loser owes dinner. DEAR LINDA: Jim owes you a dinner. {P.S. ‘he term “old maid" went out with the buttonhook. I prefer “gnclaimed jewel.") DEAR ABBY: You said that most handwritten do-it-yourself wills aren't worth the paper they're written on, Asalawyer I must inform you that this is probably true in many instances, but a w: the ‘vinner a} LINDA that is written, dated and signed in the hand of the testator can be written on toilet paper, and it’s as valid as one drawn up by an attorney, Furthermore, in California a holograph (hand-written will} is simpler to execute because no witnesses are required. CALIFORNIA LAWYER DEAR LAWYER: Judging from my mail, a lot of lawyersread my column. I still say in matters having to do with law, it's cheaper and wiser in the long run to seck advice from a lawyer. Everyone has a problem. What's yours? For « personal reply, write to ABBY: Box Ne, 69700, L.A., Calif. 90069. Enclose stamped, self-addrested envelope please.