OAR Ua aOR RE a fle we eee es LOPE be ear a RTH. say! Tn. ‘addition, Sam Lindsay Memorial Poot is directly adjacent to the proposed site of the new Kitimat : . recreation complex, Raised ground te the right of the poo! will house the new arena — if this — week's referendum is passed as proposed hy Kitimat recreation department. For full details read Penples Choice, Page 16, By GINNY GALT OTTAWA (CF) — Man- - datory job hunting has been dro os a requirement “for many unemployed, federal officials say. ‘The reason:. There just isn't any work to be found. ‘We can’t have people arowmd looking for work that isn't there,” says Larry St. Laurent, an executive-director of thi Canada Employment and mle tlon - Commission. atl 2 job-search re ent, rigidly applied jous years, has loosened because’ of. com- _. «plaints from ‘frustrated job- ‘seekers and from employers with no jobs to offer, St-¢ Laurent said ln an interview after jobless..totela passed the one-million mark. “We were getting flak from the claimants and from the employers whose doors they were banging on.” The commission now requirea proof of a fob search only. when there are job. opportunities in ‘the Claimant's area and occupa- - Hon; he said, fo Oo MMe ni as ion. a. Paes ee ie Msta"a a “iy Spode yente in newspapers _ and stay in regular, contact with: Jarge employers and private :employm.. agencies, -From.- «those. _ sources “they determine “which occupations may have ‘ fob opportunities.” FRUSTRATION RISES . _ +. SteLaurent said frustration: 7 a eaployn the ae. of-. ‘." anemployment—.3 per cent. . of the *rork ‘forces’ ‘in’ “ Febeuary-andunen ‘ployment insurance officers are caught in the middle. . ‘There is . tremendous * social ure because the unemployed tend to hold the - unemployment insurance officers responsible for the fact that they ara unem- vioyed .and they have the - federal treasury. board be- - hind them telling them to keep costs down.” * unem- : ployment insurance officials say a-recent. public opinion . survey indicates 60 per cent of Canadians want: stricter controls ‘on the -program Jobless don’t have to ‘British Columbia com- hunt employment | because they believe it is be “abused, ing abused, There also have been per- alstent suggestions that some unemployment in- surance officers are over- zealous and attempt to . disqualify as many. persons as possible because it looks ‘on their own records. Victor Schwartzman, a former information officer for the commission, said in a television interyv broadcast today that benefit control officers are expected to eventually cut off between 40 and 60 perncent of eloimante they seo. st-Laurent says | the commission! has | strengthened its fraud detection measures and also has launched a controversial . $1 million campaign warning against defrauding t . the system. . :,, get at. tiger dat lity’ require “ Genbes. Persons tow mut work between 10 and.. 14 ‘weeks out. of a “year, depending on -: regional unemployment rates, they qualifx for benefits, up “from ‘ the’. previous “elght- week eligibility requirement... ; -Crities, particularly labor the pro - tepid be expanded. - St-Laurent said fraud is a continuing headache - _ because of ‘'a mistaken public’ perception that it is easy to rip off wem- Ployment insurance.” There. were 6,854 prosecutions for unem- ‘ployment insurance fraud in 1933,up from 4,660 in 1976. Administrative penalties, comimission increases to 62,104 in 1922, from in 1976. . There were 447,165 over- people’ in fore . Ter. 2ce Police Blotter | . abandoned 445,884 overpayments worth $62.8 niillion in 1976. SOME NOT ELIGIBLE In 297, of ihe total over- payment ' 23 per cent resulted from payments to claimants who did not meet conditions of eligivility and 46 per cent resulted from claimants not reporting, or. incorrectly reporting, out- side money earned while drawing unemployment nefits, St-Laurent said the. commission is trying to etting benefits to th who ts to thase need them and weeding owt. the cheats. . . The unemployment: rate rose to'an average of 8.1 per cent of the work force in 1977 from an average of 7.1 per - between anticipate,"’ St-Laurent aaid. The commission received ‘benefits expire. St. Laurent said many don’t use thelr full en- titlement 2 average duration of benefit payments has increased with the unemployment rate. He said commission of- ship ficiala recently arranged a meeting in. Sudbury, Ont., laid-off. nicke miners and . prospective employers from other parts Jobs on the spot and another 500 had good job prospects,’” St-Laurent said. “So the - pleture isn't entirely black.” REPRESENTATIVE, = 1. * opening,’ $625.00 to ” $750.00. spokesmen, say the com- . - mission treats all claimants _ 43 potential cheaters and Is _ MAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR, 1 opening, $20,000 per year, depending on experience. Must have ‘extensive experience. in’ personnal a! ion, Work Planning, building * main- tenance grounds”. keeping. KEYPUNCH OPERATOR, -$899.00 per month. Must have -- Terrace RCMP are in: veitigating a theft from an vehicle in Thornhill. Steve Pearson of _ Thornhill Is miasing two tool boxes from bis parked car. - One biue and“one ref toolbox are said to‘ contain assorted tools and two electronic meters. — RAI oD Mf you have ‘any in. "formation on the thelt please contact the Terrace RCMP. “Two suspects are. being 1 opening .. ae es perlence must : ting in keyp' bee -in writing in general office work,.; arrears as requried. ©. | - COOKS, various o “$3.25, per hour and up, :in various: places. Speciality Cooking, * re REGISTERED NURSE, 2. looking openings,. $7.90 per hour, registered -in' medical surgical shift work, 8-4, 4-12, ELECTRICIAN, 1. . opening, “1.W.A, rate, must be certified, sought. in ‘connection with a . weekend theft of a 1973 blue Mazda: pickup. truck, The square vehicle ‘‘was located five minutes..before it was reported stolen,” say police * RCMP were also over. the weekend with humerous ° fender-bender accidents involving vehictes. One car was reported rolled off the road at the bottom of Lanford. hill. No | injulres were reported, BR eo nese as MES AIR aS aN OOK as Werner Gresse! was the first highway 25 fatality of 1978 in this vehicle atinday, A head-on AP PaMat VOLUME 72 No. 60 ear 20¢ LEGISLATIVE LIBRARY, PARLIAWENT BUILDIp TUE COMP, 77/78 SDAY, MARCH 28, 1978 Women’s body found near Rainbow Summit RCMP at the Prince Rupert detachment, Monday af- ternoon, were not reeating anymore Information regarding the body of a female found Sunday at five p.m. in the Rainbow Summit ares. The summit is 211 miles East of Prince Rupert (about 68 miles West of Terrace). The case is being handled out of Prince Rupert. Prince Rupert coroner, Daryl Stevens, when reached by telephone by the Herald, Inte whether there would be an autopsy or an inquest on the body. According to RCMP Inspector for District 2 (in which Terrace and Rupert are thelaw neciasitates an autopsy iffoul play ia suspected. There has been no mention of foul Play to date, in connection with Monday, would not sate located) Bruce Terkelson, fo be carried out when and the dead woman. although. the- we Fak ee : bui il it! i. Ul Ti. er ame " BS, ikepi busy ‘Adriatic’ to offload at ~ Rupert PRINCE RUPERT, E.R. (RPC — The damaged Panamanian freighter Adriatik will be emptied of 14 tons of grain at this coastal munity before heading south to Victoria for repairs: The yessel sustained. damage to Its hull after battling high winds in the north Pacific and arrived here Thursday night,’ ac- companied by the United States Coast Guard vessel Morganthau. . Captaini Bob Kitching, of ’ the National Marbors Board, said Monday “‘it is & that the grain-laden ship di not break in half’. The vessel has a fiveeightha-inch crack extending 18 feet along _ the bottom of the hull and 10 feet up the side. -- Damaged grain from the -will be stockplied on the ‘dock. The Yugoslavian crew will have to walt here 12 to 14 days while. temporary repairs are made to the ship Bo it can travel to Victoria. . Theunloading can not take place for several days until silos ae built to ac- commodate the. grain. cok toe x They Does anyone in Terrace or ‘producing architectural vicinity want a garage, a working drawings aésisting gard en shed, a. playhouse or similar sort of building built for them — professionally — -and built for Free? That is— except for the basic materials, Nick Tim- merman, Grade 12 carpenter instructor, at Caledonia Senior Secondary School js on for Sects) for his oject (or projects) for Mass: and he means it. No. stririgs attached. Last year his class built a 600 feet log building . for the Kinsmen'’’s Kiddie Camp recreation. centre. In -previous years theclass built & 1300 square foot lodge for the same Kiddie Camp consisting of four 16’ by 16! cabins and connected by a continous front porch. “An- nother project was a 170 foot TV station built in the basement of Caledonia Senior Secondary school. Persons wishing to contact Nick can reach him at the ‘school at 696-6531,,0r at his pee pats . ft yA s + beevlew there Ls a SS-per-cent A home at 635-3751 “*deuge ‘can make you fat, Lee eee ee emmumennt ‘TODAY IN HISTORY 1652—The first permanent . white settlement in South Africa was founded by the Dutch, oo 1928—Actor James Garner was born. Handicapped Aidcalled Tokenism VANCOUVER (CP) — The human resources depart ment's $20 increase ir monthly benefit payments to the handicap is “sheer tokenlam’’ hecause the payments are still $90 short of the minimum needed, the Britieh Columbia Coalition of the Disabled (BCCD) said Sunday. . ‘BCCD chairman Pat MacRae said the increase announced Friday by Human Resources Minister Bill Vander Zalm gives a ‘single recipient under the Handicapped Persons’ In- come Assistance plan §285 a month, while the han- ‘dicapped require about $375 a month to.cover normal living expenses. “Maybe Vander Zalm eee Cy eo his back,” ald PiviacRae. “But no way. ; “{ think it’s about time the public is told what the true facts are.” ’ She said the average pera perton is - 8 eas a Thonth on food to make ends meet and consequently suffering from malnutrition. Many are also being driven, by necessity, into dark, solitary rooms, she said. Human resources officials are aware of the hardships and have documentary evidence of the sufferings of the disabled, said Bob Stone, chairman of the BCCD in- come committee. Stone and MacRae said, however, that they do not have any such evidence themselves. Stone has prepared a report detailing the cost of every-day requirements of the average handicapped person, to be f to the provincial government and all opposition MLAs. Hepatitis cause found ’ WASHINGTON (AP) — Scientists say they have the firs: hard evidence that 4 previously unknown in- ‘fectious agent, probably a virus, is responsible for most of the hepatitis people get from blood transfusions. . - Government scientists sald Monday that the agent, not reco: 8B a separate disease entity until recently, . has become the most _prevalent..cause of post- transfusion hepatitis. : This, side. effect of trans- - fusions, which atill affects collecting, the chief source of viruses previously known to cause the liver ailment. | EXt despite these efforts, post-transfusion _hepatitla persists’ and scientists say the new. agent is the culprit. In the past, the principal cause of post-transfusion hepatitis, once mown as ‘serum hepatitis, was & virus .. the last O18 the other 10 eananibes suldes.ecabbarts~:to!-ne 2 ”\* Giiininate commercial blood called type.B. Another less severe virus, called type A,” algo is implicated. ~ Tests: developed in recent . years to screen for evidence | of. these viruses. eliminated them as the cause of most.of — the remaining * post-. transfusion hepatitis, in- dicating that another agent or group of agents was in- volved. © Because scientists don’t know what the agent is, they named the new form of the disease ‘non-A, non-B mepatitis’ for what it isn't, “About 00 per cent of the post-transfusion hepatitis is caused by non-A; non-B, and cent ts titutes.of Health told anews | . conferezice. HAVE NO PROOF “We assume it ia another | virus, bul.we havé no proof, . even though It looks and acts like a virus,” Alter con- | tinued. Alter aud .Dr. Edward Tabor of the food and drug administration found Yancowver 18-year independent studies that the new agent is Infectious and transmissible’ to - chim- ‘from human blood. “This is the first concrete ‘evidence that a virus or virus-like agent Is involved,” Tabor said. © “Earlier- evidence was circum- stantial.” : a . . Sclontists ay ee ‘non hepatitis has a cubation verlod, five to 12 ‘weeks, after transfusior before signs of it show up. ~ Like type B hepatitis, the disease can be fatal in a few. cases and there is evidence can the disease Showing symploms “nostl ystppens Day Har Veeisoesea tie eat satel Bie Naina Sas ine of ine National Ini~ About 20 pas tent of viral hepatitis victims .. can become very ill with liver inflammation and. the disease can lead to liver failure and the death of some tissue in wevere cases, — Doctors can only treat the symptoms of the disease and - there is no cure, but most patients recover after the disease has run its course. -gives cancer interview - MORONTO(CP) — A spunky,;15 year old Van- couver gir] talks abow what it is like to have cancer ina special segment of CTV- Reports on Thursday at 9 Bm | : Pam: Zillo, whose family discovered che had cancer of about her frequent treat- _ ments at Vancouver General tal, . Dr. David Sralth, director of children’s out-patients at the hospital, said in an in- survival rate and tentative ‘cure rate'ln these.children. - Hesaid 4 child with cancer can | t to be under in- - tensive medical treatment for five years. “It is a tremendous drain. - on. the family's ability to cope,” he sald. Dr. Smith said cancer is the second largest killer of children in Canada. Pam’s mother, Jean Zilia, told CTV she has forced her daughter to lead a normal 6. ‘She wasn’t allowed to ait home and feel sorry for her- But she sald it has been hard because a normal life is ‘difficult to balance agains reality, - . PERSONALITY “Cancer can change not “There 1s not much known about thelr cancers and they often: spread faster," she said. “So every Kind -of | treatment: is used,‘ Surgery, radio therapy, chemotherapy the results - can save their lives but the radponsete hose ide efests a can make life not worth living." , we : oe She said that during ing her research a e Vancouver General, she found it lacked humane conditions. for only your outlook but, your children self-image,’ she - sald. . "Large. doses of certain Other. drags” and radiation _therapy can make your halr fall ot." - Let . Ms, Jensen said that in - treating . children with _ cancer, the way is rougher. than for adults. a “Ther ward was dark and cheerléss and understaffed," she sald, ‘There was no _Toom for ts who need to , ck children,”.. - Mrs. Zilio PatatatatatePstahetetatetetetatit fetta iletebeteletedete SAO NS aa NCL FR Kay ca BaNMeTaPMaNaTaTs Taleb areata aes igation by the Kitimat RCMP. = 15:6 8. 0,Ast hittalitaiialie tea Behe carry and tranemit: it- without so rvgersr