WRECKED Mrs. Leshe Behunin is in tears as she and her husband

arrived back at the scene of Saturday's Baldwin Hills Re-

New U.S. Institute Planning Aid For Birth Defects, Retardation

‘ally co-ordinated. US. - wideioutbreait that only bio of the,

Bv JOHN BARBOUR

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OME SEEN THRO servolr flood at Los Angeles, Calif. to find their home

smashed the rushing waters. ‘'1 have no home,"

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UGH TEARS she repeated. Theirs was one of hundreds destroyed or dam-

aged by the waters. Damage exceeds $l0.000.000.

WASlIlL\‘Gl‘0N lAP\ — There study of pregnant women——the‘babies S|ll‘\‘l\'ed Doctors began‘

in a gathering momentum in the course of their pregnancies and extensive but so far

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United States against the twin the health of the children they tE!'\'lP\1'5 with mothers to try to:

disasters of birth defects and bear ‘ life. possibly beyond. institutes of; There health are fashioning a new tn- ‘techniques and new .causes of both bi lmental retardation.

mental retardation The national

stitute directed at child health nt

and developme . There is under way a feder-

LIBERAL MP

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skilled Fanadians. l

The immigration depart:-.ien.‘ei-""*""‘"s would plll‘SI)P a vigorous promo. unnoticed. but now there is the new

tional campaign in France, , United Kingdom and the United‘ States. J

FORSELS ‘NEW LOOK‘

Mr Favreau also forecast oi "new look" in Indian legisla-f tn’

‘be able to find a common cause There tin each case.

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Changes would be designed to‘ encourage Indians to show more initiative and self-responsibilityi and be less reliant on the fed-i eral government. ,

The minister introduced a hill] establishing an . Claims; Commission to handle claims: about land. treaty rights ano other matters.

Andrew Bi-ewin 'l\'DP — Tor- onto Greenwood‘ said that how-‘ ever desirable it may be to in- imriiigtation. continued

._e - =cale iinemployment in Canada iroiild be bound to act as a brake on it

To increase immigration. it would be iinnpssary to plan tori an expanding economy. 1

Mr Breirin made severali proposals for changing the im- migration laws. Chief among them was a change to end what he said he was describing. po-

litely. as "trari=s' of discrimi- nation

A B Patterson !SC——Fraser Valley‘ said Canada needs a

much larger population. but can only accommodate it if there is a basic reform in its monetary and financial policies. ‘BAN SL‘BVERSIVES'

Real C a o u e t t e. Creditiste leader. said immigration must remain selective to keep out subversives and undesirablea.

Mr Caouette said that before immigration is increased. the. government must first find a solution to unemployment at

(L—York East» said it is not possible to hold back immigration: "If we don't open the door. it will be bat.- tered down."

Robert Simpson (PC—-Chui- chlll) said Indians are not shift.- loss and. lazy but that they need jobs. Many of the Indian reser- vatlona were on non-arable land.

Eugene Rlieaume 1PC—North- vest Territories) said the origi- nn] treaties with the Indians of

Northern Canada should be re- MANY

fngotlated because the federal government has never lived up to the two major provisions -

land and hunting

1-igiiu. .

Mr. Howard said the Indians want to see action and not hear the phrases repeated all over gain. Indians affairs should be gradually turned over to thc

nces.

[three tthey found lbifida—an often-fatal birth de- lfect of th tits tiny survivors paralysed and and help create jobs for un-ibrain damaged.

uncommonly dangerous to preg-

' time

. to the seventh year of discover some common upset of ‘ pregnancy. : “ew di33”°5ll°= Meanwhile. other doctors dis-i hints 1'0 "19 l covered similar outbreaks the l ml defect‘ and ‘same year in the state of Ver- ‘ ;mom and at Fort Campbell. Ky. In recent months, doctors in .1" the ve,.m,,nt outbreak doc. 1003395, ha” 1‘9P°l‘F9d tors found four cases within 5 °P‘d5ml°5 °f 5P“13‘one-block area in Montpelier.

I But in all cases, investigators. ailed to incriminate a single: possible cause. I few years ago. such minor It was not until the 19405 that l

' have passed idoctors couldcve indict rube]lla—: - at e virus 0 rman meas es- awapgness among docfol-5' ‘as 3 DOSS1.‘bl€ 031190 Each unhappy ougb,-eak of. .when it struck in the first th fers some hope the doctors may ‘m°‘"h5 0‘ P1‘ 9E-’"3"CY- are numerous other _ viruses with pre - birth damagei There are new hints that potential some common viruses may be‘ has been estimated that‘ h. . ID . t f b “3“°l95- il)»ieiFthaS:i€efect¥:Prc::frfnbeO plnrsigdvetilia 5 One virus undeti; indictment ls gm.-,wn vi,-use, i so comm ii an s . . most people have had] it by the lhperhalis ﬂow" *0 pfhrvicfml ’ they are 30 years o1d—yet' ‘f he " ‘ e ‘maﬁa 5°“ di o c.i-omosomes — he three

"9"" “"°“' '3‘ The“-‘ ”" ~ " of hereditv _ within dividing ' is in the fantastic growth

are

e spine that can leave

cations may potent rel

cause of mental retardation. splurge It can lead to sad and PUBLIC ALERT ‘ ’.' ‘ I There is new public aﬁgnﬂon ,usuall_\ accidental defects. ' the delicate nature of the .C-HROMOSOME ERRORS pi-egnancy—pei-haps born of the‘ The most. easily recognized i_ thalidomide tragedy_ and the land probably the most common} él;0Wled.ge that} even common mongolism.fThe bfody cells odfi .rman meas es during the.- 9 C0mm0D -YD? 0 monso Oi « first three months of preg- lcontain 47 chromosomes cad nancy can cause birth defects. of the normal 46. l For. H1 fact. no period is as Doctors know that the chancel fraught with peril as the first of this kind of mongoloid bi:-nil gfergaygﬁhom the W110!‘ 09 is greater in older women than.

to

. .988 ft‘ lb!’ ﬁllaliin women at the optimum of3 m“'3°1° 0* blrthr th ir reproductive age It hap-I

N0 P€!'10d 1! 010581‘ '30 deal?! lpens once in every 600 births gab *5l;é‘!g{l(89 9118!! the C185’ Ofland is rarely a family trait.

There are other Chromosome "This period contains the errors. some produring sexual peak incidence 0‘! death in tl1lS{‘de_F9rt5, gm-ng mentaj defect5_ country. says Dr. Allenisome both. Barnes. Johns Hopkins Univer-. TWP.l'll.}i‘ per cent of the ob-l SID-Ti lserved defects occur because of u

ng the last four weeks oflgenetic debilities _ unfortunate. pigegntincyi an: the” H11-st sfgur of bits of heredity passed an to. ie, e ea ra s per offspring. 2 cent, and an equal number of Genetic cause; v , too... babies are damaged. Barnes lsometimes producing errors in explain! ‘cell function. sometimes depriv- Bul ‘things can 80 WTOEE My ing a child of some vital chem- tlme 111 the d€V€10lTment of ailcal step that would enable 111 baby. ‘to properly use a food or con-l Just look what ‘one potent vert energy. aafint. the ;l‘8|:Cl\ltl}1‘l12A:§‘ thzattigp-, But even with . known mie.can oo eime es’ __ _h mm, or development. .Zl.’.l’§§£..i§. ’§i“.-3i§1‘§...'2.‘*§ .3 so beltf tn; gigthzarthtakeéi glib dgtls ;per cent of defective birtha still “'99 an 3? tare unaccounted for. of her pregnancy. It can cause; The age of the mother is aloo deformities to the developing a t‘actor—nvith more birth de- 931'5 Of the baby: lfects occurring in births to Between the 40“! and 44th lmothers at the younger and day. the arms are involved. Be- laid” extreme; of the reproduc- tween the 42nd and the 48th day. five age, ‘the legs are involved. There are at least a dozen 3111 l'9m8Tk8bl&'--’lt th8lld0- ldrugs that can cause birth de- dﬁgdeolf :0‘ N4?“ “lg” 31:1 “ti: lfects-—from hormones to tran- Y 708138 C5’. D1’ "06 'qlll11‘17£l‘S. from anti-coagulant: thumb defects and other dlsor- lo, some mm, dm,gs_ den "Much of the problem nets AFFECTED with the fact that many people Thalidomide left its mark on ,‘do not recognlre that they are at least 6.000 babies in West ‘taking drugs." said John: Hop- Germany on — many more skins‘ Dr. Barnes.

federal inquiry into . and '

'. certain changes in the British

« The will deal not only with

Biculturalism Commission Has Plans To Widen Scope

QUEBEC tCPl—Scope of the stitutiona. The statement added: biiinguaiism, "Two questions mus stand blculturahsm will not be tout during the whole of this terms of the constitution, theihllge lﬁﬁki royal commission has announ-l “1. That of the two languages: I "2. That of an eqiiial nler- -me mmembe, royal cOm_jship of both Englsh-speakn mission said in , statememuand French-speakingncanadians made publlc here by Co-Chair» 9 Wmmon Weal- man Andre Laurendeau that it l'l‘HIRD CULTURES SAFE would be quite legitimate for] e commission said this doc the commission to recommend

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«not mean absolute or numerical lequalirty for the two

.‘the federal government. does it mean that cultures will be suppressed. federal civil service but extend The statement was a seven- to provincial governments. mu- page official interpretation by nicipal-ities and educational in- the royal commission of terms

North America Act nor

commission’: research the

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against other birth defect FVILLE. Que. tCPl—Mlnor laud- causes is often unsolved. ‘slides continue to plague inves- Why does the palate fall to tigatora trying to recover close in some infants. leaving a wreckage and bodies from the cleft palate — and sometimes site of the Nov. 3 letliner hI_‘rellp—to be repaired after crash in which 118 died. Work birth? was layed seven hour: when What produces club feet? lthe ground caved In when men Whattnterruptilon in the nor-lwei-cw‘ itglnatr-each attlie inal process produces aplna bl-{centre of the impact area. The M8? trench was extended and work This drug defect oecun was resumed early Frlda . In- Mndomb atlutdyelaartbercspeetor Gerard Boole olthc

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y the At a turbulent two-day pre-

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llrninary November, the royal commis- sion was asked by many groups to clarify rm: variously de- scribed as vague. minorities and disquieting.

Mr. Laurendeau. editor of Montreal Devolr. made the statement public at a meeting here of the Canadian Associa- tion of French-language Educa- tors.

The commission said it rec- ognizes it has a duty to give

special attention to the prob- lems of the 166.000 Indians and Eskimos. .

cultures of. the 2454.562

The . P! 1“ ‘Canadians with mother tongues

other than English or French

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a . The commission said it will

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“cultun,"' “blcu1tural- in a fair and accurate . But it made these points:

1. All Individuals do not have to be bilingual. The objective 0 “large unﬂingual areas. on both sides."

2. "Briculturaliam is not I hodge-podge resulting mixing of two cultures

3. There should not be two “melting po tlculturallsm must not be lup-

equality of citizens

law must not be tam The main con- cern was for equality of oppor- tunity between English- and French-speaking persons. re- gardless of their ethnic origin. STUDY ALL FIELDS

The commission said the idea of equal partnership between the two main language groups

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Que. Legislature To Open Jan. 14

QUEBEC (CP)—Premier Le- sage has announced that the next session of the legi|la-- ture will open Jan. 14.

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' KENTVIJLLE. N.S. (CPL. Federal entomologist D a v i Q Gray has told Nova Scotla potato producer! that the threat of a potato parasite from

Newfoundland was “very real"

for Nova Scotla’a growers.

The golden nematode has In. fected Newfoundland potatoeu and the federal agriculture 5.. partrnent has launched a $160,. 000 program to control the in. festatlon.

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Nova Scotla growers said they were concerned. Mr. Gray said that 50 cars and 1% per- sons were landing daily at North Sydney. N.S.. aboard fer-

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