The Ottawa Journal from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada • Page 3

A physical titoeu report on Canadian school children may aooa make "left beat the national average" a gymnasium rallying cry. Compiled by the Canadian As-aociation for Health, Phyiical Education and Recreation, it docamenu performance levels of 9.000 studentt aged seven to 17. An average seven year old boy, statistics show, is capable oi: Performing spaed sit-Pi Jumping tare feet, I ache from a standing start; Completing a shuttle run la seconds; rsecatlng a fie tad arm I hang far seconds; Running 10 yards In II secoods and IN yards la seconds. An average. 17-year-old boy could oo 35 sit-ups; jump I feet 11 inches; shuttle run in 10 5 secoods; flexed arm hang for seconds; run yards in 1 I seconds and MO seconds.

Then were exceptions like a eeven-year-old girl who could bang by her arms for 1(8 seconds (highest count recorded In the report) and 17-year-olds who couldn't do it at all. Released Tkarsd a by neattk minister ktrFx-k. whose department financed It, the SIMM rapart makes ae evaluations mr cempart "We have merely provided a base for further study," one of the report's principal investiga tors. Dr. M.

S. Yuhasc of theses" also provide an incentive University of Western Ontario, said. "Our objective was to describe the level of fimatr-not indicate if it is good or bad." he said, adding that Canadian youngsters did as well as their American counterparts who per WANT MORE AID Farmers Unhappy, Greene Poll Shows UNIQUFffiTHOD Doctors Can Map Air Pollution By MIKE BRYAN et The Journal A University of Ottawa bot any professor, working closely with a Belgian colleague, has! devised a method of mapping areas affected by air pollution. Rev. Dr.

Fabiaa LeBtanc believes the system be and Belgian Dr. Jacques- De Stoover have developed can be. of greall oawvnsjaa HunsffwiiKnn engineers, 1 town planners and others concerned with the xrow ing problem of air pollution. The method Is based upon, the comparatively high sensitivity of epiphytes plants which grow and feed oa other puants to air poHuoon. In particular.

Dr. LeBlanc and bar assistant have working with mosses and lichens, epiphytes whch grew on tree. They win shortly have com pleted the gathering of date for an air pollution mm of City at Montreal nrc Financed The Montreal project, financed by the National Research Council, has Involved close observation of trees in at least 400 sectors of the city. Dr. Le Blanc has found as one goes progressively farther from the centre of the city, or any ob- vius source of pollution, the lichens and mosses become more healthy, 'more numerous and more fertile.

In each sector or some 20. to 40 trees are closely examined for mosses and lich- ens. The absence of the plants. or their presence and vitality, BE HEARD 2 4 3 2 7 It yon have question, dial this number for Journal answering service, 3 to 9 p.m. Mondays through Fridays.

i By PETER JACKMAN ef The Journal Eastern Ontario farmers are convinced they are getting the short -end from Ottawa and have told this to Agriculture Minister Greene. Their assessment of federal farm policies is one of 10 sub jects covered in a survey con ducted by Mr. Greene among residents in the redistributed Lanark-Renfrew riding he hopes to represent. A substantial majority of the 2.200 residents who replied to is carefully noted over an ex tended, period of time. In this way.

the scientists arrive at an IAP "Index of Atmospheric Mosses and lichens are need (or the observation because they are exposed to the atmos phere the year round. USE ARBITRARY SCALE An arbitrary numerical scale a to 10 1 ss asd to asatgn each "station; asandex of air pollution. A location far out in the country might register-4S Or 49. indicating numerous heahhy lichens and mosses and practically no, pollution present On the same scale, eq area adjacent to huge, smoke-belching factory, might-register three or lour Indicating a nigh degree of air pollution. Maps of pollution affected areas can thus be drawn by grouping sectors having the same approximate index of pol lution, and coloring in those groupings.

Dr. Lebianc expects to com plete his studies in Montreal by October. His pollution map of Canada's largest city should be ready for publication next sum mer. la July, August and ef next year, he will be gathering data far aa air peQutioa map' ef Ottawa. But "Ottawa" is not a pol luted city compared to many other cities of the same site.

said Dr. LeBlanc. "In fact Ot tawa is less polluted than many cfties I know which are small er." PROVINCE WONT HELP He has been unsuccessful In attempts to get Ontario's provincial health department to aid financially in further research into his method. But ha hopes the U.S. federal health department win come through with funds for much needed equipment.

In August Dr. Le Blanc presented a. paper ea his project la the American Institute of Biological Science, Washing-tan. 'The Americana shewed great Interest in the' Idea. When social worker Suzanne St Germ sine visited the Rehak, she was told about the plight of their farm produce.

It was clear to her that the crop would go to waste lih-mss it was quickly harvested. So it came about that 20 city youths, among them many who had never contemplated the business end of a hoe, found themselves digging and groping soft brown earth for the golden spuds that form the base of a work-logman's diet. Mast ef the young people' earn from an Ottawa Catholic youth, eraup The story ef their -mission Is Just ena el formed similar tests and, in some instances were better. Researchers hope the report for personal physical fitness im provement. The "report, whicii comes dressed as a 4S-page booklet de signed for classroom use, estab lishes a general rule that per formance levels improve with age.

his postcard questionnaire sup ported greater government intervention in the economy and backed increased foreign aid. This Is the second year Mr Greene has conducted a poll. although last year was otf fined to his Renfrew South rid ing. He said he intends to con tinue with similar programs tc assess views in his riding. EXPO INTEREST DIM This time he found many of them have a jaundiced view of the job done by the CBC and only half of them intend to visit Expo despite its proximity- next One of the minister's assis tants said the lack of Expo en thuslasm so-surprised fair offi cials they sent an employee to verify -the figures in Mr.

Green's office. Along with the .200 voters who ticked off answers on the postcard to the minister, be said more than 100 others wrote him giving views In greater detail. THEY SAID Here is a tabulation of the opinions: I. Should there be government subsidies to give adequate returns to Canadian farmers and keep down food costs? Yes, IS per cent; no, 25 per cent and no opinion. 10 per cent 2.

Should the government force car manufacturers to add mora safety to't their Yea, per cent; no, 23 cent and Option, eight per cent. vp f. Do believe there should 'be compulsory arbitra tion of, labor disputes in areas effecting the national economy? Yes, 7J par cent; no, 11 per cent and no 'opaioorTI per cent. 4. Is the CBC doing a good job of bringing Canadians to gether? Yes, 27 per, cent; no.

per cent ana no opinion, 21 per cent. 5. Could Canada make a greater contribution to world peace by spending less on de fence and more on fore lad aid for hungry nations. Yes, 55 per. cent; no, 31 cent and no opinion, 14 per cent I.

Do you believe the federal government is doing enough for Eastern farms? Yes, cent; no. 47 per cent aod no opinion, IS per cent. 7. Do you believe the federal government is doing enough for western termers? Yes, 07 per cent: no, 14 per cent; and no opinion, 10 per cent. I.

Do you believe the govern ment should fix prices and wages to control Inflation? Yes, 04 per cent: no, 27 per-cent and no opinion, nine per cent. 0. Do you plan to visit Expo (7 at Montreal next year? Yea, 4S per cent; no, 45 per cent and no opinion, 10 per cent. 10. Are you in favor of abolition of capital punishment? Yes.

28 per cent; no, 0) per cent and no opinion, nine per cent. EXPECT NEW BLOW Kllauea Volcano, Hawaii, has erupted 10 times since 1959 and is thought to be building up for another big display. 'Operation Potato By NEVILLE HAMILTON A rescue exercise named "Operation Potato Patch" was successfully executed in the small farm community of CurranWednesday night. The object of the opera ton was to save the potatajtrop of Emile Rehsk who was injured In the Heron Road Bridge collapse. The Rehak's have a small farm at Curran which helps supplement their (nrnme and whicii piuvMoi -borne grown vegetables for the winter months.

Since the bridge accident Mr. Rehak has been too weak to work the farm. Volunteers Pitch many which have followed the grim day ef tragedy which claimed the Uvea of nine men and Injured 17 others. Last week a mother widowed by the bridge disaster was in the position where she had no money and no medicine for her baby. The Infant needf a dally dose of drug for a blood condition.

An Ottawa druggist learned nf their plight and sent them two cases of the medicine. tnese. howevei, only two of the families going through the agonising adjustment of learning to live without their number one Artarama Mayor Fighting for Arts Mayor Reid is not yet ready to concede the Cen tennial year Artarama cannot be held on the fence at the National Arts Centre. "That's the fence we want," the mayor said today in the wake of reports the arts centre boarding would not be available. "No doubt about it in my mind." The mayor said he would ask the first meeting of the arts centre board of directors.

Communications Systems Tested Frrdoy." September 9, 1966 The Ottawa Journal The Ottowo Journal Report Gives Averages Is Your Boy Fit? NEW MALL CONSTRUCTION UNDER WAY What's been lying under the Sparks Street Mall all this time? Streetcar tracks. The two sets of tracks, scheduled for removal in 1959, raise the centre of the -Mall's surface causing rain water to drain towards either, side of the Mall Since the permanent Mall won't have any sidewalks, rain water would flow up to store entrances. Removal of the tracks, begun this week, will correct this by lowering thecentre of the MalL (JourB(H 0mMm Help for Handicapped (By The CP) Experimen tal-electronic eagineering work at the University of Saskat chewan may offer hope to peo ple of normal Intelligence who are unable to communicate be cause of combined speech and physical handicaps. Two communications systems now being tested oo six children suffering from cerebral palsy are showing promising initial results at the Physical Restora tion Centre Saskatoon, two Igradjiate students reported to JUm Canadian Medical and Bi ological Engineering Society's conference Thursday. At present the only way peo ple with such handicaps can communicate is with a typewriter.

Because some lack sufficient control of their arms and hands, they have to use a long rod controlled by their head and neck muscles or any other mus cles over which they have suf ficient control. With the small size and close spacing of the keys "the error Robert NJUva naugh said in an interview. I He tirst answer was a spe cial keyboard using tapered holes where the "keys" are ac tivated -y the operator inserting a probe1nto the hole. The holes are much larger than typewriter keys three-quarters of an inch wide at the surface and offer a wider selection than the typewriter keyboard. Thl1' second produces-aetual l-volfi sounds through pre-re corded words and letters on tape.

It also includes a separate tape recorder that enables the In to Harvest The families of the men who died are in particularly difficult circumstances. Workman's Compensation provides only (75 a month for The widow. She can drW an additional (40 per month for each of her children. Consider the difficulties facing a mother of two children trying to live on 155 a month, FUND GROWS The Heron Rnad Bridge Dis-aster Relief Fund is slowly growing and a full fledged campaign to establish a iiuai fund for the victims will be launched this weekend. A variety group composed of 40 entertainers andfetur- Patch a T.

expected to be held shortly, to make some arrangement to permit the vastly-popular art contest to be held at the Confederation Square site in 1967. The city's Artarama organizers are operating on the advice that the arts centre site will not be available because the federal government is planning a new, more decorative boarding. Public works spokesmen, however, say the user to store his message until it has been completed, Bothpieces of equipment are relatively expensive." The typewriter prototype costs S2J00 for parts alone, while the tape re corder model components cost $2,500. A second-generation artificial kidney developed-in Canada will provide a new lease on life soon for Canadians who might otherwise die from kidney fail- Details of the device, tested in Kingston were presented to the conference by Fred Sie- monsen, vice president of Kingmed Limited, the Kingston-based developers. Artificial kidneys already are in use in many hospitals, taking over the vital job of cleansing the blond when the human kidney fails.

Burwdsh Escapee Is Recaptured. SUDBURY (CP)-Gary Alexander Pushie, 18, of Toronto, one of four men who escaped from Burwash industrial prison farm Wednesday, was recap tured Thursday. Prison guards picked him up one mile from the farm on Highway 09. Alfred Louis Bernard, 20, of Barrie, who escaped with Pushie, was still at large. Rejean Morin, 29, of Montreal and Royal of Ottawa escaped Thursday from tree-planting gang.

Four other men who have escaped since Aug. remain at large. Injured Workman's Crop ing folk singers Aiden and Joyce O'Hark will stage a variety benefit at the Technical High School auditorium Saturday, Sept. 17. Tara Variety Group Is donating Its services.

The Col-legiata Institute Is making the auditarlum available free ef charge. The Carleton County Bar Association has offered to provide free leeal Sid to all (ami lies Involved in the bridge disaster: the Salvation Armv has donations and has distributed food hampers. The entire operation Is being co-ordinated by Ben Centre Fence future of the fence has not been finally decided. The mayor feels the arts centre, sjtuajted in the bean of the city a few steps from the tourist attractions of Parliament Hill, is -ideal" for the painting display a ad he's pledged to bend every effort to preserve it The Journal has already offered to double to $700 the prize -money it donated to thts year's winners sf the contest is held again. But the machines caa handle only.

limited number of pa tients. This raises the delicate moral problem of deriding which patients should benefit from the lengthened life span. In a recent nine month test at Kingston General Hospital the new device cut the time far each treatment to six hours and reduced the operating cost per patient to about QOO peryear, half of the cost wlTS preaenl equipment The machine is the first new model in 10 years that has been designed for mass production. he added. Artificial limbs developed for amputees may eventually be used to give healthy persons an extra arm at work, a Toronto engineer said Thursday.

David Lewis of Litton Sys tems, Rexdale, Oot, said his company had used volunteer students in an experiment tap-' ping seldom-used muscles to control an artificial hand. Twt it's too early to tell yet bow different individuals can adapt to the process." Biggest application would be in the field of artificial limbs for amputees because they need the help most and are willing to undertake the work involved in retraining muscles. They often can use muscles in the stump of their limb and don't have to forget the primary con trol of a specific muscle. The system eventually may be developed to the stage where workers doing simple repetitive jobs could be given an extra limb. Coffey, an official of the Canadian Union of Public Employees.

Mr; Coffey says the campaign has not yet established a fund objective because an assessment of the needs of the families has not yet been completed. wt I Red Letter, Wvdhw sraMai Red Circle? CS to Know Next Week By NEVILLE HAMILTON I which makes up the other sec, A Treasury Board announce- tor of the Group category, meat expected by the middle The administrators, like toe of next week will provide a red! administration support group. letter day for some civil servants a red circle day for others. Pay increases and reclassification affecting li.OOO administrators, most of them in Ottawa, Tuesday or Wednesday. The erfcednhng ef a beard aeeetfag early aaxt week will affect the timing af the pay and ctaaaiflcatioa aaemmce- The increases could range from six to 11 per cent which would equal increases given earlier this summer to the administrative support group $33,800 INVOLVED Former CS Sent To Trial on 2 Counts Former health department! architectural technologist.

Remy Louis Carriere was discharged at a preliminary hearing on two charges of accepting money as a benefit while in office and was committed for trial on two other charges involving 133,800 Carriere. 52. of 2724 Draper! Street appeared before Magis trate Strike on four charges which say be illegally accept ed the money in connection with securing hospital construction grants. I The magistrate discharged Carriere oa a charge of un lawfully accepting from Gaston Gagnier. a former Montreal architect, an advantage or benefit being monies in the amount of S29.S00 as a con sideration for co-operation, assistance or exercise of influ ence in connection with the securing of hospital grants in Quebec; And that while an official sen.

a Shawinigan architect, an advantage or benefit being monies in the amount of $4,300 as consideration for co-opera tion, assistance or the exer cise of influence in connection with the securing of bos-pita construction grants in Quebec. The accused will face trial by judge and jury on charges that while an employee of the Government of Canada without having obtained the consent in writing of the head of the branch of the Government of Canada that employed him, did unlawfully accept from Gaston Gagnier, a person having deal ings with the Government of Canada, an advantage or bene fit being monies in the amount of And a similar charge involv- mg Mr. Johansen in the amount or 4JO0. Formal committal date was set for Sept 21. LLDurmg Wednesday's testi mony Mr.

Gagnier said he met Carriere in 1958 at Carriere's See Higher Education Standard TORONTO (CP) A higher standard of education will be required oLwodters- in Ontario by 1970. a group of companies surveyed by the Ontario Economic Council says. Eight companies employing about 28.500 persons hope Jto increase the staffs to 13.500 by 1 970. the survey showed. This would be a gauTbf 17 per cent.

But the companies said major chances in schooling would be needed. If the forecasts are met rnamber of employed per sons without high school train ing will be 12 per cent less by 1970. Those with high school training will increase by 20 per cent, including employees in semi-skiled or laboring jobs. W. H.

Cranston, chairman of the OEC. said the forecast of an increase of 0.000 persons with high school education or better by the eight -companies is an Indication of future demands on the Ontario school system. a tnaa JACK SNOW JeweOera sa at sr. tavitit also got a four to six per cent down payment" on their pay review last December. Reclassification of the administrative group will however, leave some employees red circled and ineligible for the pay increases.

Classification revision of the administrative support group resulted in some 20 per cent of those employees being recorded. The Civil Service Commission and the Staff Side Conference have been trying to extric ate many of those employees from the holding category. office in Ottawa where he was responsible for approving applications for federal hospital grants. He said be paid Carriere a total of $29,500 after that for advice on plans OS was preparing for four or five hospital projects in Montreal. He said he wanted Mr.

Car riere with his knowledge of what was required, to make sure his boapital plans met federal specifications and therefore qualify for grants. A superior to Carriere in the Health and Welfare design division testified Wednesday that the division did offer a consulting service directly to architects planning hospitals. Lawyer R. K. Laishley represented the accused.

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