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= PGE AT ee [4 THE OSHAWA TIMES, Wednesday, July 14, 1965 Muscles Activate Electronic Limbs FREDERICTON (CP)--A re- search team at the University of New Brunswick has taken a big stride in development of an ronic control system for artificia! limbs. For what doctors believe is the first time, an artificial limb activated by electric impulses in healthy muscle has_ been fitted to an above - elbow am- putee. The control system is still in the development stage. It is not yet being manufactured com- mercially but offers hope for those handicapped by the loss of an arm above the elbow. Helping the research team decide what changes should be anade for the system's wide use "gutside the laboratory is Paul Picard, 11, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Picard of North" Bay. An accident three years ago took his arm off above the el- bow. Since then, he has be- come accustomed to using an artificial limb operated by a cable and harness. WORKS ON SYSTEM | In Fredericton, a technical assistance and research group for physical rehabilitation had been working on a system they hoped would be better--a myo- electric control prosthesis. This is an artificial limb controlled) by the extremely small electric potential in voluntary contrac- tions of a muscle. Only one muscle is needed to give voluntary control of two functions. Thus, a slight con- tractions of the controlling) muscle closes the motor driven hook which replaces the pa- tient's hand, while a stronger contraction opens it. This hook, designed by Colin McLaurin of the Ontario Crippled Children Centre in Toronto, is the only electric- New Service Promotions Via Ability OTTAWA (CP) Defence Minister Hellyer is placing more emphasis on ability and less on seniority in promotions for armed forces personnel, authorities said Tuesday. As a rule, seniority has been the governing, though not ex- clusive, factor in promotions and it will continue to receive some recognition. Of two men of equal ability, the man with the longer service will get the promotion. Other- wise, officials said, the man with more military talent will go up in rank. In the last two years, the Commons was informed last month by Associate Defence Minister Cadieux, a total of 3,466 professional and other skilled persons have resigned or. been compulsorily retired from the armed forces. Though the reasons: for the resignations are varied, one of them is that many bright young men quit when they feel pro- motions have gone to others simply because of their longer service. | FITNESS IMPORTANT In many armed forces jobs-- command of an infantry battal- fon is an example--physical fit- ness is a highly important fac- tor in promotions. The army is said to have felt for some time ally - powered prosthesis gen- erally available in Canada. Researchers chose Paul to help them in a clinical experi- ment, He was asked to come to Fredezicton with his mother and Mrs. Marilyn Friesen, an occupational therapist from the) jn centre. Mr, Navid Hal! Brooks, medical Gracin of the Forest Hill Rehabilitation Centre in Fredericton, was medical supervisor. . PUT IN PLACE The limb was put into place on Paul's arm, two surface electrodes were strapped to his biceps, a battery pack and con- trol unit, looking like a money belt, was fastened around his waist, and lessons were begun in the use of the limb, They lasted a full week. Paul has returned with the new device to his home in North Bay. His trip to Freder- icton for the initial clinical trial was financed by the Ontario Crippled Children's Centre prosethetic research unit and the technical assistance and re- search group for physical re- habilitation. The New Bruns- wick Co-Ordinating Council for the Handicapped provided a special grant. The research in Fredericton which led to the fitting was supported by the department of national health and welfare, the National Research Council and the New Brunswick Research and Productivity Council. TIMMINS (CP)--A Grade 12 high school student told the provincia! government's select committee on youth Tuesday that what the youth of Tim- mins needed was more sex les- sons and education on the dan- gers of alcohol and smoking. Elizabeth Dobson, president of the. Timmins high schoo! Hi-Y Club, said education in these particular fields is lack- 'f The 13-man select committee, headed bv Kingston MPP Syl Apps, was in Timmins on the second day of the committee's five-day tou rof the north. Mon- day, it was in North Bay and today, Thursday and Friday it will meet in Port Arthur. The aim of the committee is to study the problems of youth in Northern Ontario and to see how, if at all, they differ from those in the south. In Timmins, members heard 20 written briefs as well as many oral submissions. A brief by the Timmins Mayor's Committee on Youth suggested .standing committees More Education Required About The Vices: Student on youth be established in every community: in the prov- ince, The brief said these com- munities should be composed of outstanding youths as well as school board governors, princi- pals and teachers. "If a new post for youth is created within. the cabinet, it undoubtedly will do much to- ward the betterment of youth programs throughout the prov- ince as a whole," said the brief. But it added it was apparent that the provincial government should not hope to administer and carry out solutions to youth problems in all parts of the province, because prob! NICOSIA (Reuters)--A Oyp- riot government spokesman said Tuesday night National Guard headquarters is investi- gating a shooting incident Mon- day night involving Canadian United Nations troops. The spokesman said the Na- tional Guard has- ascertained Canadian Troops Under Fire During Patrol Near Nicosia Canadians approached a Na- tional Guard sentry nearby to call for an officer, "The sentry indicated the patrol commander should leave the area anc other members of the .National Guard were de- ployed in. firing positions," the pok said. that guard area officers and men were involved in the inci- dent and that disciplinary ac- tion will be taken, A patrol of the Queen's Own Rifles of Canada was halted in the northern coastal area when three shots "appeared to pass over their vehicle." _The spokesman said the The patrol returned to its vehicle and as it moved off three more shots were fired. The Canadian force is part of a contingent of UN troops. in Cyprus which came to the country in January, 1964, to RCMP constable testified at the preliminary hearing of Dr. Leonce Mayrand Tuesday that he impersonated a prison guard to obtain barbiturates and pre- scriptions for them from. the suburban physician. Dr, Mayrand is' charged with, trafficking in controlled drugs and prescribing drugs to per- sons not ill, charges which) carry up to 40 years imprison- MONTREAL (CP) -- An|private ment under the Food and Drug Act. | Const. Roger Mouran said he} quell fighting between Greek and Turkish Cypriots. met the 43-year-old suburban St. Bruno doctor at a Montreal, " ee agen NGS ILO A quarter population li city of a of ve Doctor Supplied Narcotics | To Mountie, Latter Admits clinic, where, for police: purposes, he told him he was a Bordeaux jail guard wanted. to smuggle barbiturates into the jail, a provincial prison near Montreal. The drugs give hallucinatory sensations. The contact took place in May, and later the same month the doctor gave him first a prescription to obtain the d at a pharmacy, then a 100- package for which he accepted $7, Const. Mouran said, Dr. Mayrand's lawyer said his client had been framed by the RCMP and applied for bail. The hearing continues. and projects were too localized. Earlier, the Timmins separ- ate school board submitted a brief to the committee calling for equal provincial grants to public and separate schools. NUMBERS GROW The world's population, was less than 500,000,000 in 1650 and has increased six - fold since then. RENT-A-CAR DAY -- WEEK -- MONTH | } *5.00 PER DAY | 725-6553 | RUTHERFORD'S CAR AND TRUCK RENTALS 725-6553 PLUS LOW MILEAGE CHARGE 14 ALBERT ST. Oshawa that its battalion and company -- are generally too old. The main exodus of Second World War officers and senior .hon-commissioned officers will occur in the next few years. 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