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AIDS test for Red Cross

Vancouver [CUP] - Students
wishing to donate blood to the
Red Cross will have to under-
go an antibody test proving
them free of AIDS after
November 1.

At present students must
decide for themselves if they
should give blood, based on
information pamphlets distri-
buted by the Red Cross at
donar clinics.

The test will ensure donors
are not carrying the HTLV-III
virus whichis believed to
cause AIDS. Having the anti-

Hemale

Ottawa - Solicitor General
Perrin Beatty has released a
report on Female Victims of
Crime. The report is the
fourth in a series of bulletins
analyzing the findings of the
Canadian Urban Victimization
Survey, undertaken by the
Ministry.

The report provides a com-
prehensive picture of the ex-
tent and impact on females of
the serious crimes of sexual
assault and domestic vio-
lence.

Survey findings confirm
that women are more likely

body does not necessarily
mean the person has the
acquired immune deficiency
syndrome. A Red Cross tech-

‘*..AIDS is linked

to the use of dirty
or unsterile
needles.”

 

 

nician said the test results
would be confidential.

Until the test arrives, the
Red Cross is making do with
information leaflets and ask-

 

ing gays and hemophiliacs not
to give blood.

‘“‘They’re supposed to read
it (the pamphlet) before they

go in to donate,’’ said a Red.

Cross technician who asked
not to be named.

Ken Anderlini, former
president of Gays and Les-
bians of the University of
British Columbia, said the
pamphlet is incomplete.

“One thing | have to say
about their pamphlet is that
they fail to say how (AIDS) is
transmitted,’’ he. said. The
virus is believed to be trans-

victim report

than men to be victims of
violence in their own homes
and to be victimized by some-
one known to them.

A

Concern with the attitudes
of criminal justice workers
towards victims of these per-
sonal experiences continues
to be a major consideration in
the decision of a large propor-
tion of women not to report
the violence to the police.

The survey verifies that
female victims of violence and
spousal violence in particular
identify counselling as a
much-needed support service.

Mr. Beatty said that the
findings of the survey contri-
bute to our understanding of
the special needs women have
for a wide range of programs
and services to reduce their
vulnerability and to help them
cope with the consequences of
victimization. The Méinister
added that the Federal/Pro-
vincial Working Group on
Justice for Victims of Crime
as been working on ways to
address the needs of victims
of crime and that its report
this fall will recommend ways
of improving services to vic-
tims.

mitted through the exchange
of body fluids such as blood
or semen and is not trans-
mitted through casual con-
tact.

In addition to the pamphlet,
the donor clinic distributes a
typed note stating the Red
Cross. only uses sterile
needles and only uses them
once.

October 28,'1985 page 5

 

Research has shown AIDS
is linked to the use of dirty or
unsterile needles.

Abusers of intravenous
drugs, active homosexual and
bisexual men, people who
have been to countries where
AIDS is endemic such as
Haiti, Chad and Zaire, and
hemophiliacs are all in high
risk groups for getting AIDS.

OMIGODI!NN!

Toronto [CUP] - A _ former
University of Toronto student,
who let his love of books get
the better of him, has been
sentenced to seven days in
jail for not returning hun-
dreds of library books.

George Elia, a former Con-
tinuing Studies student, was
also placed under probation,
ordered to do 300 hours of
community work, and to pay
$3000.

Elia’s case is believed to be
the first time in Canada that
anyone has been jailed for not
returning overdue books.

Elia, 48, registered at U of
T in 1981, and took out books
from at least five of its
libraries over the next four
years.

During their investigation,
the police found 226 library
books, mostly on archeology
and Eastern religion, worth
about $13,000. Some of the
books were also from York
University.

Although Elia was_black-
listed by librarians at U of T,
a slight misspelling of his
name when he re-registered
in 1984, allowed him to get a
new card.

U of T librarian Robert
Brandeis equated Elia’s
actions with stealing cars or
television sets. ‘‘It’s plain
theft. It’s really important
that the court has recognized
the seriousness of this of-
fence.’’

 

 

  

 

   

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