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I PW s t -_‘“ E‘,%' % [ S Prto ind in MV oL. W . S . n mm 7 ‘ 2 . * ® s I ‘ Dark cloud has a silver lining:; ’ f 4 o J 9 8 l * sds ‘ Bill aynard‘s struggle is over |||\ : : ' ( | By CATHY BLACK f’“jd‘“ t}’:f‘°“fs yesterday was a lucky day, | Staff writer * Good things always happen on Jan. 18. It‘s \ oo oo e Lirirear t . 10 7 O s Amy wilels birthday and thy aranidaan wl borh a | Scientist Bill Maynard‘s thirtyâ€"fiveâ€"year year ago on Jan.18,"" he says. a | strugpele is over. _ 3 The accident occurred less than a ear afy | gIâ€"%L finally got word yesterday that he will the Maynards were married _ mgetingt:: | receive substantial compensation for an _aqcxde{lt Queen‘s University where Bill was on a scholar. | in 1943 that left him nearly blind and crippled in ship and working on his master of science . | a wheelchair. s Magete .â€" degree. _ hy * ‘ "After all this time it‘s hard to believe," he _ After they were married Bill went to work | says. for a federal government research centre at Vaj | For 35 years the Sydenham couple have Cartier in Quebec, where shells were being | struggled to live decently, denied compensation tested before sending them to troops overseas. | for the chemical explosion in a federal laboratory There was a chemical explosion and Bill has | by the Quebec government. But they feel no bitâ€" . __ difficulty remembering much of what happened terness. w in the following year. He lost the use of his legs, "It would have been a lot nicer to have had much of his eyesight and he has trouble t alling the money 35 years ago, but it‘s still the best So Eivelyn has to tell most of their story. neys I vehcard in a longe time.}] says Evelyn ‘"He was in the hospital from Oct.18 to Maynard. _ Feb.2. Finally we went to his parents place in It will be another few weeks before :fll}fi Orillia and then we bounced ‘back and forth, for / 1 Maynards hear exactly what the payments /.. a while, between Orillia and my parents here. amount to, but it looks as if they‘ll be receiving a, . | iÂ¥ § l ons | _ a lumpâ€"sum payment, retroactive to 1943, inâ€" _ _He was in bed for a quite a while. Loften | cluding costâ€"of living adjustments. A mgm_ber 9f think things could have been much b‘etter if | the Quebec compensation board has said it will we‘d had therapists in‘ those days, But I worked | |\\ amount to "a pile of money. § with him every day, massaging his fingers and I ‘ The Maynards hadn‘t been expecting the â€" still remember how wonderful it was that day he | money and were so taken by surprise tl,"?t they ,I could finally put his hands over his head," c | really haven‘t plan;led yet what to do w1th the » (See Maynard, Page 2) s | money. _ y j ; 3 | | | | | | | |