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Show " " ' Family Weekfy - October 9,1966 ' j . ' snori.1) Trnn ii I 1,1 k-- i gfa-'- i recent months, more than 70 persons in a single state ve been reduced fronTpfbductive citizens to relief recipients bysomethinghat can befall any of us. At ii ji were victims oi vioiem own, mey i nrougni no iaunii oi meir i mi crimes which temporarily or permanently wiped out their " savings, their jobsf and their future hopes. Four years ago, for instance, George T. was attacked by three robbers as he headed home from his factory job. In the Jight for his wallet, the bandits beat him and shoved him off a loading platform. He suffered head injuries that have since made it impossible for him to control his muscles or to work ! Max K., a truck driver,- was mercilessly beaten by a band of drunken teen-agelast October. Since then he has- three times been hospitalized for recurring internal injuries, has run up more than $3,000 in medical debts, and has lost $350 in wages every month. His wife cannot work because she must care for their three small children. Harold B. happened upon a street fight outside a tavern as he was shopping one evening. One of the fighters, apparently mistaking him for a f ellow.brawler, suddenly lunged at him and stabbed him in the head. Brain damage has claimed much of the sight of one eye and has left Harold paralyzed. These startling cases, revealed in a survey by the Illinois Department of Public Aid, have their counterparts all across the nation. And for every victim who is completely impoverished by his encounter with crime, scores more are burdened with serious financial, psychological, and physical losses, simply because-the- y place at the: thewrong ' . r'? time. '. wrong r INIllinois-ha- Ir- PAID?- - - rs Many help the criminal, but no one aids the man he attacks; 7 this Senator proposes we give a hand to "America's forgotten minority " , happeJin ' .. By KAIJH vAKlJUKUUbH--timU.S. Senator from Texas wijh Charles Remsberg ,. ifoiirl!hieef7oinmgTSif ranks are increasing yearly. inthis country is mushrooming six faster than the population. Collectively, these crime victims and their survivors con- stitutcthe largest forgotten minority-in-thU.S." Their at- e rafe of serious crime es e i Family Weekly, October 9, 1966 ' |