Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 19, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba 2 Winnipeg free press Friday june Winnipeg free press pal Lipf i life of professor urges Public review of risky research retiring . Fitz Fitzpatrick assumes relaxed posture As he puffs on his pipe and Cheeks Over papers. . Fitz nears end of Long hitch expletive deleted military career spanned wars peacekeeping chores by John Mcmanus . Carl l. Fitzpatrick is usually irreverent. When he writes his syntax is impeccable reflecting his deep grounding in the printed word. When he talks the metre is perfect usually painted with the sort of expressions that were termed expletive deleted in the tapes of former . President Richard Nixon. Fitz As he s usually known refers to military brass and pompous politicians by last names and nicknames some scathing others simply funny. A general he had a lot of time for was called big Mac. Fitz leaves the Canadian armed forces this month after 30 years of service. He has endeared himself to countless servicemen and women be cause he never changes his style regardless of company. He handles himself with the inherent wit and Charm of a Prince Edward islander. Fitz first joined the Royal Canad an Navy in 1943 at the age of 16. They never checked your bloody age if you looked reasonably close to 18." judging by his military career it seems like most wars and peacekeeping missions were planned around him. Suicide squad a Day Korea the in in Egypt Vietnam when the americans were trying to pull the other foot out of the mud and escape with their uniforms. War began in Earnest for Fitz on the evening of june 5, 1944, near Point bar Fleur in the Bay of Seine off the coast of France. Fitz was a Seaman aboard the mine sweeper hocs Blairmore part of the Canadian British flotilla the Navy called the suicide squad. They were Clearing the sea for the Allied invasion of France and the ultimate surrender of Hitler s forces the next year. The Navy called its contribution operation Neptune. It s the Only indelible memory Fitz has of All major and minor wars he has been to. The invasion Fleet came in about 5 . In the morning. It was awesome seeing planes ships and troops attack ing a coast so fortified that it seemed an impossible goal. Later that Day i recall being somewhere in the area of Omaha Beach because the water was littered with the bodies of Yankee soldiers washed out into the at the end of the second world War he went Back to school then worked in radio newspapers and for the wire services. He took this experience Back into the service enlisted in the army serving in infantry and armoured regiments. Troubled places the defence department does t do everything right but they knew what they were doing when they moved Fitz into Public relations or As it s called information services. The defence department started sending Fitz to All those troubled places. The most frustrating was Vietnam. Fitz was with the Canadian con Tingent on the International commis Sion of control and supervision in Sai gon. The prolonged negotiations of the commission were a standoff. It was them against us Canada and Indonesia trying to negotiate Poland and Hungary acting As though they were the Viet that was 1973. The americans pulled out and Canada threw in the Towel. On saturday members of the news Media and the military will gather to pay tribute to Fitz. Over the years he has made report ers jobs easier. For some who could t write he wrote it. He helped newsmen with sources and it did t matter what government Branch department or City it took him Only a few phone Calls to some up with something. Fitz is going to be expletive deleted hard to replace. Decisions on whether to proceed with potentially dangerous research should be made by the Public not scientists says a University of Manitoba professor of philosophy. The decision to proceed with experiments which Cociu have a profound Impact on Man or his environment Are value decisions and ought to be made by the general Community after a Thor Ough Public or. Arthur Schafer said yesterday. Scientists have an obligation to Alert the general Public when they Are working in a particularity sensitive area Schafer told a lunch hour Audi ence at one of a series of lectures being conducted on the social implications of science and technology. A number of years ago when scientists were on the Brink of controversial experimentation with Dan they made the matter Public and a moratorium was called on any further work until the implications could be investigated he said. But like most people scientists Are thinking mostly about themselves their research careers and May not make their controversial work Public said Schafer. To make such experimentation pub Lic would act against their careerist pressure to he said. He said he would like to see the scientific Community Foster an aware Ness of the need to let the Public know the consequences of their work. Lethal toxins possible Schafer explained that experimentation with Dan could provide new treat ments for diabetes and other diseases or produce a Strain of plants which would not need Petroleum based Fertil Izer to grow. However genetic experimentation could also produce lethal toxins which if they escaped from the Laboratory could cause an epidemic of unmatched Schafer said he does not agree with the belief scientists should have free and Unco promised Freedom to Experiment. Absolute Freedom is an important value but it s not the Only he said. Putting a halt to experimentation altogether is not a consideration be cause without research it is possible we would not be Able to Deal with unforeseen future catastrophe s such As a global change i climate. Although experimentation could Lead to an end of Down s syndrome and other genetic diseases it could also Lead to problems he said. It is possible parents of the future will have the Opportunity to decide on the Eye color height or sex of their unborn children. Our society s preference for male children could Lead to unbalanced population aggressive behaviour and changes in marital patterns he said. Pm outlet requests change Winnipeg radio listeners could lose their Only country music pm station if an application heard yesterday by the Canadian radio television and Tele communications commission is approved. The commission heard arguments from radio of Ltd. Which is trying to change the format on chem pm from country music to contemporary Middle of the a decision on the application will come at a later Date. R. M. Maclennan spokesman for of Ltd., said in an interview after the hearing the station is prepared to change its format immediately after the crts Grants the approval. He said the change is needed to capture a greater share of the listening Market. Like to get out we d like to get out of country because of the obvious move of am radio into that Maclennan said. Both Krc and cry in Portage la Prairie which can be picked up clearly in Winnipeg offer a country music for mat. Maclennan said chem s listening audience has dropped steadily during the last two years since Krc changed its format. He said the application pro poses to change chem s format to one which would offer contemporary adult or a mix of popular Light Rock and other styles. The application was opposed by chum Manitoba Ltd., which oper ates Chiq pm. Spokesmen for the Sta Tion argued that the proposal would cause extreme duplication of services on pm radio and would leave the City without a country music pm station. The crts will also consider can West broadcasting Ltd s application for a new pm radio station in Winnipeg. Lack of co operation hampers Chip study six University of Winnipeg re searchers trying to assess the response of Winnipeg homeowners to the Federal Canada Home insulation program Chip have run into trouble getting people to co operate with their work. The six Are spending two weeks visit ing 600 City Homes on a project jointly run by the University s Institute of Urban studies and Bob Fenton an economics professor. The study is being financed through an Federal Grant with another coming from the province which has operated a Low Cost loan Home insulation scheme for several years. Ottawa s Chip program began in 1975 and so far about or 10 per cent of Winnipeg s pre-1961 Homes have received up to in taxable Grants to acquire More insulation. Run into trouble Fenton said in an interview yester Day his research assistants have run into trouble in the Field because of the activities of two Home insulation con tractors one of these companies happens to be doing its own Survey right now the other is in the Middle of a Home insula Tion promotion Campaign to get additional Fenton said. I not criticizing these firms for pursuing their business interests. At the same time it has made some people More reluctant to talk to our people when they come to the door. The homeowners or tenants think we re trying to sell Home Fenton said the University of Winni Peg data collectors Wear Large Black and White ius Institute of Urban Stu Dies buttons on their lapels carry letters of introduction from Institute director Christine Mckee and require 10 minutes to ask their questions. Weather City Calendar Winnipeg area forecast sunny with increasing cloudiness this afternoon. One or two showers and the Chance of a thundershowers late in the afternoon and evening. High today near 20. A few Clouds tonight with a Low near 10. Mainly sunny tomorrow with a High near 20. Extended weather Outlook Southern Manitoba afternoon cloudiness with temperatures near Normal readings of 23 and 10 sunday monday and tuesday. Northern Manitoba mainly Cloudy with occasional showers monday and tuesday. Temperatures below Normal of 20 and 6. Northwestern Ontario afternoon cloudiness sunday with near Normal temperatures. Mainly sunny and a Little Milder monday and tuesday. Normal High 22, Normal Low 9. Temperatures Canada and the world National Victoria. Vancouver. Cato Arv. Edmonton. Reolena. Winnipeg. Thompson. Kenora. Brandon. Dauphin. Thunder Bay. Toronto. Ottawa. Montreal. Halifax. Resort spots los anon los Clear vegas elegy 11 18 17 u 19 17 19 21 24 26 24 37 41 in. Max. Min. Phoenix Clear 26 partly Cloudy. 32 23 10 Tampa few Clouds 36 28 1 Miami Cloudy 35 28 2 Bermuda partly Cloudy. 21 19 5 Nassau fair 31 20 Kingston partly Cloudy 31 24 Barbados partly Cloudy. 29 24 Havana fair 32 23 Winnipeg temp Wahine comparisons Max. Man. Mean june 18 9.3 12.6 last year 19.9 5.5 12.7 Normal 24.4 11.1 17.8 highest on record 35.6 in 1888 lowest on record 2.2 in 19j6 precipitation total for april 1 to june 5 110.1 29 Millimetres. Normal 138.6mm. Multiple sclerosis patients and the Volunteer assistants they recruit if required Are invited to attend a trial Aqua sizes session to begin at . Tuesday at Sargent Park Pool. No swimming ability or experience is required for the introduction to exercising in water. For further information Contact the is society 825 Sherbrook Street. 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