Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 12, 1997, Winnipeg, Manitoba Saturday free july enter Tal n men t Ive Pecirep to no longer View and woman a six just As training Hal track is finally getting the but its too late for readers in beetles general gets dishonourable discharge by Antonia Zerb Isias Canadian press Toronto Hal track May be on the Road to mending his sexist but the change comes too late for readers of Canadas biggest the Toronto All this the senior officer in the comic strip Beetle Bailey has submitted to sensitivity training to learn not to Call women broads or on he even apologized to miss the civilian Secretary Hes been ogling since cartoonist Mort Walker created her in its just that i grew up with certain words and attitudes i thought were he says to her and the female in the trouble is he never grew snarls till adds but the generals consciousness raising want soon enough for Toronto Star Many of Over the have complained of his lecherous the Star dropped the daily strip last and the Colour saturday comic will be replaced its sexist and totally inappropriate for the said weekend editor Joe the daily strip and the Colour comic appear in the Winnipeg free on the phone thursday from his Home in Boca Walker sounded Wistful about Hal tracks i sympathize with older Guys who have become kind of ineffectual but the libido is still there pumping away in sort of in the same boat he said with a but i have started to grow up and change my mind about a lot of How women Are the targets of Humour is probably the most prolific cartoonist in the creating and collaborating on Beetle i and Lois and other popular his shiftless Bailey started out As a College student named spider in but it took Baileys enlistment during the korean War to really launch the which now appears daily in newspapers in 38 coun tries around the but it was time for a change prompted by real life problems in the rang ing from attacks at the infamous Tail Hook convention of 1992 to the assaults on women who served during the Gulf when this stuff started in the real army criminal acts like rape and sexual harassment a couple of my editors got a Little wary and you if we show anything at All that tries to make fun of it looks like were condoning Walker last the Pentagon issued a policy of Zero tolerance for harassment of women in that left Hal track in the we went through a whole Bunch of Possi my staff and recalled walk we thought about killing off the general or getting rid of miss then my Soninlaw came up with the idea of sensitivity i lets do it saves the characters in a Way and it shows that were concerned and its something that we can feel Good Canadian red Cross Manitoba flood Appeal what is the red Cross doing with your donations dear donors As you read this your continues to make a difference in theft because of disastrous tyring but your support donations to red Cross Are used to disaster response and in red Cross provided a this system provided Fame loved during the 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make me sound like an old but in the nobody wants to be considered that the 72yearold Singer pianist said in thurs Days Orange county when i walk into a really grand and see people in its Shock in an old timer who always dressed for said who made a name for himself As a cabaret on he was to play at a fundraiser in Newport Short is known worldwide for his shows at the cafe Carlyle in new York he taught him self to sing and at 12 was touring in baby blues this is its of its crankshaft Gilbert its i thought i asked for two to be in and White Are both so i see Vou is that All it took to satisfy his need for irrelevant changes and i did it while the color copies were Beetle Bailey its a Nice so lie in the Sun in too listless to set Laip Back i never knew there were 60 Many Levels of laziness Manv i and Lois you Coulp be a Little take a if you Neep of shoe 60 cd order Ftp the meant qty Vou cant beat it with a stick Chubb Chauncy ;