The Citizen, 1987-07-15, Page 6PAGE 6. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, JULY 15, 1987.
Some red faces in Red Square
TV can warn of tornado
BY RAYMOND CANON
Whatever else happens in 1987,
short of atomic war, one of the most
intriguing stories of the year has to
be the flight of the young German
pilot who took off from Helsinki in
Finland, flew over 650 kilometers
of Soviet air space without apprent-
ly being detected and landed in
Red Square right in front of the
Kremlin. Furthermore, he chatted
with passersby, gave autographs
and generally wandered around for
about two hours before the police
got around to arresting him.
The West German foreign mini
ster is reported to have laughed
himself silly when he heard the
news and I would imagine that a
great many more people did this
side of the Soviet Union. However,
few people were laughing in
Russia, least of all the leaders.
There were far too many red faces
Letters
Former reeve says
'Thanks Brussels'
LETTER TO THE EDITOR:
To the ratepayers of Brussels and
to whom It may concern:
After much thought and serious
consideration I had to tender my
resignation atthe July 6 council
meeting as Reeve of the Village of
Brussels.
Due to circumstances within
council and my lack of leadership, I
am sorry I had to make this final
decision. For the best interests of
Brussels I hope and pray that you
will stay involved in Municipal
affairs and keep in touch with our
Cancer Society canvass
collects $14,223
THE EDITOR:
I would like to thank all of the
volunteers who were involved in
any way with the Canadian Cancer
Society’s campaign this year. The
Rural Wingham division had a very
successful canvass. This year the
total for Rural Wingham was up by
$636.98.
I would give a special thanks to
the ones in charge of the canvass in
the various communities. The
following is a list of the various
communities which make up Rural
Wingham, the person in charge
and the monies collected in each.
Belgrave - Mrs. Robena McBur-
ney, $2,289; Belmore - Mrs.
Mildred Dickson, 504.75; Bluevale
- Mrs. Jean Mathers, 1,546;
Brussels - Mrs. Doris McCall,
3,010; Cranbrook - Mrs. Edith
Baker, 823.50; Ethel - Mrs.
PdRncipacnon
^OC,
in evidence and it was not long
before Mikhail Gorbachev fired his
defence minister as well as the
general in charge of air defence in
the Moscow area. A few more
heads may roll before it is all over
but nobody should be surprised.
Can you imagine whatyou would
feel like if you had what was
considered to be the most effective
air defence system in the world?
The Russians are nothing if not
paranoid about being attacked;
accordingly they have set up the
latest in radar systems and have
ringed their capital with fighter
bases on which are situated the
latest in supersonic aircraft. If
anything should be safe from air
attack, it should be Moscow.
Yet in spite of all this, you have a
young inexperienced foreign pilot
who has never flown over the
Soviet Union before. He flies a
leaders of this community so that
Brussels will always be a great
place to live.
I would like to thank you for the
privilegeyou have given me the
past 20 some years, to serve you as
councillor and reeve. I feel I have
done this to the best of my ability
but with many shortcomings.
Thank you for the support many of
you have given me especially in
difficult times: that makes Brus
sels still the greatest place to work
and live.
SINCERELY YOURS,
HANK J. TENPAS.
Barbara Grube, 33; Fordwich -
Mrs. Elfrieda Klassen, 1,279;
Gorrie-Mrs. Jackie Gowdy, 1,005;
Lakelet - Mrs. Irene Judge, $773;
Molesworth - Mrs. Violet Smith,
$275; Moncrief - Mrs. Jackie
Pettapiece, $197; St. Helens - Mrs.
Luba Strutton, $581; Whitechurch
- Mrs. Helen Currie, $1,240;
Wroxeter-Mrs. Ethel McMichael,
$667; Total, $14,223.25.
A big “Thank you’’ to the
canvassers for a job well done and
to the donors for your generous
donations, without your help this
would not have been possible. By
supporting the Canadian Cancer
Society’s fundraising campaign
you will not only contribute to
Research but also to Education and
Patient Services programs. Cancer
Can Be Beaten.
DORIS McCALL
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Cessna 172 which is not known for
its speed except when compared to
a tortoise, manages not only to
penetrate this superb radar system
and fly to Moscow where he lands
right in front of that most holy of
Russian locations - the Kremlin. It
is tantamount to a foreign pilot
penetrating the American defence
system, which is supposed to be on
a par with that of the Russians, and
landing right in front of the White
House. He gets out of the plane and
signs autographs for two hours
before the Washington police get
around to taking him into custody.
The American press would have a
field day!
All this points out one thing that
we have to take into consideration
whenever we talk about such
things as Star Wars, the Russian
radar system or anything set up to
warn people of an enemy attack.
There is no such thing as a
foolproof system. As far as radar is
concerned, it may be great at
altitude but it is next to useless
close to the ground. If you are
flying just above the terrain, it is
going to be an expert radar
operator indeed that can pick you
out from all the clutter, as it is
called, on his set. The German pilot
did have to fly very low to avoid the
Russian radar that he did but it is
remarkable that the ground obser
vers did not spot him given that he
had German markings and a flag on
the plane and he had to go such a
long distance to get to the Kremlin.
The Russian ground observers
have an excuse, if that is what you
can call it. It seems they were
having a celebration of sorts and
too many of them were too heavily
into the vodka to be able to
recognize a small aircraft let alone
where it came from. They appar
ently thought it was just one of
theirs on a joy ride. Now they know
better!
Stretched across the north of
Canada is a radar line which is
supposed to detect Russian aircraft
on their way to bomb North
America. If they are up high
enough, it is not difficult to see
them coming on our radar screens.
However, if all they do is come
close to our shores and then launch
low flying cruise missiles, then it
will be next to impossible to track
all of them so that we can destroy
the missiles before they reach their
targets. The Americans know this,
we know this and so do the
Russians and that is why they are
trying so hard to come to some
agreement with the Americans
before the latter perfect their
cruise missile system, a system
that is being tested, by the way, in
the northern reaches of our
country.
The young German pilot should
be given the Nobel Peace Prize. His
flight did more than anything else
to demonstrate the folly of building
up multi-billion dollar defence
systems.
Bill Durst, an agent for the
McKillop Mutual Insurance Com
panyin Seaforth, has come up with
a unique way of detecting if a
tornado is on its way across any
area of the country that gets
regular television reception.
“Television sets make excellent
tornado detection devices,” he
says. “If a tornado warning is
broadcast for your area, a TV set
can serve as a fast, reliable
warning device.”
To detect an imminent tornado,
he says to warm up your television,
tune in to Channel 13, and darken
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
That the Council of the Corporation of the Township of Hullett
will be meeting on Tuesday, July 28,1987 at 8:00 p.m. in open
session at the Council Chambers to fill the office of Councillor.
This is to fill a vacancy on council due to the resignation of a
member of council.
Any elector of the Municipality who is interested in serving as a
council member for the remainder of the current term, and who
is qualified to do so, should notify the clerk in writing prior to
4:30 p.m. local time, on Monday, July 27th, 1987 in order to be
considered by council at the above mentioned meeting.
Harry Lear,
Clerk-Treasurer.
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the screen almost to black, using
the brightness control. Then
switch over to Channel 2, leaving
the volume turned down.
Lightning will produce momen
tary white bands of varying widths
across the screen of a black and
white TV (colour sets produce
coloured bands), while a tornado
that is within 15 to 20 miles will
produce a totally white screen that
remains white (or coloured, in the
case of a colour TV).
If this happens, Mr. Durst says
you should switch off the TV, take a
flashlight and a portable radio, and
seek shelter immediately.
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