CANADA WEEKLY THE SECRET OF ENTEBBE

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• Publication Date: November 2, 1977
• Content Type: MAGAZINE

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!1-year old ski enthusiast is one of
rust 1_ rCCll)Ie11IS of the Lifestyle
:d riven fur the prc)n)otivn cif pusi-
Ircalth lifestyle in Canadian commu-
~s.
Lerman Smith-luhannsen, Piedmont,
bee, a retired engineer, Itas been acti-
involved for rnarty years in develop-
toss-country skiing as a mass sport in
Ada and tltc [%nied States. Ile has
out cross-country ski bails in r`,luebec
consulted in setting up trails in other
ins of Canada.
he Lifestyle Avvard program is part
aeration Lifestyle, a public education
~aign developed by the llepartment
ational Health and Welfare to cncour?
:'anadians to assume greater responsi-
~? for their own health.
ince the proErarn was first announced
January, Canadians have been encvur-
to nominate individuals who !rave
;ed to raise the level of health aware-
in their community.
an-Marie Mouchet, a priest and
er from Whitehorse, Yukon Terri-
is the initiator of a ski program for
children in Old Crow. Father Afou-
s Territorial Experimental Ski Train-
:'ragram (TEST) has gained national
:ntemational recognition.
:ia Rose Dickey, of West Vancouver,
,h Columbia, has been recognised for
:Cadetship in programs of community
ences for retarded children and
~s, and in programs of volunteer
ng and development.
?rt Knibbs, or "Aft. Sport", of Bow
~, Albeno, has been coaching and
noting sports weld recreation in his
-tuniry from the "peewee" stage to'~
rs for 30 years,: He was actively in-
-d in the 1975 Canada Winter Games
has been elected to the Alberta
's Hall of Fame for outstanding
e and achievement in amateur sport.
'Jac?krgbbir"Smith-Jultan-tsclr, lUl }~eurs old, is cu~tgratulated on re h'
Award by jonner f/eult/r and Weljure dlrnister/1larc Lalonde and the present Healthsand
Iti'rl jare Minister lLlonique Begin.
handicapped as well as the development
of a sheltered workshop.
Charles Rheaume, a polio victim from
Ottawa, Ontario has bean active in the
rehabilitation of alcoholics and the estab-
lishment of a halfway house. !le has also
been involved in promoting the visual arts
for handicapped artists and leas founded
an association for French-speaking handi-
capped people in Ontario.
Rosanne La(lamnte of Quebec City,
Quebec, lost both legs and an arm as the
result of a childhood accident. !n 1975
Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, has
given outstanding leadership to scouts
and other youth organizations in P.E.I.
for 40 years. lle has given valuable sup-
port to the Canadian and World Jambo-
tees of Scouting, devoting two years to
planning the 197? Jamboree in P.E.1.
Charles Andrew of Northwest River
(Labrador), Newfoundland, after over-
coming apersonal battle with alcoholism,
has spent the last four years working with
young people, initiating an innovative
program to combat alcoholism in hi
s
she won gold, silver and bronze medals at contmuniry.
t}te Olympics for the Handicapped in
St. Etienne, Franca. She has also written r-'~~ .-
an autobiography to encourage other
handicapped people and is actively in-
volved in promoting the cause of the
disabled.
Kathryn Barnes of Moncton, New
Brunswick, is a founding member of the
Moncton Nonsmokers Association and
active on the New Brunswick Council of
ben Bums, a treaty Indian from Smoking and Health. Working closely
:e Albert, Saskatchewan, has vd+orked with city police and volunteer agencies,
;ood health lifestyles among his she has recently helped organize a "Block
for the past 15 years, attd has Parent" program for the Moncton area.
the respect and confidence of Adrian Pearson, a resident of Stellar?
ieau.?. r$ and iieai ut ~,: J::.aS:O;i;ai5 tuli, i~uYa .SWlla, was nominated by St.
. honesty and forthright concern. John Ambulance for outstanding service
tie Solway, of Iv'eepawa, Manitoba, in instructing first aid. Mr. Pearson has
ed in the development of family also rendered long service to the commis~
_'ucation in sc:hoots and wornen's Wily as a scoutmaster and as an air cadet
tes, led in the establishment of a leader and instructor. Israelis to carry out the rescue mission in
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The secret of Entebbe
The following item is reprinted jrom
Fnr tan Report, August 24, 1977, apub-
licatioir ojtheEcvnomistNewspaperLtd.,
London.
A comer of the veil of secrecy that has
obscured one of Israel's most valued mili-
tary assets was lifted this week when an
electronics engineer living quietly in
Toronto was honoured by the State of
Israel. His name is Sidney Hurwich. All
that could be learned officially was that
his invention had been used in the Israeli
raid at Entebbe last year.
Foreign Report can now reveal that
Flurwictt's brainchild may have led the
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not only Ugandan radar, but th- a rada~f
countries that Israeli manes crossed en
rotate. ~fhis explains why Israeli planes
were able to reach Entebbe undetected.
The device sends out electronic rays to
al~~r the natural corn osition of tht
magnetic rei Ids an centres of cavity of
~weapons, instrument is s and mechanical
devices. It sounds impossible, but }lurwich
hirnself says that this is less an invention
than "a different application of an old
and basic principle of electronics'".
Canadian beginnings
His invention appears to have grown out
of a modest battery-run instrument that
he developed eight years ago to help the
Canadian police to foil bank robberies.
In 1969, he invited Canadian policemen
to a viewing. With the instrument con-
cealed in the same roam, he invited them
to try to lift bags of money. The bags ap-
peared to be riveted to the ground, and
moreover, the police gun triggers jammed
and their watches stopped. A year later.
Flurwich got the idea that his ray could
save lives by stopping the timing mecha-
nisms. He offered it to }srael.
When Israeli representatives came to
see him, he told them that he was unable
to press ahead with the research to de-
velop his invention himself, since ite had
Gabonese President visits
The President of the Gabonese Republic,
El Hadj Omar Bongo, visited Canada from
October 20 to 23, accompanied by his
wife.
On October 21, the President signed an
agreement in principle with Export De-
velopment Corporation chairman and pre-
sident John A. MacDonald to establish a
'5150-million line-of-credit with Gabon.
Further discussions will be held soon be-
tween officials 6f both countries to deter-
mine the type of goods and services that
can be transacted under the line-of-credit
pact, which first must be ratified by the
EDC board of directors.
During his stay in Ottawa, the Gabo-
nese head of state, who is also the Presi-
dent of the Organization for African
unity, held discussions with various Can-
adian authorities, on the subject of Can-
ada-Gabon relations. stressing the com-
mercial and the Francophone aspects, and
the broader questions of economics and
international politics.
just received open-heart surgery. But he
was convinced that his invention could be
advanced and made powerful enough to
neutralise complete weapons sistems over
lar a areas. On the Hurwich principle,
tirerc was no reason why the new beams 1
crn~ld not reach and disable tanks, ground- ,
to-ground missiles and complete radar
systems, or even objects in the atmosphere. ; `
The beams could also be tacked together
to form a screen that would make whole ` ~
zones safe from bombs or missiles.
The Israelis will not divulge what tests
have been run, or how the Hurwich ray
has been developed. The first inkling of
its existence was obtained after the
Entebbe operation, by military experts
curious to find out how the Israeli planes
were able to fly to their destination with-
out: a single radar instrument in the
Middle East and Africa being a}erted, and
why, as they approached Entebbe airfield,
electricity was mysteriously cut acrd the
control tower stopped functioning. In-
dead, the operators of Entebbe control
tower were the first to be punished by
Ids Amin after the Israeli mission suc-
ceeded: he had t}tem executed after they
defied belief by pleading that all their
detection, reception and transmission
instruments had locked "as though by
magic".
International energy rep
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Paddle your own canoe
The estimated travelling time between
Vancouver and Montreal is two years -
by canoe, that is. Jerry LaChappelle, 34,
of Montreal, and his cousin, Denis Bilo-
de.au, 22, of Quebec City, have under-
taken a 24,100-mile Odyssey, paddling
along the Pacific coast, circling Cape
Elora and returning via the Atlantic and
the St. Lawrence River. The pair set out
from Vancouver in July and, by the end
of September, had travelled 2,100 miles
to Long Beach, California.
"Everybody says it's impossible," said
LaChappelle, "nothing's impossible." Al-
though the canoeists will be entering the
territorial water of ll South American
countries during the trip, they arc not
concerned about possible attempts by
these countries to halt their voyage. They
Alan to get by with a "grass-roots" diplo-
::~a;,; , or rati~er, w~tn sausmanship. "1
don't carry arms, 1 don't care about poli-
*.ics and I don't discuss reties^n;' states
LzC~.aapelle, "1'm Canadian."
Canada signed three new e
agreements with member
Energy Agency (IEA) coL
on October 6.(SecCanada ~
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Energy Minister Alastair
chaired a ministerial lEA r
the agreements on hydro;
fusion research. This will }
number of agreements in
participates.
The co-operative resew.
on hydrogen, carried o,
auspices, will assess the ro
as an energy source and
The agreement was also s
sentatives of Noranda Alin
the Electrolyser Corporati~
Hies active in research in
extracting hydrogen from
trolytic procedures, and tt
vale companies to panic}1
research and development
thcr joint studies are expo
tiated in the coming montl
NRC wind turbine
Tl~e National Research Cc
cipate in the other two ag:
by Mr. Gillespie, by inves
vironmental and meteorc
of converting wind energ
and evaluating computer
selection of wind ttrrhine s
N1tC's vertical axis
erected in the Magdalen 1
co-operation of Hydro Qu
nion Aluminum Fabrica~
has been operating sin
Canada Weekly, Vol. S,1Vc
With a capacity,'of 230 kil
largest vertical axis wind t
NRC will also caordii
pation of Canadian scienti
of and access to a lac
tested device which wi:
'EURATOM and the We
vernment near Aachen.
volves the study of pla
actions and is expected
formation on the deveiol
tale capab}e of withstands
forces and very high tern
ring in future fusion powe
Canada recently joine
jeers on coal research a
conservation, nuclear safe
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