Ny, News february 21, 1988 ene EE Sa a NE BUSINESS SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERIES CHANGE LIVES By MARLENE HABIB Canadian Press TORONTO — The name Wallace Carothers may not pop into your head when you brush your teeth or slip ona pair of stockings, but the American chemistry instructor has an undisputed place in history E.I, du Pont de Nemours and Company developed nylon from coal, air and water for initial use in products such as toothbrush bristles, surgical sutures and women's hosiery Today, nylon is made from carbon, hydrogen, oxygen and nitrogen, and has a variety of uses — clothing, carpeting, automobile parts, electronics and the space industry Officials of Deleware-based E.I. du Pont and its Canadian subsidiary, Du Pont Canada, Inc., marked the golden anniversary of the discovery of nylon and Teflon with a satellite news briefing Tuesday from Toronto, Washington, Paris and London. “These are scientific discoveries that have shaped the path of our lives,” Richard Heckert, chairman of E.I. du Pont, said from Washington. “Even today, .. . a broad array of businesses associated with nylon remains one of du Pont's most important businesses.” The company remains one of the largest producers of nylon and plastics in the world, with 5,000 scientists and operations in more than 50 countries. Nylon, which Sparked what is known as the Materials Revolution, was first introduced at the New York World's Fair in 1938. The first nylon stockings were sold to E.I. du Pont employees in Delaware in 1939 for $1.15 a a pair, and wartime uses for the material included parachutes and tow ropes. MOST SLIPPERY Teflon, listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the world’s most slippery material, was accidentally invented by Roy Plunkett, While researching re. frigeration gases, he discovered a metal cylinder lined with a white, waxy substance. Perhaps the most widely known application of Teflon has been for non-sticking cooking utensils. But the sub- stance is mostly used to coat wires and cables in extreme temperatures. It has also found use in such varied applications as space suits, artificial arteries and veins, pipes, food-pack aging machinery and wire insulation in subway cars Du Pont Canada, with headquarters in Mississauga west of Toronto, had sales of more than $1.25 billion in 1987. In 1986, the last year for which figures are available, E.I. du Pont.had total sales of $27 billion. The company’s five Canadian plants are all in Ontario, including the central research facility in Kingston. The other Canadian plants, which employ 4,300 workers, are in Ajax and Whitby east of Tgronto, Maitland near Brockville and Corunna near Sarnia. “The Canadian company has been creative and made excellent contributions to the overall development of du Pont,” Heckert said. “Research and development is the fulure and I'm sure there will be appropriate attention Fifty years ago, Carothers and a team of scientists at NEW JET... 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CosNews Photo by Ron Norman By JOHN KOROBANIK Canadian Press MOUNT ALLAN, Alta. — Michelle McKendry hasn't received much attention during her first year on the Canadian Alpine ski team, so she loved every second when the spotlight focused on her Saturday at the Winter Olympies. “I am so ecstatic today,” she said after finishing fourth in the downhill portion of the Alpine combined event. “I love the cameras, being in the limelight and smiling. I love it.” The petite, 20-year-old from Orangeville, Ont., was the centre of attention after her time of one minute 17.58 seconds gave her fourth in the combined downhill and made her the top Canadian “I really had my confidence up,” she said, her conversation interspersed with laughter. “I treated it like a training run. I knew the turns and I knew what I had to do and I was just hoping I'd turn around and have a good time at the finish.” Carole Merle of France was the surprise winner in 1:16.46 with Maria Walliser of Switzerland second in 1:16.98 and Anita Wachter of Austria third in 1:17.14. Of the three, only Wachter is considered a good medal possibility when the women ski the two slalom runs today. COULD WIN MEDALS Canadian coach Currie Chapman said McKendry and Karen Percy of Banff, Alta., who won Canada's first medal at the Games with a bronz_ in the regular downhill Friday and who stood ninth after the Alpine combined downhill, are both medal possibilities. “Michelle is definitely a good slalom skier, an aggressive slalom skier,” said Chapman. “The difference will be instead of starting 63rd or 65th, her normal position in World Cup, she'll probably start 16th or 17th and that makes a big difference in course condition and mental preparation. “But don't — no, no — don't count Perey out.” Canadian women skiers on roll McKendry was surprised by her finish Saturday and with her confidence soaring, she is hoping for a similar result in today's slalom runs. “I'll have my fingers crossed. I'll be going full out. In slalom you can't hold back at all. It'll be the biggest day or. my life to be on the podium.” To get there she'll have to beat not only the Europeans but also Percy, the 21-year-old bubbly blonde who has finished third and eighth in the World Cup combined events held this season. Percy, who was disappointed in how she skied the tough, turny upper section of the combined downhill, said her result could alleviate some of the pressure that could build from her medal performance. “I think it puts a little bit less (pressure),” she explained. “There are some really good slalom skiers ahead of me so I definitely have to go for it and that's when I ski best.” NO PREDICTIONS Even though France's Merle won the downhill portion, she wasn't predicting a medal after today’s slaloms. “I am not thinking about_a possible medal in the combined,” said Wachter who was second in one of the two World Cup combined races this season and has also won a slalom race. “I still have to finish the slalom.” Neither Merle nor Walliser has a World Cup slalom point this season and Walliser chuckled at the idea that she might steal a medal. “I don’t think I'll havea chance for a medal, but I knew that before I came to Canada . . . . Without training you can't have a chance.” The other top medals contenders for the combined event that is back in the Olympics after a 40-year hiatus are the Swiss pair of Vreni Schneider and Brigitte Oertli, who won both of the World Cup combined events. Schneider was seventh in the downhill and Oertili 12th. However, both were about a second back of Wachter and McKendry. Eagle might not soar By GARY KINGSTON Canadian Press CALGARY — The Eagle may be about to get his wings clipped at the 15th Winter Olympics. Eddie (The Eagle) Edwards, a be spectacled plasterer from Cheltenham, England, created an international sen- sation when he came in last — but upright — in the 70-metre ski-jumping competition last week. But the inexperienced Brit may be prohibited from jumping off the 90-metre hill Monday if there is signifi cant wind, said Torbjorn Yggeseth of Norway, the International Ski Fed eration technical delegate for jumping Yggeseth said Edwards, who has been jumping for only two years, could be hurt if distracted by the swirling winds that have disrupted the jumping schedule at Canada Olympic Park. “We are looking out for his safety,” said Yggeseth. “It’s for his own good.” Edwards has said the 90-metre is “where I really want to go for it.” “I would be quite upset for Eddie if he’s not allowed to jymp,” said Dick Palmer, chief of the British mission. “I think he set his heart on jumping.” The 90-metre competition, sched uled for Saturday, was postponed to Monday because of strong winds forecast for the weekend. Yggeseth said a jumper has never before been prohibited from jumping in the Olympics. The jovial 24-year-old Edwards, whose close-cropped hair and bottle. thick glasses make him look consider- ably older, has become a major cele- brity around Calgary. The mayor wants him for cocktails, a vodka company wants him on its glamor-girl calendar, a cigar company wants him in its ads and crowds of fans want his autograph. When it was suggested at a news conference that grounding Edwards might cost him hundreds of thousands of dollars in endorsements, Rob Mc- Cormack. chief of competition, re- sponded: “Letting him jump might cost him a couple of broken arms and legs.” GOLD MEDAL Canada wins curling By CHRIS CARIOU Canada’s Linda Moore defeated Elisabeth Hogstrom of Sweden 7-5 Saturday to win a gold medal in the demonstration sport of curling at the 15th Winter Olympics. Moore, of North Vancouver, B.C., overcame a 4-2 deficit and some poor shot-making early to win the game, which Sweden controlled for the first five ends. “This moment cannot be re placed,” said Moore, world champion in 1985. Moore, 33, said Hogstrom’s shot making in the first part of the game led Sweden to an early lead but the Why not support Rebels? It's a shame . .. and nobody seems to care. The Castlegar Rebels finished first in the western division and third in the KIJHL overall, behind Columbia Valley and Cranbrook in the East. But the average at tendance at the Rebel home games this regular season was somewhere around 100 people — 150 if Trail brought their fans with them when the Smokies played here. Now the playoffs being and — hold onto your hats — 200 people converge on the complex. The building looks cavernous with 1,000 erapty seats, especially when the home team is looking to win the league. Is $4 really too much to pay for a ticket to watch a winning hockey club? Canuck fans shell oyt as much as $25 to see the perennial Smythe division cellar-dwellers play — which at times can be a painful experience. Where are all the Rebel fans? If you didn't already know, the Rebels crushed Beaver Valley 12-1 in the first playoff game. They lost 7-5 in the second but I predict the Rebels will kick the Nite-Hawks’ butts all the way back to Beaver Valley in six games. So what's it going to take to get the fans into the seats? A free stick night? I can assure you that when the team can't even cover the cost of the Sporting Views By Brendan Nagle arena for a game with the gate receipts, you're not going to get too many freebies at the door. It's a reciprocal deal. The more you put into it, the more you get out of it — only the Rebels have put far more into the game than the local people are willing to acknowledge. Oh sure, the fans who show up are bona fide loud and proud “Rebel boosters. But most of them are either related to, or going out with, one of the team members. Hardly what I'd consider full community fan support. Think of a guy like Dave Terhune, who has spent seven yerrs with the Rebels and faces mand .\ory retire- ment at the end of the season. Dave Zarikoff and Kelly Sidoni are in the same boat. It's these players who will be giving the local fans more than their money's worth down the playoff trail. They've invested too much of their own time during practice and regular season play over the years to let their final chance at a league championship slip away. It’s also these Rebels who will leave an impression on the younger Rebel players. With the departure of two of the top three scorers in Terhune and Zarikoff — together they accounted for 188 points in the 1987/88 regular season — the returning players will have to rely on their own skills and the examples set by the departing players to fill the gap. The more support the returning players get i@the playoffs, the more confident they'll be going into the start of next season. Take Columbia Valley, for in. stance. The top KIJHL team is based in Invermere — a community smaller than Castlegar — and yet they averaged 350 fans a game over the regular season, roughly 200 to 250 more a game than Castlegar. Cranbrook -also averaged about 350 fans a game, but for a city of over 15,000 residents they could've used more. It's hard to believe the Rebels have a legitimate shot at a champ- ionship given the poor community fan support at home games. The Rebels split the regular season series with Trail 4-4. The team also split in the regular season with Columbia Valley 1-1. Cran- brook won both regular season games but the Rebels should have them figured out by now. All the Rebels need is local fan support. So pry yourself from the television set or the bar or where ever you may be the next time the Rebels play at home because their success hinges on the support of fans from the eommunity. If you're hoping to see the Rebels go all the way this season, show up at the games and let them know in person. Canadi. decided to go on the offen sive after end No. 5. “We just decided to go for it.” Hogstrom, the demanding skip of the Karlstad rink whose wailing sweeping calls drew chuckles from crowds all week, made a brilliant shot in the fifth end to get the 4-2 lead. The 37-year-old bank employee drew around cover to the button, beating out two Canadian rocks snuggled a few corn broom hairs away which would have given the Canadian a steal of two and the lead. Hogstrom, a veteran of four world championships who won in 1984, was let down by her front end in the last five ends. The Swedes missed routine take. outs and Canada picked up two in the sixth end and stole one in the seventh to go ahead 5-4. The eighth end was blanked but Hogstrom could get only one in the ninth when she was light with a draw on her first shot. CLEAN HOUSE Canada kept the house clean in the 10th and took two to claim the gold, which won't count in the Olympic medal standings. “The stones didn't go our way,” said Hogstrom. “We had a few misses in the front (end) and one or two difficult ends. “That's curling.” Third Lindsay Sparkes, the vet eran of the Canadian rink that also includes Debbie Jones and Penny Ryan, said it was hard to be patient after Sweden built the early lead “We knew we'd get our chances, but we hung in there,” she said. “For us it wasn't a demonstration sport, we were playing against the best curlers in the world. “That medal means more to us or just as much to us as any medal contender out here.” Moore overcame a poor game per- sonally to make some important shots in the latter stages. She' blew a chance to count two in the second end, getting only one instead. And she had Hogstrom on the run in the third — Canada was lying three at one point — but Moore was way outside on a takeout attempt, took out her own and left the Swedish skip a free draw for two. In the fourth, Moore was light on a draw and was forced to take one instead of two to leave Sweden ahead 3-2, a lead Hogstrom increased to 4-2 in the decisive fifth end. Canadiens defeat Nords MONTREAL 5 QUEBEC 3 MONTREAL (CP) — Stephane Richer ended a six-game goal-scoring slump by firing in a pair of goals Saturday night sparking the Montreal Canadiens to a 5-3 National Hockey League victory over the Quebec Nordiques. The team leader in goals with 34, Richer had been held to two assists since Feb. 3. But he tied the score 1-1 with a crackling first-period slapshot before providing Montreal with a 4-1 margin by beating goaltender Mario Brunetta early in the second period. The Canadiens, who have won their last three games against their provincial rivals, used the victory to spring into first place in the Adams Division, one point ahead of the idle Boston Bruins. FLAMES 6 BLUES 3 ST. LOUIS (AP) — Joe Mullen, Gary Roberts and Al MacInnis each had a goal and an assist and Hakan Loob chipped in with two assists, leading the Calgary Flames toa 683 victory Saturday night over the St. Louis Blues. Calgary's victory gave the Flames a 35 record with three games remaining on their 11 game road trip. The Flames skated to a 5-0 lead with 14:19 to go and wound up with six different players scoring in the game. Steve Bozek's short-handed goal at 11:26 of the first period started Calgary's scoring. Bozek scored after blocking Robert Nordmark’s shot from the left point, then teaming with Loob on a 2-0n-1 break. Mullen and MacInnis each beat St. Louis goaltender Rick Wamsley with long slapshots in the second period. Loob picked up his second assist on Mullen’s screened shot at 12:08. Mullen then set up MacInnis's goal on a Calgary power play at 18:45. ISLANDERS 3 WHALERS 0 UNIONDALE, N.Y. (AP) — Alan Kerr scored twice and Kelly Hrudey stopped 29 shots for his fifth career shutout as the New York Islanders blanked the Hartford Whalers 3-0 in a National Hockey League game Saturday night The win extended the Islanders’ unbeaten streak to four games. After a scoreless first period, Kerr scored his 18th goal of the season 47 seconds into the second period, beating Hartford goaltender Steve Weeks between the pads with a 20-footer from the right circle. Kerr made it 2-0 at 12:10, beating Weeks from the slot with a slapshot WINGS 6 HAWKS 1 DETROIT (AP) — Shawn Burr scored twice and goaltender Glen Hanlon stopped 23 shots Saturday as the Detroit Red Wings won their third-straight game by beating the Chicago Blackhawks 6-1 Burr's first goal at 10:50 of the second period increased Detroit's lead to 2-0. Burr took a pass from Dave Barr in the Chicago zone and lifted a 15-foot backhander past Blackhawk goalie Bob Mason. After Jim Nill converted John Chabot's centering pass at 14:44 to stretch the Red Wings’ lead to 3-0, Burr capped the period with his 13th goal of the season, skating the length of the ice and beating Mason with another backhander while Detroit was killing a penalty CAPS 3STARSO BLOOMINGTON, Min. (AP) — Clint Malarchuk recorded his second shutout in as many nights and was supported by two power-play goals Saturday night as the ‘hot-handed Washington Capitals beat the Minnesota North Stars 3-0. “Malarchuk, who beat Winnipeg 6-0 Friday night, turned away 33 Minnesota shots to give the Capitals their sixth straight victory since the all-star break. The loss is the third straight for Minnesota, which has not won in its last eight games (0-7-1). Minnesota, plagued by injuries all season, absorpéd another blow Saturday night as centre Dennis Maruk suffered a broken kneecap. The injury came late in the first period when Maruk blocked a slapshot by Grant Ledyard with his knee. He left the game immediately and will miss the rest of the season.