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Tony Carazza is an air traffic controller at Toronto International Airport. He figures he's shepherded down planes with about 1,500,000 passengers this year.
Tony Carazza is an air traffic controller at Toronto International Airport. He figures he's shepherded down planes with about 1,500,000 passengers this year.

Tony Carazza is an air traffic controller at Toronto International Airport. He figures he's shepherded down planes with about 1,500,000 passengers this year.

Date12/16/1969
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Object NumberTSPA_0125782F
Air controller Gary MacDonald (left) and Donald Pratt, a passenger who only had 6 hours of flying instruction 30 years ago, were commended by coroner's jury for their actions after a pilot of a small plane died at controls
Air controller Gary MacDonald (left) and Donald Pratt, a passenger who only had 6 hours of flying instruction 30 years ago, were commended by coroner's jury for their actions after a pilot of a small plane died at controls
5/3/1978
Big Jim Leeson parks his Cessna Skyplane, zips up his jacket and goes to pay a house call. By flying, Wiarton's Dr. Leeson figures he's beaten one of the biggest problems facing the progessive rural doctor today: Isolation from his colleagues and the big city medical centres. With his Cessna he can hop down to Toronto in an hour for a lecture. Still, he admits, a rural practice might not be every doctor's cup of tea, I'm a farm boy myself...I'm used to it, he says.
Big Jim Leeson parks his Cessna Skyplane, zips up his jacket and goes to pay a house call. By flying, Wiarton's Dr. Leeson figures he's beaten one of the biggest problems facing the progessive rural doctor today: Isolation from his colleagues and the big city medical centres. With his Cessna he can hop down to Toronto in an hour for a lecture. Still, he admits, a rural practice might not be every doctor's cup of tea, I'm a farm boy myself...I'm used to it, he says.
3/10/1970
Loading children into the back of his station wagon for a trip home from nursery school, bus operator John Davis says he is breaking the law but he must do it to make a living and I have learned how to carry children in the safest possible way. Police vigilance has been increased since a recent accident that involved a school bus in which 11 child passengers were shaken up.
Loading children into the back of his station wagon for a trip home from nursery school, bus operator John Davis says he is breaking the law but he must do it to make a living and I have learned how to carry children in the safest possible way. Police vigilance has been increased since a recent accident that involved a school bus in which 11 child passengers were shaken up.
4/10/1974
Holding a sign, which he displayed to shareholders at the annual meeting of the Unity Bank of Canada, yesteday, is Alexander Gerol, who seeks to organize dissident shareholders. The first two figures refer to Unity's losses in 1975 and 1976 in millions a
Holding a sign, which he displayed to shareholders at the annual meeting of the Unity Bank of Canada, yesteday, is Alexander Gerol, who seeks to organize dissident shareholders. The first two figures refer to Unity's losses in 1975 and 1976 in millions a
1/26/1977
By Kevin Donovan, Toronto Star, A legally blind man was brutally beaten as other passengers stood and watched after he stopped the assault of a female subway traveller.
By Kevin Donovan, Toronto Star, A legally blind man was brutally beaten as other passengers stood and watched after he stopped the assault of a female subway traveller.
11/26/1987
Controller Fred Rodgers was back in front of his radar screen at Pearson airport yesterday, days after he helped persuade a suicidal pilot, not to crash his light plane into the CN Tower or a downtown hospital
Controller Fred Rodgers was back in front of his radar screen at Pearson airport yesterday, days after he helped persuade a suicidal pilot, not to crash his light plane into the CN Tower or a downtown hospital
4/18/1989
Playing with figures: Japan buys a lot more manufactured or semi-processed goods from Canada than Statistics Canada's figures show, Mamoru Iwamoto of the Japan Trade Centre says
Playing with figures: Japan buys a lot more manufactured or semi-processed goods from Canada than Statistics Canada's figures show, Mamoru Iwamoto of the Japan Trade Centre says
9/19/1979
Airport Woe: Ducan McLeod, left, president of the air traffic controllers union, talks with traffic control manager Harold Martin, right, and a Peel Region police officer at Pearson airport today
Airport Woe: Ducan McLeod, left, president of the air traffic controllers union, talks with traffic control manager Harold Martin, right, and a Peel Region police officer at Pearson airport today
9/9/1991
Mr. And Mrs. Willie Cadot have coffee at the dining room table in their townhouse. On wall is super enlargement of old negative, one of many collected by Cadot. Mrs. Cadot has added her to the photograph by moulding a papier-mache head on one of the figures
Mr. And Mrs. Willie Cadot have coffee at the dining room table in their townhouse. On wall is super enlargement of old negative, one of many collected by Cadot. Mrs. Cadot has added her to the photograph by moulding a papier-mache head on one of the figures
2/14/1968
Key figures: Tax lawyer Greg Sanders and chartered accountant Minnie Lawrence say constantly rising taxes have eroded buying power in constant 1985 dollars
Key figures: Tax lawyer Greg Sanders and chartered accountant Minnie Lawrence say constantly rising taxes have eroded buying power in constant 1985 dollars
2/23/1988
The happy couples are shown cutting their 225-pound weddding cake at the reception, which was held at the Peruvian embassy. The cake was elaborately decorated with drop icing loops and topped by three sets of tiny bridal figures. To see who would be marri
The happy couples are shown cutting their 225-pound weddding cake at the reception, which was held at the Peruvian embassy. The cake was elaborately decorated with drop icing loops and topped by three sets of tiny bridal figures. To see who would be marri
6/21/1954
Display designer Clive Deverath pours a cool drink in his downtown Toronto high rise. His apartment mixes moods, periods, as seen in these pottery figures of African musicians in foreground and Italian decor in background.
Display designer Clive Deverath pours a cool drink in his downtown Toronto high rise. His apartment mixes moods, periods, as seen in these pottery figures of African musicians in foreground and Italian decor in background.
6/29/1971