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It was a bad day for Doug Dinsmore yesterday. Negotiating chairman for Metro's striking high school teachers was shot down by Federal Anti-Inflation Board on proposed raises, and his chartered plane crash-landed at Malton.
It was a bad day for Doug Dinsmore yesterday. Negotiating chairman for Metro's striking high school teachers was shot down by Federal Anti-Inflation Board on proposed raises, and his chartered plane crash-landed at Malton.

It was a bad day for Doug Dinsmore yesterday. Negotiating chairman for Metro's striking high school teachers was shot down by Federal Anti-Inflation Board on proposed raises, and his chartered plane crash-landed at Malton.

Date11/28/1975
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Varying opinions: Lawyer Alan Silverstien, centre, and chartered accountant Ralph Neville, right, point out that VRMs were spawned by inflation
Varying opinions: Lawyer Alan Silverstien, centre, and chartered accountant Ralph Neville, right, point out that VRMs were spawned by inflation
4/22/1982
Besides 85 Lionel Purcell (left, rear) raises an assortment of go onkeys, llamas, ducks, chickens, peacocks and dov his 140-care farm, within sight of northern Scarborough's high-rises
Besides 85 Lionel Purcell (left, rear) raises an assortment of go onkeys, llamas, ducks, chickens, peacocks and dov his 140-care farm, within sight of northern Scarborough's high-rises
8/8/1977
Up in arms: Roy Sharpe, a member of London's bingo task force and head of a group that raises money from bingo for athletic programs, says free bus rides to Brantford, with its cheaper games and bigger prizes, is cutting into the take for London charities and community groups
Up in arms: Roy Sharpe, a member of London's bingo task force and head of a group that raises money from bingo for athletic programs, says free bus rides to Brantford, with its cheaper games and bigger prizes, is cutting into the take for London charities and community groups
9/28/1984
Victory at last: Wallace Edwards, who's fought to collect a $26,000 debt from the Soviet government for 13 years, raises his arms in a victory salute after the sheriff's office seized the ship at Pier 51.
Victory at last: Wallace Edwards, who's fought to collect a $26,000 debt from the Soviet government for 13 years, raises his arms in a victory salute after the sheriff's office seized the ship at Pier 51.
10/3/1980
A very basic problem with the Anti-Inflation Board is that wage-earners felt only they were getting hit.
A very basic problem with the Anti-Inflation Board is that wage-earners felt only they were getting hit.
12/6/1971
Douglas Dinsmore, It's too late
Douglas Dinsmore, It's too late
12/11/1973
Just reading: Vice-principal William Turff chats with 2 of 21 youngsters who turned up yesterday at Forest Glen Public School during the first day of the strike by Peel Region's 2,600 striking elementary school teachers
Just reading: Vice-principal William Turff chats with 2 of 21 youngsters who turned up yesterday at Forest Glen Public School during the first day of the strike by Peel Region's 2,600 striking elementary school teachers
10/2/1979
High-Tech teachers: Doug and Carol Morley run the Institute for Computer Studies in North York which delivers crash courses to applicants who can pass their aptitude test
High-Tech teachers: Doug and Carol Morley run the Institute for Computer Studies in North York which delivers crash courses to applicants who can pass their aptitude test
11/17/1992
I am an optimistic person by nature, said O'Keffe, who joined Local 94 president Nelson Miller at the head of the union negotiating The brakdown came despite earlier hopes by both sides that last night's negotitions would bring an end to the strike
I am an optimistic person by nature, said O'Keffe, who joined Local 94 president Nelson Miller at the head of the union negotiating The brakdown came despite earlier hopes by both sides that last night's negotitions would bring an end to the strike
3/9/1987
Gaining momentum: Carmaker George Fejer is negotiating federal aid to build a bigger plant. His two-year-old Super Seven Sportcars Co. in Newmarket has just won an order to supply 100 two-seater sports cars to Japan, plus a standby order for 200 more.
Gaining momentum: Carmaker George Fejer is negotiating federal aid to build a bigger plant. His two-year-old Super Seven Sportcars Co. in Newmarket has just won an order to supply 100 two-seater sports cars to Japan, plus a standby order for 200 more.
5/10/1984
Harry Dunstan: Idea Corp. is negotiating to buy a piece of his company, RMS industrial Controls Inc., after he invented a cellular radio which can be used to operate huge pieces of machinery.
Harry Dunstan: Idea Corp. is negotiating to buy a piece of his company, RMS industrial Controls Inc., after he invented a cellular radio which can be used to operate huge pieces of machinery.
12/2/1983
Not the answer: Visiting Israeli politician Haim Ben-Shahar says indexation is not the answer to inflation problems. And he should know, for in Israel, inflation is currently 130 per cent and has been a chronic problem for that state.
Not the answer: Visiting Israeli politician Haim Ben-Shahar says indexation is not the answer to inflation problems. And he should know, for in Israel, inflation is currently 130 per cent and has been a chronic problem for that state.
8/20/1981