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Garry Murphy: Legally blind man 'didn't know what he was getting.'
Garry Murphy: Legally blind man 'didn't know what he was getting.'

Garry Murphy: Legally blind man 'didn't know what he was getting.'

Date8/3/1990
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ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0131340F
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
Stat wish. When Paul Easterbrook, 14, of Brantford, told us he wanted to be an archeologist, he didn't know what he was getting into. David L. Newlands, an archeologist at the Royal Ontario Museum, has Paul working as his assistant for three days, alanyzing material excavated from Old Fort York.
Stat wish. When Paul Easterbrook, 14, of Brantford, told us he wanted to be an archeologist, he didn't know what he was getting into. David L. Newlands, an archeologist at the Royal Ontario Museum, has Paul working as his assistant for three days, alanyzing material excavated from Old Fort York.
8/20/1978
Honor student: David Condie, 15, uses his new computer to study at home. He gets top marks in high school despite a rare disease which has left him legally blind and deaf.
Honor student: David Condie, 15, uses his new computer to study at home. He gets top marks in high school despite a rare disease which has left him legally blind and deaf.
11/19/1986
Unable to drive: Twins Keith (left) Kevin Mateff finished their automotive technician program at Centennial College with a 96-per-cent average, but they can't get driver's licenses because they'reclassed as legally blind
Unable to drive: Twins Keith (left) Kevin Mateff finished their automotive technician program at Centennial College with a 96-per-cent average, but they can't get driver's licenses because they'reclassed as legally blind
6/22/1983
Ken Challis (left) of Mississauga and his wife, Lee, are reunited with his brother, Ernie, who didn't even know Ken existed. Ken, who grew up in foster homes, knew he bad a brother and sister but didn't know where they were. A chance conversation in the town offices enabled him to meet his sister-in-law.
Ken Challis (left) of Mississauga and his wife, Lee, are reunited with his brother, Ernie, who didn't even know Ken existed. Ken, who grew up in foster homes, knew he bad a brother and sister but didn't know where they were. A chance conversation in the town offices enabled him to meet his sister-in-law.
12/6/1973
Robert Ritchie: Pathologist says he didn't know police had laid murder charge.
Robert Ritchie: Pathologist says he didn't know police had laid murder charge.
12/9/1981
Didn't know the ropes: Terry Bey of Kippendavie Ave. holds his hand-made swing, hacked down by City Hall because he hung it from a city-owned tree.
Didn't know the ropes: Terry Bey of Kippendavie Ave. holds his hand-made swing, hacked down by City Hall because he hung it from a city-owned tree.
10/5/1983
He's paying $425 a month for condominium that isn't legally his yet Richard Kubig of Oshawa says title snags have made purchase a nightmare.
He's paying $425 a month for condominium that isn't legally his yet Richard Kubig of Oshawa says title snags have made purchase a nightmare.
10/20/1976
Following the market: When the market is at a low - as it is these days - that could be a good timie for a novice to get into the action, advises Dave Conway, a broker with Davidson Partners Ltd. in Toronto. But it's important not to jump in blind, he cautions. The biggest mistake prospective investors make is not being aware of what their objective are, he say.
Following the market: When the market is at a low - as it is these days - that could be a good timie for a novice to get into the action, advises Dave Conway, a broker with Davidson Partners Ltd. in Toronto. But it's important not to jump in blind, he cautions. The biggest mistake prospective investors make is not being aware of what their objective are, he say.
2/15/1982
Not amused: Garry Toffoli, Toronto chairperson of the Monarchist League of Canada, says the new police oath will create animosity because people will have their own idea of what the oath represents
Not amused: Garry Toffoli, Toronto chairperson of the Monarchist League of Canada, says the new police oath will create animosity because people will have their own idea of what the oath represents
4/17/1991
Harsh lesson: Teacher Garry Macey had to resort to stern measures to get some work out of three students in his Man in Society class and came close to kicking one of them out
Harsh lesson: Teacher Garry Macey had to resort to stern measures to get some work out of three students in his Man in Society class and came close to kicking one of them out
5/29/1981
Fur is his business so Sid Schipper knows what he's talking about when he's teaching the trade to students at George Brown Community College
Fur is his business so Sid Schipper knows what he's talking about when he's teaching the trade to students at George Brown Community College
10/1/1969