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Al Tweten: Airport's duty manager says deciphering Morse Code extortion message was exciting.
Al Tweten: Airport's duty manager says deciphering Morse Code extortion message was exciting.

Al Tweten: Airport's duty manager says deciphering Morse Code extortion message was exciting.

Date1/6/1982
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Bank manager Ron Stewart helped thwart an extortion attempt yesterday when he stalled a bank robber - who claimed to be carrying a bomb - until police arrived the scene
Bank manager Ron Stewart helped thwart an extortion attempt yesterday when he stalled a bank robber - who claimed to be carrying a bomb - until police arrived the scene
2/6/1984
Morse Code . . . Grow a beard if you can, is the message from hirsute actor Barry Morse, who shaves only when he's Lieuteneant Gerrard on TV's The Fug(...)
Morse Code . . . Grow a beard if you can, is the message from hirsute actor Barry Morse, who shaves only when he's Lieuteneant Gerrard on TV's The Fug(...)
6/15/1966
I'm always meeting people,' streetcleaner Fred Bowers, 64, says as he talks with George Fallis, an attorney who lives on Strathallan Blvd. Most persons on his beat know Bowers, who finds lost children and delivers messages - and, off duty, collect cameras, processes still and movie films, fishes and ties flies.
I'm always meeting people,' streetcleaner Fred Bowers, 64, says as he talks with George Fallis, an attorney who lives on Strathallan Blvd. Most persons on his beat know Bowers, who finds lost children and delivers messages - and, off duty, collect cameras, processes still and movie films, fishes and ties flies.
6/9/1972
Checking list: Dr. Klaus Schell (right), landlord of a Home for Special Care, helps resident Jack Price check off list of completed duties. Anna-May Maxwell (left), manager of the home, says families tend to hide their mentally ill.
Checking list: Dr. Klaus Schell (right), landlord of a Home for Special Care, helps resident Jack Price check off list of completed duties. Anna-May Maxwell (left), manager of the home, says families tend to hide their mentally ill.
1/13/1987
Dramatic effect: Len Sylvester, general manager of the Construction Safety Association, says the commercials' scare tactics, right and above, are used to emphasize important messages and have acted as a catalyst in reducing accidents
Dramatic effect: Len Sylvester, general manager of the Construction Safety Association, says the commercials' scare tactics, right and above, are used to emphasize important messages and have acted as a catalyst in reducing accidents
10/25/1984
Youngest head Toronto Real Estate Board has had, Peter Mason, 32, says board's code of ethics is no less serious for being enforced in private
Youngest head Toronto Real Estate Board has had, Peter Mason, 32, says board's code of ethics is no less serious for being enforced in private
12/22/1976
Cultural awareness: Beliefs, taboos and moral codes of immigrants should be taken into account, says Dr. Ralph Masi, the province's first multicultural health co-ordinator.
Cultural awareness: Beliefs, taboos and moral codes of immigrants should be taken into account, says Dr. Ralph Masi, the province's first multicultural health co-ordinator.
1/11/1990
Seeking answers: Scientist Eric Chaisson says a code of global ethics - which is not base on religion alone - is needed in order to save a technological society that has the potential to destroy itself.
Seeking answers: Scientist Eric Chaisson says a code of global ethics - which is not base on religion alone - is needed in order to save a technological society that has the potential to destroy itself.
12/8/1992
On the right track: Renowed architect Ralph Erskine of Sweden says Toronto's downtown and waterfront areas will undergo an exciting transformation by the year 2001. Where railways now divide city dwellers from the lake. Erskine sees gardens, housing, shops and theatres springing up over the next 20 years - adding new life to the city. But he wants that Metro's highrise suburbs could become ghettos.
On the right track: Renowed architect Ralph Erskine of Sweden says Toronto's downtown and waterfront areas will undergo an exciting transformation by the year 2001. Where railways now divide city dwellers from the lake. Erskine sees gardens, housing, shops and theatres springing up over the next 20 years - adding new life to the city. But he wants that Metro's highrise suburbs could become ghettos.
11/4/1981
On the right track: Swedish architect Ralph Erskine says Toronto's downtown and waterfront areas will undergo an exciting transformation by the year 2001.
On the right track: Swedish architect Ralph Erskine says Toronto's downtown and waterfront areas will undergo an exciting transformation by the year 2001.
11/5/1981
John Haunts, building manager of the Royal York, is ready for the Grey Cup weekend with 100 off-duty policemen hired for security and everything that's movable in storage
John Haunts, building manager of the Royal York, is ready for the Grey Cup weekend with 100 off-duty policemen hired for security and everything that's movable in storage
11/22/1973
Likes it: 'Duty counsel' a long day,' says Philip Perimutter, who recently completed a two-year stint. 'But I like it.
Likes it: 'Duty counsel' a long day,' says Philip Perimutter, who recently completed a two-year stint. 'But I like it.
6/9/1983