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A $3,000 phone bill. Mrs. Sam Olan calls Rome
A $3,000 phone bill. Mrs. Sam Olan calls Rome

A $3,000 phone bill. Mrs. Sam Olan calls Rome

Date6/9/1966
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Original Toronto Star caption: A $3,000 phone bill. Mrs. Sam Olan calls Rome
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0071590F
Outside. Lineman Norm Olan was planning to have a quiet dinner Sunday. But an 'emergency' telephone call abruptly changed his plans. Instead he spent the next 23 hours shinning up and down icy power lines in freezing rain. It didn't take Olan long to see that the so called emergency was, in fact, a disaster.
Outside. Lineman Norm Olan was planning to have a quiet dinner Sunday. But an 'emergency' telephone call abruptly changed his plans. Instead he spent the next 23 hours shinning up and down icy power lines in freezing rain. It didn't take Olan long to see that the so called emergency was, in fact, a disaster.
Bezant, Graham
1/18/1968
Sam Olan rides in back of police car
Sam Olan rides in back of police car
Dutton, Don
7/4/1966
Sam and Maria Olan
Sam and Maria Olan
Griffin, Doug
7/2/1966
Manning The Phone at his Christian Distress Clinic, Bruce Doney offers spiritual comfrot and practical help to anyone who calls in distress. He started the clinic 3 1/2 years ago and now he and a staff of 11 volunteers handle an average of 18-19 calls a day.
Manning The Phone at his Christian Distress Clinic, Bruce Doney offers spiritual comfrot and practical help to anyone who calls in distress. He started the clinic 3 1/2 years ago and now he and a staff of 11 volunteers handle an average of 18-19 calls a day.
Bull, Ron
6/29/1978
Telephoned obscenities: Bell spokespeople say obscene phone calls have dropped dramatically in every city with call display service because the callers know the service can pinpoint them immediately
Telephoned obscenities: Bell spokespeople say obscene phone calls have dropped dramatically in every city with call display service because the callers know the service can pinpoint them immediately
Gower, Patti
10/11/1991
Dan Heap: Toronto alderman calls the new rate of 20 cents for a pay phone call outrageous
Dan Heap: Toronto alderman calls the new rate of 20 cents for a pay phone call outrageous
Bull, Ron
4/1/1975
Social workers Andrew Weston (left) and Tony Omilanow told inquest of phone calls to Catholic Children's Aid reporting a child was being kept in a boi(...)
Social workers Andrew Weston (left) and Tony Omilanow told inquest of phone calls to Catholic Children's Aid reporting a child was being kept in a boi(...)
Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
11/27/1968
Home becomes an office: Viv Woolford keeps up with the phone calls while wife, Colleen, helped by son Graham, 4, does some of the paperwork involved in the mortages squeeze protest
Home becomes an office: Viv Woolford keeps up with the phone calls while wife, Colleen, helped by son Graham, 4, does some of the paperwork involved in the mortages squeeze protest
Calleja, Frank
2/28/1980
The Two Magistrates whose names were frequently mentioned in phone calls tapped by police, ex-magistrate Frederick Bannon (left), who resigned yesterd(...)
The Two Magistrates whose names were frequently mentioned in phone calls tapped by police, ex-magistrate Frederick Bannon (left), who resigned yesterd(...)
Bannon, Frederick
7/15/1968
On the phones: Barbara Morrow, Adele Armstrong and Marjorie Nabb field a wave of calls from curious tourists at the Grey Panthers' office in Hamilton yesterday
On the phones: Barbara Morrow, Adele Armstrong and Marjorie Nabb field a wave of calls from curious tourists at the Grey Panthers' office in Hamilton yesterday
Beaty, Keith
9/10/1993
Long lineage: The Oki 750, which can handle calls to five phone numbers, comes from a company founded in 1881
Long lineage: The Oki 750, which can handle calls to five phone numbers, comes from a company founded in 1881
Mahler, John
9/19/1990
Determined to Stay: Lawyer Irvine P. Dickier, 87, was too busy making phone calls in his 16th-floor office to leave because of a fire nine floors below, to the frustration of Toronto Firefighter Rich Gunns.
Determined to Stay: Lawyer Irvine P. Dickier, 87, was too busy making phone calls in his 16th-floor office to leave because of a fire nine floors below, to the frustration of Toronto Firefighter Rich Gunns.
Faught, Ken
12/19/1991