About four months ago a story in the Toronto Star was headlined "Brutality articles 'scandalous'-lawyer". The source of this story was Barry Percival, a lawyer for Metro (Toronto) police, accusing The Globe and Mail of printing "outrageous innuendos, half-truths and speculations" about police work. He also branded the Globe and Mail stories "scandalous and sensational" and lashed out at reporter Gerry McAuliffe who produced 17 cases alleging police brutality in Toronto. Soon after- Big carnival parade starts 10 a.m. Saturday warcis, the Toronto Star carried a few "brutality" stories, but none so damaging as those which appeared in the Globe. Understandably, Mr. Percival was hopping made and went running around telling everyone how unfair the stories had been to Metro's finest - men in blue. Even police deputy chief Jack Ackroyd jumped on the hand- wagon, stating his biased views on police work to the then relatively newly appointed Royal Commission investigating police brutality. The so-called police probe went on for months looking into more than 100 "brutility" cases. All submissions were thoroughly examined by Ontario Supreme Court Justice Donald Morand who recently disclosed his findings to the public. And, guess what? Contrary to Mr. Percival's opinion on Globe's brutality stories,rthe eminent judge concluded his 200-page report by calling fortchanges in police methods. After releasing his long-awaited report, Justice Morand told the reporters: tThe police conceded that we had uncovered some weaknesses in the systern and they already had takenaction to correct several of the weaknesses". All in all, the well-respected jurist is saying that, rHITBY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, JULY 28, 1976, PAGE 5 indeed, there is police brutality. Except, he is using mild language and putiflg Lt nicely, so that no one can openly accuse hm of being partial in dealing with a highly sensitive subject. J; istice Morand is also a diplomat, know- ing well how police react to all brutality stories in the press. re very glad to see that the police brutality has been finally acknowledged in Toronto and that some changes are in the offing. We all know that police brutality exists, particularly in this province. Perhaps, this report -will serve as an eye-opener to all'police chiefs across Canada. It is neyer too late to fight police brutality. I think Justice Morand has done a great job - a job that had to be done sooner or later. However, I'm sad to learn that the Globe and Mail reporter Who was instrumental to Morand's findings- on police practises is no longer with the paper. He was given a pink slip at the time when Globe's popularity was sagging in police departments across Canada. Gerry McAuliffe, my fellow reporter at the Timmins Press many years ago, has joined the CBC. As an investigative reporter he should do well - almost anywhere. the parade should be one of the best ever since the County Town Carnival began l1 years ago, say members of the Kinsmen Club. Months of work have gone into the preparation of the parade, which is one of the Kinsmen Club's service pro- jects for the Town of Whitby. Electrical inspector warning Ontario Hydro is advising householders to check iditti- fication of persons claiming to be. electrical inspectors before admitting them to their homes. Several cases of impersonation of Hydro inspectors recently have resulted in burglary and theft "Ontario Hydro electrical inspectors do not wear uniforms but they carry cards identifying them as electrical inspectors, with name, signature, employee number and picture so that identification cannot be mis- taken", said Leslie Stoch, Inspection Superintendent of Hydro's Central Region. Ontario Hydro is respon- sible for inspection of all new electric wiring and electrical appliance installa- tions throughout Ontario, including municipalities serv- ed by local Hydro systems, like Toronto Hydro, Mississ- auga Hydro and others. "Inspectors seldom appear unannounced", Mr. Stoch added. "When they visit a home they do so for the purpose of inspecting a specific piece of electrical wiring or equipnent. They always announce their pur- pose and n most cases the householder is expecting thern. The exception is when the Electrical Inspection department is asked to make an inspection by the local fire department, the Fire Marshal's office or other municipal department because wiring is thought to be unsafe". Mr. Stock advises house- holders to check identifica- of the inspector and learn the purpose of the visit before admitting him to their homes. With a large contribution of floats and other entries from the Ontario Fire Fighters Association conven- tion, the 1976 County Town Carnival parade promises to be the biggest ever held in many years, say members of the Whitby Kinsmen Club. The Kinsmen, who are in charge of organizing the parade, estinate it will be more than two miles long, with eight bands and more than 20 floats. Marshalling takes place at 9:15 a.m. July 31 at the Florence Heard School and the parade gets under way at 10 a.m. sharp. The route follows Mary Street to Pine, south on Pine to Dundas, west on Dundas to Henry and south on Henry Street to Iroquois Park. This year's theme is "Whitby Salutes Ontario Fire Fighters, Ever Alert" and according to the Kinsmen, there will be a large number of entries -following the theme. This year's theme was chosen in honor of the fire fighters' convention in Brook- lin, and the 125th anniversary of the Whitby Fire Depart- ment. Among the eight bands in the parade is a I110-piece marching band from Verona Pennsylvania, known as the Vanguard of Penn Hills. This band was brought to Whitby by the town's fire department for the conven- tion, and will be one of the chief attractions in the County Town Carnival parade. The remaining bands are a mixture of brass and pipe bands from throughout Ontario. In addition to the bands, another special feature will be the Carlsburg wagon and team of horses, which the carnival committee has been trying to obtain for the parade for several years. The Whitby Kinsmen Club will be bringing in a crew of clowns from Belleville, with funny cars, bicycles and odds and ends to rnake the parade more attractive. With entries from local organizations and businesses, Garbage which would normally be MONDAY, AUGUST 2nd will be TUESDAY, AUGUST 3rd, 1976. picked up on collected on R. A. Kuwahara, P. Eng., Director of Public Works. 1~~ Looking more bored than vicious, these little Indhns recent Indian Day at Willow Park. Free Press Photo did a war dance during the Whitby Recreation Department's The Ontario Housing Corporation is calling for tenders for the construction of the 105-unit senior citizens apartment building on the old Coîborne Street School site. The site is bounded by Colborne Street on the north, Centre Street on the cast, Dunlop Street on the south, and King Street on the \est. YOUR VACATION STARTS HERE! AT SHORTY'S CIGAR STORE 121 BROCK STREET NOR'H BRING YOUR CAMERA TO US. SATURDAY JULY 31 AND SUNDAY AUGUST 1 WE WILL LOAD IT WITH FREE COLOUR FILM SIZES - 110 AND 126 ASK FOR OUR SPECIAL PHOTOFINIS COUPON HING Carnival Queen wins trip from local travel agency Travel, Whitby's Community ravel were pleased to be co-sponor with Tours, iii presenting the. trip to the to Lucy Colli, County Town Cari uval Duncan agency, Treasure Bahamas Queen. TOWN OF WHITBY GARBAGE COLLECTION AUGUST 2nd, 1976