Hawks soar at-Skydome Page 23 VTmn Mayors support fusonprojeet. Page3 -Police downplay Councilor: Much CIdaim Of attempted achieved at abduction page 5 Nottawasaga Page 5 Big hleat over hydro breaikdown By Mike Kowalski Tho most extensive power out- age in Whitby }Iydro's history had local residents blowing their cool this woek. and utility offi- ciais engaging in dama e control. At thie outset of ts year's most sovore heat wave, thou- sands of Whitby homes were left, wxthot oiotriciy for hours o ond Sunday and Monday. Power te many parts of town was ,disrupted for varying lengths of time before service was fully restored Monday night. According, te Whitb1ï Hydro, the. disruptioni was 2ue te.ý,, a. major ,substation ,on Gardon Street boing taken out of service te, ailow for installation of a new Computer system. But record high temperatures, combined with the substation shutdown, meant that Hydro could not keep up with the demand and he'nce t he blackouts. Ironically, the compute r sys- tom is designed te ailow Hydro personnel te pinpoint the cause of power outages more quickly and thus keep future disruptions te, a minimum. However, work on the sub- s3tation was te have been comple- tedpr«or te last, woekenid. heWbitby Hydro Electric Commission has since instructed its --solicitors to determine whether the commission has any legal recourse against the con- tracter hired te install the equip- ment. 'Mhe contracter was supposod to e ofiished before the end of last week," Whitby Hydro eralmanager Tom May said "We're not happy with it either, but beyondthatwI can't make further comment,"he said. As May explainod, the su)> station is the first te have the System Control Anid Data Acqui- sition (SCADA) technology ii- stailed. The system wifl permit Hydro tospeod things up'M a ad, by indicating a proý1emý' cause almost immediately and'sparing the need te soend a work crew 'out te, track it down. May rejected a suggestion that the commission may have orrod in not warning its customers prior te the work commencing that problems might occur. »"If weo ,had suspected there would ho problems, wo wouldn't have &~ne . ahead with it,- we, don't lk e take rjss,»ho said. UWe don'tache le this kind of work ini peak loading periods. That station represonts about 25, 28 per cent of our capacity.» In a aà f advortisement carriedfin ea'sFree Press, the commission expiains the problem and, apologizos for any incon- venience causod. The ad also notes that an "emergency measures commit- tee" chaired b ycommissioner Ralph Blank will investiate the "adequacy» of Whitby -Hydro's power outage dotection systoms, response methoda and public communication systems. On the latter topic, May said Hydro staff did not stop taking telephono c ails Monday despite what some ight think. "We had seven people pnswer- ing the phcnes al day andup te lst night. It was not a question of loaving the phono off the hook.» Hydro staff were not the only ones fieiding cails from irate residents Monday. SEE PAGE 22 MPs .may be in trouble with the party brass WhitbBU to'rhl'Mmmr pinary action for bucking the party brass. MPs Dan McTeage (Ontario ridig) nd Aoi hehrd (Dr hum wee aong a hndfulo Laiberal backbenchers whovoted ugaist wo controvrsalgovern- met bis last w 1:ska Sheperdwho roipresents was one cf ane' Liberais te vote ugansNBllC-68i ý, t ho iproposed Ëun-control leiiatiîon, on Tues- 4%o days late r* , MfcTeague, whoa suppo il, as one for0Lierasvotin ugainst Bill 0-41 the' so-caled hate-crimos legisiation. i ~ o arning fom Pim MnsrJean Cretien tha eh wouid come down bard on those braigrank, the four refused te te te party lino and support the bill. Among measures contained in the bill,. which deais primarily with sentencing matters under the Criminal Code, is on. provid- igfor touger penalties for those Who atsk minorities, i- cludinghomosexuais. Although h. initially indicated that he wouid aiso vote against this bill as well, Shepherd abstained when the vote on 0-41 was taken Thursday night. In an earlier interview, Shep- herd teld The Pýro. press that ho exPected tobe disciplined for his gun-control vote, b ut did flot know what form it will te. BRE PAGE 35 [BIGGEST DONATION, EVER) Ashburn residieint oine of McDougald relatives presenting 'gift' By1- Jil Mclntesh It's been caloed on. of the most significant private automobile collections in the country. It is the moot generous donation of its kind ever gvnin Canada. Stor:ed for almeet 20 yoars, it spans a 67-yoar time frame and features some of the finest cars of the Ia7tis known as the <McDougald Colection,' and it has found a home in Durham. It wili be unvoiled at a gala public opening on Saturday, June 24 at the Canadian Automotive Museum at 99 Simcoe St. S., in Oshawa. The collection consiste of 19 cars and two motorcyclos, realistically vaiued at $3.7 million. The blonedte theo ate John Angue "Bud" te evoryono as "Jim") of Toronto. On. of tho Canada's wealthiest and most powerful businessmen, McDougald's long hs t -of accomplishments also inciuded- vice presidency of Hoilinger Mines, CIBC, CFRB and Domtar- directer of tho Royal Winter Fair; chair of the boardi of CBC, Massey Ferguson and Dominion Stores; and govornor of the Jockey Club of Canada.' An antique car enthusiast, McDougald coliected most of the cars during the 1950a and 1960s, when the hobby was not ail thatpopuia ad cars could be purchased for a fraction of their value today. Even, so the average person back then couldn't have aftorded the rare cars he bought, some of which woul d have been worth more than a smail house. "Bud McDougald had exqu«isite taste,"Baya museum president Jack Innes. "Theéé cars represent not oniy the host car manufacturers but nome cf the beet coach-buiiders in the world. There's simply not an ugly car in the collection." Many of the cars are 'custom built,'meanng that the manu-facturers produced the engin. and chass and thon used a body mnade te their specifications by an independent coach-builder. Unilike today, a wel-_ heeled custemer could order a uni*que car built specifically te bhis taste. The collection consiste -of a 1908 DeDion Bouton; 1909 Ford; 1909 Hupmobile; 1914 Ross-Royoe Silver SEE PAGE 15