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Winter made a comeback in Toronto yesterday with a 12-inch snowfall and motorists and pedestrians slogged their way homeward along slush-clogged. Bay (...)
Winter made a comeback in Toronto yesterday with a 12-inch snowfall and motorists and pedestrians slogged their way homeward along slush-clogged. Bay (...)

Winter made a comeback in Toronto yesterday with a 12-inch snowfall and motorists and pedestrians slogged their way homeward along slush-clogged. Bay (...)

Date3/12/1968
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Original Toronto Star caption: Winter made a comeback in Toronto yesterday with a 12-inch snowfall and motorists and pedestrians slogged their way homeward along slush-clogged. Bay St.; arriving late; cold and damp at homes darkened by a power failure.
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