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He trusts his customers-or, at least most of them-says Truman Doc Doxtater as he works behind the counter at the Canadian National Institute for the B(...)
He trusts his customers-or, at least most of them-says Truman Doc Doxtater as he works behind the counter at the Canadian National Institute for the B(...)

He trusts his customers-or, at least most of them-says Truman Doc Doxtater as he works behind the counter at the Canadian National Institute for the B(...)

Date7/21/1970
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Original Toronto Star caption: He trusts his customers-or; at least most of them-says Truman Doc Doxtater as he works behind the counter at the Canadian National Institute for the Blind Booth at Old City Hall. Intuition saves him from most cheats.
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CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0020924F
Tony Derose: Supersalesman in cars says his regular customers know he won't try to take advantage of them. He tries to do the best he can both for the customer and the boss.
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By Don Dutton Toronto Star, Within days of learning that a blind storekeeper in an Etobicoke office tower might have to retire Friday, his customers h(...)
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Toronto is fine for the blind but it could be better says John Simmons, recreation supervisor for Canadian National Institute for the Blind on Bayview(...)
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For 40 years Cec Goodman has been delivering milk in Rosedale and he's known some of his customers so long that if they forget to leave a note, he checks the fridge himself and gives them what they need
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Sometimes called the most powerful man in Toronto, because he can get things fixed fast, works commissioner Ray Bremner says he doesn't play politics with city aidermen: 'I would never try to get a politician through his constituents.'
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