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He's a ham: Rev. Ron Nickle lives up to the billing in two ways - he's quick with a joke and loves tinkering with his short-wave radio. Nickle says hi(...)
He's a ham: Rev. Ron Nickle lives up to the billing in two ways - he's quick with a joke and loves tinkering with his short-wave radio. Nickle says hi(...)

He's a ham: Rev. Ron Nickle lives up to the billing in two ways - he's quick with a joke and loves tinkering with his short-wave radio. Nickle says hi(...)

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Original Toronto Star caption: He's a ham: Rev. Ron Nickle lives up to the billing in two ways - he's quick with a joke and loves tinkering with his short-wave radio. Nickle says his radio ambition is to contact King Hussein of Jordan.
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Contrasting clergy: Rev. Ron Nickle, the minister at Lansing United Church, and his assistant, Rev. Lynne Bandy, compare statures. She's five feet on good days. He's six feet, two inches
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Image shows a portrait of a comedian.
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Paul Anka can't defend the lyrics to She's a Lady and he loves his romantic Don Juan image, but he still insists he's all for the women's liberation movement . . . and with five daughters maybe he is
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