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Get the lead out, Durham Regional Police are changing the color of their cruisers from yellow to white because yellow paint contains lead and car manu(...)
Get the lead out, Durham Regional Police are changing the color of their cruisers from yellow to white because yellow paint contains lead and car manu(...)

Get the lead out, Durham Regional Police are changing the color of their cruisers from yellow to white because yellow paint contains lead and car manu(...)

Date1/4/1989
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Original Toronto Star caption: Get the lead out, Durham Regional Police are changing the color of their cruisers from yellow to white because yellow paint contains lead and car manufacturers don't use it. Constable Rolf Kluem shows off one the first of 108 white cruisers to be phased in.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0027816F
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