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Waiting or a speeding bus?, Dispensing with a car, Oshawa Police Constable Fred Johns sets up shop at a bus stop on Bond St. E. with a folding chair, (...)
Waiting or a speeding bus?, Dispensing with a car, Oshawa Police Constable Fred Johns sets up shop at a bus stop on Bond St. E. with a folding chair, (...)

Waiting or a speeding bus?, Dispensing with a car, Oshawa Police Constable Fred Johns sets up shop at a bus stop on Bond St. E. with a folding chair, (...)

Date5/14/1975
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Original Toronto Star caption: Waiting or a speeding bus?, Dispensing with a car, Oshawa Police Constable Fred Johns sets up shop at a bus stop on Bond St. E. with a folding chair, a 12-volt car battery and a new type of hand-held radar the force is trying out to see what uses it's suited to.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0027962F
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