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Alison Randall meets the man she hops will be her boss some day-Metro Police Chief Harold Adamson
Alison Randall meets the man she hops will be her boss some day-Metro Police Chief Harold Adamson

Alison Randall meets the man she hops will be her boss some day-Metro Police Chief Harold Adamson

Date3/22/1971
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Original Toronto Star caption: Alison Randall meets the man she hops will be her boss some day-Metro Police Chief Harold Adamson. Alison has dreamed of being a policewoman since childhood, but she is two inches too short. Adamson suggested that she could use her secretarial training, but Alison is determined to be in the front line.
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