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Pressure regulation is spliced into a car fuel line by Peter Coulter, watched by Star staff writer Marilyn Anderson, Gasoline consumption dropped by 2(...)
Pressure regulation is spliced into a car fuel line by Peter Coulter, watched by Star staff writer Marilyn Anderson, Gasoline consumption dropped by 2(...)

Pressure regulation is spliced into a car fuel line by Peter Coulter, watched by Star staff writer Marilyn Anderson, Gasoline consumption dropped by 2(...)

Date10/27/1976
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Original Toronto Star caption: Pressure regulation is spliced into a car fuel line by Peter Coulter, watched by Star staff writer Marilyn Anderson, Gasoline consumption dropped by 26 per cent in combined city and highway driving tests conducted by Star.
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World's cleanest Fuel: A tank filled with hydrogen instead of gasoline was displayed in 1984 in a car trunk at a former University of Toronto institute for hydrogen studies
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7/13/1984
Lead singer of the rock group Yes, Jon Anderson seemed oblivious to the bedlam at concert in Maple Leaf Gardens Saturday night, says Star staff writer(...)
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This report on life in religion-torn Ireland comes from Star staff writer Marilyn Dunlop, above, who went to Ireland last week to report on the women's peace rally in the valley of the Boyne
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With daughter Tuku peering from behind mom's elbow, singer Salome Bey talked on the weekend with Star staff writer Peter Goddard about the busy life s(...)
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Fats Domino is wading through '50s at Hook and Ladder Club this week and Star staff writer Peter Goddard says his New Orleans rock rolls like sweet th(...)
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The cool Count Basie last night opened for a week at the Royal York Hotel's Imperial Room and Star staff writer Peter Goddard says the band drifted th(...)
The cool Count Basie last night opened for a week at the Royal York Hotel's Imperial Room and Star staff writer Peter Goddard says the band drifted th(...)
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