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Olympic tickets sales, on the first day, were chaotic, with people having to line up to get numbers before they could buy their tickets at Eaton's. It was a disgraceful scene, comments one reader
Olympic tickets sales, on the first day, were chaotic, with people having to line up to get numbers before they could buy their tickets at Eaton's. It was a disgraceful scene, comments one reader

Olympic tickets sales, on the first day, were chaotic, with people having to line up to get numbers before they could buy their tickets at Eaton's. It was a disgraceful scene, comments one reader

Date5/5/1975
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Original Toronto Star caption: Olympic tickets sales; on the first day; were chaotic; with people having to line up to get numbers before they could buy their tickets at Eaton's. It was a disgraceful scene; comments one reader.
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An angry crowd surrounds Remo Monti, an Eaton's manager at Scarborough Town Centre, as he explains at 9
An angry crowd surrounds Remo Monti, an Eaton's manager at Scarborough Town Centre, as he explains at 9
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Florence Sharpe, Always buys two tickets
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Since Bjorn Borg was among the list of tennis players at the Rothman's tournament, reader below says she bought tickets
Since Bjorn Borg was among the list of tennis players at the Rothman's tournament, reader below says she bought tickets
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Disgruntled: Reader John Needham holds copy of ad and tickets to John Denver councert, all of which listed the price as $10 a head
Disgruntled: Reader John Needham holds copy of ad and tickets to John Denver councert, all of which listed the price as $10 a head
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You could have sold tickets at scalper's rates late yesterday for a meeting held on the floor of Toronto stock Exchange
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