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With the 17,000 seats in Maple Leaf Gardens filled, an overflow crowd of about 4,000 mills outside last night, Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau later spoke from a truck
With the 17,000 seats in Maple Leaf Gardens filled, an overflow crowd of about 4,000 mills outside last night, Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau later spoke from a truck

With the 17,000 seats in Maple Leaf Gardens filled, an overflow crowd of about 4,000 mills outside last night, Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau later spoke from a truck

Date10/17/1972
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Original Toronto Star caption: With the 17,000 seats in Maple Leaf Gardens filled, an overflow crowd of about 4,000 mills outside last night, Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau later spoke from a truck
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