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Wearing gloves to ward off Toronto's chill yesterday, Lynn Williams of Vancouver easily wins the women's mile at the annual Texaco Mile at queen's Par(...)
Wearing gloves to ward off Toronto's chill yesterday, Lynn Williams of Vancouver easily wins the women's mile at the annual Texaco Mile at queen's Par(...)

Wearing gloves to ward off Toronto's chill yesterday, Lynn Williams of Vancouver easily wins the women's mile at the annual Texaco Mile at queen's Par(...)

Date10/22/1988
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Original Toronto Star caption: Wearing gloves to ward off Toronto's chill yesterday, Lynn Williams of Vancouver easily wins the women's mile at the annual Texaco Mile at queen's Park. Williams clocked a time of 4:28.20. Steve Scott of the U.S. won the men's event.
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A 13-year-old boy without gloves or hat trudged 2 1/2 miles through slush and snow to his home last night after a Toronto Transit driver ordered him off a bus because he didn't have the 50-cent adult fare
A 13-year-old boy without gloves or hat trudged 2 1/2 miles through slush and snow to his home last night after a Toronto Transit driver ordered him off a bus because he didn't have the 50-cent adult fare
12/22/1977
Fight to the finish. Steve Scott, right, outsprints fellow American Jeff Atkinson to the finish line in the Texaco Mile around Queen's Park Circle yes(...)
Fight to the finish. Steve Scott, right, outsprints fellow American Jeff Atkinson to the finish line in the Texaco Mile around Queen's Park Circle yes(...)
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Up the creek in Thunder Bay, wearing floral dress, wide blue belt and white gloves for white water
Up the creek in Thunder Bay, wearing floral dress, wide blue belt and white gloves for white water
7/21/1987
Great Scott: U.S. Olympian Steve Scott dominated the Texaco Mile field both on the course and on the medal podium yesterday. Fellow American Jeff Atki(...)
Great Scott: U.S. Olympian Steve Scott dominated the Texaco Mile field both on the course and on the medal podium yesterday. Fellow American Jeff Atki(...)
10/22/1988
Texaco miler, Steve Ovett, in town for the Texaco Mile today, smiles during an interview at his downtown hotel
Texaco miler, Steve Ovett, in town for the Texaco Mile today, smiles during an interview at his downtown hotel
10/3/1987
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Margaret Campbell said gloves are off' in her campaign for Dennison's job
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West: Thornhill golfer wins her first Canadian women's amateur title with seven-stroke margin
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Lake beater: Bundled up to ward off chills, marathon swimmer Vicki Keith, the first person to cross Lake Huron, grins yesterday after emerging from the lake at Goderich
Lake beater: Bundled up to ward off chills, marathon swimmer Vicki Keith, the first person to cross Lake Huron, grins yesterday after emerging from the lake at Goderich
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Cameras, toys and a mountain of gloves are turned in every day to the lost articles office of the Toronto Transit Commission, where Dave Lane puts the(...)
Cameras, toys and a mountain of gloves are turned in every day to the lost articles office of the Toronto Transit Commission, where Dave Lane puts the(...)
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