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Million-dollar Olympic lottery winner Audrey Robb of Brantford has twice been the target of kidnap attempts this week
Million-dollar Olympic lottery winner Audrey Robb of Brantford has twice been the target of kidnap attempts this week

Million-dollar Olympic lottery winner Audrey Robb of Brantford has twice been the target of kidnap attempts this week

Date7/4/1975
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Original Toronto Star caption: Million-dollar Olympic lottery winner Audrey Robb of Brantford has twice been the target of kidnap attempts this week. The former teletype operator, who won the $1 million last November, has moved twice in 8 months with her daughter and niece and say she'll change her name and move again to avoid more trouble.
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Left by his wife just four days before she won $1 million in the Olympic lottery, machine operator Edwin Robb sits in the home near Stoney Creek they (...)
Left by his wife just four days before she won $1 million in the Olympic lottery, machine operator Edwin Robb sits in the home near Stoney Creek they (...)
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A winner: North York Mayor Mel Lastman, left, was a little worried when he saw just how aggressive Whitby was in its attempts to attract new business
A winner: North York Mayor Mel Lastman, left, was a little worried when he saw just how aggressive Whitby was in its attempts to attract new business
3/4/1983
A winner: North York Mayor Mel Lastman, left, was a little worried when he saw just how aggressive Whitby was in its attempts to attract new business
A winner: North York Mayor Mel Lastman, left, was a little worried when he saw just how aggressive Whitby was in its attempts to attract new business
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Audrey Robb
Audrey Robb
7/4/1975
Audrey Robb
Audrey Robb
7/4/1975
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Former German P.O.W. camp on Muskoka lake at Gravenhurst, this property has been purchased by a Toronto syndicate and will be converted into a quarter-of-a-million-dollar summer resort to be called the ''Gateway hotel''
Former German P.O.W. camp on Muskoka lake at Gravenhurst, this property has been purchased by a Toronto syndicate and will be converted into a quarter-of-a-million-dollar summer resort to be called the ''Gateway hotel''
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Printing passes the time and makes life interesting for George Brown who is 68 and has been retired for four years from his job as a postal worker. This is his first attempt at creating a finished painting after taking instruction as the Second Mile Club, a 120-year-old mansion is downtown Toronto that is crowded with old people every night of the week.
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$50 million worth of theatre. The National Arts Centre in Ottawa opens May 30. It has cost twice as much as originally estimated. What does $50 million worth of theatre look like?
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He wanted to be a policeman but his attempts to meet the education requirements ended in disaster, says 24-year-old factory worker Joe Gough as he sits beside his wife and his 5-year-old son outside their home in Etobicoke
He wanted to be a policeman but his attempts to meet the education requirements ended in disaster, says 24-year-old factory worker Joe Gough as he sits beside his wife and his 5-year-old son outside their home in Etobicoke
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