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Ken Chesher. Why wasn't I in jail?
Ken Chesher. Why wasn't I in jail?

Ken Chesher. Why wasn't I in jail?

Date11/24/1976
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Angry father Ken Chesher was sent to mental institution, then jailed, after he fired shots near two men during search for his runaway 15-year-old daughter. He was worried about her getting mixed up with the wrong people.
Angry father Ken Chesher was sent to mental institution, then jailed, after he fired shots near two men during search for his runaway 15-year-old daughter. He was worried about her getting mixed up with the wrong people.
12/2/1976
The coffee man: At the age of 78, Alex Fedchak is turning in his coffee wagon. It's been nice, he says. I wouldn't put up with the same place for 50 years if it wasn't.
The coffee man: At the age of 78, Alex Fedchak is turning in his coffee wagon. It's been nice, he says. I wouldn't put up with the same place for 50 years if it wasn't.
6/18/1982
Doreen MacDonald picked up a toaster from a pile of battered appliances in the Qeen St. E. Soup-to-nuts junk store run by Jack Himself Cohen. One dollar. Himself said. Does it work? Doreen asked. I don't know. Why don't you plug it in and find out? All I do is sell as is. You won't plug it in? No. Doreen paid the $1 and once again proved Himself's credo: I don't polish anything. I learned my lesson when I polished the $25 special finish off a candelabra early in business. Since then I sell everything just as it is. [Incomplete]
Doreen MacDonald picked up a toaster from a pile of battered appliances in the Qeen St. E. Soup-to-nuts junk store run by Jack Himself Cohen. One dollar. Himself said. Does it work? Doreen asked. I don't know. Why don't you plug it in and find out? All I do is sell as is. You won't plug it in? No. Doreen paid the $1 and once again proved Himself's credo: I don't polish anything. I learned my lesson when I polished the $25 special finish off a candelabra early in business. Since then I sell everything just as it is. [Incomplete]
6/13/1972
When I was a child I wondered why I was not born white
When I was a child I wondered why I was not born white
9/29/1976
Mystified: Why did I pay premiums for 24 years? asks Bruce Schwartzentruber, whose rate more than tripled after an accident, leaving his financial plans in ruins
Mystified: Why did I pay premiums for 24 years? asks Bruce Schwartzentruber, whose rate more than tripled after an accident, leaving his financial plans in ruins
1/24/1990
Wayne Thomson, an electrician in England, says: 'The first time I've ever been in jail is when I come for a vacation in Canada
Wayne Thomson, an electrician in England, says: 'The first time I've ever been in jail is when I come for a vacation in Canada
7/10/1991
That winning smile on the left comes from Ken Dimson after 30-year-old insurance salesman beat out Wanda Grendys, right, for Liberal nomination in Scarborough-Ellesmere riding this week. I got word the executive was looking for someone to run, said Dimson. I knew there was going to be some time in my life when I was going to run so thought it might as well be now. Victory was an anti-climax.
That winning smile on the left comes from Ken Dimson after 30-year-old insurance salesman beat out Wanda Grendys, right, for Liberal nomination in Scarborough-Ellesmere riding this week. I got word the executive was looking for someone to run, said Dimson. I knew there was going to be some time in my life when I was going to run so thought it might as well be now. Victory was an anti-climax.
5/12/1977
Hard to take: Ken Jeffers, a community activist who works with youth, says daughter Tanya, 14, told him: One of the things that bothers me is that if I get in trouble with the police, you can't protect me
Hard to take: Ken Jeffers, a community activist who works with youth, says daughter Tanya, 14, told him: One of the things that bothers me is that if I get in trouble with the police, you can't protect me
5/9/1992
Top teacher: I was totally surprised when they told me, says Ken Brown, 39, after being named science teacher of the year by the Toronto chapters of a Sigma XI, a scientific research society with chapters all over North America. Brown, head of physics at North York's George S. Henry Secondary School, is the first to receive the honor at the high school level.
Top teacher: I was totally surprised when they told me, says Ken Brown, 39, after being named science teacher of the year by the Toronto chapters of a Sigma XI, a scientific research society with chapters all over North America. Brown, head of physics at North York's George S. Henry Secondary School, is the first to receive the honor at the high school level.
11/27/1985
Annual meeting of Imperial Oil at the Royal York hotel yesterday wasn't just a report ont he company's profit picture and huge exploration program in the Arctic
Annual meeting of Imperial Oil at the Royal York hotel yesterday wasn't just a report ont he company's profit picture and huge exploration program in the Arctic
4/24/1972
Canuck chili: Bobby Murie's chili is stcaming, but it wasn't hot enough to win a world cook-off in Texas 10 days ago.
Canuck chili: Bobby Murie's chili is stcaming, but it wasn't hot enough to win a world cook-off in Texas 10 days ago.
11/6/1980
The hero: Errol Farquharson relaxes with children Jennifer, left, and Daniel in their kitchen. But Farquharson wasn't so relaxed when he rescued a 74-year-old man from a savage beating.
The hero: Errol Farquharson relaxes with children Jennifer, left, and Daniel in their kitchen. But Farquharson wasn't so relaxed when he rescued a 74-year-old man from a savage beating.
12/20/1984