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Real estate broker Bruce Conklin says it is common knowlege that his field is overcrowded. He feels solution outlined in his letter - salesmen becoming unionized - would serve the public interest.
Real estate broker Bruce Conklin says it is common knowlege that his field is overcrowded. He feels solution outlined in his letter - salesmen becoming unionized - would serve the public interest.

Real estate broker Bruce Conklin says it is common knowlege that his field is overcrowded. He feels solution outlined in his letter - salesmen becoming unionized - would serve the public interest.

Date9/29/1971
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John Gibson, Won't stop working, Broker now $1 million richer, Becoming a millionaire overnight isn't going to stop John Gibson working as a real estate broker
5/2/1977
Challenged: I started motorcycling 12 years ago when my son, Robert, 17 at the time, bought a motorcycle, says semi-retired real estate broker John Ryan, 74
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11/7/1989
$5 million fling: Real estate broker Eddy Cogan, only individual member of Metro's domed stadium consortium, says he will benefit from economic upswing created by dome
$5 million fling: Real estate broker Eddy Cogan, only individual member of Metro's domed stadium consortium, says he will benefit from economic upswing created by dome
10/9/1986
Startled motorists think be's outs when they bear security man Mark Carter sitting at a stoplight, singing and clicking his fingers, but most drive off with a smile. Mark, a 26-year-old native of Barbados, feels Metro people are much too glum and take life too seriously. You start singing, you feel better, he says.
Startled motorists think be's outs when they bear security man Mark Carter sitting at a stoplight, singing and clicking his fingers, but most drive off with a smile. Mark, a 26-year-old native of Barbados, feels Metro people are much too glum and take life too seriously. You start singing, you feel better, he says.
6/1/1977
Life on hold: Mohamed Hussein Mohamed, shown in his Scarborough home, says he feels like he's been sentenced to at least another 10 months of waiting for word on his claim for political refugee status
Life on hold: Mohamed Hussein Mohamed, shown in his Scarborough home, says he feels like he's been sentenced to at least another 10 months of waiting for word on his claim for political refugee status
12/28/1988
Baseball's new Iron Man. Dave Brenn, 18, who pitched and won doubleheader Monday night at Oshawa for Peoples team in Leaside Junior League, says his arm feels fine-but back is sore
Baseball's new Iron Man. Dave Brenn, 18, who pitched and won doubleheader Monday night at Oshawa for Peoples team in Leaside Junior League, says his arm feels fine-but back is sore
7/28/1970
Wants his money: Bill McDonald, a retired businessman who assembled land for the Ontario government in 1968, says he was never paid the money he feels he is owed for bonuses and mark-ups on more than 3,000 acres of land
Wants his money: Bill McDonald, a retired businessman who assembled land for the Ontario government in 1968, says he was never paid the money he feels he is owed for bonuses and mark-ups on more than 3,000 acres of land
8/19/1991
A touch of class: The licence tag - ADL 1 - says it all. When Al De Luca is behind the wheel of his striking Zimmer Golden Spirit, he feels as if he's king of the automotive hill.
A touch of class: The licence tag - ADL 1 - says it all. When Al De Luca is behind the wheel of his striking Zimmer Golden Spirit, he feels as if he's king of the automotive hill.
8/3/1987
The count of boulogne is 8-year-old Henri Louis de Bourbon, a pupil at Bedford Park Public School who'd rather play with his rocket and his cat, Fluffy, than talk about how it feels to be a French count. He became one when his grandfather Prince Louis Jean Henri Charles de Bourbon, a descendant of King Louis XVI and Marie Antoninette, died in Holland a t 64.
The count of boulogne is 8-year-old Henri Louis de Bourbon, a pupil at Bedford Park Public School who'd rather play with his rocket and his cat, Fluffy, than talk about how it feels to be a French count. He became one when his grandfather Prince Louis Jean Henri Charles de Bourbon, a descendant of King Louis XVI and Marie Antoninette, died in Holland a t 64.
1/12/1975
Medical heretic: Dr. Robert Mendelsohn has few kind words for his fellow physicians. Doctors in general, he says, should be trusted about as much as used-car salesmen. Chicago MD came to town to promote his best-selling book.
Medical heretic: Dr. Robert Mendelsohn has few kind words for his fellow physicians. Doctors in general, he says, should be trusted about as much as used-car salesmen. Chicago MD came to town to promote his best-selling book.
10/7/1980
Conklin Shows will offer a 17-year-old Sikh a job as a ticket taker after turning him down because he would not shave his beard off
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8/16/1990
Below right, Paris-born couturier Charles D'Avila talks to real estate broker Ted Beauchamp.
Below right, Paris-born couturier Charles D'Avila talks to real estate broker Ted Beauchamp.
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