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Jubilant Duffy of GM Canada, I don't expect serious shortages.
Jubilant Duffy of GM Canada, I don't expect serious shortages.

Jubilant Duffy of GM Canada, I don't expect serious shortages.

Date9/1/1975
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0126859F
Futures trading in currencies and commodities has paid off handsomely for fomer Windsor high school teacher Jim Carroll, who parlayed $750 into more than $150,000. His new wealth, he says, means he might just play chess for a year in 1974. Here he is enjoying a game with wife Mary Pat. Worldwide shortages have made commodity futures a fertile area for speculation, Carroll points out.
Futures trading in currencies and commodities has paid off handsomely for fomer Windsor high school teacher Jim Carroll, who parlayed $750 into more than $150,000. His new wealth, he says, means he might just play chess for a year in 1974. Here he is enjoying a game with wife Mary Pat. Worldwide shortages have made commodity futures a fertile area for speculation, Carroll points out.
12/21/1973
Worsening shortages of skilled tradesmen have made it difficult for employees such as Gary Maas, who can't find any workers for his small tool and die plant in North York
Worsening shortages of skilled tradesmen have made it difficult for employees such as Gary Maas, who can't find any workers for his small tool and die plant in North York
2/24/1978
Graydon Colville. Don't expect to win
Graydon Colville. Don't expect to win
11/26/1975
Stainless steel drums of heavy water crowd nuclear generating plant storeroom, the vital ingredient, in making electrical power. Shortages and high pr(...)
Stainless steel drums of heavy water crowd nuclear generating plant storeroom, the vital ingredient, in making electrical power. Shortages and high pr(...)
7/30/1971
Service suffering: Driver-attendants Bill Lowery, left, and Frank Ashe say staff shortages are causing delays
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3/16/1982
Newsprint, not long ago in plentiful supply with over-capacity in the industry, has run into shortages for which the major reason is labor troubles in(...)
Newsprint, not long ago in plentiful supply with over-capacity in the industry, has run into shortages for which the major reason is labor troubles in(...)
4/29/1971
Hydro Plan: Demand management is the key to avoiding power shortages, says Ontario Hydro chief Robert Franklin
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12/19/1989
Robert Welch: Provincial Energy Minister says Ontario should be able to weather winter without oil shortages
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10/31/1976
Uranium demand is making a comeback and the prospects are for shortages ahead, says Stephen B
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9/21/1973
London in Spring is an heart-stirring this year as always despite Britain's winter of strikes and shortages
London in Spring is an heart-stirring this year as always despite Britain's winter of strikes and shortages
9/18/1972
Stan Boone, physician, The supervisor of emergency medicine at Toronto Western Hospital, says that Until I was 15 I was serious about a career in music, as a pianist. At the same time I was reading the biography of Albert Schweitzer [Incomplete]
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2/16/1983
GM-Saab Deal: Saab president David Herman, left, and GM of Canada president George Peapples announced that GM will distribute the Swedish cars in Canada
GM-Saab Deal: Saab president David Herman, left, and GM of Canada president George Peapples announced that GM will distribute the Swedish cars in Canada
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