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Hitchhiking is under attack. Hitchhiking home, Marsha Caravan, 20, opens a car door as she and her sister Maria, 19, get a ride on Yonge St. Metro Pol(...)

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Hitchhiking is under attack. Hitchhiking home, Marsha Caravan, 20, opens a car door as she and her sister Maria, 19, get a ride on Yonge St. Metro Pol(...)

Date6/12/1974

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Combs, Erin (photographer)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

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Original Toronto Star caption: Hitchhiking is under attack. Hitchhiking home; Marsha Caravan; 20; opens a car door as she and her sister Maria; 19; get a ride on Yonge St. Metro Police Chief Harold Adamson agrees with North York's move to ban hitchhiking but there are organizations that oppose such a ban; saying the answer to problems that arise lies in public education.

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