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Raising funds the hard way. Paul Thruston, a 20-year-old Etobicoke youth who has been motorcycle-jumping cars for two years and, last year, leaped eig(...)
Raising funds the hard way. Paul Thruston, a 20-year-old Etobicoke youth who has been motorcycle-jumping cars for two years and, last year, leaped eig(...)

Raising funds the hard way. Paul Thruston, a 20-year-old Etobicoke youth who has been motorcycle-jumping cars for two years and, last year, leaped eig(...)

Date4/3/1977
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  • Raising funds the hard way. Paul Thruston; a 20-year-old Etobicoke youth who has been motorcycle-jumping cars for two years and; last year; leaped eight cars in one event; made his first leap of 1977 over 2 daffodil-covered cars on Saturday inside the Bramalea City Centre shopping mall. It was to launch the Canadian Cancer Society's annual month-long drive for research funds.
  • Raising funds the hard way. Paul Thruston, a 20-year-old Etobicoke youth who has been motorcycle-jumping cars for two years and, last year, leaped eig(...)
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Original Toronto Star caption: Raising funds the hard way. Paul Thruston; a 20-year-old Etobicoke youth who has been motorcycle-jumping cars for two years and; last year; leaped eight cars in one event; made his first leap of 1977 over 2 daffodil-covered cars on Saturday inside the Bramalea City Centre shopping mall. It was to launch the Canadian Cancer Society's annual month-long drive for research funds.
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