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Down in Galveston, Texas, they're still talking of the tall Canadian who singlehandedly solved a bizarre kidnapping and rescued a little girl buried alive for 16 hours under rocks
Down in Galveston, Texas, they're still talking of the tall Canadian who singlehandedly solved a bizarre kidnapping and rescued a little girl buried alive for 16 hours under rocks

Down in Galveston, Texas, they're still talking of the tall Canadian who singlehandedly solved a bizarre kidnapping and rescued a little girl buried alive for 16 hours under rocks

Date4/1/1980
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      ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
      Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0129218F
      Pat for wife's rescuer. Zacho, German shepherd dog that found Toronto's Mrs. argaret Laidlaw alive after she was buried 45 hours under avalanche in It(...)
      Pat for wife's rescuer. Zacho, German shepherd dog that found Toronto's Mrs. argaret Laidlaw alive after she was buried 45 hours under avalanche in It(...)
      Goode, Jeff
      3/21/1972
      Texans jailed: Jesse Hernandez Mendez, 45, and his wife Coantha Smith Mendez, 44, were jailed for their kidnapping in Scarborough of a man wanted for jumping bail in Texas
      Texans jailed: Jesse Hernandez Mendez, 45, and his wife Coantha Smith Mendez, 44, were jailed for their kidnapping in Scarborough of a man wanted for jumping bail in Texas
      Faught, Ken
      n.d.
      Emotion: Tanya Tucker, in her first Toronto appearance last night, gave the imperial Room crowd as sweet and bitter a taste of authentic Texas country-rock as it's likely to get this side of Houston
      Emotion: Tanya Tucker, in her first Toronto appearance last night, gave the imperial Room crowd as sweet and bitter a taste of authentic Texas country-rock as it's likely to get this side of Houston
      Bock, Tony
      11/11/1986
      Rafting down the Rio takes place in Jamaica not Texas
      Rafting down the Rio takes place in Jamaica not Texas
      Spremo, Boris
      9/12/1969
      At last month's Montreal's Festival of New Cinema, internationally idolized cinematic renegade Wim Wenders (Paris, Texas) publicly turned down a cash (...)
      At last month's Montreal's Festival of New Cinema, internationally idolized cinematic renegade Wim Wenders (Paris, Texas) publicly turned down a cash (...)
      Egoyan, Atom, 1960-
      11/20/1987
      A little dirty - but alive. Rescue workers have oxygen handy yesterday for Slawomir Spoiniewski (centre), who looks happy to have been rescued from a (...)
      A little dirty - but alive. Rescue workers have oxygen handy yesterday for Slawomir Spoiniewski (centre), who looks happy to have been rescued from a (...)
      Loek, Dick
      1/15/1990
      Texas Rangers pitcher Nolan Ryan, 44, who no-hit the Blue Jays last week -- a record seventh career no-hitter -- works out with a football at the SkyD(...)
      Texas Rangers pitcher Nolan Ryan, 44, who no-hit the Blue Jays last week -- a record seventh career no-hitter -- works out with a football at the SkyD(...)
      Goode, Jeff
      5/7/1991
      Sizeable reward outstanding: Marilyn Lastman's kidnapping has never been solved despite a $50,000 reward offered by her husband, North York Mayor Mel Lastman
      Sizeable reward outstanding: Marilyn Lastman's kidnapping has never been solved despite a $50,000 reward offered by her husband, North York Mayor Mel Lastman
      Lastman, Mel
      1/16/1973
      A fairing for any little boy or girl : who has behaved well at school and who loves to read : containing more than 20 pretty pictures for their amusement after school hours
      A fairing for any little boy or girl : who has behaved well at school and who loves to read : containing more than 20 pretty pictures for their amusement after school hours
      Marsden, I.
      1815
      Wealth Texans: Robert Hare and his wife, Betty, call their family in Fort Worth, Texas, with the million-dollar news
      Wealth Texans: Robert Hare and his wife, Betty, call their family in Fort Worth, Texas, with the million-dollar news
      Spremo, Boris
      10/4/1983
      Constance Moore. 110 Pounds of Texas Charm. With a voice full of song and a sense of make-believe, Constance Moore has shouldered her way up the succe(...)
      Constance Moore. 110 Pounds of Texas Charm. With a voice full of song and a sense of make-believe, Constance Moore has shouldered her way up the succe(...)
      Moore, Constance
      5/1/1944
      Mexico, Texas, Canada, message from the President of the United States, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of representatives of the 5th of January instant, &c.
      Mexico, Texas, Canada, message from the President of the United States, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of representatives of the 5th of January instant, &c.
      United States. President (1837-1841 : Van Buren)
      1838