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Signs of frustration: Metro motorists drive on the shoulders of the highways as protesting truck drivers slowed traffic yesterday, the second day in a row truckers used their rigs to tie up roads
Signs of frustration: Metro motorists drive on the shoulders of the highways as protesting truck drivers slowed traffic yesterday, the second day in a row truckers used their rigs to tie up roads

Signs of frustration: Metro motorists drive on the shoulders of the highways as protesting truck drivers slowed traffic yesterday, the second day in a row truckers used their rigs to tie up roads

Date5/16/1991
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  • Signs of frustration: Metro motorists drive on the shoulders of the highways as protesting truck drivers slowed traffic yesterday; the second day in a row truckers used their rigs to tie up roads.
  • Signs of frustration: Metro motorists drive on the shoulders of the highways as protesting truck drivers slowed traffic yesterday, the second day in a row truckers used their rigs to tie up roads
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Original Toronto Star caption: Signs of frustration: Metro motorists drive on the shoulders of the highways as protesting truck drivers slowed traffic yesterday; the second day in a row truckers used their rigs to tie up roads.
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0011479F
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