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I'm very bitter, said 20-year-old Paul Smithers as he got ready to surrender to jail officials yesterday
I'm very bitter, said 20-year-old Paul Smithers as he got ready to surrender to jail officials yesterday

I'm very bitter, said 20-year-old Paul Smithers as he got ready to surrender to jail officials yesterday

Date5/17/1977
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Original Toronto Star caption: I'm very bitter; said 20-year-old Paul Smithers as he got ready to surrender to jail officials yesterday. He is to serve six months for causing the death of a hockey opponent in a parking lot fight after a game in 1973 marred by racial taunts. I wasn't judged by one black person; he said.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0120113F
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