Oct. 7, 2000

Actor Richard Farnsworth (Anne of Green Gables, The Grey Fox) died Oct. 6. He was 80.

Oct. 7, 1975

Sault Ste. Marie MPP John Rhodes was appointed housing minister today.

Sault Ste. Marie and District Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals presented a medal to Shep. The dog saved five-year-old Lance Norfolk from the death clutch of a mother bear on a farm about 40 kilometres east of the city.

Oct. 7, 1950

About 40 of The Sault Star’s 77 carrier boys, accompanied by their parents, were guests of the newspaper at a gathering on Oct. 6 at the Algonquin Hotel in celebration of National Newsboys’ Day. City editor John A. Curran called the boys “the ambassadors of good will” and were praised for “the courteous, efficient manner” in which they handled their routes and

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