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Oddball Odds and Ends From Burke's Roundup
Burke's monthly oddball roundup covers a birth control plant worker in Ontario reporting enlarged breasts from female hormones prompting a ventilation probe by the government and union. Other items include a pig Sweet Lips dying after zoning separation, its revival Sweet Lips II, and an Ottawa man regaining sight after eight years. An 83-year-old Lakeland veteran shoots a robber who tied him up during a break‑in.
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