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Teachers mass on the lawn at Queen's Park yesterday in what police called the largest and most orderly demonstration in Ontario history
Teachers mass on the lawn at Queen's Park yesterday in what police called the largest and most orderly demonstration in Ontario history

Teachers mass on the lawn at Queen's Park yesterday in what police called the largest and most orderly demonstration in Ontario history

Date12/18/1973
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  • Teachers mass on the lawn at Queen's Park yesterday in what police called the largest and most orderly demonstration in Ontario history
  • Teachers - more than 30;000 of them; police estimate - mass on the lawn at Queen's Park yesterday in what police called the largest and most orderly demonstration in Ontario history. [Incomplete]
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Original Toronto Star caption: Teachers - more than 30;000 of them; police estimate - mass on the lawn at Queen's Park yesterday in what police called the largest and most orderly demonstration in Ontario history. [Incomplete]
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