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Back in 1968, Czech refugee Jiri Janojsek and son Ivo (right) got a warm welcome when they landed at Toronto International Airport
Back in 1968, Czech refugee Jiri Janojsek and son Ivo (right) got a warm welcome when they landed at Toronto International Airport

Back in 1968, Czech refugee Jiri Janojsek and son Ivo (right) got a warm welcome when they landed at Toronto International Airport

Date3/16/1968
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Original Toronto Star caption: Back in 1968; Czech refugee Jiri Janojsek and son Ivo (right) got a warm welcome when they landed at Toronto International Airport.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0012876F
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      Darrell, Dick
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      An Indian University student, Bhajan Singh Gill (right), and another of the 27 Indians who landed at Toronto International Airport last night wait for(...)
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      Bull, Ron
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      Jacqueline Bisset, now in Toronto filming Beginner's Three, got a big break a year ago when she landed a part originally intended for Mia Farrow in Fr(...)
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      Bisset, Jaqueline
      7/13/1968
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      Jacqueline Bisset, now in Toronto filming Beginner's Three, got a big break a year ago when she landed a part originally intended for Mia Farrow in Fr(...)
      Bisset, Jaqueline
      7/13/1968
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      Jacqueline Bisset, now in Toronto filming Beginner's Three, got a big break a year ago when she landed a part originally intended for Mia Farrow in Fr(...)
      Bisset, Jaqueline
      7/13/1968
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      Tortured. By Peter Rickwood Toronto Star. A 33-year-old Canadian Sikh say he got on help from the Canadian High Commission when police in India detained and tortured him as he was about to fly home. Dalbar Sidhu, a Kitchener auto worker, told a Toronto news conference yesterday he was held at New Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport for two days. He claims he was denied foor and seep, was threatened with revolver and had his fingernails pulled and hair tugged out of his beard and scalp. His wife Satwant, who was travelling with him, contacted the Canadian High Commission in New Delhi after his arrest said. [Incomplete]
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