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Financial struggle: It's hard to live on $426 a month when you have two children, says single mother Thelma Van Ewyk seen here with daughter Laura Jane, 8 in $97-a-month apartment
Financial struggle: It's hard to live on $426 a month when you have two children, says single mother Thelma Van Ewyk seen here with daughter Laura Jane, 8 in $97-a-month apartment

Financial struggle: It's hard to live on $426 a month when you have two children, says single mother Thelma Van Ewyk seen here with daughter Laura Jane, 8 in $97-a-month apartment

Date2/23/1981
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  • Financial struggle: It's hard to live on $426 a month when you have two children; says single mother Thelma Van Ewyk seen here with daughter Laura Jane; 8 in $97-a-month apartment.
  • Financial struggle: It's hard to live on $426 a month when you have two children, says single mother Thelma Van Ewyk seen here with daughter Laura Jane, 8 in $97-a-month apartment
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Original Toronto Star caption: Financial struggle: It's hard to live on $426 a month when you have two children; says single mother Thelma Van Ewyk seen here with daughter Laura Jane; 8 in $97-a-month apartment.
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