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Provincial government staff have their hands full entertaining playful Vietnamese children staying at Surrey Place Centre, a government building for t(...)
Provincial government staff have their hands full entertaining playful Vietnamese children staying at Surrey Place Centre, a government building for t(...)

Provincial government staff have their hands full entertaining playful Vietnamese children staying at Surrey Place Centre, a government building for t(...)

Date4/14/1975
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  • Provincial government staff have their hands full entertaining playful Vietnamese children staying at Surrey Place Centre; a government building for the mentally retarded just southeast of Queen's Park. Fifty-three of the orphans arrived in Toronto last night after leaving Saigon last Friday. Forty of the babies; less than 1 year old; were wrapped in blankets to protect them from cold; when they arrived.
  • Provincial government staff have their hands full entertaining playful Vietnamese children staying at Surrey Place Centre, a government building for t(...)
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Original Toronto Star caption: Provincial government staff have their hands full entertaining playful Vietnamese children staying at Surrey Place Centre; a government building for the mentally retarded just southeast of Queen's Park. Fifty-three of the orphans arrived in Toronto last night after leaving Saigon last Friday. Forty of the babies; less than 1 year old; were wrapped in blankets to protect them from cold; when they arrived.
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