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Blind since birth, 56-year-old piano tuner Frank Leftley can now see his wife, Betty, and 10-months-old daughter, Kimberley, for the first time becaus(...)
Blind since birth, 56-year-old piano tuner Frank Leftley can now see his wife, Betty, and 10-months-old daughter, Kimberley, for the first time becaus(...)

Blind since birth, 56-year-old piano tuner Frank Leftley can now see his wife, Betty, and 10-months-old daughter, Kimberley, for the first time becaus(...)

Date2/1/1971
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  • Blind since birth, 56-year-old piano tuner Frank Leftley can now see his wife, Betty, and 10-months-old daughter, Kimberley, for the first time becaus(...)
  • Blind since birth; 56-year-old piano tuner Frank Leftley can now see his wife; Betty; and 10-months-old daughter; Kimberley; for the first time because an operation removed cataract from his right eye. He still has only about 10 per cent vision; but what a difference it makes; he says.
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Original Toronto Star caption: Blind since birth; 56-year-old piano tuner Frank Leftley can now see his wife; Betty; and 10-months-old daughter; Kimberley; for the first time because an operation removed cataract from his right eye. He still has only about 10 per cent vision; but what a difference it makes; he says.
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      Blind since birth, 56-year-old piano tuner Frank Leftley can now see his wife, Betty, and 1--months-old daughter, Kimberly, for the first time because(...)
      Blind since birth, 56-year-old piano tuner Frank Leftley can now see his wife, Betty, and 1--months-old daughter, Kimberly, for the first time because(...)
      Teskey, Frank
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      Human development: Kimberley MacKenzie has been bringing Chase since he was 4 months old so the class can see the baby's development
      Human development: Kimberley MacKenzie has been bringing Chase since he was 4 months old so the class can see the baby's development
      Lautens, Richard
      3/24/1990
      Mr. and Mrs. Frank Leftley and daughters Andrea and Kim, Blind couple find consolation in knowledge their two children are healthy
      Mr. and Mrs. Frank Leftley and daughters Andrea and Kim, Blind couple find consolation in knowledge their two children are healthy
      Bull, Ron
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      Blind Piano Tuner Bill Metcalfe, 70, tunes a grand piano at Bishop Strachan School
      Blind Piano Tuner Bill Metcalfe, 70, tunes a grand piano at Bishop Strachan School
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      Is there a rickshaw in your future? The gasoline shortage doesn't bother Lorne Shields, a 30-year-old Downsview manufacturers' agent, as he takes his wife Suzanne and their daughters Jessica, 2, and Rebecca, 7 months, for a spin in the rickshaw be just imported from Taiwan to add to bicycle collection
      Teskey, Frank
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      Calleja, Frank
      1/10/1972
      Rejean Proulx, a 20-year-old university student from Hearst who has been blind since birth, reads with an Optecon machine at the Canadian National Ins(...)
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      Beaty, Keith
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      Blind since birth, Harold Verge has been selling pencils and pens for the past 10 years at this spot in the Queen St
      Blind since birth, Harold Verge has been selling pencils and pens for the past 10 years at this spot in the Queen St
      Goode, Jeff
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      Blind since birth, Diane Motchuk, 21, steps out of her home for the first time with Katrina, a 60-pound golden labrador that will be her guide dog. Sh(...)
      Norris, Dave
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      He's their family doctor and delivered both their children, say Ton Abbatangelo and wife, Gail, as they take 3-year-old daughter Lisa and 8-months-old(...)
      He's their family doctor and delivered both their children, say Ton Abbatangelo and wife, Gail, as they take 3-year-old daughter Lisa and 8-months-old(...)
      Cooper, Robert, Dr.
      10/27/1971
      Leaving a polling station in Ottawa today after voting, Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau first swings his son, Justin, 10 months old, high in the air, then bends down to let him-stand on his hands
      Leaving a polling station in Ottawa today after voting, Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau first swings his son, Justin, 10 months old, high in the air, then bends down to let him-stand on his hands
      Spremo, Boris
      10/30/1972
      Leaving a polling station in Ottawa today after voting, Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau first swings his son, Justin, 10 months old, high in the air, then bends down to let him stand on his hands
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      Spremo, Boris
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