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Hungry people demanding food. A group of homeless welfare recipients mill around the main gate at Olympic Village yesterday. They arrived in pick-up t(...)
Hungry people demanding food. A group of homeless welfare recipients mill around the main gate at Olympic Village yesterday. They arrived in pick-up t(...)

Hungry people demanding food. A group of homeless welfare recipients mill around the main gate at Olympic Village yesterday. They arrived in pick-up t(...)

Date7/15/1976
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Original Toronto Star caption: Hungry people demanding food. A group of homeless welfare recipients mill around the main gate at Olympic Village yesterday. They arrived in pick-up trucks and demanded to cart away large quantities of food that they claim is being thrown out from Village cafeteria. However; officials turned them away saying that only food thrown away is rotten.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
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