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Battling eviction of the four home-owners still holding out against city expropriation of their property in the Don Mount redevelopment area, picketer(...)
Battling eviction of the four home-owners still holding out against city expropriation of their property in the Don Mount redevelopment area, picketer(...)

Battling eviction of the four home-owners still holding out against city expropriation of their property in the Don Mount redevelopment area, picketer(...)

Date10/2/1967
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  • Battling eviction of the four home-owners still holding out against city expropriation of their property in the Don Mount redevelopment area, picketer(...)
  • Battling eviction of the four home-owners still holding out against city expropriation of their property in the Don Mount redevelopment area; picketers rally around their spokesman; John Sewell. As city lawyers sought eviction warrants in court today; the demonstrators planned round-the-clock sit-ins and sleep-ins in the four homes. The owners object the prices offered by the city for their expropriated homes are not enough to allow them to buy a similar home elsewhere.
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Original Toronto Star caption: Battling eviction of the four home-owners still holding out against city expropriation of their property in the Don Mount redevelopment area; picketers rally around their spokesman; John Sewell. As city lawyers sought eviction warrants in court today; the demonstrators planned round-the-clock sit-ins and sleep-ins in the four homes. The owners object the prices offered by the city for their expropriated homes are not enough to allow them to buy a similar home elsewhere.
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