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Donna meets the chief. Donna Bentley, 22, gets a handshake from former prime minister John Diefenbaker in Toronto today. The Chief was at the downtown(...)
Donna meets the chief. Donna Bentley, 22, gets a handshake from former prime minister John Diefenbaker in Toronto today. The Chief was at the downtown(...)

Donna meets the chief. Donna Bentley, 22, gets a handshake from former prime minister John Diefenbaker in Toronto today. The Chief was at the downtown(...)

Date11/30/1976
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  • Donna meets the chief. Donna Bentley, 22, gets a handshake from former prime minister John Diefenbaker in Toronto today. The Chief was at the downtown Simpson's store autographing copies of his two-volume memoirs, One Canada. About 400 people waited up to 30 minutes in line to meet Diefenbaker. Apart from autographs and handshakes they got vintage Dief comments - mixture of serious politics and political humor.
  • Donna meets the chief. Donna Bentley, 22, gets a handshake from former prime minister John Diefenbaker in Toronto today. The Chief was at the downtown(...)
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Original Toronto Star caption: Donna meets the chief. Donna Bentley, 22, gets a handshake from former prime minister John Diefenbaker in Toronto today. The Chief was at the downtown Simpson's store autographing copies of his two-volume memoirs, One Canada. About 400 people waited up to 30 minutes in line to meet Diefenbaker. Apart from autographs and handshakes they got vintage Dief comments - mixture of serious politics and political humor.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0043867F
Greeting Wellwishers with a warm handshake, John Diefenbaker emerges from his Royal York Hotel suite after allowing his name to be entered as a candid(...)
Greeting Wellwishers with a warm handshake, John Diefenbaker emerges from his Royal York Hotel suite after allowing his name to be entered as a candid(...)
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The Chief's supporters crowd around Diefenbaker's limousine as he arrives at Royal York Hotel today for Conservative leadership convention. A Scottish(...)
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Mrs. John Diefenbaker, wife of the PC's stormy Chief
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Dief, the chief, tries on fire chief's helmet at a belated birthday party in Minnedosa, Man
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The two chiefs, of Canada's Conservatives, John A
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