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Burned out. Communist party Leader William Kashtan, 70, stands in the wreckage of his party's national headquarters destroyed in a fire yesterday that(...)
Burned out. Communist party Leader William Kashtan, 70, stands in the wreckage of his party's national headquarters destroyed in a fire yesterday that(...)

Burned out. Communist party Leader William Kashtan, 70, stands in the wreckage of his party's national headquarters destroyed in a fire yesterday that(...)

Date6/24/1980
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Original Toronto Star caption: Burned out. Communist party Leader William Kashtan, 70, stands in the wreckage of his party's national headquarters destroyed in a fire yesterday that investigators say might have been arson. He says party will rebuild.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0058964F
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