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Unable to practise: Dr. Jan Vavra, a refugee dentist from Czechoslovakia, his wife Irena and son Jan, 3, will not be going to Hearst - desperate for (...)
Unable to practise: Dr. Jan Vavra, a refugee dentist from Czechoslovakia, his wife Irena and son Jan, 3, will not be going to Hearst - desperate for (...)

Unable to practise: Dr. Jan Vavra, a refugee dentist from Czechoslovakia, his wife Irena and son Jan, 3, will not be going to Hearst - desperate for (...)

Date10/7/1968
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Original Toronto Star caption: Unable to practise: Dr. Jan Vavra; a refugee dentist from Czechoslovakia; his wife Irena and son Jan; 3; will not be going to Hearst - desperate for a dentist - because Ontario's Royal College of Dental Surgeons insists he and four other refugee dentists return to university for two or three more years.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0012877F
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