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Hot Wait: Yen Ho Szuto, 67, shades his face from sun as he and other seniors line up for hours yesterday for pension cheques
Hot Wait: Yen Ho Szuto, 67, shades his face from sun as he and other seniors line up for hours yesterday for pension cheques

Hot Wait: Yen Ho Szuto, 67, shades his face from sun as he and other seniors line up for hours yesterday for pension cheques

Date8/30/1991
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Original Toronto Star caption: Hot Wait: Yen Ho Szuto; 67; shades his face from sun as he and other seniors line up for hours yesterday for pension cheques.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0017335F
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