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The Jobless line up for Unemployment Insurance cheques today in Moss Park Armory, one of two places where the cheques are being distributed while mail(...)
The Jobless line up for Unemployment Insurance cheques today in Moss Park Armory, one of two places where the cheques are being distributed while mail(...)

The Jobless line up for Unemployment Insurance cheques today in Moss Park Armory, one of two places where the cheques are being distributed while mail(...)

Date4/22/1974
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Original Toronto Star caption: The Jobless line up for Unemployment Insurance cheques today in Moss Park Armory; one of two places where the cheques are being distributed while mail service is at a standstill because of walkouts by postal workers. No cheques have been mailed out since the middle of last week; but some are stalled in the mail - as much as 10 per cent by one estimate. An Unemployment Insurance official says some bags containing cheques were retrieved in Belleville office.
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