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A new home for baby Indira, Indira, a 15-month-old orphan from India, is greeted at Toronto International Airport last night by her new parents, Tim a(...)
A new home for baby Indira, Indira, a 15-month-old orphan from India, is greeted at Toronto International Airport last night by her new parents, Tim a(...)

A new home for baby Indira, Indira, a 15-month-old orphan from India, is greeted at Toronto International Airport last night by her new parents, Tim a(...)

Date7/21/1978
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Original Toronto Star caption: A new home for baby Indira; Indira; a 15-month-old orphan from India; is greeted at Toronto International Airport last night by her new parents; Tim and Nellie Lustoff of Waterloo; Iowa; and her new brother; Ajay; 3. The Lustoffs adopted Ajay; also from India; two years ago. Indira was one of nine children on the flight; all of whom are being adopted by people in the U.S. The adoptions are being arranged by a Burlington agency.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0021470F
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