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Adopting Korean child, a 13-year-old waif named O Hyon Nam whose picture they are holding, involved years of battling red tape for the Marchese family(...)
Adopting Korean child, a 13-year-old waif named O Hyon Nam whose picture they are holding, involved years of battling red tape for the Marchese family(...)

Adopting Korean child, a 13-year-old waif named O Hyon Nam whose picture they are holding, involved years of battling red tape for the Marchese family(...)

Date2/14/1968
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Original Toronto Star caption: Adopting Korean child; a 13-year-old waif named O Hyon Nam whose picture they are holding; involved years of battling red tape for the Marchese family; from left; Mrs. Mario Marchese; Jim; 21; Isabelle; 19; Arthur; 17; and Sicilian-born Mario Marchese. The child will finally arrive March 1.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0021471F
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