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Greeting Wellwishers with a warm handshake, John Diefenbaker emerges from his Royal York Hotel suite after allowing his name to be entered as a candid(...)
Greeting Wellwishers with a warm handshake, John Diefenbaker emerges from his Royal York Hotel suite after allowing his name to be entered as a candid(...)

Greeting Wellwishers with a warm handshake, John Diefenbaker emerges from his Royal York Hotel suite after allowing his name to be entered as a candid(...)

Date9/8/1967
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Original Toronto Star caption: Greeting Wellwishers with a warm handshake, John Diefenbaker emerges from his Royal York Hotel suite after allowing his name to be entered as a candidate for the Progressive Conservative leadership just 15 minutes before today's to a.m. deadline. Voting for party leader will start tomorrow afternoon at 1.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0043822F
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