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Michael Slan: Lawyer said 83-year-old Lillian Hess couldn't manage on $60 a week but alderman wouldn't help free her capital.
Michael Slan: Lawyer said 83-year-old Lillian Hess couldn't manage on $60 a week but alderman wouldn't help free her capital.

Michael Slan: Lawyer said 83-year-old Lillian Hess couldn't manage on $60 a week but alderman wouldn't help free her capital.

Date6/24/1980
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Inquest lawyers: Don Cosway, left, and Robert Stewart were among those who summed up evidence at the Lillian Hess inquest yesterday.
Inquest lawyers: Don Cosway, left, and Robert Stewart were among those who summed up evidence at the Lillian Hess inquest yesterday.
6/23/1980
Inquest lawyers: Don Cosway, left, and Robert Stewart were among those who summed up evidence at the Lillian Hess inquest yesterday.
Inquest lawyers: Don Cosway, left, and Robert Stewart were among those who summed up evidence at the Lillian Hess inquest yesterday.
1/13/1980
Wardle Arrives: Toronto Alderman Thomas Wardle, a witness in a coroner's inquest into the malnutrition death of Lillian Hess, a 79-year-old spinster, arrives to testify today
Wardle Arrives: Toronto Alderman Thomas Wardle, a witness in a coroner's inquest into the malnutrition death of Lillian Hess, a 79-year-old spinster, arrives to testify today
7/9/1980
Uncle Frank Dawson tends to one of his injured wildfowl at his 3 3/4-acre conservation area on Elmcrest Rd. The 83-year-old bachelor has been patching up injured birds for as long as anyone can remember. With a small creek running through the back, his property has become a haven for hundreds of waterfowl. He has lived in the same house for over 50 years and has raised a varietyof birds. But Dawson can't recall when people started to bring birds to him, he said.
Uncle Frank Dawson tends to one of his injured wildfowl at his 3 3/4-acre conservation area on Elmcrest Rd. The 83-year-old bachelor has been patching up injured birds for as long as anyone can remember. With a small creek running through the back, his property has become a haven for hundreds of waterfowl. He has lived in the same house for over 50 years and has raised a varietyof birds. But Dawson can't recall when people started to bring birds to him, he said.
9/1/1978
Posing as a 35-year-old Forest Hill married woman seeking a private adoption, Star staff writer, Doris Hopper, chats with Metro Lawyer Irving Copeland in his office. Copeland said he has handled 1,400 private adoptions in 18 years of practice as a lawyer as a lawyer and charges fees of $800 to $1,000 for his services. He said he has travelled widely to bring babies to Metro. I've travelled as far as St. John's and Vancouver. he said.
Posing as a 35-year-old Forest Hill married woman seeking a private adoption, Star staff writer, Doris Hopper, chats with Metro Lawyer Irving Copeland in his office. Copeland said he has handled 1,400 private adoptions in 18 years of practice as a lawyer as a lawyer and charges fees of $800 to $1,000 for his services. He said he has travelled widely to bring babies to Metro. I've travelled as far as St. John's and Vancouver. he said.
3/23/1978
Jon Slan Paragon Entertainment
Jon Slan Paragon Entertainment
2/5/1997
Beating Victim: Delbert Hamil, 83, rolls a cigarette with his broken arm in a sling today. He said three robbers were kicking me all over the place.
Beating Victim: Delbert Hamil, 83, rolls a cigarette with his broken arm in a sling today. He said three robbers were kicking me all over the place.
12/4/1989
Champion piper: Visiting bagpipe judge Angus MacDonald poses with his pipes at Seneca College's Minkler Auditorium But he wouldn't play - to early in the morning, he said
Champion piper: Visiting bagpipe judge Angus MacDonald poses with his pipes at Seneca College's Minkler Auditorium But he wouldn't play - to early in the morning, he said
2/19/1983
. . . and away: Sidney Ledson, who claims he can put any child well on the way to reading in just 60 days, uses letter and combinations of letters to help three tiny pupils. Left to right are Michael D'Alessandro, 3, Sarah Jayne Puppi, 2, and Jacqueline Symons, 3. Ledson has written two books on the subject.
. . . and away: Sidney Ledson, who claims he can put any child well on the way to reading in just 60 days, uses letter and combinations of letters to help three tiny pupils. Left to right are Michael D'Alessandro, 3, Sarah Jayne Puppi, 2, and Jacqueline Symons, 3. Ledson has written two books on the subject.
11/30/1983
Despite Blockbusting by developers, 83-year-old George Hoare is clinging to his little white house on Summerhill Rd
Despite Blockbusting by developers, 83-year-old George Hoare is clinging to his little white house on Summerhill Rd
8/25/1975
Don Bekett's packaging firm couldn't win, they said. Horsefeathers, he said. It's thriving.
Don Bekett's packaging firm couldn't win, they said. Horsefeathers, he said. It's thriving.
1/17/1979
Tortured. By Peter Rickwood Toronto Star. A 33-year-old Canadian Sikh say he got on help from the Canadian High Commission when police in India detained and tortured him as he was about to fly home. Dalbar Sidhu, a Kitchener auto worker, told a Toronto news conference yesterday he was held at New Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport for two days. He claims he was denied foor and seep, was threatened with revolver and had his fingernails pulled and hair tugged out of his beard and scalp. His wife Satwant, who was travelling with him, contacted the Canadian High Commission in New Delhi after his arrest said. [Incomplete]
Tortured. By Peter Rickwood Toronto Star. A 33-year-old Canadian Sikh say he got on help from the Canadian High Commission when police in India detained and tortured him as he was about to fly home. Dalbar Sidhu, a Kitchener auto worker, told a Toronto news conference yesterday he was held at New Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport for two days. He claims he was denied foor and seep, was threatened with revolver and had his fingernails pulled and hair tugged out of his beard and scalp. His wife Satwant, who was travelling with him, contacted the Canadian High Commission in New Delhi after his arrest said. [Incomplete]
1/29/1986