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Dragged from his doorway after he tried to block sheriff's officers from evicting his family from their $75,000 luxury home near Buttonville yesterday(...)
Dragged from his doorway after he tried to block sheriff's officers from evicting his family from their $75,000 luxury home near Buttonville yesterday(...)

Dragged from his doorway after he tried to block sheriff's officers from evicting his family from their $75,000 luxury home near Buttonville yesterday(...)

Date3/25/1971
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Original Toronto Star caption: Dragged from his doorway after he tried to block sheriff's officers from evicting his family from their $75;000 luxury home near Buttonville yesterday; unemployed executive Gerald Johnston struggles with officers James Gifford (left) and Frank MacNabb (right) as York Country policeman watches. Unable to find a job for more than a year; he was chopping wood for the fireplace; the home's only source of heat; when officers arrived. He has refused welfare.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0008644F
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