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Education minister Thomas Welss tries to address 30,000 teachers at Queen's Park yesterday, despite their chants of resign, resign, resign as he spoke(...)
Education minister Thomas Welss tries to address 30,000 teachers at Queen's Park yesterday, despite their chants of resign, resign, resign as he spoke(...)

Education minister Thomas Welss tries to address 30,000 teachers at Queen's Park yesterday, despite their chants of resign, resign, resign as he spoke(...)

Date12/18/1973
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Original Toronto Star caption: Education minister Thomas Welss tries to address 30;000 teachers at Queen's Park yesterday; despite their chants of resign; resign; resign as he spoke. While he spoke; teachers hanged him in effigy only 100 yards away.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0012449F
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