Miss Lia Van Lent, of Christchurch, is greeted by her grandmother after she arrived at Amsterdam airport yesterday. Miss Van Lent, aged 25, a telephone operator, regained her sight in December after eight years of blindness. The expenses of a three-month world trip were met by Dutch people after they read of the restoration of her sight. —Last night’s cable picture direct from Amsterdam.
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Press, Volume CXIII, Issue 33141, 3 February 1973, Page 1
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64Miss Lia Van Lent, of Christchurch, is greeted by her grandmother after she arrived at Amsterdam airport yesterday. Miss Van Lent, aged 25, a telephone operator, regained her sight in December after eight years of blindness. The expenses of a three-month world trip were met by Dutch people after they read of the restoration of her sight. —Last night’s cable picture direct from Amsterdam. Press, Volume CXIII, Issue 33141, 3 February 1973, Page 1
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