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Newspaper
Delaware County Daily Times
Location
Chester, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1981
Page
6
Trina McElroy, widow of Kenneth Rex McElroy, testified that police refused to arrest the gunman after identifying him amid a vigilante mob that killed McElroy outside a Skidmore tavern. More than 60 witnesses saw the shooting but official action remained stalled as the case drew scrutiny.
The widow of Kennex McElroy accuses townspeople of planning his death while police seek leads. Investigators note growing cooperation but say prior abductions hindered progress. The shooting followed a bar incident at D&G Tavern where a mob allegedly surrounded the couple as they left in their pickup.
A delegation from the International Red Cross went back to the Maze prison as their bid to end the IRA hunger strike appeared too late to save two hunger strikers near death. In southern Ireland, IRA gunmen opened fire across the border on a British army post, killing one soldier and wounding two others in a 20 minute gunbattle at the border town.
British officials reported that a three man Red Cross delegation met eight IRA hunger strikers at Maze Prison amid talks of political prisoner status. Swiss inspectors arrived to assess conditions and prepare a confidential report. Kieran Doherty and Kevin Lynch neared death after long fasts, with Doherty suffering headaches and impaired hearing while Lynch remained extremely weak.
Warsaw Poland UPI reports the emergency Communist Party Congress did not select a new Central Committee on the first secret ballot. A second vote was promised as labor unrest warnings and possible port and airline strikes loom next week. Prime Minister Wojciech Jaruzelski and seven Politburo members secured seats in the expanded 200 member body.
A Salvadoran official accuses Ana Estella Flores Guevara of leading a Communist guerrilla unit called Commander Norma. She denies the charge, tearfully says she cannot return to her country for fear of being killed while serving a 90 day jail sentence for illegal entry into the United States.
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