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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1978
Page
2
In London Claridge's Hotel workers launched a strike over the firing of apprentice Richard Elvidge 19 who says he was sacked for trying to unionize staff. The walkout involved about 60 kitchen staff and others, the hotel’s first strike in 163 years, while management kept operations running.
The first U S Rabbit, James W McLernon president of Volkswagen Manufacturing Corporation of America, waves as the inaugural car to leave the new American production line marking a milestone for VW in the United States.
Irina McClellan warns she will burn herself alive on Red Square if the Soviet Union does not allow her to reunite with Prof. Woodford McClellan of the University of Virginia. Spokesman Gedalyah Engel said she was arrested after a one woman protest before the Lenin Library and held about 30 hours.
Dr. Sheldon Schachner a 46 year old Toledo physician is jailed on a charge of attempting to murder his former wife over back alimony and divorce payments. An undercover officer posing as a hitman arranged the supposed murder including a $11 000 payoff. He had been released from jail where he faced contempt for failing to pay $3 000 monthly alimony and $100 weekly child support for two children.
The General Accounting Office urged Congress to grant the FBI more time to answer citizen requests under the Freedom of Information Act. Auditors warned the agency could fall further behind as it processes a backlog. Over three years the FBI received more than 48,000 requests from individuals seeking their government files.
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