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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1979
Page
2
Elyria Chronicle Telegram report from Thursday July 26 1979 covers local news events, notices and brief items. Names, places and exact details are limited by the OCR excerpt but reflect a mid 1970s small city newspaper snapshot.
The writer notes the dollar’s sharp drop in value against the pound and other currencies, with inflation at about 11.3 percent annually and Thatcher’s government adding a 7 percent sales tax. He cites personal losses converting dollars to pounds, highlighting higher prices for food, gas, and rent. He mentions Treasury Secretary Miller and limited U.S. relief measures.
The FTC approves new rules to require complete care information on labels for slacks blouses and other clothing. Leather suede rugs and upholstered furniture will carry care labels for the first time detailing washing drying and ironing requirements and warnings against improper care. The commission rejects promotional bleaching mentions and limits disclosure to the simplest care method for items.
Sundstrom held his wife and four children plus his mother in a barricaded Jamaica Plain tenement. Superintendent Edward Connally, shot in the chest while entering to talk him down, survived emergency surgery. Sundstrom surrendered four hours later. his family was unharmed. Police surrounded the building with hundreds of officers and found multiple firearms inside.
In Hopkins Plaza, 19 year old Lee Rider and 5 year old Jeff Taylor won first place in Baltimore’s Hog Calling Contest. Rider’s soprano bellow and Taylor’s surprising throat rasp impressed judges, who noted the winning sound is a distinct throat call rather than pig noises.
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