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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1979
Page
3
Seventeen leaders from labor business and public life named by President Carter to review anti inflation pay guidelines meet today under sunshine laws. They will propose a new voluntary standard to replace the October last one aimed at keeping wage increases near 7 percent while prices climb beyond that level.
City workers in Columbus walk off the job after rejecting a wage offer, leaving unchecked trash behind apartments and schools. Amid the stoppage a public wage study panel forms to balance worker pay with inflation and business profits, pairing labor leaders with business executives and public members in a bid to guide future pay guidelines.
The Peck family reports repeated threats and attacks on their residence on Rt 2 including eggings, bottle bombs filled with gasoline, trash fires by the swing set, and flames seen near the window. Police investigators remain unable to identify suspects though a neighbor observed a car and two men fleeing.
Massachusetts legislators moved to clear the way for Chad Green to be buried in Mass but his parents chose Nebraska to minimize travel costs for friends. The Greens fled Massachusetts to avoid a judge order over treating Chad’s leukemia with Laetrile and sought relief from a contempt citation to return Chad’s body for burial in Scituate.
Mrs Linda L Shamblin, 34, wife of Milford Shamblin, was arrested in Lorain County and charged with complicity to murder in his death after he was shot August 29 on Route 10 in Carlisle Township. Bond set at 100000 cash, preliminary hearing scheduled, she is jailed in Lorain County Correctional Facility.
Alan McCusker, widower of Marilyn McCusker, battles for survivor benefits after her death in a Rushton Mining Co mine accident. He contends a Pennsylvania law denies him due to male status, despite his wife's prior suit for sex discrimination and an out of court settlement. Experts note proposed amendments to replace widow with surviving spouse but no action yet.
Paris sources said Hua Guofeng and Valery Giscard dEstaing would discuss the Cambodia crisis amid famine and the fighting between Soviet and Chinese-backed forces. The leaders aimed to address the Cambodian plight as violence continues for government control.
DES MOINES Iowa UPI reports a religious political group plans to shift from lobbying to defeating liberal incumbents. The tax exempt organization aims to mobilize evangelical Christians through a wide media network to pressure Congress, targeting 30 to 49 members, with potential fronts including Senate liberals John Culver George McGovern Birch Bayh and Frank Church.
Milwaukee residents mourn Louise Kroepff who helped her 4 year old daughter to safety on the Titanic in the second to last lifeboat. She died in her sleep at 93 Tuesday. Her daughter Louise Pope, now 71, recalled the wartime memory but Kroepff rarely spoke of the night.
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