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Dispute which halted Allegro line is over
7 June 1973
Dispute which halted Allegro line is over
The 650 press operators at British Leyland body plant at Swindon, whose unofficial strike halted output of the Allegro car, decided at a mass meeting yesterday to return to work.
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