Chicago Crowd Boos Gore, Russia Premier
<i> Associated Press</i>
CHICAGO —
Vice President Al Gore brought Russia’s prime minister to see America’s heartland Saturday, only to get an angry reception from an auto show crowd forced to wait outside for 40 minutes while the dignitaries were given a private tour.
“Refund! Refund!” hundreds of Chicago Auto Show ticket buyers chanted. Sustained booing met Gore and Prime Minister Viktor S. Chernomyrdin when they emerged to make brief remarks.
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