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Take this Jail Term and . . .: Johnny Paycheck, who achieved stardom in 1978 with the worker’s anthem “Take This Job and Shove It,” is singing the blues to Ohio Gov. Richard Celeste in hopes of getting out of prison. Paycheck, whose real name is Donald Eugene Lytle, is serving a 7- to 9 1/2-year prison term for a shooting in a bar in 1985. The singer is asking Celeste to grant him clemency before the governor leaves office Jan. 15. Paycheck won’t be eligible for parole for five years.
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