Druse Bombard U S Positions As Mideast Conflict Worsens
Beirut reports indicate Druse gunners shelled the U S Marine base at the airport killing eight Marines and wounding two as U S warplanes attacked Syrian positions. The clash followed Syria shooting down two Navy jets and involved naval gunfire and heavy shelling across the airport perimeter.
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Beirut
Lebanon
U.S
Dennis Brooks
Pentagon
U.S. Navy
Brooks
Reagan vows US retaliation over Syrian attack in Lebanon
President Reagan pledged to strike back if US forces are attacked in Lebanon amid reports of eight Marines killed and two wounded at the Beirut airport Marine base. He announced first US airstrike against Syrian anti air gunners and asserted retaliation would defend personnel present. Senate leader Baker urged protecting Marines and stabilizing the crisis, signaling no withdrawal.
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Lebanon
Defense Department
Washington
White House
National Security
Robert Sims
Beirut
Reagan
United States
George P. Shultz
U.S
Soviet Union
Caspar Weinberger
Marine
Jimmy Stewart
Frank Sinatra
Happy Shuttle Crew Fixes Camera and Furnaces in Space
Aboard Columbia and Spacelab astronauts Parker Merbold Garriott and Lichtenberg repaired a jammed camera using a bedroll darkroom and rerouted a power wire to bypass a short circuit. They restored a mirror heating device, but a cooling system fouled and required reprogramming a computer. Mission leaders praised the crew as a happy team while presidents and leaders prepared to talk.
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Ronald Reagan
Helmut Kohl
Spacelab
Columbia
Bob Parker
Ulf Merbold
Red
Garriott
Byron Lichtenberg
John Young
Brewster Shaw
Shaw
Young
John T. Cox
Rick Chappel
Houston
Parker
Merbold
Lichtenberg
Science Control
Wreck Victims Stable No Charges Expected Says Police
Two women injured in a Saturday head on collision with a Trailways bus near Bluefield remain in stable condition at Bluefield Community Hospital. Freda Wood 40 of Dublin Virginia and her mother Viola Webb 61 of Bluefield suffered multiple injuries. Police say hydroplaning and loss of brakes caused the crash on US Route 52. No charges expected. Grant Rogers a bus passenger was injured but later released.
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Klonie Jordan
Telegraph
Brushfork
Bluefield Community Hospital
Trailways
West Virginia
W.A. Dean
U.S. Rt. 52
Bluefield
Freda Wood
Dublin
Wood
Viola Webb
Dean
Webb
Grant Rogers
Welch
West Virginia Weather and WVU MU Carnival Game Note
Partly cloudy and warm with highs in the 50s to mid 60s. Breezy rain expected tonight and tomorrow with little temperature change. NWS West Virginia forecast calls for mostly cloudy conditions with mountain snow showers ending midweek, then fair skies Thursday. Also mentions WVU MU basketball game nicknamed a carnival on Page 11.
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National Weather Service
West Virginia
Bluefield Christmas Tree Fund Reaches 3128 49 With 28 Percent
The Bluefield Community Christmas Tree Fund stands at 28 percent of its $11,000 goal, with $3128.49 raised from $50 in contributions including a $20.00 memory gift for two families and a $10.00 donation from Brownie Troop 2253. The Dec 24 Tree Party for over 1,000 local children looms 20 days away, prompting fundraisers to accelerate. Contributions can be sent to the Bluefield Daily Telegraph or delivered to 412 Bland St. Bluefield WV.
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Bluefield Community
Bluefield
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
W.va
Bland St
Stanley Jerome Neal Sr
Governors propose $35 billion acid rain tax plan
Gov Thomas Kean urged Northeastern governors to back an Acid Rain Trust Fund a six year revolving loan plan funded by a tax on sulfur emitting utilities and bonds to finance install equipment to cut emissions. The plan would shift costs to utility customers nationwide and aim to reduce sulfur emissions across 48 states. Local officials estimate modest monthly charges for typical customers while broad support noted.
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Secaucus
N.J
Thomas H. Kean
Kean
Louis Harris
Michael S. Dukakis
Massachusetts
J. Joseph Garrahy
Rhode Island
William A. O'Neill
Connecticut
John H. Sununu
New Hampshire
Mario M. Cuomo
New York
Dick Thornburgh
Pennsylvania
China
Robert Hughey
New Jersey
Ian
Harris
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Robert O. Goodman
Lange
Frasier, Mich
Goodman
Portsmouth
N.H
Peter Friend
Jounieh
Mediterranean
Navy
Edward K. Andrews
Virginia Beach
Independence
Kennedy
Abdul- Halim Khaddam
Syria
Senate
Howard Baker Jr
Shuttle
King Hussein
Wvu-Mu
National Weather
NOAA
US Dept
Governors’ Group
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