Egypt Severs Ties With Syria Libya Algeria Iraq and South Yemen
Egypt breaks diplomatic relations with five Arab states Syria Libya Algeria Iraq and South Yemen after their Libyan summit as they form a resistance front to Sadat’s peace bid. The move marks the deepest Arab split in years and recalls Cairo’s recall of diplomats within 24 hours.
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Egypt
Libya
Anwar Sadat
Israel
Foreign Ministry
Syria
Algeria
Iraq
South Yemen
Tripoli
Palestine Liberation Organization
Arge
Confrontation Front
Sadat
Middle East
PLO
Voice of Palestine
Jerusalem
Geneva
Moscow
Soviet Union
Washington
State Department
United States
Lebanon
Saudi Arabia
Vance
City of Princeton annexes 16.52 acres around shopping center
The City of Princeton annexed 16.52 acres including the Princeton Shopping Center after a public hearing. The move involves the Princeton Corporation owner of the center, West Virginia Water Company, and the West Virginia Department of Highways. Legal questions centered on petition validity and zoning terms, with opposition from the Prince Corporation.
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Princeton
Gene Bailey
Princeton Corporation
West Virginia Water Company
West Virginia Department of Highways
Water Company
Highway Department
Prince Corporation
W. Robert Carr
West Virginia
David Burton
Burton
Carr
Gregory Elliott
State Capitol
The Business Of Preaching Billy Graham Careful Not To Offend The $10 Giver
Minneapolis AP profiles the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association BGEA income in 1976 28.7 million including 26.9 million gifts and 14.7 million from estates The operation funds radio TV crusades evangelism ministries and the Graham Center for Communications at Wheaton College with 500 employees worldwide.
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Billy Graham
Graham
Minneapolis
Billy Graham Evangelistic Association
BGEA
ABC Radio
George Wilson
Wilson
Wheaton College
Wheaton
Ill
Graham Center For
Ashville
N.C
Decision Magazine
Association
Police Search Swamp For Crash Victims In Jetliner Disaster
Police and investigators scoured a square mile of swamp near Kuala Lumpur for bodies and clues after a hijacked Malaysian jetliner exploded in flight and crashed killing all 100 aboard. Pieces of victims were found, the largest bone fragment about two feet long, and the flight recorder was not located. The Boeing 737 carried 93 passengers and seven crew from Penang to Kuala Lumpur to Singapore, most of them Malaysians. Aboard were Hoerr, a 41-year-old American education planner, and S. S. Naime, a 47-year-old Afghan-born senior architect.
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Johore Baharu
Malaysia
Penang
Kuala Lumpur
Singapore
Hoerr
Bank
S.S. Naime
Afghanistan
Miners Walkout Across Virginias After Union Deal Expiry
Thousands of West Virginia and Virginia coal miners joined a nationwide strike as the UMWA Bituminous Coal Operators Association contract expired at 12 01 a m. Union President Arnold Miller warned of hardships but pledged persistence. Absenteeism rose on the third shift as several mines in McDowell Mercer counties and Virginia districts remained idle.
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Virginia
United Mine Workers of America
Bituminous Coal Operators Association
Umwa International
Arnold Miller
McDowell
Mercer
UMWA
Island Creek Coal Company
Virginia Pocahontas
Jewell Ridge Coal Company
Clinchfield Coal Company
Dickenson County
Fields
Blaine Carter
Virginia Coal Association
Old Dominion
Miller
BCOA
Norfolk and Western to lay off additional workers in coal strike
Norfolk and Western Railway officials said the railroad would lay off an undetermined number of employees at midnight as the nationwide coal strike began. The company had already cut 1,500 workers last week and will not recall staff until miners return to work.
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Norfolk & Western Railway
Rilroad
N&w
Bill Martin
Roanoke
West Virginia
Virginia
Martin
Bluefield Christmas Tree Fund Starts Slowly
The Bluefield Community Christmas Tree fund drive began with five donors totaling 67 dollars toward a 4000 dollar goal for the 60th Tree Party serving about 1000 underprivileged Bluefield youngsters on December 24. Donations are accepted at the Daily Telegraph office or by mail to Bluefield Daily Telegraph Box 208. The FBI advice on crime prevention is noted, urging hiring fewer criminals.
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Daily Telegraph
Bland Street
C-O Bluefield Daily Telegraph
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