Iran rejects U.N. Security Council resolution on hostages
Iranian militants who seized the U S Embassy call the Security Council action worthless while government radio says it leaves room for negotiation through the U N and peaceful means. The regime accuses the council of U S control as U S naval forces reinforce in the Persian Gulf amid talks on Tehran’s crisis.
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Tehran
Iran
U.S
Security Council
U.N
Revolutionary Council
United Nations
Kurt Waldheim
Rudolph Stajduhar
Waldheim
Sadegh Ghotbzadeh
Pentagon
Persian Gulf
Kitty Hawk
Midway
Carter
Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
Shah
Lackland Air Force Base
Texas
New York
Khomeini
United States
Council
Edward M. Kennedy
Pravda
Soviet Charges Anger Vance
The State Department condemned Pravda for calling the Iran hostages crisis a major international clash. Secretary Vance told Soviet Ambassador Dobrynin of Washington’s displeasure, while Carter described the Pravda commentary as deplorable and outlined non military steps to resolve the crisis.
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Washington
State Department
United States
Cyrus R. Vance
Anatoly Dobrynin
Hodding Carter
Carter
Pravda
Iran
United Nations
Mental Health Study Links Coping to Slower Aging
Boston AP reports a Harvard led study tracking 204 men from the 1940s over nearly four decades finds good mental health and stress coping predict better physical health and slower aging. Men with poor mental adjustment showed higher rates of serious illness and early death by midlife.
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Boston
Harvard
George E. Vaillant
New England Journal of Medicine
Vaillant
Bluefield Tree Fund Sees Small Contributions Rise
Contributions to the Bluefield Community Christmas Tree Fund increased slightly on Wednesday, reaching $267 toward a $6,000 goal. About 1,000 underprivileged Bluefield youngsters are planned for a Dec 24 Tree Party, with all gifts for toys, nuts, candies, and trimmings only. Send donations to Bluefield Daily Telegraph Box 208.
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Bluefield
Bluefield Community Christmas Tree Fund
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
W.va
State Troopers Ordered to Withdraw From Pen Friday
Gov. Rockefeller ordered the West Virginia state police to withdraw from the West Virginia Penitentiary in Moundsville by 4 p.m. Friday after a two page report from Harley Mooney. Mooney said the prison mission has been completed and prison officials will resume full control. Hepatitis exposure was reported among troopers during a mass shakedown following an inmate escape that left one officer dead. Mooney said police presence has steadily diminished and denied inmate harassment.
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Moundsville
W.va
John D. Rockefeller IV
West Virginia
Rockefeller
Charleston
Harley Mooney
Mooney
Fred Donohoe
Weather Outlook and Regional Notes
Thursday brings partial clouds with a chance of showers this evening. Showers likely Friday with highs in the upper 40s to upper 50s and overnight lows in the 30s to around 40s. Saturday turns colder with 40s, then another 40s to around 50 by Sunday. Lows Sunday night dip to the mid 20s to mid 30s.
World Briefs and Society Notes In Quick Ledger
A compact page of world briefs and society items surveys brief market notes and clerical updates. Names places and dates appear in short items across sections including obituaries and school news.
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Bridge Bulletin Board
Church News
Chossitigg
Noites
Magistrate
Mt. State
Old Dominion
Society Ois
Vrsan World Briefs
Religious Preference Cards Reveal Quirky UC Names
At Berkeley, UC students listed offbeat religion preferences on cards, naming groups such as Polyester Pagoda of the Palpitating Pulpit and Cosmic Yo-Yo Church of Evolutionary Oneness. Rev Gustav H Schultz notes humor shows cultural vitality as over 8,000 cards were completed.
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Berkeley
Calif
University of California
Holy Order of Our Lady of Perpetual Motion
Gustav H. Schultz
University Lutheran Church
Church of God
Schultz
Most Important UMW Convention Starts Monday in Denver
More than 1,000 coal miners from across the nation will gather in Denver for the United Mine Workers constitutional convention a 10 day gathering that could shape the union energy role in the 1980s. Miners fear the union's very existence may be at stake as issues of declining coal output and potential breakup of the bargaining structure loom. Union leaders stress organizing and unity amid years of infighting and Industry-wide contracting strain.
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Denver
United Mine Workers’ Constitutional
West Virginia
UMW
Sam Church
Bituminious Coal Operators Association
Eastern Coal and Steel Companies
Miller
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U.N. Council
Bassaam Shakaa
West Bank
Nablus
Shakaa
Communist Party
Soviet Union
United Nations Security Council
Tree Fund
Ruth I. Seay
Dan I. McMullin
Nellie J. Dale
Bill, Drew
Kevin
Laura
W.T. Williams, Jr
J.R. Shanklin
Leo A. Portis
Dan Wells
Robert Y. Woodburn G.M
Peggy C. Burge
Jervice
The
Cosmic
Arnold Miller
Church
West
East
Rank and File
Consolidation Coal Co
U.S. Steel
BCOA
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