Alaska Governor urges Bush to lift oil export ban passage
Alaska Governor Walter J. Hickel urged President Bush to remove the oil export ban, but he indicated Bush offered no sign of change before leaving office. Bush had extended the ban during the presidential campaign, and Alaska has opposed it. Meanwhile House Speaker Thomas Foley pledged a productive partnership with President-elect Clinton, while Republicans adopted a tougher stance, replacing a moderate leader with a conservative.
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Thomas Foley
Clinton
Democratic Party
Foley
Yeltsin fights second parliament challenge in Russia
In Moscow, Boris Yeltsin repelled a second parliamentary bid to curb his constitutional powers and delayed naming a prime minister, as he and acting PM Yegor Gaidar remained at odds with the hard-line majority after a week of debate. In Antalya, Turkey, terrorists fired on a police vehicle, killing three officers and wounding 25, according to Anatolia.
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Boris Yeltsin
Yegor Gaidar
Russia
Yeltsin
Antalya
Turkey
Anatolia
Etruscan Culture Linked Music Sports Brutality
Historians say ancient Etruscans fused music and sport with a brutal bent that may have included human sacrifice, linking ritual, performance, and ritual death in early Italian society.
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Italy
U S Marines Set to Land at Dawn in Somalia Mission
U S warplanes roared over Mogadishu as 1 800 Marines offshore on three Navy ships prepared to land at dawn Wednesday to begin aiding starving Somalis. Pentagon says most of 28 000 U S troops may arrive later. Envoy Robert Oakley met clan leaders and aid groups stressing humanitarian aims. Rival militiamen battled in Baidoa as CARE and Concern officials warned of more bloodshed.
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Grant
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Irish Relief Agency
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France
Canada
Italy
Egypt
Turkey
Kuwait
Survivors recall horror of attack on Pearl Harbor
Survivors of the Pearl Harbor raid recalled the horror as Japanese bombs killed 2,403 Americans and wounded 1,178 on December 7, 1941. Adm. Robert J. Kelly urged readiness to defend freedom as the USS Arizona Memorial ceremony paused for silence and a flyover. Bush laid a wreath in Washington, honoring those who became heroes that day.
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Bush
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Washington
Julius A. Plant
Yonkers
Leo J. Buongiorno
New York City
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New York
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Ft. Kam
Oahu
Buongiorno
Princess Anne to Wed Commander Timothy Laurence in Scotland
Britain’s tabloids pivot from royal crisis to joy as Princess Anne, aged 42, prepares to marry Royal Naval Commander Timothy Laurence, 37, in a private ceremony at a Presbyterian church near Balmoral after palace confirmations followed leakage. The Crathie Church announcement confirms Anne’s remarriage after prior marriage troubles.
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Elizabeth II
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Royal Naval
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Scotland
Crathie
Queen
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Mercer County man jailed fifteen years for drug conspiracy
Bedford Eugene Farmer, 61, was sentenced by U S District Judge David A Faber to 15 years and 10 months for conspiracy to distribute Tylox possession with intent to distribute and firearm involvement. Prosecutors noted his age health and clean record as factors. Farmer, arrested June 25 by West Virginia State Police Bureau of Criminal Investigations, contended he never sold the drug.
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Pocketbook stolen from vehicle near Mercer Mall
A purse belonging to Cherry Finley of Route 2 Bluefield was stolen from a car outside a Mercer Mall store at 9:34 a.m. December 4, containing papers and medication. A fight reported at L&M Market in Lashmeet at 10:23 p.m. involved alleged combatants who left before arrival. Three men with guns and knives threatened a Coopers man at 1:39 a.m. Sunday, then departed prior to officers arriving. Eggs were thrown on Barbara Moore’s car at Princeton Village Apartments, 10:47 a.m. Sunday, vandalism reported.
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Commerce St
Bluefield, WV
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McCann Auto Parts
Tazewell, VA
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