Harrods Bomb Blast Sheds Blood in London
A car bomb exploded beside Harrods in Knightsbridge during lunch hour, killing five and injuring at least 77. Police attribute the attack to the Irish Republican Army, marking the first fatal Christmas bombing. Eyewitnesses described scenes of horror as shoppers fled amid flying glass and debris.
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London
Harrods Department Store
David Powis
Irish Republican Army
Jackie McPherson
Hamilton
Scotland
Harrods
Hans Crescent
Knightsbridge
Scotland Yard
The
Samaritans
Aleck Craddock
Kenneth Newman
IRA
Newman
Oxford Street
Littlewood's
Exodus of Arafat supporters begins evacuation from Lebanon
Nearly 100 seriously wounded Palestinians were evacuated by ferry from Tripoli to Cyprus as the first step in moving Yasser Arafat and loyalists from Lebanon. Israeli naval bombardment preceded the Appia’s arrival, with a cease-fire holding amid minor violations as Arafat reassured wounded guerrillas. United Nations and other flags will be used for the ships escorted by French warships.
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Tripoli
Lebanon
Cyprus
PLO
Yasser Arafat
Israel
Appia
Palestine Liberation Organization
Beirut
Arafat
Red Cross
Larnaca
Greece
Yugoslavia
Egypt
Bel
United Nations
Mediterranean
Moshe Arens
Israel Radio
Palestinian Red Crescent
Car plows into Fifth Avenue shoppers injuring 39
A car rammed into a crowd along Fifth Avenue near St Patrick’s Cathedral in midtown Manhattan injuring 39 people including eight children. Police treated the incident as an accident. The driver fled after a traffic officer urged occupants to move the car. No critical injuries reported. area cordoned off as mayor and hospitals respond.
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New York
Fifth Avenue
St. Patrick's Cathedral
Cartier Jewelry
Manhattan
Caesar Leslie
Carlos Hernandez
Norwalk
Conn
Norris Holloman
John McDonald
53Rd Street
Edward Koch
St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital
Saundra Shohen
Toys for Toys giveaway aids 378 children in Keystone region
In Keystone area 378 children received toys Saturday during the annual Toys for Toys drive at Revival Tabernacle Church. Betty Simons coordinated the fundraising effort through church appeals and events. A Christmas party photo shows Donna and April Niday smiling with a crowd, while Nancy and Darcia Henry appear nearby.
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Northfork- Keystone
Revival Tabernacle
Keystone
Betty Simons
Donna
April Niday
Nancy
Darcia Henry
Weekend cold with possible snow and arctic blast
A weather summary notes Sunday will be cloudy and cold with highs near 35, followed by a cloudy night with a chance of snow and a low near 15. Monday remains mostly cloudy with possible snow showers and highs in the 20s, while Tuesday and Wednesday look fair and cold with highs in the 30s. An arctic air mass brought extreme cold to the central Plains and upper Mississippi Valley on Saturday, driving temperatures down to 20 below zero in Montana North Dakota and Minnesota.
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Central Plains
Mississippi Valley
Montana
North Dakota
Minnesota
Concord Team Hits Road For Sunday Feature
Concord's basketball squad travels for a road game as part of a Sunday magazine feature. The issue highlights Calvin Cook's scoring goals and notes related sports coverage on Page 1B.
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Concord
Cook
West Virginia
Sports
Bluefield Christmas Tree Fund Nears Goal Ahead of Dec 24 Tree Party
Contributions totaling 232.38 on Saturday push the Bluefield Community Christmas Tree Fund to 9,627.25, about 87 percent of the 11,000 goal. Five days remain to raise 1,400 before the Dec 24 event for about 1,100 needy Bluefield children. Donations may be sent to the fund at Bluefield Daily Telegraph Box 208 or delivered to 412 Bland St.
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Bluefield Community Christmas Tree Fund
Bluefield
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
W.va
Bland St
Abduction at Bastian Food Mart Ends With Escape
Lloyd Tomlinson, a night manager at Bastian Sentry Food Mart No 3, recounted a Friday night ordeal in which a masked gunman pressed a .44 Magnum to his face as he locked up. Forced into a car, he was blindfolded with tape and led through Wolfe Creek Mountain before escaping. Randy Gibson, the other clerk, aided his escape as the pair were driven away at knife point. The incident occurred around 11:30 p.m. and left Tomlinson shaken but unharmed.
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Daily Telegraph
Lloyd Tomlinson
Tomlinson
Bastian
Bastian Sentry
Wythe County
Wolfe Creek Mountain
Randy
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Mercer Notebook
Beene
Henne Eee
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Grundy
Trumka
Rockies
Hazel Banks
Glynn Carlock Jr
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E.D. Brewer
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Kenneth
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