Polish Martial Law Tightens Control Amid Strikes and Food Boycott
Associated Press reports from War saw describe miners trapped in Silesian coal shafts and farmers withholding markets to protest martial law in Poland. Protests spread through Lenin Shipyards in Gdansk as authorities patrol important sites and deploy self defense volunteers. Enduring food shortages, price spikes, and Christmas preparations underscore a nation under military rule with ongoing clashes and censorship.
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Associated Press
Silesian
Poland
Warsaw
Lenin Shipyards
Gdansk
State Department
Washington
U.S
Thomas W. Netter
Solidarity
Netter
Warsaw Radio
Solidarity Movement
Tanjug
Wujek
Katowice
Silesia
Red Brigades seize U S General Dozier in Italy
Verona Italy AP The Red Brigades claim to hold Brig Gen James L Dozier the top American NATO officer in Southern Europe in a people s prison. They describe his confinement as proletarian justice with no immediate demands. Dozier s wife Judith was bound but freed after neighbors cried out.
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Italy
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NATO
Brigades
Aldo Moro
James L. Dozier
Europe
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Reagan
Dozier
United States
Milan
Judith Dozier
Sandro Pertini
U.S
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Pentagon
Defense Department
Rome
Pertini
ANSA
Anna Maria Ludman Cecilia
James Dozier
Venice
U S Suspends Israeli Accord Over Annexation
The United States suspended implementation of a new strategic cooperation pact with Israel after Israel’s annexation of the Golan Heights. Talks on arms purchases were paused, with officials hinting at further actions if a peace settlement in the Middle East is jeopardized. Four European contributors to Sinai peacekeeping plan to delay their move to avoid appearing to approve annexation.
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United States
Israel
Golan Heights
Middle East
Britain
France
Netherlands
Italy
U.S
Mediterranean
Tree Party Fund Nearing Goal for Bluefield Christmas Drive
The Bluefield Community Christmas Fund reached 7,182.50 dollars Friday, about 95 percent of its 7,500 dollar goal with five days remaining to raise the rest for 1,200 underprivileged Bluefield children. Donations include individuals and groups such as Union Loan Company and Bluefield High School Student Body.
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Bluefield Community Christmas Fund
Bluefield
Community Christmas Tree Association
C-O Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Bland Street
Charles Eanes
Drexel Long
Lee Allen Bowman
Sarah Emily Caffee
Tom, Jennifer
Annie Kisker
Pemce
Employee’s Benevolent Association
Robert Thomas McClung
Marvin
Bob) Va
Jason Gillespie
L.H. Kiser
Kim, Steve
Scott Kiser
Rachel A. Clark
Thomas G., Clark
Lewis E. Clark
Christine, Ben
Jamie Settles
Roanoke
Virginia
Clarence Minton
Connie
Harold Neal
Leo A. Portis
Mark
Jennifer Coleman
South
Union Loan Company, Inc
Bluefield High School
West Virginia Coal Development Authority Formed by Governor
Six member authority named by Gov John D Rockefeller IV includes Joe Davidson of UMW and M Dayne Aldridge of WVU Energy Research Center. The group aims to promote marketing of West Virginia coal, simplify mine regulations, and study coal projects including synthetic fuels. Legislature approved 875000 for startup. Taiwan prospects discussed.
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Karen Kaplan
Daily Telegraph
Princetonian
Joe Davidson
United Mine Worker’s District 29
West Virginia Coal Development Authority
John D. Rockefeller IV
M. Dayne Aldridge
West Virginia University Energy Research Center
Robert Jeran
Marion -Barbour
Bethlehem Mines Corp
Charles Jones
Amherst Coal Company
Miles Dean
Office of Economic and Community Development
Rockefeller
West Virginia
Republic of Taiwan
East
CDA
Unseasonably Cold Saturday With Snow Showers Forecast
The National Weather Service warns of an unseasonably cold spell with occasional snow flurries through tonight. Temperatures will range from the teens to around 20 for highs, with lows from 5 to 14. Sunday brings highs in the 20s to low 30s and a gradual warming trend through Tuesday with partly cloudy, cold skies and mountain highs in the 20s, 30s elsewhere.
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National Weather Service
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School board approves substance abuse policy reported as a key action on Page 1 amid a varied slate of local items. The policy aligns district effort with state guidelines and signals ongoing attention to student welfare.
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Human Rights Task Force
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