Accused in Kuwait Embassy Bombing Identified
Kuwait, AP The government charged nine Iraqis and three Lebanese in the December embassy and target bombings. Ten suspects arrested confess and face trial Monday before a state security court with prosecutors seeking the death penalty. One Iraqi at large and the truck driver, Raad Aqueel al Badran, killed in the blast.
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Kuwait
U.S
Persian Gulf
Abdel-Aziz Hussein
Hussein
Shuaiba
el-Badaa
Raad Aqueel al-Badran
Al-Daawa Islamic Party
Mohamed Baqer Sadr
Baghdad
Iraq
Middle East
Lebanon
United States
France
al- Sabah
IRA claims Harrods bombing kills five in London
The IRA said its guerrillas planted a bomb at Harrods, killing five, and apologized for civilian casualties. Police identified American Kenneth Salvesan, 28, among the dead and 91 injured, with 22 still hospitalized. Two officers were killed and four were in critical condition.
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London
Irish Republican Army
Harrods
Kenneth Salvesan
Chelsea
Press Association
IRA
Dublin
Ireland
Irish Republican Publicity Bureau
Sinn Fein
The
Samaritans
Scotland Yard
Leon Brittan
Woolwich
Britain
Draft Registration Spurred By International Conflict
Increased selective service registrations followed international crises including the Korean airliner shoot down, Beirut bombing, and Grenada invasion. Officials note no active draft, but names and addresses are collected for possible conscription. Registrations rose sharply in late August, sustained after September events, with continued surges tied to ongoing global tensions and college aid requirements.
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Washington
Soviet Union
Lebanon
Grenada
Selective Service System
Selective Service
Korean Air Lines
Beirut
U.S
Deputies Give Woman New Lightweight Wheelchair
Mercer County Deputy Sheriffs Association donated a lightweight wheelchair to Peggy Cromer of Princeton, a paralyzed widow who has lived in Belcher's Trailer Park for eight years. The chair is modern lighter than her 98 pound unit and was funded by a months-long drive led by Capt. Emory Fleming and colleagues. Cromer, a former Roanoke County teacher, was shot by her estranged husband in June 1976 and has undergone several operations since. she calls her condition an inconvenience, not a handicap, and welcomes the change with gratitude.
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Mercer County Deputy Sheriff's Association
Cramer
Belcher’s
Princeton
Navy Shells Syrians and Arafat Amid Lebanon Fighting
US warships shelled Syrian held positions northeast of Beirut after an attack on reconnaissance flights while Israeli gunboats struck Arafat loyalists in Tripoli. France agreed to escort Greek evacuation ships for Yasser Arafat and 4,000 fighters as wounded Palestinians fled via Cyprus to Egypt and Yugoslavia.
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Lebanon
USS
U.S
Tripoli
PLO
Yasser Arafat
Arafat
France
U.N
Larnaca
Cyprus
Egypt
Yugoslavia
Chris Geannou
Palestinian Red Crescent
Jordan
Damascus
Saudi Arabia
Syria
Switzerland
Israel
Washington
Pentagon
Maj
Dennis Brooks
Ticonderoga
Tattnall
Metn
Voice of Lebanon
Mghite
Dahr Ed-Baidar
Oper
Shels
Middle East
Khalil Wazir
Associated Press
Donations Lag As Tree Fund Deadline Nears
Donations to the Bluefield Community Christmas Tree Fund slid over the weekend, bringing the total to 9,722.25 dollars of a 11,000 dollar goal with four days left until the December 24 party for more than 1,100 needy Bluefield children. Contributions can be mailed to Bluefield Daily Telegraph Box 208 Bluefield West Virginia 24701 or delivered to 412 Bland Street.
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Bluefield
Bluefield Community Christmas Tree Fund
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
W.va
Bland St
Monday Administration seeks $3 billion for small businesses
The administration targets a $3 billion package to aid small businesses, aiming to spur lending and access to capital. The move signals a broad economic support effort amid ongoing policy debates and potential legislative negotiations.
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Mercer County
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Emory Fleming
Maxine Fleming
Dep
Roy Compton
Cromer
David A Donahoe
Howard
Stella Helmandollar
Dan Hubbard
Eula Dudley
James H. Workman
Ethel E. Head
Wayne
National Weather Service
Bridge Classified
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