Saudi link to Swiss account questioned over arms deal
The article reports that while Saudi Arabia denied involvement in U.S. arms sales to Iran, FBI findings of Saudi ties to a suspect Swiss bank account raise questions. Middle East experts cite royal family approval, with Adnan Khashoggi acting as middleman and insisting Saudis had no role. They view such denials as cover while Saudi strategy aims to hedge threats and maintain U.S. protection. Tom Wicker reports via NYT News Service.
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New York
Iran
FBI
Middle East
Adnan Khashoggi
Barbara Walters
Khashoggi
Fahd
Riyadh
U.S
Saudi Arabia
Iraq
Sheik Yamani
United States
Washington
CIA
Khomeini
Israel
Tehran
Editorial on giving, hope, and community resolve
A Christmas day editorial urges more than charity, calling for hope, dignity, and collective action to aid the unemployed and foster renewal. It cites Montgomery Ward closures, seeks leadership collaboration, and invites ongoing efforts, then offers a public apology to Don Keesling over tone in a rezoning controversy and reaffirms fair letter printing.
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United Way
Montgomery Ward
The
Daily Telegraph
Bluefield
Don Keesling
Feuchtenberger
Keesling
Mercer County Commission
One Christmas They Shared A Quiet Kindness
A narrator recalls a single Christmas with family in their own home. The father returns from Korea burdened yet compassionate, helping a hungry family with groceries toys and care. The act moves all to tears as they depart in the blue Hudson known as The Blue Goose.
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Hopalong Cassidy
Korea
Christmas Memory Earned in Silence and Smoke
A reflective letter recalls a hard Christmas with a fractured family. The narrator speaks of crying, shared sleep, pistols, a hat, and Hopalong Cassidy as symbols. A father’s absence and later grave deepen gratitude for one enduring Christmas memory. Lewis Grizzard is cited as the writer, syndicated by King Features.
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Hopalong Cassidy
Area teams congratulated to state and area champions
PN3 Richard M. Howell U.S. Naval Reserves from Princeton West Virginia extends congratulations to the state and area champions. He praises Princeton Tigers educators and coaches Joe Trabucco Ron Burton David Litz for their teams. He notes the Tazewell Bulldogs’ 60 year state title and shares pride from his uncle Col William B. Beavers who played on the 1926 first Tazewell football team.
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Mercer County
Princeton Tigers
Joe Trabucco
Lady Trojans of
Athens
Ron Burton
Tazewell Bulldogs
David Litz
Col
William B. Beavers
Jacksonville
Fla
Tazewell
Bulldogs
Readers urged to send signed letters to Telegraph
The Daily Telegraph invites public interest letters and asks contributors to keep them brief. Each letter must include the writer's signature, full address, and a contact telephone number to be considered for publication.
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Daily Telegraph
Communist reform in USSR and China sparks debate on modernization
Flora Lewis surveys shifting paths in Moscow and Beijing. Both pursue modernization via tech gains, efficiency, and labor discipline while defending socialism. Moscow hints broad but undefined reforms. China pushes market mechanisms, opening to Western ideas, with a trial of separating management from ownership and market signals guiding outcomes.
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Paris
China
Peking People’s Daily
Gorbachev
Moscow
Gosplan
Central Planning Commission
Communist Party
Economic Reconstruction Committee
Chongqing
China Daily
Peking
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Tom Wicker
N.Y. Times News Service
Star
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Grizzard
Lewis Grizzard
Cowles Syndicate, Inc
King Features Syndicate
Richard M. Howell
U.S. Naval Reserves
Princeton, W.va
Flora Lewis
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