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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1986
Page
2
Many venues offer celebrations for the New Year’s Eve weekend with music drinks and late-night events. Locations include downtown venues and hotel ballrooms attracting varied crowds seeking festive atmospheres and countdowns to midnight.
Accu Weather forecast calls for mostly cloudy skies with morning fog and drizzle. The high is expected to reach 40 and the low near 29 with some cloudiness and developing fog through the day.
An Iraqi jet on a hijack attempt crashed during an emergency landing at Arar in northern Saudi Arabia. The Saudi Defense Ministry reported 62 dead on a Boeing 737 with 107 aboard and 44 survivors. Jordan cited 30 survivors. Survivors reported burns and bullet injuries from a clash with security officers. No Americans aboard per State Department. Reports vary on number of hijackers, with conflicting accounts of fatalities among them.
A senior Central American official says U S ambassador Lewis A Tambs helped secure Costa Rican government permission for a secret airstrip to aid the Contras and maintained contact with figures in a private supply network run by Lt Col Oliver North. The airstrip's construction and use occurred while U S law barred military aid to the rebels.
A brief AP at a glance lists major international hijackings from the past two years. December 3, 1984, Kuwait Airways from Dubai to Karachi diverted to Tehran ends after Iranian security personnel in disguise storm the plane. two of four American passengers die. June 11, 1985, six Shiite gunmen hijack a Jordanian airliner near Beirut bound for Amman.
U S and Iranian officials meet in The Hague to negotiate releasing 500 million dollars in frozen assets held at the New York Federal Reserve. Iran has offered to intercede for American hostages in Lebanon if the funds are unfrozen, with bilateral talks continuing rather than arbitration by the Iran U S Claims Tribunal.
Healthier fast foods and brand name meats are seen expanding in 1987. Michael F. Jacobson of the Center for Science in the Public Interest predicts menu makeovers with more fruit salads baked chicken high fiber items and bean soups while pricier restaurants trim fat and reduce butter and sugar.
Christians worldwide marked Jesus birth with songs feasts and prayers. in the Philippines rebels exploited a cease-fire to reunite with families. Mother Teresa attended midnight Mass in Dagupan planning a leper home. In Bethlehem pilgrims and choirs gathered amid heightened security following regional unrest and a new Philippine democracy.
In Soweto black township near Johannesburg, Christmas was somber with candles in darkened homes and boycotts of white stores amid a state of emergency. In the Soviet Union, Christmas observances were moved to New Year while churchgoers attended midnight Mass in Moscow.
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