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27 Dec 1986
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Bluefield Daily Telegraph in Bluefield, West Virginia
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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1986
Page
1
Europe faces bankruptcy threat from food surpluses
Europe’s 12 members hold 1.5 million tons of butter and 0.75 million tons of beef plus 1 million tons of powdered milk as a 17 million ton grain mountain and a 300 million gallon wine lake. Officials call the budget ceiling a crisis. Jacques Delors warns of a catastrophic situation and lawmakers weigh painful farm-subsidy and spending cuts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LE Mans
France
Europe
Bertrand Dezon
Hennin Christophersen
London
Executive Commission
Jacques Delors
Reagan names counselor to coordinate Iran Contra probes
President Reagan named NATO Ambassador David Abshire to a Cabinet level post to coordinate responses to probes of the Iran Contra affair. Abshire will report directly to the president and work with senior White House staff, bypassing Chief of Staff Regan amid calls for his resignation. Abshire 60 to coordinate congressional inquiries as Regan faces scrutiny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Reagan
White House
NATO
David Abshire
Abshire
Donald T. Regan
Congressional
Iran
California
Georgetown University Hospital
CIA
William J. Casey
Mark Weinberg
Regan
Congress
Post-Christmas retail sales heavy in area
Bluefield area shoppers crowded stores for post Christmas bargains at Welch Big and Small Lots Heck's North Tazewell Mercer Mall and Kmart Grundy Family Dollar. Stores report most customers shopping rather than returning gifts with few exchanges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tina Davis
Bluefield Avenue
Center
Bluefield-area
Virgil Greene
Welch
Dorothy Thompson
Heck’s
North Tazewell
Mercer Mall
Bluefield
Kmart
Grundy
Martha Edwards
Phillip Knapp
Radio Shack
David Abshire Named NATO Ambassador and Iran Arms Inquiry Chief
David M. Abshire, 60, a Chattanooga native and 1951 USMA graduate with Georgetown PhD, founded the Center for Strategic and International Studies. He becomes ambassador to NATO in 1983 and assistant secretary of state under Nixon. in 1975 he starts directing White House inquiries into arms sales to Iran and profits diverted to Nicaragua guerrillas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chattanooga
Tenn
U.S. Military Academy
Georgetown University
White House
Iran
Nicaragua
Shootout Aboard Iraqi Airways Flight 163 in Midair
In Amman survivors recount a hijacking on Iraqi Airways Flight 163 from Baghdad to Amman. A man with two grenades charged the first class, and gunfire erupted at 28,000 feet near Arar, Saudi Arabia, killing at least 62. A security guard shot the attacker, and chaos followed as more than 100 shots were fired during the brief four to five minute assault.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amman
Jordan
Iraqi Airways
Salim Abdel Dado
Associated Press
Saudi Arabia
Arar
Abdel Dado
Baghdad
Dado
State jobless rate climbs in November
West Virginia unemployment rose to 8 percent in November from 7.8 percent in October, Gov. Arch Moore said, blaming bad weather and a cutback in construction. Compared with November 1985 the rate is down from 9.5 percent as the work force fell 13.2 percent since then. Construction jobs dropped 1,400 and mining 100, while trade and government jobs each rose by 700. Finance and services held steady.
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Arch Moore
West Virginia
Moore
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