PLO Vows to Contest Israeli Beirut Invasion
The PLO promised to fight the Israeli blitz from Beirut and beyond as Israel's invasion pressed toward the Lebanese capital. Israeli jets and ground forces pounded Palestinian and Syrian positions, while a cease fire remained uncertain amid heavy fighting and propaganda leaflets to Syrian troops.
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Bekaa
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Menachem Begin
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Yitzhak Modai
Modai
Israel Radio
Mediterranean
Arab League
Overcrowded Hospital Seeks Expansion Plans in Virginia
Tazewell Community Hospital administrator Craig Cudworth says three patients sometimes share semi private rooms as the facility faces crowding. Officials have submitted a letter of intent to the Virginia Health Systems Agency and plan to file for a certificate of need after completing planning. The 50 bed hospital averages 46 patients and transfers to Bluefield or Bristol occur when needed.
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Cudworth
Virginia Health Systems Agency
Bluefield
Bristol
Jury Expected To Get McManus MSHA Case Today
In Roanoke Virginia federal court a jury is expected to hear the case of Jack F McManus 62 subdistrict director of the Mine Safety and Health Administration in Tazewell charged with obstructing justice and inducing a false statement. Prosecutors say he coerced inspectors to lie about maintenance work for mine operators while defense contends interpretations differ.
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Roanoke
U.S. District Court
Jack F. McManus
Tazewell
Coal Company
Virginia
Istant U.S
William Sellers
Wilbur Sheets
Sellers
Federal Mine Safety Agency
Sheets
Cordell Parvin
Oldest fossil of a human ancestor found in Africa
Berkeley scientists announce a 4-foot ape man with human stance, dating about 4 million years, from Afar Ethiopia. They cite a 300,000-year-old skull showing possible postmortem scalping while noting insufficient material to assign a species. expedition funded by NSF and Leakey Foundation, involving multiple nations.
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J. Desmond Clark
University of California At Berkeley
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Afar
White
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L.S.B Leakey Foundation
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Canada
England
Australia
New Zealand
Awash River
Tanzania
Eth
Reagan urges Soviets to cooperate with NATO allies
At a NATO summit in Bonn, President Reagan called on the Soviet Union to adopt a more cooperative stance while urging allies to share defense burdens. The meeting endorsed cuts in strategic arms and promised improved NATO forces as protests and Middle East tensions colored the event.
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Saud al-Faisal
Saud
Khaled
Mideast
Alexander M. Haiger
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Europe
U.S
United States
Edwin Meese III
Meese
Rhine River
Inside Vehicle inspection stickers proposed for Tazewell County
County action plans vehicle safety checks as officials propose inspection stickers for Tazewell County roads. Policy aims to improve road safety and enforce compliance across municipalities with new testing requirements.
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Tazewell County
Hughes Relative Charged Over 3000 Unauthorized Board Payments
Mercer County School Supt John Hughes is linked to 3000 in unauthorized payments to Tim Dawson over three months for furniture drawings for Spanishburg School addition Princeton Senior High School and Bluefield Junior High School. The board will review April invoices and consider a new policy requiring bids for items over 3000. Dr Rubenstein of Athens will conduct an investigation into the payments.
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Mercer County
John M. Hughes
Tim Dawson
Mercer County Board of Education
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Dawson
Hughes
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Daniel Rubenstein
Athens
Harold Brewster
Spanishburg
Bluefield Junior High
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