Beirut Airport Closed as Syrians Mobilize Forces
Shiite gunmen fought Lebanese soldiers near U.S. positions in Beirut wounding a Marine and shutting the airport for the first time since a Sept cease-fire. Syria ordered full mobilization amid fears of U.S. or Israeli attack while Arafat loyalists and mutineers clash in northern Lebanon and West Bank protests swell. Stateside officials deny attack plans and urge restraint as U.S. jets recon over Beirut and southern Lebanon tension rises.
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Beirut
Lebanon
U.S
United States
Israel
Palestine Liberation Organization
Yasser Arafat
Middle East
Arafat
Syria
PLO
Tripoli
Baddadi
West Bank
Jordan River
Gaza Strip
Maj
Robert Jordan
Cyprus
Damascus
Hafez Assad
Washington
State Department
Mediterranean
John F. Kennedy
Suez Canal
Indian Ocean
Ranger
Tyre
Jordan
Eisenhower
Awali River
Moshe Arens
Jerusalem
Hussein Salloum
Home Guard
Nabatiyeh
Princeton Plant Site Eyed For 10 Million Rehab Center
A Pennsylvania firm plans a 10 million dollar, 65 bed rehabilitation hospital at Princeton's former Liberty Electro site. American Health Enterprises aims to staff 163 full time employees and provide extensive therapy and medical services to a seven county region plus nearby Virginia counties. The project, approved by local hospital boards and the state Health Department, could be fully operational by 1988 89 with bond financing of about 9.8 million dollars and an equity contribution of 1.1 million including land value.
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Jim Gilreath
Daily Telegraph
Princeton
Pennsylvania
Liberty Electro
Glenn Manning
American Health Enterprises, Ltd
H. J. Simmons III
Manning
Princeton Community Hospital Board of Directors
State Health Department
Rehabilitation Hospital
American Health Enterprises
Princeton Bank and Trust Co
Brick Street
Jim Cannon
Princeton Area
West Virginia
Virginia
Tazewell
Bland
Giles
Buchanan
AHEL
Andropov Skips Moscow Parade as Pride Abounds
President Yuri Andropov missed the Revolution Day parade on Red Square and a Kremlin gala citing a cold. Leaders' absence followed reports of kidney and heart trouble and possible Parkinsons disease, while Chernenko led the Politburo on Lenin’s tomb. A man set himself ablaze nearby as tanks rolled and tens of thousands watched.
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Moscow
Yuri V. Andropov
Red Square
Soviet Union
Communist Party
Andropov
Kremlin
KGB
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Officials Deny Finding Grave on Grenada Coast
U S officials in Grenada and Washington said no gravesite has been found near the Grenada coast. Earlier reports suggested a mass grave of Prime Minister Maurice Bishop and up to 150 victims of a coup. Confusion arose from mixed statements and communications issues between Grenada and Washington.
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ST. George's
Grenada
U.S
Washington
Maurice Bishop
Caribbean
Guy Farmer
U.S. State Department
Department
Farmer
State Department
John Hughes
Hughes
ABC
Fate of 92-year-old Bluefield man before Mercer hearing
A 92-year-old Bluefield man lacking food and clothing faces an upcoming Mercer County hearing on November 18 to determine incompetence and appoint a guardian to manage his affairs potentially move him to a nursing home. The case involves the West Virginia Department of Human Services and Social Security checks. The Department says a social worker and volunteer have aided him, with home-delivered meals and regular visits, while neighbors report poor conditions.
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Karen Kaplan
Daily Telegraph
Bluefield
Mercer County Commission
Mercer County
Charlie Smith
West Virginia Dept. of Human Services
Social Security Administration
West Virginia Department of Human Services
Department
Robert M. Fanning
the Telegraph
Department of Human Services
Welfare Department
Mercer County Commission On Aging
West Virginia braces for colder spell Thursday to Saturday
National Weather Service says a sharp cooldown moves into West Virginia from Thursday through Saturday. In the meantime Tuesday brings sunny skies and warmer conditions with highs in the upper 50s to mid 60s and clear nights with lows in the 30s, dipping to the mid-20s in the mountains. The area hosts numerous drug meetings noted on Page 6.
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West Virginia
National Weather Service
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Lloyd ‘‘Dennis
West
Mark Hutchings
Marine
Mercer
Rai
NOAA
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