U S intervenes in Somalia amid famine fears and UN aid power
U S moves to join a UN coalition for Somalia despite repeated attacks on relief ships and writs of starvation threaten up to 1.5 million Somalis. The plan includes a possible 1800 Marine expeditionary unit while officials coordinate with the U N and World Food Program amid ship attacks and port blockades.
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Washington
U.N
Bush Administration
U.S
United Nations
Pentagon
Indian Ocean
Somalia
Lawrence Eagleburger
CNN
Carl Levin
D-Mich
Senate Armed Services
Levin
President elect Clinton meets Reagan on power shift
Saturday President elect Clinton chats with former President Reagan about the last major shift of power in Washington when the Reagan conservatives took over in 1981. Money: Americans' personal income shows a pattern of solid increases over the past three months. Madrigals nominated for inaugural parade. Local: The Princeton High School Madrigal Choir is among 18 West Virginia schools nominated to participate in the presidential inaugural parade. Rockefeller seeks health care leadership, awaiting Democrats' endorsement to chair the Veterans Committee. An Alabama man charged after catching a 2 foot white sturgeon in the Coosa River, a protected species, with Talladega court set for December 2.
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Clinton
Reagan
Washington
Princeton High School
West Virginia
Jay Rockefeller
Sen
Robert Byrd
Milton Truss
Talladega
Ala
West
Coosa River
Birmingham
Truss
Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
Talladega County
Alabama
Officer on leave after shooting man at Highland Avenue
Bluefield police officer J D Lawson remains on administrative leave after wounding 32 year old Jimmy Woody who advanced with a butcher knife during a domestic dispute at 1201 Highland Ave. responders including Patrolman Summers and three others assisted in the incident. Harold Woody reported the disturbance.
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Bluefield
J.D. Lawson
E.L. Harvey
Lawson
M.K. Summers
Highland Ave
Harold Woody
G.W. Sarver
C.S. Myers
S. Davis
Summers
Jimmy Woody
John Woody
Red Cross Bloodmobile at VFW Hall Bluefield
On Monday November 30 the American Red Cross Bloodmobile will visit the VFW Hall in Bluefield by appointment only from noon to 6 p.m. A lymphoma support group meets at 2 p.m. in Princeton Community Hospital board room with Dr Rowena G Chambers presenting. On Wednesday December 2 Greater Bluefield Chamber of Commerce hosts Business After Hours at Systems Plus Green Valley from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. admission is four dollars and a business card.
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American Red Cross Bloodmobile
VFW
Bluefield
Princeton Community Hospital
Rowena G. Chambers
M.D
Greater Bluefield Chamber of Commerce
Systems Plus
Green Valley
Snow flurries forecast with cool, windy day
The brief weather note predicts snow flurries for today and tonight with west winds 5 to 10 mph. Daytime highs reach the upper 30s and overnight lows fall to the upper 20s. Weather package, A-8.
Community Christmas Tree fund nears goal for 1200 children
Ovations for the Community Christmas Tree raise 330 dollars, bringing the year to date to 330 while the drive pursues a 14,000 target. If met, bags of toys candy stocking stuffers and fruit will be given at a December 24 party at the Bluefield Youth Center. Donations may be mailed to Bluefield Daily Telegraph Community Christmas Tree or delivered to the newspaper lobby.
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Bluefield
Stadium Drive
Daily Telegraph
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
W.va
Christmas shopping surges as stores report busy kickoff
Area merchants say the Christmas season began strongly the day after Thanksgiving with heavy traffic and brisk sales. In Bluefield and nearby towns shoppers crowded department stores and discount chains as big ticket items and ornaments sold well amid rising enthusiasm.
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Larry Tabor
Hills Department Store
Mercer Mall
Tabor
Virginia
John Ringhoffer
Kmart
Claypool Hill Mall
Bluefield
Lrn
Diamond World
College Plaza
Cola Honaker
Charlie Tony
South Bluefield
Gene Basham
Roses & Rainbows
Pam Walk
Jackson Drug Company
Tazewell
Aftershock to June quakes rocks Big Bear area
A 5.4 magnitude aftershock rattled Big Bear Lake and Moonridge California causing falling debris and minor structural cracks but no injuries were reported. President-elect Clinton visited Southern California and pledged help while shoppers returned to normal weekend routines.
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Big Bear Lake
Calif
Los Angeles
San Diego County
Snow Summit
Carrie Shirreffs
Clinton
California
Landers
Big Bear
Kate Hutton
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena
San Bernardino County
John Hawks
Moonridge
Sheriffs Station
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U.S. Committee For Refugees
Boutros Boutros-Ghali
Security Council
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Joe Snyder
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World Food Program
Mogadishu
SAUD
Arabia
Yemen
Gulf of Aden
Arabian Sea
Djibouti
Ethiopia
Africa
Madrigals
Rockefeller
D-W.va
Senate Democrats
Senate Veterans Committee
Babette Pascasio
APH Padoleaabadado
Church News
Tree Fund Hats
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Ralph W
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Mrs
Andy Peters
Preeseeneneneen
Weneeennene
Luefield
Todd Stringer
Hawks
Big Bear Inn
Sheila Moore
Pacific Ocean
Nevada
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