Self-appointed elves send holiday cheer to the troops
Washington volunteers led by Lou Saltz and others collect apples and gifts for 250,000 troops in the Persian Gulf. Corporations, unions, and individuals donate food, games, toiletries, and more, coordinated by the Defense Logistics Agency hotline.
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Washington
Lou Saltz
Persian Gulf
Bill Slivinski
Becky Pickelman
America
Campbell's
Jerry Meese
Michigan City
Ind
Henry “Yatt
Defense Logistics Agency
Wyatt
Saudi Arabia
Brewster
Wash
Europe Eyes Iraq Talks as Kuwait Deadline Looms
Genscher said Baghdad recognizes UN signals and will take them seriously while Baker hoped to speak with Saddam. Bush set Jan 3 for talks with Hussein, who pushes Jan 12 as a meeting date. Kuwait warns of force unless Iraqi troops withdraw by Jan 15. Soviet talks in Baghdad seek penalties to end Soviet worker contracts. Western diplomats depart Kuwait as tensions rise and Al Jomhuriya quotes the PLO on possible strikes if war erupts.
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Genscher
Baghdad
Baker
Tariq Aziz
Bush
Washington
Hussein
U.N
Iraq
Kuwait
United States
France
Hachimi
Europe
U.S
Vladimir Mordvinov
Moscow
Britain
Jordan
London
Ruwait
Iraq near nuclear bomb claim from German scientists
Two German scientists said Saddam Hussein’s Iraq has Western technology to build a nuclear bomb by 1991 or 1992. They reported a factory northwest of Baghdad for centrifuges and a uranium enrichment lab near Baghdad.
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London
Iraq
Saddam Hussein
Sunday Times
Bruno Stemmiler
Walter Busse
Baghdad
Stemmier
Busse
MAN Technologie
West Germany
Czechoslovak unit joins gulf force in Saudi desert
The 170 Czechoslovak troops form a chemical decontamination unit and deploy to eastern Saudi Arabia for 10 months as part of a multinational force. Maj. Ivan Pavlov says the mission marks a major shift for Czechoslovakia, now cooperating with the United States and Saudi Arabia to help stabilize the Persian Gulf amid rising oil-price pressures and regional tensions.
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McGuire Air Force Base
N.J
Saudi Arabia
Persian Gulf
McGuire
Saudi Desert
Maj
Ivan Pavlov
Pavlov
Khalid bin Sultan
Fahd
Czechoslovakia
Maj. Pavlov
Saddam Hussein
Middle East
Wisconsin guardsman writes wills for soldiers in desert duty
WISCONSIN AP Wisconsin National Guard lawyers including 41 year old Lt Bill Drengler are drafting wills for soldiers activated for Desert Shield. He recalls Vietnam memories and worries over faces he may not see again as Gulf tensions rise. Guard officers report hundreds of wills prepared since August with ongoing cases at Fort McCoy and Madison.
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Wausau
Wis
Bill Drengler
Persian Gulf
U.S
National Guard
Drengler
Wisconsin
Iraq
Kuwait
Scott Meske
Madison
Wisconsin National Guard
Annie Codi
Arabia
Fort McCoy
United States
Saudi Arabia
Terence McArdle
McArdle
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