Egypt to Attend Geneva Peace Talks Amid Policy Stance
Egyptian deputy premier Abdel Kader Hatem announced Egypt will participate in the Geneva peace conference and outlined three principles including firm demands for Israel to withdraw from occupied Arab lands and recognize Palestinian rights. He warned of vigilance against deception while emphasizing cooperation with the United Nations. Separately, two jailbreaks were recaptured in West Virginia with three suspects arrested after a high speed chase.
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Abdel Kader Hatem
Egypt
Geneva
Hatem
Israel
Kilometer 101
Cairo-Suez
United Nations
Suez
Ismaila
Washington
Moshe Dayan
Berkeley County
W. Va
Frederick County
Paul E. Rickard
Eugene A. Trammell
Siler
Cline
Riley
Sheriff’s Department
Martinsburg
West Virginia
Bunker Hill
Earl Rickard
Concessions Promised Defuse Last Major Truckers' Protest
A truckers' protest near Lamar Pennsylvania and a Toledo blockade eased after the ICC agreed to faster cost pass through and a shorter rate-change notice. Officials including Frank Fitzsimmons and William Simon met with drivers and discussed fuel issues and speed limits 55 mph remain in effect.
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Washington
Lamar
Thomas Stanley
Waterford
Wis
Ohio Turnpike
Toledo
Teamsters Union
Frank Fitzsimmons
Nixon
Fitzsimmons
William E. Simon
Federal Energy Administration
Interstate Commerce Commission
ICC
George Stafford
J.W. ‘River Rat’’ Edwards
Overland Park, Kan
Overdrive Magazine
Simon
Transportation
Claude S. Brinegar
Kissinger Opens Europe Tour With Talk of Advance Consultation
Secretary of State Henry Kissinger departed from Andrews Air Force Base for Brussels on a Europe-Middle East-Geneva swing. He offered no proposals for NATO but stressed cooperation and European self-organization while noting 100 agents will guard the journey.
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Washington
Henry A. Kissinger
Europe
U.S
Atlantic
Kissinger
Andrews Air Force Base
Brussels
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
State Department
Middle East
Geneva
Moshe Dayan
Ashraf Abdel Latif Gharbal
United States
Dayan
London
Secret Service
Public Hearing In Front Royal On Merger Monday
Front Royal Town Council will hold a public hearing on the proposed consolidation with Warren County and the charter for the new city of Front Royal during its regular Monday session. The merger committee, with six members, prepared the plan and discussed it publicly in November.
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Front Royal
Warren County
Town
Board of Supervisors
J. Francis Donaldson
M. Duncan
Duncan C. Gibb
Charles D. Williams
Ford Defends Nixon as VP Sees No Impeachment Risk
Vice President Gerald R. Ford rejects claims Nixon’s Watergate troubles hurt Republicans and says the President is not a political liability. Ford notes forthcoming financial and ITT milk fund disclosures and expects Nixon to be exonerated after all facts emerge.
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Washington
Gerald R. Ford
Nixon
Ford
Senate
White House
Congress
International Telephone & Telegraph Corp
Milk Fund
First Snowfall Expected Tonight by Weatherman
The weekend forecast calls for snow likely tonight with a change to rain by Sunday. Lows tonight around 30, highs tomorrow near 40, and easing into cooler days midweek with highs in the 40s and overnight 20s to 30s.
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Tomrrow
National Weather Service
Virginia
Emergency energy bill aims to empower Nixon on gasoline rationing
House Commerce Committee backed a measure granting the president authority to order gasoline rationing as a last resort. The plan also creates a Federal Energy Administration and seeks to curb fuel use while advancing coal burning. Senate approved a $20 billion energy self sufficiency plan for 1985.
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Washington
Nixon
House
House Commerce Committee
Harley O. Staggers
D-W. Va
Federal Energy Administration
Senate
United States
Jackson
Staggers
Senate House
Commerce Committee
Capitol Hill
Roy L. Ash
Ash
Camp David
Amtrak
White House
Christmas Gift Guide at Smalls Garden Center Sale
Six coffee mugs on a tree featured at Glass Barn for a Christmas showing on Sunday December 9 from 1 to 5 p.m. Smalls Garden Center hosts a sale with cashmere suits reduced by 25 percent. Modern age Shoppe Webber's Chimney Cleaning offers contact 667 5423. The Yuletide Gift Guide appears daily in Classifieds.
Eastern to Lay Off 5000 Workers Amid Losses and Energy Crisis
Eastern Airlines plans to cut nearly 5,000 of its 34,000 employees by month end as it faces a $35 million loss in 10 months. TWA also plans furloughs for 350 low seniority pilots next year while trimming operations to meet a 15 percent fuel allocation drop.
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Associated Press
Eastern Airlines
Trans World Airlines
International Association of Machinists
Miami
Eastern
TWA
New York
South Vietnamese reinforce Kien Duc after recapture
A400 infantrymen were sent to reinforce troops that retook the central highlands town of Kien Duc amid pockets of North Vietnamese resistance. Col. Phung Van Quang reported heavy destruction and refugees fleeing to Gia Nghia as Khmer Rouge actions in Cambodia added to regional turmoil.
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Gianghia
South Vietnam
Kien Duc
Phung van Quang
Highway 14
Saigon
Quang
Gia Nghia
Cambodia
Khmer Rouge
Kompong Speu
Phnom Penh
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