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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1981
Page
6
A biblical excerpt quotes Jacob being told to marry Leah before Rachel, with Laban explaining their customs prohibit giving the younger before the firstborn. The passage cites Genesis 29 26 and frames the order of marriage in a traditional context.
The piece argues that starting in 1985 income tax brackets will be indexed to inflation, ending bracket creep and the unvoted windfalls that inflated government revenue. It contends indexing shifts tax burdens away from taxpayers toward government and likens inflation to a tax on earners, urging honest revenue choices and restraint on social program funding.
A reader recounts a frustrating experience with a new watch and a complex two color multilingual manual. He notes misreadable instructions from Heath Zenith and compares it to a do it yourself assembly chain. The piece critiques consumer electronics manuals and assembly culture while naming Heath Zenith and Kenner.
The Reagan administration nears a decision on MX missile basing amid tough opposition from desert-shelter plans, environmentalists, and GOP figures. Critics warn geodesy limits precision for sea or air basing and stress risks of airfield vulnerability to a first strike.
The piece notes charity promoters and stars backing causes while criticizing health authority claims. It contrasts generous giving in 1978 79 80 with charity overhead concerns. It also details a secret Arms Control report predicting mass casualties after a nuclear exchange and outlines civil defense plans and presidential evacuation sites. A nine member congressional delegation faced scrutiny for a Taiwan junket amid Taiwan dissident concerns.
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