Editorial Board Opinions and Bible Quote Notice
The Daily Telegraph Editorial Board states the opinions below reflect consensus of its members led by J. Stanley Warren and Thomas A. Colley with Bob Pepalis Jim Terry Barbara Hawkins David Barker Don Cuppett. A biblical verse is quoted urging strength in joy as a separate inclusion.
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Daily Telegraph
J. Stanley Warren
Thomas A. Colley
Bob Pepalis
Jim Terry
Princeton
Barbara Hawkins
David Barker
Don Cuppett
Editorial favors tax shift to aid poorer Virginia schools
The editorial argues that fiscal stress in Buchanan County and other Southwestern counties harms education. It supports a plan to cut state aid to wealthy northern counties to transfer funds to poorer districts, noting the current funding gaps and urging wealthier regions to share resources for equal educational opportunities. It also honors Rhea F. Moore Jr. of Tazewell County for over 30 years of service as circuit court clerk and his retirement.
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Buchanan
Virginia
Buchanan County
Moore
Tazewell County
Tazewell
Bud Phillips
Rhea Moore
End to flapdoodle on Caperton self made image
Charleston columnist L T Anderson critiques Governor Caperton's celebrated wealth origin tale. He cites a long family financial background, notes mixed editorials and Rockefeller praise, and argues image making relies on inherited advantages rather than pure self made success.
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Caperton
Charleston
Jay Rockefeller
Gaston
Velvet Britches
Harry Brawley
Brawley
Rockefeller
We should be ashamed to leave this country to our children
A letter to the editor laments the current state of the nation and urges readers to confront the threat of leaving future generations with a troubled legacy. The writer appeals to civic responsibility and accountability, urging collective action.
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FBI
Sodom
Gomorrah
Supreme Court
Morality and law in America questioned after high speed pursuit
A reader questions national moral decline since postwar era citing court rulings on prayer abortion and social changes. The letter defends police high speed chases, referencing a Sept 15 1987 Bluefield Daily Telegraph case where troopers were held liable after a pursuit of a stolen vehicle ended in a crash, arguing officers must act decisively to protect the public.
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America
Supreme Court
Los
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Jerold Ratliff
Cpl
R.D. Faulkner
West Virginia Penitentiary
Mercer County Court
Department of Public Safety
Ratliff
Faulkner
Mercer Surly
Pocahontas wins 700000 block grant for water system
Aug 15 1985 Pocahontas receives a 700000 Community Development Block Grant to upgrade the town water system. Hudson Huffard of Eastern District Tazewell County notes the town has a new plant but aging water lines. A retired Pocahontas officer faces a five year sentence for insurance fraud arson, with 60 days suspended, to be served on weekends in county jail.
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Pocahontas
Hudson Huffard
Tazewell County
Mercer County
I. Sue Sheppard
Princeton Senior High
Sheppard
Board of Education
Pocahontas, Va
Robert Galumbeck
Barry verdict and mistrial swing a political collage
James J. Kilpatrick argues Marion Barry escapes a felony conviction after a federal jury acquits him on one drug count and convicts on another minor count, while nine counts end in mistrial or remain unresolved. The piece denounces the jury’s reasoning and links the outcome to broader societal corruption.
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Washington
Marion Barry
Barry
Washington, D.C
FBI
Ho-Ho
National Endowment For the Arts
NEA
Savings and
Flood waters recede as New River floods threaten towns
Flood waters of New River and its tributaries in Russell and Buchanan counties threatened streamside towns, killing at least two youths and leaving 125 homeless. Narrows reported New River at flood stage of 241 percent and rising roughly two and a half feet per hour near midnight, with similar crests along Giles County streams about 12 hours after. Meanwhile a back to school sale at Penneys offered boys suits at 8.90 and assorted percale and hats at discounted prices, per Daily Telegraph staff compiler Lillian Roten.
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New River
Russell
Buchanan
Narrows
Giles County
Penneys
Luftwaffe mounts record 1800 sorties in Battle of Britain
World War II reports mark a pivotal day as German pilots fly about 1,800 sorties against Britain and British fighters log around 1,000 flights. By day’s end the RAF has lost 34 planes and the Luftwaffe 75 in the Battle of Britain.
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Britain
Luftwaffe
RAF
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