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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1978
Page
6
A compact quotation item citing Proverbs on diligence and poverty contrasted with William Penn. The note links patient effort to wealth and states Penn as the Quaker founder of Pennsylvania. An attribution line ties two maxims to personal virtue and historical figure.
A columnist argues postal unions threaten a national paralysis via strikes and urges abolishing federal workers unions. The piece links Kennedy era orders, Prop 13 style cuts, and states that reducing government size is essential. It calls for a flat percentage budget cut to shrink departments and curb bureaucratic power.
William F Buckley notes Senator Edward Boroke faces political trouble and a strong primary challenger Avi Nelson. Nelson, a Yale Cornell Harvard graduate, blends conservative views with liberal upbringing and broad media presence. Nelson’s cross appeal targets both Democrats and Republicans in a volatile Boston contest.
In Boston and Massachusetts the Avi Nelson campaign challenges racial bias fears and GOP norms arguing education benefits for blacks are limited and Edward Brooke is not a true Republican. Nelson seeks Democratic defections in a notable primary strategy, with signals of shifting party loyalties and Galbraith noting Massachusetts as a predictor of national trends.
M Stanton Evans reports mass invasions of locusts, grasshoppers, mosquitoes and other pests. Grasshoppers defoliate crops in the American West with 500000 acres infested in Colorado, while Maryland records high mosquito landing rates. Overseas, locust swarms total four billion in Northeast Africa and malaria deaths rise in Africa and India with millions of cases annually.
Readers confront a theory linking insect outbreaks to environmental crusades against pesticides led by Rachel Carson and EPA policies. The text argues DDT and other chemicals reduced malaria and pests, while bans hinder control, noting malaria declines reversed in India and Ceylon after the 1960s. It criticizes EPA rulings as overly cautious and cites expert claims that absence of DDT causes millions of deaths.
Paul Harvey argues that U S leadership in Latin America and beyond risks fostering anarchy and foreign meddling. He cites Bolivia Chile Paraguay Ecuador and Uruguay and contrasts democratic ideals with practical self rule urging Americans to focus on domestic reform first. He emphasizes self discipline and warns against export of democracy without readiness.
Health official Joseph Califano reports 32,655 federal employees draw pay and welfare, with 5,776 on military rolls. Reviews found 806 ineligible and 942 overpaid, prompting possible firings and repayments. Also notes 25 Congress members overdue on phone bills and a FDA slide show under fire from consumer groups.
President Jimmy Carter warns that widespread indifference to U S oil imports hampers energy conservation. He notes lack of home interruptions, cold winters, and the general unawareness of the seriousness of the issue as a major obstacle to reducing energy use.
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