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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1997
Page
4
The Daily Telegraph Editorial Board presents a consensus view on constitutional protections. The excerpt highlights limits on religion and press, and references a biblical passage about mediation through Christ Jesus. Executive editor is Thomas A. Colley.
An editorial argues Internet providers like America Online and Walt Disney should curb online smut while letting parents filter content. It supports voluntary safeguards over harsher laws, warning that excessive restrictions risk illegitimate access to information and raise constitutional concerns, urging responsible self-regulation.
West Virginia cities press to raise hotel motel taxes to fund convention and arts programs while counties mostly excluded. The measure faces Senate opposition, with Sen Osher Craige seeking statewide increase. The Open Governmental Proceedings Act remains a focus as officials and journalists monitor 1998 actions. Barbara Hawkins.
A letter to the editor argues that if each Mercer County resident gave one dollar it would be the best dollar they ever spent, urging widespread charitable support.
A letter praising Windy Mountain Learning Center notes it helps youths who cannot finish high school. The writer describes personal family experience, cites staff care, and appeals Mercer County residents to donate up to a dollar to keep the center operating.
Congress will pursue a broad IRS restructuring while debating tax cuts for 1998. House Speaker Gingrich backs abolishing the complex income tax by 2001. Senate plans and White House options temper the path with debate over costs, deficits, and revenue.
Reader notes a rise in car break ins and purse snatches during a long Thanksgiving weekend, with advice to hide valuables in the trunk. The column nibbles on holiday shopping, Beanie Baby cravings, and DMV sticker hassles, plus a family scene as a child asks about turkey carving.
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