Holiday wish lists and political hopes for 2004
Tammie Toler catalogues political fantasies from Bush and Democrats, imagining top wishes like peace in Iraq, a market rebound, partial birth abortion limits, space travel, donor money, youth turnout, a Bush closet skeleton, and gay marriage stakes. The piece frames holiday wishes as campaign probes, ending with the author noting editors’ lines.
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Bush
Iraq
Sears
Saddam
Middle Eastern
U.S
Justice Department
Bluefield Daily Staff Credits and Verse
The Bluefield Daily Telegraph lists staff roles including News Editor State Editor Senior Writer and city editor Jane or Lamamie Toler Barbara Hawkins Bill Archer and Thomas A Colley as executive editors and managers. The page also carries a Bible verse from Ephesians 6 16.
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Tammie Toler
Daily Telegraph
Bottonline
Oe Lamamie Toler
Barbara Hawkins
Bill Archer
West Virginia Accepts No Child Left Behind Funding Plan
West Virginia will join the Following the Leaders program to speed No Child Left Behind implementation with reduced federal funding from 18.5 billion to 12.4 billion. House Education Chairman Jerry Mezzatesta cites about 71 million dollars per year less for WV and accuses the federal government of unmet promises driving drastic state budget cuts for 2004 and 2005.
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Hawaii
Texas
Ohio
West Virginia
U.S. Department of Education
House Education
Jerry Mezzatesta
Dampshire
del. Mezzatesta
Bob Wise
Mezzatesta
New Regional Tobacco Prevention Coalition Coordinator
Donald R. Reed Jr announces as Mercer County official leading McDowell Rural Health Advisory Council efforts to educate residents about tobacco and secondhand smoke. He notes West Virginia ranks high in lung cancer deaths, urges quitting for a day, and cites quit line numbers 436-3260 and 436-4948.
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Southern
Mercer County
McDowell Rural Health Advisory Council
West Virginia
McDowell County
McDowell
Donald R. Reed, Jr
Nixon tapes loom as archives release grows
A Washington week in review notes the National Archives will publish about 240 more hours of Nixon White House tapes. The 1972 conversations cover Watergate, Vietnam, meetings with Nelson Rockefeller, Johnny Cash and Ray Charles. The fourth release, from 3,073 tapes, totals 2,019 hours.
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National Archives
Nixon
White House
Vietnam
Nelson Rockefeller
Johnny Cash
Ray Charles
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Ken Goldstein
Wisconsin
Dick Gephardt
John Kerry
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Friedman
Jesus
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