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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1994
Page
4
The Daily Telegraph Editorial Board presents a stance on First Amendment freedoms including religion, speech, and press. It notes editorials reflect the board's consensus and identifies Steve Smith as publisher and Thomas A Colley as executive editor.
The editorial argues GOP push to cut House committee and subcommittee staffs by one third ignores personal staffs totaling 7,174 across members. It notes 1993 committee staffs at 2,231 and personal staffs funded with up to 18 full-time plus four part-timers per member, urging Republicans to cut their own office sizes to set an example.
A six member Howard Hughes Medical Institute team in New York reports mice with a mutation in a gene that can make them five times heavier, and they found a comparable gene in human DNA. A derivative therapy could be years away but scientists aim to mimic the signal protein from healthy ob genes. The piece notes the social stigma of obesity and the challenge of weight loss through diet and willpower.
Bill Archer, chief of the Virginia desk for the Daily Telegraph, recalls Lt. Edward Harvey of the Bluefield Police and a reporter's search for broader stories. He contrasts life before tartar sauce with modern comforts, noting shifts in family life, technology, civil rights, and public spaces, and reflects personally on ketchup as his condiment of choice.
A leaked HUD draft report attacks the current fair housing policy as biased against minorities. It advocates a shift to a reasonable cause standard and to show discrimination by effect, prompting widespread concerns from HUD lawyers, Justice Department, and housing authorities.
Ginger H Branton executive director of the Richlands Area Chamber of Commerce recounts how Stone’s insistence on buying locally revives a struggling town. After a harsh winter disrupts deliveries, the community unites to patronize neighborhood shops and rehire workers, ending with a profitable year.
Cal Thomas argues for ending federal control of schools and returning power to parents and local communities. He cites private schools and home schooling as outperforming public schools, criticizes the education establishment, and endorsements the Swiss model of parental school choice to cultivate virtuous, disciplined students amid a conservative push for a New Values Revolution in education.
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