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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1996
Page
4
The page features a U S Constitution quote about free speech and religious liberty followed by a note that editorial opinions represent the Daily Telegraph Editorial Board. It also lists Steve Smith as Publisher and Thomas A Colley as Executive editor and includes a biblical citation from 1 Timothy 2 5.
Editorial reflects on two new board members and persistent infighting in Tazewell County. It highlights the Public Service Authority’s progress on clean water in Baptist Valley, a landmark $9.8 million federal funding win, and critiques the courthouse plan, a dismissed economic development director, and broad public anger over taxes and governance. The piece urges stronger leadership in 1997 and notes the year ended amid strife and unease.
City editor Jim Terry expresses personal vows for 1997 to grow as a better person. He aims to understand others, listen more, laugh, cry courageously, forgive, be tolerant, avoid judgment, and pray more. He emphasizes forgiveness of missteps and builds a hopeful, inclusive outlook for readers to join, wishing all their dreams come true.
A reader asks what happens if a senior resident on the road must dial 911 during bad weather and whether responders would hesitate to help. The letter raises concerns about prompt aid for vulnerable neighbors and emergency access.
Richard and Sherry Thompson of Ballard West Virginia report a one mile dead end road with 18 families, half retired, half working, not on the state highway system. They funded drainage, widening, and ditch work at costs around $1,000 to $2,000, under engineer guidance, and seek eminent domain or state action to place the road on the West Virginia Department of Highways map to improve emergency access and reliability.
Washington reports on an ultra secret Army psychic unit named Project Grill Flame that tried to locate kidnapped Brig. Gen. James Dozier in Italy and later hunted hostages in Lebanon and various missing persons cases. The log shows some successful “hits” but no recoveries, with costs and mixed results across decades.
A Louisiana oil worker Oncale seeks a Supreme Court ruling on whether men can sue under Title VII for sexual harassment by male co workers. The court weighs uniform national protection and the broader goal of equal rights across gender and race in the workplace.
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