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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 2000
Page
4
The text presents a constitutional liberty note on religion and free speech, followed by a board consensus disclaimer and a Bible quotation from Numbers 9 8. It states Steve Smith as publisher and Thomas A Colley as executive editor. The Bible quote urges standing still to hear the command from the LORD.
Editorial notes S Vance Wilkins Jr. becomes the first Republican speaker in over a century, pledging bipartisan Southwest Delegation cooperation. It urges focus on boosting education and regional growth in southwest Virginia amid stagnant economy and flat population, with session starting January.
Letter urges Bluefield Daily Telegraph readers and county officials to fund public water extensions to Beeson Camp Creek and Spanishburg in Mercer County West Virginia. Writer notes years of shortages and poor quality water, deep wells, coal mimes past failures, and fire departments hauling water. Calls for editorial support and official action amid natural gas development.
The narrator reflects on surviving decades of weather and life hardships with a resilient outlook. He rejects doom and embraces each day as a gift, noting aging, perseverance, and a city editor’s credit at the Daily Telegraph.
In a call for a national tax cap, Jack Anderson and Douglas Cohn argue that a tax-limit law or constitutional amendment could freeze overall taxation at a fixed percentage of income. They propose using statistics to cap state and local nonincome taxes so total taxes do not exceed set limits. Government funding would be restrained to prevent tax juggling.
Dan K Thomasson surveys the long history of mismanagement of the Indian Trust Fund. He cites the 2.2 million Native Americans, the unresolved billions, and court orders by Judge Royce C. Lamberth demanding overhaul. The piece notes past contempt rulings against Interior and Treasury officials and frames a trial looming on what tribes are owed.
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