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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1984
Page
6
The column text shows a range of editor opinions with notable discrepancies. The page presents veiled summaries and partial attributions, indicating a lack of unified stance. Local context and broader newsroom perspectives appear in scattered quotes and captions.
Clyde Lee surges to 35.4 percent in a WV Democratic primary poll, Browning slips to 27.2 amid McGraw at 17.3. Analysts credit Lee’s costly TV ads for the turnaround as four minor candidates fade. The contest has centered on Browning Lee and McGraw, with Arch Moore looming for the general election.
The St Louis Globe Dem dem points out that if CIA Director Casey is guilty for possessing Carter campaign briefing notes from a White House leak, a new crime category would require charges against many Washington reporters. The Albosta report cites government property and unauthorized removal but fails to ID a leaker, questioning the case's legitimacy. Democratic efforts to spin the episode as scandal cost taxpayers and amount to little.
Review praises Carlos Franqui’s Family Portrait with Fidel as a piercing inside look at Fidel Castro’s Cuba. Translation by Robert MacAdam is lauded for its idiomatic, readable style that makes the book both engaging and revelatory about the Cuban leader and his era.
William Rusher tours Iceland noting a small population of 240,000 with Reykjavik as the hub. He describes a treeless landscape, extended daylight in summer, and a pro-American NATO coalition government. The piece highlights fishing as the major industry, Celtic and Viking heritage, and explains Iceland’s beer ban rooted in prohibition, with only wine allowed and vodka popular among youths.
Washington opinion piece argues the greatest scientific tragedy is not lacking invention but failing to provide modern instruments to schools. It warns that universities need world class instrumentation and trained teachers to keep basic research alive, lest industry and progress falter.
A Republican National Senatorial Committee appeal from the Prince de Galles Hotel in Paris seeks $25 donations to fend off a Democratic Senate. The piece notes large 1981 82 fundraising totals and details specific committee expenditures for senators, including lunches, subscriptions, clip services, and office costs. It also covers Fed budget waste, a Nevada land grab by the Air Force, and Area 51 near Nellis Air Force Base with a fatal crash.
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