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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1993
Page
5
The Daily Telegraph Editorial Board signs off on the printed opinions, with J Stanley Warren as Publisher and Thomas A Colley as Executive Editor. The passage cites a biblical proverb about the eye and light, contrasting it with a warning of darkness when the eye is evil.
Editorial praises South Bluefield merchants for creating a combined residential and business Neighborhood Watch to curb vandalism. It notes past patrols failed, urges community participation, and highlights local kindness after 82-year-old Clayton Lane survived a fire near the East River Mountain tunnel, with Four Seasons Country aiding his recovery.
In Harleton and Wheeling a look back shows how access to health care evolved from iron lungs for polio to railcar spittoon debates. Politicians and railroads resisted public health pushes, with Dr. N H Dyer recalling spittoon laws and a tongue in cheek headline about health care reaching a bottom. Richard Grimes notes the shifts and urges perspective on current access debates.
A reader critiques national news coverage saying it is insufficient for major events and jokes that even Almighty God would not receive fair televised treatment if he appeared at the White House on a Sunday morning. The letter uses satire to discuss media attention and public discourse.
A Georgia farm site near Conyers draws crowds as alleged Marian apparitions claim to deliver messages from Jesus and Mary about impending war if moral decline continues. Skeptics, media coverage, and a crowd control policy accompany reports of changed lives among attendees while other readers warn of economic decline in Bluefield and Bluewell areas.
Pacific Northwest timber towns fear layoffs as Washington officials review slash targets for public forests, with Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt urging balanced action. Rep. DeFazio warns of needed federal aid to retrain workers, while supporters tout negotiated forests policy and environmental safeguards. Anderson and Einstein report.
A reflective memoir recalls summers in a Georgia yard with a figure named Jay, a black horseman who ferries children around while rural kin and colorful neighbors crowd the scene. The narrator recalls a vivid, kin-filled world of peanut fields, rolling stores, and family lore that shaped childhood.
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