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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1997
Page
4
The Daily Telegraph Editorial Board presents its consensus view on the First Amendment protections. Executive editor Thomas A Colley underscores freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition as core rights informing government interaction and public discourse.
Area editorials urge participation in Tuesday elections across Cres entries Athens Bramwell and Matoaka. Despite low candidate numbers turnout remains crucial. Bluefield Princeton Bramwell Athens Matoaka officials and unopposed mayors are noted. The piece lauds candidates for running and voters who turnout, stressing the right to complain only if one votes.
Bill Archer recalls how a single moment of grace from Judge Jerome Katz altered his mother’s care and his own life. He reflects on responsibility, faith, and the enduring impact of compassion across generations in Bluefield and beyond.
The piece surveys rising campaign spending since 1960 and falling turnout in 1996, advocates for hard limits on soft money, highlights the Project Independence petition drive led by Common Cause and Campaign for America, and notes bipartisan support from Sen. John McCain and Sen. Russ Feingold with Bradley and Simpson as co-chairs. It also quotes 18-year-old Dan Herzig urging elected officials to consider his generation.
Letters to the editor note that the Never County Humane Society will join HSUS and USPS to mark National Dog Bite Prevention Week. The piece highlights 4.7 million annual bite victims, mostly children, and stresses prevention through education, responsible ownership, spaying or neutering, socialization, supervision, and safe confinement.
Washington rounds recall Basil Tsakos and the 1980s arms and oil pipeline push for Africa. Tsakos sought CIA and lawmakers support, linking to William Casey and Senator Hatfield, while Tamraz courted Clinton and Kennedy with a Caspian pipeline plan. A pattern of backroom fundraising and high level access resurfaces amid modern White House attention.
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