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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1996
Page
4
The opinions expressed in the columns directly below are the consensus of the Daily Telegraph Editorial Board. Thomas A. Colley Executive editor.
The piece laments the statewide Republican Primary in Virginia as a costly burden on cash strapped counties with low turnout. It argues voters should have faced one trip to the polls, suggests state action to curb election costs, and calls for calendar coordination and reconsideration of primary conventions.
A reader urges action for the pro life cause and condemns abortions while praising canines. Another writer thanks Eddie Steele for returning to Bluefield area coverage. A third critic reproaches the paper for omitting Billy Wagner’s major league debut coverage.
Bill Archer, Daily Telegraph Virginia desk chief, describes moments at Tokushima and Takamatsu stations. He shares brief exchanges with locals, a pilgrim showing kanji stones from the 88 Shinto shrines, and warm interactions during travel to cover the Relay Symposium on Green Regeneration.
The Daily Telegraph will publish letters on public interest matters. Letters must be as short as possible and include the writer’s signature address and phone number. Pen names and anonymous letters will not be published. Names will not be withheld. Letters may be edited to fit space.
U S intelligence warns Amado Carrillo Fuentes, head of the Juarez Cartel, controls the Ciudad Juarez El Paso smuggling corridor dubbed Carrillo's Crossing. He leads the Federation alliance, with 70 percent of U S drug influx from Mexico. DEA notes the border cannot be fully checked amid massive legal crossings.
Washington column accuses Maryland Governor Glendening and regional politicians of engineering a political ploy to force federal funding for a $2 billion Woodrow Wilson Bridge replacement. They claim the bridge was a federal gift decades ago and that lawmakers will again cast the bill to U.S. taxpayers. The piece frames this as persistent graft and bureaucratic indifference in Washington.
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