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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1978
Page
6
A compact historical quotation pairing Job 30 15 on personal ruin and an English historian Herbert G Welles remark that humanity creates or tolerates its afflictions, from great to small, reflecting on moral resilience and societal blame.
Four months after a staffer warned Carolyn Smoot, director of the state Employment Security Commission, of falsified job placement records to draw more federal funds, she suspended a department official for 30 days. Officials defend the delay, noting caution with people’s lives, while critics call for enforcement of the law and accountability. The piece also notes cheating at West Virginia University and Marshall University and comments on broader political and international views.
M Stanton Evans reports that the U S has extended de facto recognition to Beijing’s Communist government and withdrawn it from Taiwan in a move seen as ending long standing nonrecognition policy. The change follows a high profile visit by Zbigniew Brzezinski to Peking on May 20 signaling Washington’s new approach.
The piece argues Carter aims to normalize with Beijing at Taiwan’s expense. It cites troop reductions in Taiwan from 1,300 to 600 and two closed U S information libraries as symbolic blows. It quotes IAR criticizing State Department bias toward the PRC and against Taiwan.
William F Buckley reports that at P E N s 43rd annual convention in Stockholm the Chilean center was expelled for acting as an arm of a totalitarian government though critics say Chile grants freedoms. The expulsion drew mixed reactions from international PEN members and sparked debate over language and politics.
The piece discusses Chile under Pinochet, noting limited political freedom yet some judicial independence. It cites the Letelier assassination probe linked to DINA, Amnesty International pressure, and P.E.N. members' reactions, contrasting totalitarian risks with Western responses and the costs of preserving weak nations against aggression.
A secret February briefing by Jessica Mathews within the National Security Council on selling F-15 fighters to Saudi Arabia triggers a White House furor. Mark Siegel resigns, accusing mis Information and misdirection while Siegel's sharp rebuttals and letters expose conflicting views on Tabuk airbase and US military roles. Meanwhile, a separate Colombia marijuana seizure is noted in an intelligence dispatch.
Midge Kovacs, leading a small ad firm, laments sexism in commercials versus real life and says TV lags behind print. She notes potential to expand to nine to fifteen million transactions daily. Robert T. Eckenrode of the American Stock Exchange hints at a possible move from New York City to New Jersey as part of planning.
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