Editorial Page Mottoes and Editorial Policy Note
The Bluefield Daily Telegraph outlines the editorial page as a collection of varied opinions. It states that except for the column directly below, these columns do not necessarily reflect the newspaper’s views.
Drive Them Carefully and the Newsroom Search Debate
An editorial discusses the rise of compact cars and their safety tradeoffs, urging careful driving as small cars increase in market share. It condemns last year’s newsroom search law as overdue but inadequate and argues against CIA push for surprise searches, noting subpoenas suffice for information and protecting press freedom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Highway Traffic Safety Administration
U.S. Supreme Court
California
Central Intelligence Agency
CIA
Congress
Califano’s Washington career reviewed in Governing America
George F Will surveys Joe Califano’s memoir Governing America, a dense, sometimes dubious look at government’s inner workings and liberal policy ideals. The eight chapters cover abortion, Social Security, civil rights, education, and health policy, arguing how politics and demographics shape agendas more than party control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Joe Califano
America
Califano
Health
Timerman intervention doomed Lefever confirmation in Senate
Jacob Timerman exiled Argentinian editor, aided by publisher Robert Bernstein, influenced the Lefever confirmation fight. His dramatic appeal, presented to key senators, violated custom by a foreign national testifying and shifted attention to human rights policy, undermining Ernest Lefever's bid for assistant secretary of state. Timerman met Pell and Tsongas, drawing applause as he voiced Argentina’s torture and imprisonment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Jacob Timerman
Senate
Ernest Lefever
Reagan
Lefever
Timeran
Israel
Timerman
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Robert Bernstein
Random House
Bernstein
Foreign Relations Committee
Sen
Paul Tsongas
Massachusetts
Legeyer
Tsongas
Sen. Claiborne Pell
Rhode Island
Argentina
Sens
Pell
House
Don Bonker
Tom Harkin
Iowa
Productivity and policy threads in late 1980s America
Productivity rose 4.3 percent in Q1 amid a mixed scene of industry shifts and labor practices. Kyocera’s American plant in California highlights Japanese management style, while Detroit automakers face quality and labor challenges. Senate probes involving Orrin Hatch and Iowa colleagues unfold amid broader drug enforcement debates and DEA criticism.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bluefield Baily Telegraph
Hugh Shott
Richard Wesley
Berrys World
Census Bureau
George F. Will
Carter
Appomattox
Romotes
HEW
Hectorin
God
Genesis
Lyndon
Yeal
Rowland Evans and
Robert Novak
U.S
Charles H. Percy
Jimmy Carter
United States
Japan
Kyoto
Kyocera
Fortune Magazine
Detroit
Ford
John Santini
Johnson
Jack Anderson
Hatch Is
Orrin Hatch
Utah
Afl-Cio
Roger Jepsen
Charles Grassley
Senate Judiciary Committee
Hatch
Jack Nard
Pittsburgh
Armour Co
Judiciary Committee
Nard
Justice Department
Evan Curly Hultman
Hultman
Jepsen
Grassley
Jack Mitchell
Indy Badhwar
Orrin
Drug Enforcement Administration
William Casey
DEA
Customs Service
Internal Revenue Service
FBI
IRS
Customs
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