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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1997
Page
5
The page presents the Daily Telegraph Editorial Board consensus on opinions with Steve Smith as publisher and Thomas A. Colley as executive editor. It also features a Bible quote, noting Ephesians 2 8 9 as the scripture of the day.
West Virginia School Boards Association reports nearly one third of county board meetings from 1990 to 1995 were closed to the public. Less than 5 percent of surveyed meetings addressed public presentations or delegations, prompting calls for more open sessions. Public officials should improve transparency, critics say. Bobby Helms, the singer of Jingle Bell Rock, died at 61 in Martinsville Indiana. The cause was not released, but his hits My Special Angel and Fraulein are noted.
Larry Hypes notes reflections on a summer youth program in Clinch Valley area guiding youths aged 16 to 21 through a six week paid work session. The program, funded by Labor and run by Clinch Valley Community Action, teaches money skills, responsibility, teamwork, and job readiness while offering driver's education and summer school options.
Bluefield Princeton and Mercer county residents urged to collect Kimberly Clark UPC symbols from listed products to aid the Charleston Ronald McDonald House. Donors mail symbols to 302 30th Street Charleston WV 25304 with contact at (304) 346 0279.
U.S. Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell is linked to a family jewelry business and an American Indian craft line sold by Franklin Mint. The probe covers his 1990 law on authentic Indian-made arts and crafts, his partnership with the American Indian Heritage Foundation led by Princess Pale Moon, and questions about outside alliance and authenticity. The report notes Campbell's Cheyenne ties, his party switch in 1995, and prior criticism of China trade policies, asking if the knife campaign blends personal gain with public policy.
Charles McDowell reports on the 1964 and 1957 National Rural Electric Cooperative Association student tours to Washington. Texas leaders Lyndon Johnson and Dennis Engelke shaped a program sending 1,100 plus students from 30 states to tour monuments, meet lawmakers, and discuss civic virtue and campaign reform. The young visitors emphasized personal virtue and the belief that they can make a difference.
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