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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1981
Page
4
The Bluefield Daily Telegraph outlines that this page features a variety of editorial and political opinions. Except for the column directly below, these opinions do not necessarily reflect the newspaper's views or official stance.
A PEACETIME Army under all-volunteer service faces discipline problems and readiness concerns. Tom Tiede cites lower ranks while noting the draft, despite its flaws, could broaden patriotism and strengthen defense. Critics say the all-volunteer force may not meet future rapid deployment needs.
The piece reflects on Echeverria and Lopez Portillo, noting Lopez Portillo’s Cuba embrace and Castro ties while analyzing Mexico’s anti-Communist stance. It weighs U.S. intervention in El Salvador, fears of a second Marxist nation south of the border, and Reagan administration policy amid regional tensions.
The piece argues liberals failed to adapt after Reagan's rise, outlining past liberal promises and fiscal excesses. It cites Gary Hart and Carl Levin on future approaches, notes grass roots doubt, and quotes Manning Marable and Carol Bellamy on uncertainty about liberal goals and direction. It then shifts to arson as a separate note, detailing insurance costs, arson-for-profit notions, and FBI arson task forces.
A confessed murderer Gary Bowdach told a Senate subcommittee that he and a partner burned down a Tampa wholesale florist warehouse at the behest of a reputed Mafia overlord. He described keys given by the owners and instructions to place flammable liquid and slogans to mimic black neighborhood vandalism. Fred Winship notes fire brokers who solicit work from troubled businesses, paying arsonists as little as 500 dollars while brokers take a cut of the insurance. Experts cite low murder conviction rates in arson cases and high suspicions in fires at schools churches and nursing homes. The piece also quotes President Reagan in a tangential aside about justice and Fidel Castro.
U S intelligence sources warn that Fernando Vecino Alegriz a high ranking Cuban official tied to Fidel Castros DGI and ministerial post travels through Nicaragua and other Central American sites to direct support for Sandinistas and leftist guerrillas. The reports trace his covert missions from Vietnam to Angola Ethiopia and Costa Rica noting shipments of weapons and training camps linked to Cuban agents across the region.
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