Editorial Board and Quote Alignment at Daily Telegraph
The Daily Telegraph Editorial Board declares opinions in the columns below the masthead with members including Terry Horne Thomas A Colley Bob Pepalis Jim Terry Barbara Hawkins David Barker and Larry Hypes. A biblical quote from Mark urges readers to believe and not fear.
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Daily Telegraph
Terry Horne
Thomas A. Colley
Bob Pepalis
Jim Terry
Princeton
Barbara Hawkins
David Barker
Larry Hypes
Editorial on delaying consolidation in Mercer County schools
The Mercer County Board of Education postponed any consolidation plans for at least a year amid teacher protests and walkouts. The editorial urges thorough study of all factors including transportation, stresses that bigger is not always better, and calls for collaboration from both sides to ensure any decision truly benefits education and students.
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Mercer County Board of Education
Board of Education
Tough decisions may cost some lawmakers re election
West Virginia Capitol report notes Gov Gaston Caperton pursues a costly set of cutbacks to shrink state government while stirring voter anger that could jeopardize Republican and Democratic lawmakers facing re election. The piece highlights Manchin’s enduring public appeal despite past losses and summarizes the state Library Commission’s new “A Day in the Life of West Virginia Libraries” report with patron counts, service metrics, and resource usage for last year.
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Charleston
Gaston Caperton
A. James Manchin
A. James
Mr. Manchin
Manchin
State Capitol
West Virginia Library Commission
West Virginia
Commission
Fred Glazer
U.S
West
Liberal Democrat label earns praise for Boucher in Southwest Virginia
Letter extols Congressman Rick Boucher as deeply attentive to Southwest Virginia residents including Tazewell County and Boissevain. He is praised for visiting a burning slate dump and a deplorable postal facility, with funds already spent locally and more expected. Also included is an invitation to Handicaps Unlimited of West Virginia to discuss disabled access, led by Aaron L. Poff urging disabled participation and civic group involvement.
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Rick Boucher
Bobby L. May
Hurley
Southwest Virginia
Rick
Southwest
Virginia
Tazewell County
Boissevain
Washington
Don Quixote
Handicaps Unlimited
First Community Bank
Mercer Street
Princeton
Goodbye to death squads in world police era
Carl T. Rowan discusses global shifts away from secret police and death squads, citing apartheid in South Africa and reforms in the Soviet bloc. He warns the United States against eroding First and Fourth Amendment rights, arguing lawful policing should protect liberty rather than empower clandestine actions.
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Johannesburg
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Pretoria
United States
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Cointelpro
Martin Luther King, Jr
Soviet Union
KGB
Mikhail Gorbachev
Volgograd
Stalingrad
Communist Party
Romania
Nikolai Ceaucescu
Moscow
Argentina
Europe
Supreme Court
Cape, Town
Warsaw
Prague
Bucharest
West Point admits Welch teen to class of 1989
Stacy A. Mosko of Welch has been notified by the superintendent of the U S Military Academy at West Point of admission to the class of 1989. He is the son of Edward and Mary K Mosko and a Mount View High School senior. James E Rogers Jr named president of Blacks in Government in Washington D C. Robert L Ellis of McDowell County named Princeton police chief. Other items include Air Force enlistment, Bramwell and Virginia high school graduates honored, and district play festival winners.
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Stacy A. Mosko
Welch
U.S. Military Academy
West Point
Stacy
Edward and
Mary K. Mosko
Mount View High School
James E. Rogers, Jr
Blacks In Government
Washington, D.C
Rogers
James E. Rogers
Bluefield
William Bell
Nemours
United States Air Force
Tsgt
Ralph Sturns
Air Force
Thomas
Bramwell High School
Robert L. Ellis
McDowell County
Fairfax
Princeton
H Price
Grand Visitation Participants of Bluefield Chapter 66 OES
Es ter Meadows associate Grand conduc tress Vera Easley past Grand matron Maude Abshire worthy Grand matron were among the grand officers who took part in the 1965 Grand Visitation of Bluefield Chapter 66 Order of the Eastern Star.
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Bluefield
Order of the Eastern Star
Ester Meadows
Vera Easley
Maude Abshire
Bluefield College Debaters Defeat Waynesburg Team
Fifty years ago Bluefield College debaters argued the negative against Waynesburg College in Bluefield last night and received a decision from critic judge Attorney Harold Porterfield. Debaters Howard Pryor and Wharton Slack represented Bluefield with Mary Rice of the Daily Telegraph staff compiling the item.
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Bluefield College
Waynesburg College
Bluefield
Harold Porterfield
Howard Pryor
Wharton Slack
Mary Rice
Daily Telegraph
Soviet Troops Enter Viipuri as Finland Defies Cease-Fire
Fifty years ago today on March 8 1940 Soviet troops fought into Viipuri Finland s second largest city defending the Karelian Isthmus. Moscow rejected a Finnish cease-fire appeal amid the ongoing clash as cited in major 20th century war yearbooks.
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Viipuri
Finland
Karelian
Moscow
Public letters seek signatures for Telegraph replies
The Daily Telegraph invites letters on public interest topics and urges concision. Each submission must include the writer’s signature, address, and telephone number for consideration for publication.
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Daily Telegraph
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