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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1997
Page
6
The Daily Telegraph Editorial Board declares the columns express a consensus. Publisher Steve Smith and executive editor Thomas A Colley oversee content. A biblical quote references restoration of years eaten by locusts and cankerworms as a metaphor for renewal.
Mercer County Board of Health faces a nine percent rise to 1997 98 funding from 797 783 20 to 869 398 90 with Bluefield and Princeton city contributions increasing. Officials warn that funding shortfalls threaten public health services amid declining revenues and costly local needs. Dr N Allen Dyer stresses the department must control costs while preserving essential services. The board should tighten expenses before cutting services, given county airport financial strains and upcoming budget pressures.
The piece recalls the 1911 Pocahontas explosion near Bishop and Boissevain with 114 miners killed. It notes the United Mine Workers Journal published a song about a child’s plea and links to later mine tragedies in the region. Larry Hypes contributes a telegraph obituary-esque memorial.
In a letter to the editor, CEER coordinators urge Congressman Boucher to support the proposed 765KV transmission line. They argue deregulation drives investment in coal regions and that IPPs need transmission capacity to export power. They cite Virginia associations and a 1994 Virginia Center study.
Column notes that U.S. certifying Mexico as an ally in the drug war is a staged performance. Humberto Abrego’s escape highlights persistent weak enforcement and price of corruption, with Juan Garcia Abrego’s long hunt amid arrests and political pressure.
West Virginia lawmakers weigh scrapping the grocery tax to ease living costs amid an annual state revenue loss projected at 130 million dollars. The piece notes how groceries remain taxed while neighboring states offer relief, and cites voter resentment and potential boosts to grocers’ business if the tax ends. It also covers Senate praise for Senator Rockefeller over Gulf War veterans’ health issues and a local voting fraud quip.
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