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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1981
Page
4
Hugh Short is editor and Richard Wesley executive editor. The page presents a range of editorial and political viewpoints, with the caveat that all columns except the direct opinion piece below may not reflect the newspaper’s official stance.
The column notes a tentative UMWA and bituminous coal operators agreement that would end three-year talks stalemate, with union gains including studying company pension plans and a 36 percent three-year pay raise. Consol confirms plans for a large Buchanan County mine employing 500 miners over 30 years, with possible tapping of coking facilities to boost metallurgical coal output.
Washington chaos surrounds Ronald Reagan as Edwin Meese III orders the privately funded kitchen cabinet to vacate executive quarters. Caspar Weinberger resists further Reagan loyalist recommendations, prompting questions about sustaining Reaganite policy with non Reagan aides. The move reopens questions of influence over personnel and ideological purity within the administration.
In a March 10 Bluefield Daily Telegraph letter to the editor Robert M. Galumbeck Commonwealth's Attorney Tazewell Virginia asserts he was misquoted over comments on pretrial publicity in the dog killer case. He stresses fair quotation and says cases should be decided in court, not in the newspaper.
Richard McKinney of Bluefield writes of March 14 in the Tazewell Courtroom praising Congressman Wampler and aides for prompt replies and courteous conduct. The crowd of 30 to 35 met warmly as Wampler pledged to intervene, with a follow up call two days later about further actions.
In Washington a columnist argues that cutting Haiti relief risks greater misery and refugee flows while IMF pressure for transparency may curb dictator Jean Claude Duvalier. He cites a confidential State Department cable noting potential global reactions and possible French resistance.
Senator Soaper jokes that registration for the draft would gain popularity if the card were required to buy beer. The remark was part of a broader debate on conscription policy and civil liberties.
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