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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 05, 2002
Page
4
A listing of staff roles and names appears for the Daily Telegraph including Gary Adkisson as Publisher News Editor State Editor and Senior Copy Editor with contributors Samantha Perry Tammie Toler Barbara Hawkins and Andy Patton among others. Executives and editors such as Thomas A. Colley Executive Editor Managing Editor City Editor and Sports Editor are noted. The page also quotes Psalms 119 11.
The Daily Telegraph endorses Dr. Marshall Long and incumbent Richard Flanigan for two seats in House of Delegates District 25. It lauds Long's broad policy interests including education funding and infrastructure, while praising Flanigan’s Charleston experience and urging him to push for broader public input and stronger leadership.
William Sanders of Princeton WV lauds A. Ammar for a Bluestone Lake concept linking Lake Bottom near Route 10 with Clover Bottom history and the Shawnee Parkway. He notes prior wells, Indian village sites, and cemetery developments, praising Ammar while envisioning a future scenic, coal-age declines and renewed tourism in McDowell and surrounding counties.
West Virginia records 175 alcohol related fatalities in 2000 and 145 in 1999, higher than national trends. State allows BAC of .10 while most states use .08, correlating with more deaths. Insurance estimates put per death costs at about 2.6 million, influencing federal highway funding and policy actions.
Publisher Gary Adkisson urges Governor Wise, the UMWA, and the Legislature to address alcohol abuse as a greater burden than overweight coal trucks. He argues alcohol deaths and crime costs vastly exceed OCTs, calling for an immediate special session to focus on alcohol in state policy.
President Bush aims to make the Homeland Security Director a cabinet level role with Senate confirmation to allow Ridge to testify before Congress. The report due by July 1 will not fold Coast Guard into a larger agency. Sally Ride warns against anti-satellite weapons as space debris risks rise.
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