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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 28, 2000
Page
4
The columns present the Daily Telegraph Editorial Board consensus on current issues. The piece conveys board unity and reflects the newspaper’s stance on matters of public interest.
Editorial urges BRMC and Princeton Community Hospital to end long running feuds and pursue a unified open heart facility possibly with St. Luke's. A merger could create a regional medical center outside Princeton or Bluefield, expanding services, growing staff, and improving Mercer County health care amid stalled meetings and public uncertainty.
Kenneth C. Doughton of Rocky Gap Virginia urges Bluefield to hire an efficiency expert after reviewing the 2000-2001 budget. He contrasts Bluefield with Bluefield Virginia’s volunteer fire department and lean staff, questions treasury staffing, and warns against complacency and bureaucracy while calling for fiscal reform. He signs the Letter to the Editor for the Bluefield Daily Telegraph.
The piece recalls Memorial Day 2000 as a quiet day for private and public remembrance. It contrasts wartime sacrifices with peaceful moments, listing sights from a family barbecue to memorials of Normandy, Pearl Harbor, Iwo Jima, and Arlington, honoring veterans like those in Bastogne and Luxembourg. Tom Colley, Daily Telegraph executive editor.
The Starland near Kimball opened on July 1 1950 as McDowell County’s first drive in theater and closed in the late 1970s. The Starland site will become Starland Heights a 1.5 million housing project by Stop Abusive Family Environments in Welch with seven two story townhouses in phase one and a handicap friendly unit. Groundbreaking is set for June 6 at 11 15 am and will coincide with the county homeownership celebration. The plan includes a playground community center and meeting room and aims to assist residents displaced by the Tug Fork Flood Control Project. The project will use WV Housing Development Fund funds and local contractors to keep revenue in McDowell County.
U S policy debates surface on Cuba embargo easing amid labor and tax enforcement concerns. Arkansas lawmakers cite rice totals as they back normal trade relations with China while auditors push instant checks for delinquent contractors before new contracts.
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