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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1981
Page
5
The Bluefield Daily Telegraph presents a page of editorial and political opinion. Editors Hugh Shott and Richard Wesley oversee content, with most columns expressing independent viewpoints not necessarily aligned with the newspaper.
Early historical note recalls Samuel warning Israel about a king, citing 1 Samuel 8 12. The passage describes a king appointing officers over thousands and over fifties to plow reap reap harvest and equip for war and chariots.
Ronald Reagan seeks to sell Boeing E-3A AWACS radar planes to Saudi Arabia to bolster Arab American security ties after Sadat’s assassination. The House opposed the sale, with Senate votes pending, arguing the planes defend oil fields and do not threaten Israel. Supporters say Israel would face no threat and the sale aids regional peace efforts.
M Stanton Evans discusses the Pentagon study Soviet Military Power noting Moscow’s push to expand military strength aided by Western technology. He cites the Ryad computer line and microelectronics as copied from U S equipment and warns U S trade policies fueled Soviet advances, including machine tools and manufacturing tech aiding modernization.
Canada faces a $400 million program over two decades to curb acid rain while the United States must spend $2 billion or more to clean the shared eastern North American airshed. Ministers cite about 30 million tons of sulfur dioxide and 25 million tons of nitrogen oxides yearly from U S sources, compared with Canada’s 5.5 million tons of sulfur dioxide and just over 2 million tons of nitrogen oxides.
Paul Harvey reports on tightened controls under President Reagan to curb social service spending. In Lansing 92 escaped convicts were still collecting welfare checks, while Social Security Administrator John Svahn identified 8,518 deceased individuals receiving Social Security benefits.
The piece accuses government programs of extensive fraud stretching over a decade, citing disability, food stamps, and student loans as costly abuse. It highlights deaths not matching rolls, fake dependents, and a Temple economist claim that firing bureaucrats could fund welfare for families. It closes urging policy action to halt dangerous technology transfer.
Washington reports identify Ali el Sharafa, a Palestinian merchant behind the firm tied to Egypt's secret arms deal. U.S. munitions reportedly diverted to Palestinian groups. high Egyptian officials named, including Mounir Sebet and Kamal Hassan Ali. Clines and Wilson traced American ties. Pentagon debates focus on CIA involvement and mistrust of Tersam, blocked from shipping for eight months.
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