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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1981
Page
4
The Bluefield Daily Telegraph notes its editorial and political columns on this page. It states that except for the column directly below, the opinions do not necessarily reflect the newspaper's views. Hugh Ike Shott founded the paper with Hugh Shott as editor and Richard Wesley as executive editor.
A reflection cites a guilty conscience causing fear of pursuit where none exists. It contrasts the wicked fleeing with the righteous bold as a lion from Proverbs 28:1, highlighting moral contrasts and inner conscience effects.
In Bluefield, Michael Kessinger won the principal post over Acting Principal John Disibbio, prompting student protests and threatened demonstrations. Mercer County School Supt. John Hughes urged restraint as classes paused, with expectations to resume and Kessinger enforcing discipline.
The article previews Lowell’s critique of race and progress, highlighting his call for asking broader causes, comparing incomes across ages and groups, and arguing that legislation alone doesn’t create jobs. It notes Buckley praising Sowell’s clarity and the broader implications for minority earnings and policy effects.
In a pivotal policy discussion, President Reagan weighs basing the MX missile while maintaining MAD as the strategic anchor. A rival concept proposes space-based, nonnuclear, inexpensive satellites to shoot down missiles after launch, potentially beating the current arms race and sidestepping new MX basing plans.
The Wall Street Journal notes growing use of telecommuting with workers, including Donna Puccini of Arlington Heights who operates a word processing station at home. She receives daily bank tasks by tape, types letters and statistics, then transmits finished work back to the downtown office.
The piece notes Anistics Incorporated and several computer firms like Control Data Digital and Data General employing telecommuters. It cites Digital with hundreds at home and estimates up to 50 million Americans move and process information remotely through self discipline, highlighting oil import reduction as a potential benefit. It mentions pregnant workers and new mothers as recipients of flexible telework in some firms. It tells of Robert Armstrong, a Berkshires farmer who also holds a distant full-time programming job, choosing to travel only when desired.
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