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Newspaper
Register Herald
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1998
Page
5
Robert R. Hammond is appointed publisher of The Register Herald with R. Shawn Lewis serving as editorial page editor. The leadership reshuffle aims to strengthen community coverage and opinion pages across the paper.
West Virginia taxes pensions for military retirees while police and fire pensions are exempt. A statewide referendum is urged to decide if all government retirees should be taxed or none. Nine House District 27 candidates favor ending the current disparity and letting voters decide.
The ABC sitcom Ellen ends after six seasons with ratings never recovering after its high profile coming out episode. Ellen DeGeneres attributes the end to controversy while noting the broader public stance on homosexuality.
Editorial page notes editor R Shawn Lewis and editor Dawn A Keys with their email addresses and phone numbers for contact. Reference to Doonesbury appears as a byline or caption.
Nerissa Young reports in The Register-Herald on diverse items from charity critiques of Vice President Gore to Paula Jones’s appeal of Clinton harassment suit, space shuttle experiments with animals, Pot Pol Pot’s death, and a reform stance cutting free play in schools, noting reader skepticism and public mood shifts.
In a critical view, Republicans push new campaign finance laws this session, prompting applause from reform groups. The piece argues such limits threaten First Amendment rights and voter intelligence, urging full and swift disclosure of contributions instead.
Norman Bias, assistant area two director, Beckley, urges railroad retirees to join the National Association of Retired and Veteran Railway Employees. He cites past defeats of pension cuts and tax diversion, urges a goal of 100000 members, and promotes spouse benefit relief and monthly newsletters.
The speaker argues Bluestone Dam was built after overlogging and flooding in the New River drainage and warns raising the dam is only a temporary fix as silt deposition will continue. Future work may be needed in 50 to 75 years due to new development and water systems. Mother Nature cannot be fooled.
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