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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 2001
Page
5
A husband narrates his wife curbing energy use after receiving a power bill. She turns off lights, lowers the thermostat, cooks out, and declines fires while contractors weatherstrip doors and install insulation. The couple anticipates higher bills and jokes about darkness.
Leonard Pitts Jr. argues against forced pledges and loyalty oaths, citing Virginia’s stalled bill and fears of coercion. He defends the First Amendment and stresses Americans freely choosing their love of country, urging tolerance for dissent and Walter Burke’s wisdom.
The new Republican chairman Virginia Gov. Jim Gilmore argues the party must expand its outreach to minorities. The Bush administration faces scrutiny over White House offices on AIDS and civil rights and the census method used to count the population. The Commerce Department decision in March could affect federal aid and seat apportionment, with potential compromise on sampling for aid but not reapportionment. Carl P. Leubsdorf notes these issues will shape GOP minority outreach.
During Black History Month and year round the need to preserve and reclaim African-American cemeteries is highlighted. The piece cites gravesites in Cincinnati New York Dallas and Austin and recalls discovery disturbances and restoration efforts led by communities scholars and officials. It emphasizes documenting reclaiming and protecting these endangered final resting places.
Starita Smith is an award-winning writer and editor based in Denton Texas. She studies as a graduate student at the University of North Texas and is reachable via pmproj at progressive.org or Progressive Media Project 409 East Main St Madison Wisconsin 53703.
On this day in 1831 in York Pennsylvania the first coal burning locomotive named York was tested by Phineas Davis. This historic test marked early steam propulsion in rail transport.
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