Charleston Daily Mail back issues from August 1999:
Underwood business partner to head development office
Aug 02, 1999; ... John Snider, a business partner of Gov. Cecil Underwood and anemployee of the West Virginia Development Office since the mid-1990s,today was elected to the development office's top job. Snider was elected executive director on a voice vote of theCouncil for Community and Economic ...
Clinton makes emergency drought assistance available: W.Va. farmers, others to get help from feds
Aug 02, 1999; ... President Clinton today announced emergency drought assistance forfarmers in West Virginia and several other states. Speaking at the White House, Clinton announced emergency, low-interest loans would be made available to family farms in WestVirginia and several counties in ...
Daily Mail unveils new Web site
Aug 02, 1999; ... Months in the making, the Daily Mail's Web site has a new looktoday. After long hours of planning, reformatting and rearranging, we aregoing live today with a revamped site that is streamlined, betterorganized and easier to navigate. The address is the same - dailymail.com ....
Mistrust breeds powerlessness, West Virginians have long had dim view of politicians
Aug 02, 1999; ... Doing back-breaking work in the coal mines, West Virginiansexercised their muscles. It was their political muscle that grew weak and out-of-shape. To visitors drawn to Appalachia during the anti-poverty crusadesof the 1950s and 1960s, the hesitance of citizens to flex ...
Many agencies helped shape Mountain State
Aug 02, 1999; ... FAIRMONT - Just off Interstate 79, the West Virginia HighTechnology Consortium surprises the eye: a modern building ofgleaming glass and stone breaking up a panorama of solid trees. The consortium is a think tank for technology, an incubator forideas and a home base for 192 private ...
Trains collide in India: Officials say at least 190 people killed in rail crash
Aug 02, 1999 ... GAUHATI, India - Two express trains carrying 2,500 people collidedhead-on at a station in eastern India today, mangling cars full ofsleeping passengers and setting some coaches ablaze. Hundreds werereportedly killed, including many soldiers. The government said 190 people were ...
Md. tax sends smokers packing: Many are going more than a mile for a Camel
Aug 02, 1999 ... Business is brisk these days at Delaware Cigarette & Tobacco inBear, Del., seven miles east of the Maryland line. Waiting on a steady stream of customers clutching cartons of LuckyStrikes, Camels and Newports, clerk June Alexander this week saidsales clearly have increased since a ...
Man admits tossing alleged murder weapon: Acquaintance of suspect says he feared for his life
Aug 02, 1999; ... A Kanawha Circuit judge got a preview of some powerful testimonyfor an upcoming murder trial while accepting a plea from a man whosays he helped the killer out of fear for his own life. Jonathan E. Hudson was in court Friday to plead guilty to chargesthat he aided and abetted in ...
Medical devices reused: Many hospitals routinely reprocess disposable devices
Aug 02, 1999 ... Millions of medical devices that come in contact with blood orother body fluids and are supposed to be discarded after one use areinstead being reprocessed and reused, putting numerous other patientsat risk without their knowledge, some experts fear. The U.S. Food and Drug ...
Many mourn victims
Aug 02, 1999 ... LIZELLA, Ga. - The Rev. Doug Davis remembered "I'll Fly Away" asone of Leigh Ann Barton's favorite songs. Its soaring chorus oftenblared from her car. On Sunday, the gospel tune reverberated through Davis' ruralchurch as family and friends mourned the death of Mrs. Barton, ...
Monica Lewinsky slightly injured in auto accident
Aug 02, 1999 ... LOS ANGELES - Monica Lewinsky was slightly injured when she becamedistracted while driving and her sport utility vehicle rolled overinto oncoming traffic in Ventura. The dark blue Explorer toppled on its side at 1 p.m. Sunday onHighway 101 about 60 miles northwest of Los Angeles, ...
Today's people
Aug 02, 1999 ... Singer Olivia Newton-John is embarking on her first tour sincebeing diagnosed with breast cancer. Mind stayed active as singer rested RENO, Nev. - Olivia Newton-John says her body was content to kickback and relax after her 1992 triumph over breast cancer. Her ...
CBS can keep its 'Thanks' to itself
Aug 02, 1999; ... The current network TV season has been a bad year for History.We've had to endure the vulgar "Secret Diary of Desmond Pfeiffer," aslapstick version of "Noah's Ark" and a soft-porn take on"Cleopatra." Now add the astoundingly unfunny "Thanks" (8:30 p.m.,CBS, TV-G) to the network's assault ...
Tennessee bank soon to open branches in Kroger stores
Aug 02, 1999; ... If you go Krogering, First Market Bank hopes you'll stop at one oftheir in-store branches to apply for a loan, invest or buy insurance. The Memphis-based company is moving into the Charleston market ina big way. It is opening a traditional bank branch at 128 CapitolSt. and seven ...
PBS president says list sharing will stop: Practice called 'nonpolitical and nonpartisan'
Aug 02, 1999 ... PASADENA, Calif. - Public broadcasting stations, under fire forsharing donor lists with partisan political groups, will halt thepractice immediately but the fallout may linger, PBS President ErvinS. Duggan said. "It has delayed the (federal budget) authorization process and ...
Small video retailers look to fight big boys: About 2,500 video stores across U.S. closed in '98
Aug 02, 1999 ... LOS ANGELES - Five years ago, video store owner David Zullo wasready to hit the eject button and bail out of the business because ofchain retailers and other competition for viewers' attention. But a funny thing happened on the way to the liquidation sale.Video rentals went up at ...
Jobs plentiful in funeral industry: Strange hours, low pay contribute to big dropout rate
Aug 02, 1999 ... CINCINNATI - After years of working in her family's downtownCincinnati restaurant, Kathryn Hulsether is back in college toprepare for an unusual career change: funeral service. Hulsether, a 31-year-old mother of two children, said she wasimpressed by the professional handling of ...
Report says state lags others in the 'new economy'
Aug 02, 1999; ... Maybe West Virginia doesn't have enough ".com"s. Or maybe we don't have enough high-tech jobs. Perhaps it's thatour companies aren't growing fast enough. For many reasons, West Virginia ranked 48th in a recent nationalstudy gauging how states perform in today's "new ...
Pepsi now official drink of Calif. city
Aug 02, 1999 ... SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Pepsi, the self-anointed "choice of a newgeneration," will soon be the only option for thirsty workers andvisitors on city property in California's capital. The Sacramento City Council has approved a $2 million deal to dubPepsi the official drink of Sacramento, ...
Business people
Aug 02, 1999 ... ARCHITECTURE - William Bevins of Charleston has been elected second vicepresident of the National Council of Architectural RegistrationBoards. Bevins is vice president-owner of ZMM Inc., Charleston. ASSOCIATIONS - R.M. Brewer, president of Brewer & Co. of West ...
Jobs, training don't mesh in W.Va., study shows
Aug 02, 1999; ... A national study confirms what a state report already indicated:West Virginia is not adequately training its workers for the jobsthat are available. The Progressive Policy Institute, a think tank in Washington,ranked West Virginia 48th overall and 50th in work force ...
Earnings for City Holding Co. match for same period in 1998
Aug 02, 1999 ... City Holding Co.'s second-quarter net income of $7 million hasmatched the earnings for the same period of 1998. Earnings for the three months ended June 30 were 42 cents pershare, compared with 41 cents for the year-ago period, thebankholding company said Friday. City Holding ...
Lawyers are required in this complex world: Banks not open about money made from fees
Aug 02, 1999; ... Q. In a past column, you state, "it is sometimes necessary to hirean attorney in order to receive certain benefits." Isn't it truethat the system has created an entire industry in which theseattorneys are enriched? S.V. Cincinnati A. Your observation could be made ...
Fidelity National to buy rival Chicago Title Corp.
Aug 02, 1999 ... CHICAGO - Real estate services company Fidelity National FinancialInc. has agreed to buy larger rival Chicago Title Corp. for about$1.2 billion, or $52 a share, in about equal amounts of cash andstock. The purchase, announced Sunday, more than doubles the size ofFidelity National ...
Woods vs. Duval, but it doesn't count
Aug 02, 1999 ... One of these years, David Duval and Tiger Woods just might findthemselves paired together in the final round with a tournament onthe line. For now, they'll have to settle for a made-for-televisionevent with only bragging rights at stake. In the first golf event broadcast live by a ...
Four people killed in Ohio plane crash
Aug 02, 1999 ... NORTH LIMA, Ohio - A single-engine plane crashed in a cornfieldjust after takeoff Sunday, killing four of the five people aboard,authorities said. The fifth person, a 15-year-old boy, was hospitalized in seriouscondition at Cleveland MetroHealth Medical Center, a ...
Can't fail with my e-mail
Aug 02, 1999; ... E-MAIL helped us reach out and touch scattered friends and family. Till we lost the connection. Having no e-mail service turned out to be something akin to havinga power failure. First our computer crashed. We barely had the system operating again when our ...
DEARABBY
Aug 02, 1999 ... DEAR ABBY: Like most of your readers, I never thought I'd bewriting to you, but I'm at my wit's end. I am a 38-year-old married woman. My husband doesn't drink,doesn't smoke, doesn't fool around, is physically fit, great in bedand not afraid to shower. He works at a full-time job, ...
HOROSCOPE
Aug 02, 1999 ... FORECAST FOR TUESDAY eARIES (March21-April 19). Change the way you perceive the world,instead of expecting the world to change. Try your best to help anold friend in need, but don't go out on a limb. Tonight, spontaneousgatherings bring exciting romance in your path. rTAURUS ...
Joint woes? Start out slower: As with people, the right 'boots' can prevent problems
Aug 02, 1999 ... DEAR Tom and Ray: My 1992 Mazda Protege is currently in the shophaving its CV joints replaced. This expensive repair happenseventually to every car I own. So the question is, is it me? Doesmy driving style have anything to do with how quickly a CV jointwears ...
Keeping people away from utility lines is the goal of association: When caller reports plans, group notifies companies
Aug 02, 1999; ... "Call before you dig, drill or blast." That advice will be followed an estimated 52,000 times this yearin West Virginia, according to James Kovach, liaison manager for MissUtility of West Virginia Inc. Even with that volume of calls, some people still dig before theyphone, ...
The rites of right-of-way: The idea is head encroachments on utilities.; It means keeping an eye in the sky, and occasionally using a really big saw
Aug 02, 1999; ... You would think a 50-foot-wide swath through the woods would beeasy to follow from a helicopter flying 300 feet above the earth. You would be wrong. Even with gee-whiz technology, patrolling Columbia GasTransmission Corp.'s pipelines and American Electric Power's ...
Another deregulation fiasco ahead?
Aug 02, 1999; ... In case you haven't noticed, electric service is a tad lessreliable nowadays. American Electric Power recently asked customers to voluntarilyconserve power. It was a replay of a longer voluntary conservationplea issued by the utility last summer. What's going on here? It ...
Cats tumble to .500
Aug 02, 1999 ... KANNAPOLIS, N.C. - A fourth consecutive loss to the Piedmont BollWeevils dropped the Charleston Alley Cats to 500 (18-18) in the SouthAtlantic League season's second half. The Cats fell to Piedmont here on Sunday, 6-5, in 12 innings.Piedmont's Ambiroix Reyes' RBI single scored ...
Briefly
Aug 02, 1999 ... BASEBALL - Baseball officials are investigating a letter sent by anumpire's wife to determine if it warrants disciplinary action againsther husband. AL umpire John Hirschbeck, whose wife received the letter, said hehad reported the matter to baseball. A top baseball ...
Tell us about it
Aug 02, 1999 ... FOOTBALL CALLS - A meeting for all Hayes Junior High players and parents isscheduled for 7 p.m. Tuesday at the school. The team will openpractice Monday, Aug. 9. For more information, call Russ Shepherd at984-0510. - George Washington Middle School players should report to ...
AMERICAN LEAGUE GAMES
Aug 02, 1999 ... ANGELS 2, TWINS 1 Steve Sparks took a no-hitter into the seventh and Darin Erstadhomered. Terry Steinbach hit his first pitch in the seventh up themiddle for a clean single. Sparks gave up one other hit - a singleby Chad Allen - and an unearned run in the eighth. MINNESOTA ...
Baseball P.M.
Aug 02, 1999 ... AMERICAN LEAGUE East Division Wild card GB in ( W L Pct GB L10 Str Home Away Intr New York 62 41 .602 - z-6-4 L-2 34-20 28-21 9-9 Toronto (WC leader) 59 48 .551 5 z-7-3 W-3 36-23 23-25 9-9 Boston (1/2) 57 47 .548 51/2 5-5 W-2 32-22 25-25 ...
NATIONAL LEAGUE GAMES
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Packers might play without Brooks
Aug 02, 1999 ... GREEN BAY, Wis. - Green Bay General Manager Ron Wolf offeredassurances that the Packers have replacements if they lose widereceiver Robert Brooks. After a day in training camp, Brooks skipped workouts Saturday andSunday, creating speculation that he would retire because ...
S. Carolina firm set to buy Pete Dye Golf Course
Aug 02, 1999 ... A South Carolina-based real estate firm is set to announce itspurchase of the Pete Dye Golf Course in Bridgeport, a Clarksburgnewspaper says. Golf Trust of America Inc., a real estate investment trust inCharleston, S.C., will announce today its purchase of the course for$12.3 ...
Lottery
Aug 02, 1999 ... * WEST VIRGINIA Daily 3: 786 Daily 4: 3509 - OHIO Pick 3: 232 Pick 4: 0736 Super Lotto: 9-18-19-28-35-38 Kicker: 943313 - CASH 4 LIFE 16-36-91-96 - ...
Fire leaves more than 1,000 homeless
Aug 02, 1999 ... KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - A fire swept through a shantytown in aremote Malaysian state on Monday, leaving more than 1,000 peoplehomeless, a news report said. Thirty firefighters in six trucks fought the blaze in KampungTitingan in the eastern ...
For the record
Aug 02, 1999 ... * Bankruptcy filings The following people filed petitions in U.S. Bankruptcy Court forthe Southern District on July 26, 1999: - Kathy June and Larry Joe Thorne, Rt. 4, Box 423, Princeton.Chapter 7. Assets: $16,526.25. Liabilities: $32,924.54. - Melissa Dawn and Steven ...
City criminals soon may star in their own police production Cruisers could soon have video cameras
Aug 02, 1999; ... Charleston criminals soon could be caught on tape. With City Council's approval tonight, the Charleston PoliceDepartment could proceed with plans to purchase nearly $150,000 worthof video equipment to be installed in the city's 24 police cruisers. A grant would fund the ...
Vikings' theme: 'Finish the job'
Aug 02, 1999; ... MANKATO, Minn. - Andrew Glover says the NFC Championship loss toAtlanta in January has given the Minnesota Vikings their mantra forthe season. "Well, I'm always hungry. I don't know if it made me hungrier,"the tight end said Sunday as he reported to training camp with ...
Reds take advantage of wildness: Reds welcome commitment
Aug 02, 1999; ... CINCINNATI - By trading for starter Juan Guzman and adding to anover-budget payroll, the rebuilding Cincinnati Reds have made theirintentions clear. They want to win now, as well as later. "This tells me they're committed to winning," team captain BarryLarkin said Sunday ....
Reds take advantage of wildness: Cincinnati defeats Giants 9-1, now trails Astros by 21/2 games
Aug 02, 1999; ... CINCINNATI - On the kind of hot, muggy afternoon when the ballreally carries at Cinergy Field, the Cincinnati Reds scored nine runswithout hitting one out. That pretty much sums up the state of the San Francisco Giants'pitching. The Cincinnati Reds benefitted from eight walks ...
Expectations are high in Blacksburg, Lots of hoopla surrounds Va. Tech, WVU's nemesis
Aug 02, 1999; ... EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. - After an action-packed day of interviewsand a buffet lunch, members of West Virginia University's footballteam strolled out of Giants Stadium. Waiting at the curb to whisk them from Big East Conference MediaDay to a chartered flight at Newark Airport was a ...
, A 'retton' language from W.Va.
Aug 02, 1999; ... THE language of sports has taken a lead off first and stolen itsway into our everyday vocabulary. A "knockout" might mean a boxer rendered an opponent unconsciousor it could be a description of a beautiful woman. A "slam dunk"might be a shot by Shaquille O'Neal or it could be an ...
Riverside gets started: Optimism abounds as new school has first football practice
Aug 02, 1999; ... A new era of high school football began today in eastern KanawhaCounty and it didn't take long for Dick Whitman to notice asignificant change. "It's great to be able to stand in front of 70 players when you'reused to standing in front of 30 or 40," said Riverside High's firsthead ...
Vent Line
Aug 02, 1999 ... * Just as I thought. The so-called and much heralded East Endprecinct sits deserted when it is needed the most - late at night.Business as usual. - I take issue with the woman who said just because a father livesat home with his children doesn't make him a good father. This ...
Spring Break changed
Aug 02, 1999 ... Kanawha County Schools has moved the dates of 1999-2000 SpringBreak from April 17-21 to April 24-28, which falls after the ...
, Fatal floods strike Korean peninsula
Aug 02, 1999 ... DONGDUCHON, South Korea - Water inundated highways, military basesand thousands of homes across South Korea today after heavy rainstriggered floods and landslides, leaving at least 16 people dead and17 missing. The government said the death toll could rise as communicationswith ...
Drift may mean more Calif. earthquakes
Aug 02, 1999 ... LOS ANGELES - Downtown Los Angeles is drifting toward Pasadena ata rate of one inch every five years, squeezing the land between in avise that could cause more earthquakes than had been expected in theregion, Jet Propulsion Laboratory scientists using new satellitemeasurements report ...
Contractor's trial postponed 3 months
Aug 02, 1999 ... Gary L. Brooks, the contractor accused of defrauding Kanawha andPutnam county homeowners out of thousands of dollars, has agreed tobide his time in jail while his court-appointed attorney prepares hiscase. Brooks, 41, of Teays Valley is charged with several counts ofobtaining by ...
Bounty hunters catch suspects fleeing bond: Wild chase upsets Preston residents
Aug 02, 1999 ... MORGANTOWN - A bounty hunter who found his man in West Virginiahas captured the interest of Preston County residents. Terry Petak was in her home Friday when she heard what soundedlike a car without a muffler nearing her driveway. "I didn't know what was going on at first," ...
Obituaries
Aug 02, 1999 ... Joseph M. Bostic WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS - Joseph Millard Bostic, 60, of WhiteSulphur Springs died Saturday, July 31, 1999, at home after anapparent heart attack. He was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-daySaints, White Sulphur Springs, and was owner and ...
Floods, landslides kill at least 16 in Philippines
Aug 02, 1999 ... MANILA, Philippines - Monsoon rains in the area of Manilaunleashed floods and landslides, killing at least 16 people andleaving at least 10 missing, officials said today. Twelve people, including a family of seven, died when their homeswere hit by a landslide in Antipolo City ...
Ban on British beef ends
Aug 02, 1999 ... LONDON - European regulators have lifted a three-year ban onBritish beef exports imposed after an outbreak ...
Police blotter
Aug 02, 1999 ... Man charged with malicious wounding A South Charleston man was arrested after allegedly striking hisgirlfriend's father in the head with a fireplace poker, police said. Brian Goode, 21, of the 900 block of Heavenly Drive was arrestedseveral hours after the 2:30 a.m. incident ...
Newsbriefs
Aug 02, 1999 ... Clinton's sin one of weakness, wife says WASHINGTON - Hillary Rodham Clinton says her husband's sexualbehavior may stem from a troubled childhood and that she is trying tohelp him with his "weakness." "I thought this was resolved 10 years ago," she said. "I thoughthe ...
Letters to the Editor
Aug 02, 1999 ... Soccer The city shouldn't send good money after the bad IF Charleston backs out of a deal to purchase 29 acres of landnear Capital High School, the city will lose the $155,000 it hasalready spent, plus another $15,000 to satisfy the owner. That's a lot to ...
Our views
Aug 02, 1999 ... Tax cuts Surely Byrd and Rockefeller will offer West Virginians some relief SUSTAINED economic growth is swamping the federal Treasury in taxrevenues. The nation is expected to run a $2.9 TRILLION surplus overthe next 10 years. Democrats and Republicans agree ...
Help out at home? Absolutely!: Hombres, housework is a breeze
Aug 02, 1999; ... I could be the governor of Guadalajara, the mayor of Acapulco.I'd get the women's vote for sure. There's a growing campaign in Mexico for women to stop doinghousework in protest at their husbands' machismo attitudes towardsuch domestic practices. They want the men to pitch in, and ...