Charleston Daily Mail back issues from January 2000:
Hello, 2000 ! Y2K bug lacked real byte: ; Business, government had taken precautions over computer glitch
Jan 01, 2000; ... DAILY MAIL POLITICAL EDITOR The year 2000 arrived in the Kanawha Valley and throughout WestVirginia in much the same way as it did in the rest of the world -with great celebration but few, if any, computer-caused disruptions. "No problems anywhere," Gov. Cecil Underwood ...
Year's first baby came by C-section
Jan 01, 2000; ... Edward Russell didn't see the ball drop in Charleston. He didn'tsee Dick Clark in New York. He didn't see any confetti or drink anychampagne. In fact, he wasn't even thinking about celebrating thenew millennium. At 12:01 a.m., Russell, 31, was watching his wife, Angie, 26,undergo ...
Laboratory gets OK to make drug
Jan 01, 2000; ... PITTSBURGH - The Food and Drug Administration has grantedapproval for Mylan Laboratories Inc., which has a plant inMorgantown, W.Va., to manufacture Azathioprine tablets in 50milligram strength. Azathioprine is the generic equivalent to Imuran, which is usedin kidney ...
State gets more money from tobacco settlement
Jan 01, 2000; ... Attorney General Darrell McGraw says the state's lawsuit againstthe tobacco industry, which resulted in a $1.8 billion settlement,was never about money. "It's about public health concerns," McGraw said Friday as heannounced that the state had received an $18.8 million payment ...
Shepherdstown braced for peace talks
Jan 01, 2000; ... SHEPHERDSTOWN - President Clinton plans to arrive at ShepherdCollege Monday morning, the first day of peace talks between Israeland Syria. Details about the president's visit weren't immediatelyavailable, but the White House released a tentative itineraryFriday. Clinton is to ...
Hostage standoff ends after 8 hours: ; Suspect was allegedly upset over losing her job
Jan 01, 2000; ... OLATHE, Kan. - A hostage standoff that lasted nearly eight hoursended early today when two of the people being held captive managedto disarm the female suspect, allowing a SWAT team to make thearrest. No one was injured during the standoff that began around 5 ...
Ceremony will mark reopening of city bridge
Jan 01, 2000 ... The official opening of the new Lee Street Bridge is scheduledfor next week. Motorists have been traveling over the new bridge for severalweeks, but the completion of the project will be marked with a 10:30a.m. ceremony Monday. Gov. Cecil ...
2000: ; Y2K bug barely makes buzz; Experts say there could still be problems in future
Jan 01, 2000; ... The new millennium dawned this morning and the world's computershummed along as if it were just another day, the feared Y2K bugbarely noticeable. Only a few sporadic glitches popped up today, while expertswarned that it could take days, weeks or months before problems ...
The world welcomes 2000
Jan 01, 2000; ... The world has seen itself at its best. As midnight arrived in country after country, there were noterrorist attacks, no Y2K meltdowns and no reports of mass suicidesamong doomsday cults. Instead, seven continents stepped joyouslyinto the 21st Century. Computers guiding air ...
News briefs
Jan 01, 2000 ... Hostages reunited with families NEW DELHI, India - Freed hostages returned to their families intear-filled reunions after an eight-day hijacking of an IndianAirlines plane ended peacefully, but some predicted today that Indiawould pay a heavy price for swapping the release of three ...
Our views: ; 21st century West Virginia needs to change its ways to speed up its growth
Jan 01, 2000; ... WEST Virginia's leadership spent most of the 20th century earningthe state a reputation for low per capita income, high taxes, highdebt, political corruption and abysmal fiscal management. Itdefaulted on its Turnpike bonds, ruined its workers' compensationprogram, ran up the largest ...
Color lines outlast the century: ; 'I have a dream' remains a goal for this country
Jan 01, 2000; ... WASHINGTON - As we enter a new century, a problem from the oldone continues to haunt us. It is the color line. In 1902 the black scholar W.E.B. Du Bois forecast that "Theproblem of the 20th century is the problem of the color line, thequestion is how far differences of a race ...
Woman had planned to flee from abuse
Jan 01, 2000 ... CAROLINA - A Marion County woman shot to death this week had beenplanning to leave the state to escape a long and abusiverelationship with her ex-husband, police and acquaintances say. William Long, who killed himself after firing on his ex-wife witha shotgun Wednesday night, had ...
Hampshire County deputy killed in off-duty crash
Jan 01, 2000; ... AUGUSTA - A Hampshire County deputy who also worked part-time asa police officer for Capon Bridge has died in an off-duty accident. Deputy John William Rotz, 25, was killed when his personalvehicle, a compact car, slammed head-on into a tractor-trailer onU.S. Route 50 near Augusta, ...
Our views: ; Deterrence; Consequences may be painful,; but lack of consequences is worse
Jan 01, 2000; ... AT the tail end of the 20th century, U.S. Attorney Rebecca Bettsreported results that warm the heart of the taxpayer: a recordcollection of $14,365,162 in federal fines. You go, girl. West Virginia is going to have to do a lot more ofthis kind of work in the coming years. In ...
Vent Line
Jan 01, 2000 ... * Charlotte Ferrell Smith is one terrific writer. I've enjoyedher articles for some time, and wanted to say I think she's anational treasure. Her "Dining Out" columns are particularly good. - What's wrong with speed traps? If you would obey the speedlimits, you wouldn't have to ...
Weather blamed for water main rupture
Jan 01, 2000 ... It was not Y2K but rather the changing weather that caused awater main in St. Albans to rupture early this morning, a cityspokesman said. The break occurred before dawn along on B Street, just outsidethe city's main water substation. An exact number of St. Albans residents ...
Town had a fishy idea for ringing in New Year
Jan 01, 2000; ... PORT CLINTON, Ohio - New York might have dropped a 1,070-poundcrystal ball dotted with multicolored light bulbs, but folks herehad their walleye. Port Clinton dropped an 18-foot-long fiberglass walleye from acrane at midnight as people in the Island House restaurant cheeredand ...
Chemical plants got a quiet New Year: ; No computer glitches reported among facilities
Jan 01, 2000; ... At idled or shut down chemical plants, production and managementteams alike had eyes on computer monitors of one sort or another as2000 approached. The viewing was pretty dull. Almost everything worked properly. At Clearon Corp. in South Charleston, Mike Popp's laptop was ...
Obituaries & News
Jan 01, 2000 ... Norma Baucom MONROE, N.C. - Norma Lee Murdock Baucom, 70, of Monroe diedThursday, Dec. 30, 1999, in Union Regional Medical Center. She was a native of Kanawha County, W.Va., a retired supervisorfrom the mailroom of Delmar Studios and a member of Shiloh AdventChristian ...
Rollover goes smoothly for area banks: ; Industry was poised for trouble, but it had little
Jan 01, 2000; ... Tellers Kim Milam and Carol Ross had to wait 40 minutes into thenew year before their first customer showed up at City NationalBank's Cross Lanes drive-in. Donald Marcum became customer No. 1 when he stopped to cash acheck "because it was the only time I could find to do this." ...
Many still take to the air for new year
Jan 01, 2000; ... As the fireworks exploded in the crisp clear sky aboveCharleston, thousands of area residents watched from below. Meanwhile, a few dared to face down the Y2K bug from the air byviewing the pyrotechnics from planes. "Just for fun," said Al LaDriere as to why he chose to ...
Small post office offering postmark for Jan. 1, 2000
Jan 01, 2000; ... ORANGE CITY, Fla. - A small post office inside a museum openedtoday to offer a one-of-a-kind postmark for Jan. 1, 2000. Other area post offices are closed for the New Year's holiday,but the Orange City Postal Museum at the Heritage Inn will be open -and so will its ...
Newspapers around world mark century
Jan 01, 2000; ... The Singapore Straits Times said it all: "It was all bug and nobite." Around the world, people woke today to news the dreaded Y2K bugwas, well, "Y2(O)K" in the words of the Omaha (Neb.) World-Herald. After months of speculation about computer problems, seriousglitches failed ...
Some poor souls celebrated the big night at the ER: ; Hospitals have steady, busy New Year's Eve
Jan 01, 2000; ... New Year's Eve was supposed to be Austel and Heidi Miller's firstnight in their new home. Instead, the couple spent the evening inthe emergency room after Austel cut his finger in a home maintenancemishap. "I'm so sorry I ruined New Year's for you," Austel told his wifeas a crowd ...
Dayne, Badgers go after another Rose
Jan 01, 2000; ... PASADENA, Calif. - As he wraps up a record-breaking collegecareer, Heisman Trophy winner Ron Dayne needs 75 yards rushing inthe Rose Bowl today to reach 7,000 for his career. He should have little trouble getting them. Dayne leads a Wisconsin team seeking a second straight Rose ...
Chan gains more fans
Jan 01, 2000; ... The largest problem is what to call it. The Chan Craze? Chanamania? Chanapalooza? By whatever name, Ales Chan might consider a solo career insteadof a season at the end of West Virginia University's bench. He hasbecome that popular. A 7-foot freshman ...
WVU goes out with a bang: ; Mountaineers beat James Madison, get fourth straight win
Jan 01, 2000; ... Last year, West Virginia University would have rather avoided andforgotten its old acquaintances. The Big East Conference was mostly a brick wall for WVU's Metroof a car in 1998-99. The Mountaineers eventually finished 4-14,edging only Boston College in the standings. Yet the ...
SLIM'S PICKINS
Jan 01, 2000 ... Race 1: 8, Sweet Newton; 3, Wms Inferno; 7, Royal Ms Katina Race 2: 3, Ripley Roller; 4, Bandi Connection; 5, Js Dover Bay Race 3: 2, Dolla Appeal; 8, Ps Skipatip; 5, Craigie Holiday Race 4: 5, Pixson Gil; 6, Ns Rarin To Go; 3, Tested Nice Race 5: 8, Kelsos Reflex; ...
Briefly
Jan 01, 2000 ... FOOTBALL - Penn State linebacker LaVar Arrington said he is giving up hissenior year as expected and making himself eligible for the NFLDraft. - Running back Stephen Davis won't be on the field Sunday whenthe Washington Redskins play the Miami Dolphins in the ...
West Virginia 80, Oklahoma State 76
Jan 01, 2000 ... At Charleston Civic Center OKLAHOMASTATE(7-4) Player Min FG 3pt FT R A PT Cummings 24 6-9 0-0 7 1 12 Faulk 31 3-6 2-2 11 3 8 Hutchens 15 0-6 0-2 1-2 2 2 1 Hawkins 33 5-8 1-2 1-3 2 1 12 Crow 40 9-21 2-8 8-11 9 6 28 Releford 27 5-7 ...
TODAY'S LINE
Jan 01, 2000 ... NCAA Football Bowl Games Today FAVORITE OPEN TODAY (O/U) UNDERDOG Gator Bowl at Jacksonville, Fla. Miami (Fla.) 41/2 5 (68) Georgia Tech Citrus Bowl at Orlando, Fla. Florida 21/2 2 (50) Michigan State Rose Bowl at Pasadena, ...
WVU guard regains confidence: ; Kudryavtseva gets 17 points in her second WVU game
Jan 01, 2000; ... It will take a day to stitch Darya Kudryavtseva's last name onthe back of her West Virginia University basketball jersey. The choice is whether the tailor is hired next month or nextseason. "After today's game, I've got my confidence back," Kudryavtsevasaid Friday afternoon ....
Year's first baby came by C-section
Jan 01, 2000; ... Angie and Edward Russell admire their new baby boy, Ethan Asher.Ethan was the Kanawha Valley's first ...
SATURDAYS: ; I'm not the type to give into the hype
Jan 01, 2000 ... Y2K came and went, and I was never afraid one bit. I stared downdoomsday like a real man, with no bottled water and no Spam. I neverset foot in an Army surplus store. It was like wrestling analligator barehanded. I felt part of a populist movement, the great Y2K ...
Twins' births split old, new millenniums
Jan 01, 2000; ... Separated by the stroke of midnight, at least three sets of twinswere born on opposite sides of the new millennium. The births occurred in Indianapolis, Fairfax, Va., and Berlin,Germany. Neither Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis nor parents Julie andTim Wallman planned the ...
REGIONAL
Jan 01, 2000 ... Hi Lo Otlk Akron 57 41 Rain Charlotte 61 46 Cldy Cincinnati 59 49 Rain Cleveland 58 43 Rain Columbus,Ohio 59 46 Rain Dayton 57 48 Rain Daytona Beach 78 54 PCldy Greensboro,N.C. 65 45 ...
NATIONAL
Jan 01, 2000 ... Hi Lo Otlk Anchorage 4 -7 PCldy Baltimore 60 38 PCldy Boston 51 38 Cldy Chicago 47 40 Rain Dallas-Ft Worth 71 53 PCldy Denver 40 20 PCldy Detroit 50 40 Rain Honolulu 80 65 Clr Houston 77 61 Cldy Indianapolis 54 42 ...
Ducks upend Gophers
Jan 01, 2000; ... EL PASO, Texas - The Oregon Ducks knew that Billy Cockerham wasreally a running back in a quarterback's body. So, they stacked up to stop Minnesota's elusive playmaker andalso stuffed Thomas Hamner, whom Gopher Coach Glen Mason hailed ashaving as good a year as Heisman Trophy ...
Last-second kick lifts Ole Miss
Jan 01, 2000; ... SHREVEPORT, La. - Mississippi provided its football fans with aNew Year's Eve to remember. The Rebels, after seeing a 21-3 halftime lead slip away, drovefor a game-winning field goal in the final 2:17 Friday night to beatOklahoma 27-25 at the Independence Bowl. Les Binkley's ...
So. Miss holds off Colo. State
Jan 01, 2000; ... MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Southern Mississippi could manage only a fieldgoal in the second half of the Liberty Bowl. Thanks to AdaliusThomas and his defensive teammates, it was enough to hold offColorado State. Thomas had three sacks in the second half as the Golden Eaglesshut out ...
Sugar Bowl briefs
Jan 01, 2000 ... * Ricky Hall, Virginia Tech's leading punt returner and astarting wide receiver, broke his left foot in practice Friday andprobably will miss the national championship game against FloridaState. Dr. Duane Lagan, the Hokies' team physician, said it was "prettydoubtful" that Hall ...
COLLEGE BOWLS: ; Alabaman hopes to help turn back Tide
Jan 01, 2000; ... MIAMI - Michigan senior receiver Marcus Knight concludes hiscollegiate career tonight against Alabama, the team he rooted forgrowing up. "I'm an Alabama guy at heart, but I'm a Michigan man, if you canunderstand that," he said. For many Alabamans, Knight's decision to attend ...
Buffaloes storm by Boston College
Jan 01, 2000; ... TUCSON, Ariz. - Colorado's offense isn't really one-dimensional.It just seemed that way against Boston College. The Buffaloes rushed for 365 yards, with Cortlen Johnsonaccounting for 201, simultaneously running out the clock and stillscoring enough to embarrass the 25th-ranked ...
Today's people
Jan 01, 2000 ... Taylor honored with British title LONDON - Proving once again there ain't nothing like a dame,Elizabeth Taylor didn't mince words in reacting to the honorbestowed upon her by Queen Elizabeth II. The British-born actress was on Friday designated a dame, thefemale equivalent of ...
Tune in tonight: ; Nickelodeon lets the kids do the talking
Jan 01, 2000; ... NEW YORK - The televised New Year begins with a couple ofambitious looks forward, as well as several glances back to ourprimetime past. Starting one minute into the New Year, Nickelodeon will kick offa 24-hour, commercial free "Nickellennium." Broadcast in ninelanguages to 122 ...
New year comes as many surround selves with friends
Jan 01, 2000; ... Growing up, Karen Ray sometimes imagined what she'd be doing onNew Year's Eve 2000. "I thought, 'I'll be 28 and that I won't haveany fun,'" she recalled. " 'I'll be too old.'" But she surprised herself Friday night - twice. She was havingfun, but she wasn't at some big fancy party ...
What a night to party!
Jan 01, 2000 ... Todd McAllister and Sherrie LaRowe celebrated the new year - andtheir new engagement - at a ...
You'll love the next 100 years: ; Do take notes so you'll know what's coming up
Jan 01, 2000; ... I imagine you are as sick as I am of reading about the centuryjust past. It wasn't that good a century. A time of great progressperhaps, but much of the progress consisted of more efficient waysof killing greater numbers of people and polluting the environmentever faster. So I'm ...
What a night to party !
Jan 01, 2000; ... No lowering of millennium balls or galas for these folks. It's aneighborhood thing for Jon ...
What a night to Party!
Jan 01, 2000; ... Chad Harrison made the elaborate mask he wore to ring in the newyear at The ...
What a night to Party!
Jan 01, 2000; ... Thirteen-year-old Allison Ehman entertains guests with familymemories at Jeri Kaufman's West Side home ....
What a night to Party!
Jan 01, 2000; ... While others partied on, 4-year-old Jack Swiney crashed on amakeshift ...
Ex-Nixon attorney general, Richardson, dead at 79
Jan 01, 2000; ... BOSTON - He served as secretary of defense under Richard Nixon,was the ambassador to Great Britain and ran for the U.S. Senate inMassachusetts in 1984. But Elliot Lee Richardson was best known as a man of characterwho, during the height of the Watergate investigation, ...
What a night to Party!
Jan 01, 2000; ... Partygoers at the Charleston House's Chesapeake Crab House weredrawn away from the ...
What a night to Party!: ; Pregnant woman gets chance to celebrate
Jan 01, 2000; ... Bill and Angela Tadlock of Parkersburg celebrated the beginningof 2000 in romantic style, dancing at ...
Pregnant woman gets chance to celebrate
Jan 01, 2000 ... Seven-months pregnant and ordered by her doctor to get bed rest,Angela Tadlock managed to find a way to celebrate on New Year's Eve. She went downstairs. Tadlock, who lives in Parkersburg, was told a month ago by herdoctor that she needed to stay within 10 minutes of Charleston ...
Customers still: ; getting water, gas after new year; Utilities report few problems in first hours of 2000
Jan 01, 2000; ... Most utility company officials were eager to talk to reportersshortly after midnight because, quite frankly, they had nothing elseto do. Geared up to handle outages caused by computer bugs or drunkendrivers, they generally had fewer service calls than they would on aregular New ...
Emergencies few at state's emrgency center: ; Office will continue to check for problems
Jan 01, 2000; ... Joycelyn Kyte of the American Red Cross, center, and VickieFisher of the Federal Emergency Management Agency have a bubbleblowing competition in the State ...
Emergencies few at state's emrgency center: ; Office will continue to check for problems
Jan 01, 2000; ... The toughest test that workers in the state Office of EmergencyServices faced at midnight was getting their party poppers to pop. Assembled to meet any Y2K emergencies, representatives fromseveral state and federal agencies wore purple party hats andtoasted the new year with grape ...
Snowshoe partiers cheer in New Year
Jan 01, 2000; ... SNOWSHOE MOUNTAIN - They call it S2K at the pinnacle of WestVirginia - Snowshoe 2000. About 5,000 people partied in the new millennium at dozens ofbashes scattered about the mountain. They ranged from privateretreats at remote cabins to a half dozen organized ...
LOOKING BACK: ; Digging in with gusto is best way to get anywhere
Jan 01, 2000; ... DIG in. I remember digging in from - well, almost from infancy. From 'way back. After you've dug in a time or two, you don't notice it as beingdifferent - just routine. Mother got me started when I was just a little boy. She set a bigbowl of oats before me and said "dig ...
DEAR ABBY: ; New Year's resolutions achieved one day at a time
Jan 01, 2000; ... DEAR READERS: My New Year's column has become an annualtradition. These New Year's resolutions are based on the originalcredo of Al-Anon. I am using its theme with some variations of myown. Just for today, I will live through this day only, and not setfar-reaching goals to try to ...
HOROSCOPE
Jan 01, 2000; ... FORECAST FOR SUNDAY ARIES (March 21-April 19). You continually expand your horizons.Maintain fresh and close associations, and watch life surprise youwith the results. Start being more realistic in personal projects.If you can't be somewhere in person, remain in touch. TAURUS ...
911 directors say preparations were beneficial
Jan 01, 2000; ... Metro 911 directors in Kanawha and Putnam counties said theiragencies spent hundreds of hours throughout the past year to makesure they were ready for Y2K and any problems it may have caused. Although no Y2K breakdowns occurred, both directors said theprecautionary measures were ...