Charleston Daily Mail back issues from June 2000:
Court rejects asylum for Elian
Jun 01, 2000; ... ATLANTA - A federal appeals court sided with Elian Gonzalez'sfather today in the 6-month-old international custody battle, rulingthat immigration officials acted properly when they denied an asylumhearing for the Cuban boy. Under the ruling, Elian must remain inthe United States for 14 ...
Walker interested in seat on commission
Jun 01, 2000; ... DAILY MAIL STAFF State Sen. Martha Walker, D-Kanawha, said today she is"definitely interested" in an appointment to the Kanawha CountyCommission if a vacancy comes up as a result of this fall'selection. "I'm not ruling anything out," said Walker, who gave upher Senate seat for ...
Pools deal with fewer lifeguards: ; Cost of training may discourage some
Jun 01, 2000; ... DAILY MAIL STAFF The pool of qualified lifeguards is shallow this year, but mostarea parks at least had enough people to open on time. "There is asevere shortage of lifeguards," said Ellen Bullock, director ofhealth, safety and community services with the Central West ...
Timing of rate cuts criticized: ; Labor officials call changes political
Jun 01, 2000; ... DAILY MAIL CAPITOL REPORTER Two labor officials claim the timing of a decision to lowerworkers' compensation rates for West Virginia companies ispolitically motivated - and could send the longtime Cold War betweenbusiness and labor back to the deep freeze. "This makes it ...
Motives differ in school arsons
Jun 01, 2000; ... DAILY MAIL STAFF Arson investigators follow the money to nab suspects in mostintentional fires. But investigators examine a different motive tosolve arson cases at schools like George Washington Middle School inPutnam County, experts said. "Usually, the motives are ...
Likely charges 'a double tragedy': ; Superintendent sad 3 students suspected in fire
Jun 01, 2000; ... DAILY MAIL PUTNAM REPORTER Three George Washington Middle School students will be charged inthe fire that destroyed a historic school, a fact school officialssay makes the event even more tragic. "A tragedy has become adouble tragedy," Putnam County school Superintendent Sam ...
Economic picture disturbing: ; State development official says report not surprising
Jun 01, 2000; ... DAILY MAIL BUSINESS EDITOR A detailed look at the state's economy provides facts that aredisturbing but not surprising, a state development leader said. DonRigby, chairman of the Council for Community and EconomicDevelopment, said West Virginia needs to face major ...
Ruling delays work on Dunbar housing project: ; Zoning group must; investigate housing plan again
Jun 01, 2000; ... DAILY MAIL STAFF A proposed Dunbar housing development faces more roadblocks onthe path to completion after a zoning decision. The city's planningcommission had originally voted to allow developer Robert Weidlichto rezone 100 acres of property from a single-family zone to a ...
REGIONAL
Jun 01, 2000 ... Hi Lo Otlk Akron 81 63 PCldy Charlotte 92 64 Clr Cincinnati 87 67 PCldy Cleveland 82 63 PCldy Columbus,Ohio 85 67 PCldy Dayton 85 67 PCldy Daytona Beach 88 65 PCldy Greensboro,N.C. 93 66 ...
NATIONAL
Jun 01, 2000 ... Hi Lo Otlk Anchorage 62 40 PCldy Baltimore 90 65 Clr Boston 85 59 Rain Chicago 77 58 PCldy Dallas-Ft Worth 91 71 PCldy Denver 71 51 PCldy Detroit 79 64 PCldy Honolulu 85 70 Clr Houston 91 69 PCldy Indianapolis 82 68 ...
Scam artists now posing as census-takers
Jun 01, 2000; ... WASHINGTON - The Census Bureau and a consumer watchdog group arewarning people to look out for scam artists who may be posing ascensus-takers, but are actually trying to trick people into givingup Social Security and bank account numbers. Census directorKenneth Prewitt said he had heard ...
Gov. Bush may grant reprieve in Texas case
Jun 01, 2000; ... HUNTSVILLE, Texas - Amid increasing national scrutiny of capitalpunishment, Gov. George W. Bush prepared to grant his first reprievein a death penalty case after 131 Texas executions during his fiveyears in office. Bush, a death penalty supporter who last weekannounced that he supports ...
Airlines ban some pet travel: ; Companies say cargo holds get too hot in summer
Jun 01, 2000; ... ATLANTA - Taking pets on vacation is getting tougher and moreexpensive for Americans who plan to fly this summer. With newfederal rules requiring airlines to disclose the number of animalskilled or injured on flights, major carriers are refusing to allowpets to be checked as baggage ...
Patent may make gas prices rise: ; Unocal Corp. fights; to collect fees for reformulated fuel
Jun 01, 2000; ... SAN FRANCISCO - A cleaner-burning gasoline meant to reduceCalifornia's air pollution has led to a legal fight that threatensto raise prices at pumps nationwide by between 1 cent and 6 centsper gallon. Unocal Corp. and six major oil companies have haggledover Unocal's patent on ...
News briefs
Jun 01, 2000 ... Man holds adults, children hostage WASSERBILLIG, Luxembourg - A man armed with a gun, grenade andknife and demanding a plane to Libya released four toddlers todaybut still held 25 children and three adults in a school, policesaid. Police said the 39-year-old man has a ...
Letters to the Editor
Jun 01, 2000 ... Yeager Airport, safe then, safe now Members of the Just In Time-Lincoln County replacement airportgroup will stop at nothing to discredit Yeager Airport. MichaelCasto wrote a letter, "Yeager Airport presents a dangerouscombination," in the May 24 Daily Mail. He made a feeble ...
Our views: ; Social Security; If the plan is 'not a 401(k),' then perhaps it should be
Jun 01, 2000; ... SOCIAL Security is on a course that will result in depletion by2037. The government's own figures show this. If nothing is done,today's 30-year-old worker can expect to pay Social Security taxesbut not receive full retirement benefits. Something surely must bedone. Progressive ...
Transpark: ; Maybe the airlines should pay for this field of dreams
Jun 01, 2000; ... THOSE who want to build a regional airport in Lincoln Countypoint out that Dulles International in Washington, D.C. wasconsidered a white elephant for 25 years before its use kicked in. But can West Virginia afford to sink $258 million into the groundand wait for 25 years? In a ...
Let's not make a federal case of it: ; Arson and rape aren't the real issue; the Constitution is
Jun 01, 2000; ... HERE'S a nice conundrum for today: At the Supreme Court, what'sthe difference between rape and arson? Answer: There isn't anydifference. It just looks that way. On May 15, the high courtlooked at a law making rape a federal offense. The justices voted 5-4 that the act was ...
Letters to the Editor: ; A visit to Lincoln reinforces a bad image
Jun 01, 2000 ... Well, after a visit over the Memorial Day Weekend to LincolnCounty, I find the situation not improved. To those who expressedthat I only received one side of the story - that published by theDaily Mail - I can only state that I am open for suggestions andlistening to "the rest of the ...
St. Mary's named among top cardiovascular facilities
Jun 01, 2000 ... St. Mary's Hospital in Huntington was named one of America's 100top hospitals in cardiovascular care by the HCIA-Sachs Institute. The Baltimore-based health care information firm evaluates clinicaltreatment and management performance of three categories of U.S.hospitals that offer ...
Today's people
Jun 01, 2000 ... Janet Jackson files divorce petition LOS ANGELES - Janet Jackson has confirmed that she is married toa writer and video director who is now seeking a divorce, citingirreconcilable differences. Jackson, who has sold more than 40million recordings, announced in February 1999 ...
20 years of watching history as it happens: ; 'Biography' focuses on growth of model, actress, comedian
Jun 01, 2000; ... NEW YORK - The news network CNN celebrates its 20th anniversarywith two live specials, "Twenty Years of Specials: This is CNN" (9p.m., Eastern, concludes Friday). The specials will review thehistory-changing stories from the past two decades as they werecovered on the 24-hour news ...
Man cleared of charges related to deadly accident
Jun 01, 2000 ... A Charleston man has been cleared of charges he struck and killeda man while driving drunk. Kanawha County Magistrate Traci Carperdismissed the charges against Harry Mangus, 42, Wednesday. Police had charged Mangus with felony driving under the influencecausing death after his van ...
For the record
Jun 01, 2000 ... * Bankruptcy filings The following people filed petitions in U.S. Bankruptcy Court forthe Southern District on May 25, 2000: - Dennis J. and Ruth IreneWhitesel, Rt. 3, Box 577, Bluefield. Chapter 13. Assets: $38,392.Liabilities: $67,238.85. - Bonnie Lou Edwards, Rt. 3, Box ...
Russian warplanes target rebel groups
Jun 01, 2000; ... NAZRAN, Russia - Russian warplanes and artillery targeted severalhundred Chechen fighters today, the fourth day of a bombardmentaimed at driving rebels from their mountain strongholds. As many as600 rebel fighters have been surrounded in the rugged, thicklyforested region around ...
Corrections
Jun 01, 2000 ... * The new mailing address for the West Virginia Small BusinessDevelopment Office is 1900 Kanawha Blvd. E., Charleston, WV 25305-0311. An incorrect zip code was published in ...
Police blotter
Jun 01, 2000 ... Four-vehicle wreck blocks U.S. 35 PLINY - A vehicle driven by a South Carolina man struck aprefabricated building on U.S. 35, setting off a four-vehicleaccident that closed the highway about two hours, a Putnam Countysheriff's officer said. The accident shortly before noon ...
Lottery
Jun 01, 2000 ... * WEST VIRGINIA Daily 3: 940 Daily 4: 1245 - OHIO Day Pick 3: 093 Pick 4: 8158 Night Pick 3: 211 Pick 4: 8577 Super Lotto: 1-20-26-31-40-41 Kicker: 324683 - ...
Interstate interchange planned for Fairmont
Jun 01, 2000; ... FAIRMONT - A new interchange is planned for Interstate 79 inMarion County. The Federal Highway Authority has approved the interchange, whichwill serve a new connector road linking I-79 to downtown Fairmont. State highways officials are considering four routes ...
New date scheduled: ; for children's triathlon
Jun 01, 2000 ... Coonskin's annual "Run, Bike, Swim: Children's Triathlon" will beheld two months earlier this year to mark the 50th anniversary ofthe Kanawha County park. The competition usually is held during theCharleston Sternwheel Regatta festivities in late August, but LynnWatts of Kanawha County ...
Vaulting enthusiast offers facility to prep athletes
Jun 01, 2000; ... DAILY MAIL SPORTSWRITER From Steve Thaxton's point of view, it's simple. It's a matter of righting a wrong, taking care of a correctableerror, admitting to a justifiable mistake. "The safety of the kidswas definitely in question Saturday," said Thaxton, referring to theClass ...
Delay not an option, official says: ; Canceling pole vault results in lawsuit against SSAC
Jun 01, 2000; ... DAILY MAIL SPORTS EDITOR A track official who voted to cancel the Class AAA pole vaultcompetition at last week's state track meet said postponing theevent was never an option. Johnny Barker, a longtime Charleston-area track official and a member of the state meet's ...
Pitchers' duel fizzles: ; 21 hits later, Logan finally beats Cabell Midland in 8 innings
Jun 01, 2000; ... DAILY MAIL SPORTSWRITER With his 9-2 record, 1.30 ERA and 126 strikeouts, Logan starterBrandon Chambers impresses as much on paper as on the field. Buthis resume does not pitch. One inning into Wednesday's Class AAA semifinal at Watt Powellpark, Chambers did the unthinkable: ...
Cougars ride Rhodes into final
Jun 01, 2000; ... DAILY MAIL SPORTSWRITER Funny thing about Jimmy Rhodes. He does not think everything written or said about him is funny. "I read in some paper here," Rhodes said Wednesday evening. "Theysaid there might be three better pitchers down here. ... But I justdon't see it." ...
Valley on hot streak
Jun 01, 2000; ... DAILY MAIL SPORTS EDITOR In the cyclical world of high school sports, Valley isexperiencing a bumper crop of athletes. Many of the same playerswho helped the Greyhounds reach the Class A football playoffs lastfall and who were instrumental in the basketball team's 15-6 ...
State tournament
Jun 01, 2000 ... Pairings for the state high school baseball tournament Wednesdaythrough Friday at Watt Powell Park: Class AAA Wednesday's semifinals Logan 8, Cabell Midland 7, 8 innings Jefferson 3, John Marshall 1 Friday's championship Logan vs. Jefferson, 8 ...
Logan's hometown hero, coach
Jun 01, 2000; ... WHEN you think of Logan, what names come to mind? Willie Akers. John L. Lewis. And ... Well, that's about it. Except for basketball and the United Mine Workers, no one hasserved this southern West Virginia community with much distinction.And it has been ...
Hingis jeered again; Kournikova ousted
Jun 01, 2000; ... PARIS - Martina Hingis drew jeers again today at Roland Garrosfollowing a brief display of temper, then regained her composure andwon cheers for beating qualifier Julia Abe 6-4, 7-5 at the FrenchOpen. In the first set, Hingis dumped an easy volley into the netto lose a game, then ...
Briefly
Jun 01, 2000 ... AUTO RACING - Five people injured when a pedestrian walkway collapsed atLowe's Motor Speedway and two of their spouses filed a lawsuit inSalisbury, N.C., against the track's parent company and theconstruction firm that built the bridge. The lawsuit accusesSpeedway Motorsports ...
When you're a superjock, you can lift the rap sheet
Jun 01, 2000; ... HOW I wish I were a mutant. More than any other blessedattribute, freakish athleticism is the yellow-brick road to fame,fortune and irresponsibility. If you are a few inches above 6-feettall, but weigh about 300 pounds and possess a shred of agility, youhave NFL potential. And if you ...
Local sports
Jun 01, 2000 ... SALLY ALL-STARS J.R. House has been named the starting catcher for the NorthernDivision in the Class A South Atlantic League All-Star game. Theformer record-setting Nitro High School quarterback will be behindthe plate on June 20 when the Northern Division plays the ...
TODAY'S ODDS
Jun 01, 2000 ... Major League Baseball National League FAVORITE LINE UNDERDOG LINE at Cincinnati -145 Montreal +135 at Arizona -120 St. Louis +110 American League at Toronto -140 Minnesota +130 at Boston -170 Kansas City +160 Baltimore -120 at Tampa ...
Morgantown to make pitch for tournament
Jun 01, 2000 ... FROM STAFF REPORTS It has been a Charleston tradition since 1975. Yet do not assume that future state high school baseballtournaments will be held in Charleston. The capital city recentlyprepared its bid to regain the event for the next two seasons. Adecision on the site for ...
Guerrero lifts Expos past Reds
Jun 01, 2000; ... CINCINNATI - Given what the Montreal Expos have been throughlately, this was a godsend. Six consecutive losses. An eighthpitcher headed for the disabled list. An offense that stranded 50runners in seven games. All the ominous trends ended Wednesday night in a 10-4 victoryover ...
Fantasy winners
Jun 01, 2000 ... * TODD HELTON, Rockies: Hitting .500 (45-for-90) at home. - RICKY LEDEE, Yankees: 2-for-3, home runs, 4 RBI. - TIM SALMON, Angels: 4-for-5, home run, 4 RBI. - RAFAEL PALMEIRO, ...
AMERICAN LEAGUE GAMES
Jun 01, 2000 ... DEVIL RAYS 4, ORIOLES 3 B.J. Surhoff's grounder off Roberto Hernandez's glove went toshortstop Felix Martinez, who threw the ball to first for the finalout. After an argument, third-base ump John Shulock overruled first-base ump Brian Runge, saying Fred McGriff's foot came ...
NATIONAL LEAGUE GAMES
Jun 01, 2000 ... DIAMONDBACKS 6, CARDINALS 2 Randy Johnson struck out 10 to reach double digits for the 10thtime in 12 starts this season, raising his Major League-leadingtotal to 131 and his career strikeout mark to 2,824, five more thanCy Young. He also induced the first triple play in ...
Baseball P.M.
Jun 01, 2000 ... AMERICAN LEAGUE East Division W L Pct GB L10 Str Home Away Intr Boston 29 19 .604 - 4-6 L-1 14-10 15-9 0-0 New York 28 21 .571 11/2 4-6 L-2 15-10 13-11 0-0 Toronto 28 26.519 4 6-4 W-1 15-15 13-11 0-0 Baltimore 23 27 .460 7 6-4 L-1 14-9 9-18 ...
Devils still looking for respect
Jun 01, 2000; ... EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. - The New Jersey Devils were called MickeyMouse by The Great One, lived in the shadow of the New York Rangersand were labeled as frauds after playoff failures in recent years. Getting respect is something that hasn't come easy for the Devils. Hours after ...
Alley Cats can't hang on for win
Jun 01, 2000; ... SALISBURY, Md. - Delmarva scored two runs in the final twoinnings for a 3-2 victory over the Charleston Alley Cats. ShortstopEd Rodgers had two hits and right fielder Keith Reed drove in onefor ...
Knicks cooled after red-hot first quarter
Jun 01, 2000; ... INDIANAPOLIS - And the moral of that story is, it's best not toget in a shooting contest with a bunch of Hoosiers in their owndriveway. The New York Knicks had Patrick Ewing back and an 18-point lead but it all went up in a puff of smoke Wednesday night.After scoring 37 points in the ...
Trail Blazers survive with big lineup
Jun 01, 2000; ... PORTLAND, Ore. - Yes, Damon Stoudamire and Greg Anthony are stillmembers of the Portland Trail Blazers. They can be spotted on thecourt occasionally, usually in the first half. But the PortlandTrail Blazers have stayed alive in the Western Conference finals byabandoning the little guys ...
Community remembers burned school: ; Putnam gathering includes gratitude and questions
Jun 01, 2000; ... Eighth-grader Erin Donahue exchanges hugs with her ...
Community remembers burned school: ; Putnam gathering includes gratitude and questions
Jun 01, 2000; ... With the charred building in the background, Jack Welton wavesgoodbye to George Washington Middle School students who ...
Community remembers burned school: ; Putnam gathering includes gratitude and questions
Jun 01, 2000; ... DAILY MAIL STAFF ELEANOR - Trophies rescued and cleaned after a fire thatdestroyed their building seemed to symbolize hope resurrected fromtragedy at George Washington Middle School. "All the trophies werea horrible mess," Principal Herschel Facemyre told the crowd in themiddle ...
GW students clean up in chemistry competition
Jun 01, 2000; ... DAILY MAIL George Washington sophomores Rebecca Dover, Sree Sridhar andBrittany Volker show off their trophy in the chemistry lab wherethey conducted many experiments over the year ....
Speller exceeds her goal: ; Mercer teenager reaches round 5 in national bee
Jun 01, 2000; ... DAILY MAIL STAFF WASHINGTON, D.C. - Thirteen-year-old Molly Fromkin is carrying atorch. Or, at least, she's spelling it. "F-L-A-M-B-E-A-U," spelledthe Bluefield Middle School seventh-grader, propelling herself intothe fifth round in the second day of the 74th Annual ...
Coliseum on schedule to reopen: ; Despite federal raid, renovations moving ahead as planned
Jun 01, 2000; ... DAILY MAIL STAFF West Virginia University's Coliseum should reopen by Oct. 17despite a federal immigration raid that took away almost half of theworkers on an asbestos removal project, a university official said. Joe Fisher, assistant vice president for facilities and ...
Third parties on rise
Jun 01, 2000; ... GEORGE W. Bush and Al Gore have yet to show their faces in WestVirginia's capital, but the man who might determine which of the twois elected president came to Charleston with little fanfare lastmonth. Ralph Nader, seeking the presidential nomination of the pro-environment Green Party, ...
GW students clean up in chemistry competition
Jun 01, 2000; ... DAILY MAIL STAFF Here's a quick quiz for everyone who has taken high schoolchemistry: In the vapor state, which atom has the largest ionization energy:Na, K, Mg or Ca? Most people have no idea what ionization energyis, not to mention how to find it. In fact, possibly the ...
Conservancy poll supports taxes for land preservation: ; Environmental groups could use information
Jun 01, 2000; ... DAILY MAIL STAFF The Nature Conservancy doesn't plan to use the results of a pollit helped finance to argue for tax-funded land preservationprograms, but it hopes that other environmental groups might use it,the group's director said. Paul Trianosky, director of The ...
Bell Atlantic center to open, create 150 jobs
Jun 01, 2000 ... FROM STAFF, WIRE REPORTS Bell Atlantic will establish a center in Huntington to deal withwholesale customers and help form an information technologyconsortium that will focus on training West Virginians fortelecommunications and computer-based jobs. The new center indowntown ...
Park delays dog racing to put down new track
Jun 01, 2000; ... DAILY MAIL STAFF You can bet on this: there will be no dog racing at Tri-StateGreyhound Park in Nitro until Wednesday while a new track is laiddown. Racing was first suspended Tuesday. The coin-drop and video gambling machines, as well as off-trackbetting windows, have ...
Phone rates will fall in July
Jun 01, 2000; ... WASHINGTON - Starting in July, all U.S. households should seesavings on their phone bills, with reductions as high as 50 percentfor those who don't make any long-distance calls. Moderate to heavylong-distance users can expect to see more modest decreases. Thereductions will result from ...