Charleston Daily Mail back issues from May 2005:
New Toyota plant on agenda: Manchin, Rockefeller will try to land facility during trip to Japan
May 02, 2005; ... FOR THE DAILY MAIL BUFFALO - While no one on the platform at last week's announcementof expansion at Putnam County's Toyota plant mentioned it, Toyota'sprospects for building two more assembly plants in North America wereon the minds of West Virginia officials who would like to see ...
LOOKING BACK: West Virginia's history comes alive in a new photo anthology
May 02, 2005; ... DAILY MAIL STAFF Although the photo depicts what surely was a fun summer outing,the young men and women are unsmiling as they sit or stand ratherstiffly under a shade tree. The picnickers pose formally for thecamera, turning away from their spread of chocolate cake, grapes ...
Rahall ranks 20th in accepting free trips: Study says lawmaker is also near the top in terms of trips' cost
May 02, 2005; ... Nick Rahalls gifts of private travel Here is a list of sponsorswho have donated money to Nick Rahall for private travel. Rahallranked 20th among all members of Congress for the number of treetrips accepted in the past five years. Coverage date Location Purpose Sponsors Total Jan ....
Sprouse seeks curb on machines: Lawmaker wants moratorium on fraternal groups being licensed to get video lottery machines
May 02, 2005; ... DAILY MAIL STAFF Senate Minority Leader Vic Sprouse has called on Gov. Joe Manchinto place a moratorium on licensing fraternal organizations to receivevideo lottery machines. The Kanawha County Republican also urged the governor to order aninvestigation into the operation of ...
Two women killed after walking in front of train
May 02, 2005; ... HUNTINGDON VALLEY, Pa. - Two women using a crosswalk at a suburbanPhiladelphia train station were killed when they walked in front ofan oncoming express train traveling at 70 mph, officials said. Mary Stevens, 78, and Helen Stewart, 76, apparently did notrealize the train was not ...
State Police seeking to attract more applicants: Securing better pay, hiring officers with prior experience among ideas
May 02, 2005; ... State Police are weighing recruiting options now that the days ofthousands of applicants for dozens of cadet slots are gone. With an increasing number of officers reaching retirement age orotherwise leaving during the past decade, the agency is struggling tofind replacements, said ...
Ireland announces election fraud unit, new tip hotline: Official says goal is to make candidates adhere to campaign laws, maintain voter trust at polls
May 02, 2005; ... DAILY MAIL STAFF Secretary of State Betty Ireland today announced the developmentof her office's election fraud unit and the installation of a newhotline to report that fraud. Acting on one of her major campaign themes, Ireland said the unitwill investigate allegations of ...
Back seat of vehicle safest for kids, study says
May 02, 2005; ... BLOOMINGTON, Ill. - A new study emphasizes what every parent mustknow: Children are safer in car crashes when they sit in the backseat and are less likely to be injured when safety seats and seatbelts are used. "The single most important lifesaving decision parents can makefor ...
Suspicious truck closes Atlanta airport for two hours
May 02, 2005; ... ATLANTA - Part of busy Hartsfield-Jackson International Airportwas shut down for two hours after police found a suspicious truckapparently abandoned at a curb and a bomb-sniffing dog indicated thepresence of explosives, airport police said. A bomb technician on Sunday found that ...
Giant burrito causes panic at N.M. school
May 02, 2005; ... CLOVIS, N.M. - A 911 call about a possible weapon at a middleschool prompted police to put armed officers on rooftops, closenearby streets and lock down the school. All over a giant burrito. Someone called authorities Thursday after seeing a boy carryingsomething long and ...
Runaway bride who faked abduction may end up facing charges
May 02, 2005; ... DULUTH, Ga. - A jilted groom and a town full of puzzled friendsand relatives may not be all that Jennifer Wilbanks faces, asauthorities weighed the evidence and the legal issues today todetermine whether she should be charged with a crime. Gwinnett County District Attorney Danny ...
Iran to mount defense of its nuclear activity: Counteroffensive aimed at anticipated; U.S. call for international action against Islamic state
May 02, 2005; ... WASHINGTON - Iran is planning to mount a staunch defense of itsnuclear energy program at an international conference beginning todayand will insist on rights to the same technology afforded to allmembers of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, a senior Iranianofficial said in an ...
Car bomb kills six Iraqis; attacks have killed 127 since Thursday: New government to be sworn in Tuesday after incoming leader appoints people to all posts
May 02, 2005; ... BAGHDAD, Iraq - A car bomb exploded in an upscale shoppingdistrict of Baghdad today, killing at least six Iraqis and settingfire to an apartment building, in a surge of violence that has leftat least 127 people dead since a new government was formed last week. Striking back at the ...
Almanac
May 02, 2005 ... Yesterday's high 61 Record high 94, 1942 Normal high 71 Yesterday's low 41 Record low 31, 1969 Normal ...
Tonight
May 02, 2005 ... Partly cloudy. Lows around 30. Wind gusts up to 25mph. Tuesday Partly cloudy with highs in the mid-50s. Lows in the mid-30s. Wednesday Isolated frost in the ...
Regional weather
May 02, 2005 ... Akron 53 33 PCldy Atlanta 70 47 PCldy Charlotte 69 47 PCldy Cincinnati 58 34 PCldy Cleveland 52 37 PCldy Columbus,Ohio 56 36 PCldy Dayton 56 35 PCldy Daytona Beach 81 63 PCldy Greensboro,N.C. 67 44 ...
National weather
May 02, 2005 ... Anchorage 55 33 Rain Baltimore 62 41 PCldy Boston 61 44 PCldy Chicago 57 34 PCldy Dallas-Ft Worth 62 49 Rain Denver 58 30 PCldy Detroit 52 34 PCldy Honolulu 84 69 PCldy Houston 77 56 Cldy Indianapolis 58 31 ...
Nation & world
May 02, 2005 ... Weapons cache blast kills 28 in Afghanistan KABUL, Afghanistan - A hidden weapons cache exploded in northernAfghanistan today, killing 28 people and injuring more than 70,officials said. The weapons were stored in Bashgah, a village in Baghlan province75 miles north ...
Your views
May 02, 2005 ... Let the Senate vote on the nominations On Oct. 1, 1968, the U.S. Senate failed to invoke cloture andPresident Lyndon Johnson withdrew his nomination of Abe Fortas to bechief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. The opposition to Fortas was bipartisan and the situation ...
State government is not a business: It cannot cut off its deadbeat customers
May 02, 2005; ... GOV. Joe Manchin says he's going to run the state of West Virginiaas if it were a business. It's not the first time we've heard that from a politician. Why?It sounds really good, almost patriotic. Even people who know justhow heartless business can be seem to react positively to a ...
Our views: Hitting on all cylinders; When West Virginia chooses wisely, its future takes a different turn
May 02, 2005; ... NATIONALLY, the automotive news is about the problems facingGeneral Motors. Closer to home, the news concerns the growingpartnership between West Virginians and another U.S. automanufacturer - Toyota. In 1996, Toyota employed 300 people at its Buffalo plant in PutnamCounty. On ...
Our views: Bush shows his leadership; His refusal to ignore Social Security is a service to future generations
May 02, 2005; ... SOCIAL is sliding toward insolvency like a glacier to the sea. Ina dozen years, its expenses will exceed its revenues. In 36 years -when today's 29-year-olds begin to retire - the fund will be out ofmoney. Its revenues will continue, sure, but only by enough to cover 70percent of ...
Obituaries: Obit
May 02, 2005 ... Christena R. Akers Christena R. Akers, 74, of Hewett, W.Va., died Sunday, May 1,2005, at Boone Memorial Hospital in Madison, W.Va. Born April 26,1931, she was the daughter of the late M.S. Bias andLeora Baldwin. She was preceded in death by her husband, James W ....
Deaths of note
May 02, 2005 ... Kenneth B. Clark NEW YORK - Kenneth B. Clark, an educator and psychologist whospent his life working for racial integration and improvement in theeducation of black children, died Sunday, according to his daughter.He was 90. Kate C. Harris said that her father died at his ...
Fire burns another home on West Side
May 02, 2005; ... DAILY MAIL STAFF Another West Side home was destroyed by fire today, andinvestigators think it was the most recent in a string of suspiciousblazes that have destroyed two homes and sent a shockwave of fearthrough the neighborhood. By the time crews got to 513 Price St. about ...
Conservationists target wild pigs: Animal rights groups angered by effort intended to save fox from eagles attracted by piglets
May 02, 2005; ... SANTA CRUZ ISLAND, Calif. - Norm Macdonald rises each morning withthe sun, grabs his .223-caliber rifle and slips into the passengerseat of a tiny, doorless helicopter for another day of shooting pigs. As the chopper skims over rugged terrain, Macdonald scans dozensof simple fence ...
City paving work expected to cause some minor delays
May 02, 2005 ... The city of Charleston was conducting paving projects today, anddrivers should expect minor delays on these streets: Delray, Delta,Greenwood and White Oak drives. Paving began at 7 a.m. and will continue to 7 p.m. The city ...
Terrorism a hot field of study: Many colleges and universities are creating programs that focus on homeland security
May 02, 2005; ... WASHINGTON - Cathy Lanier had to think like a terrorist and comeup with a way to kill a few thousand people at a picnic in San LuisRey. The virtual town in California, repeatedly cursed with smallpoxepidemics, explosions and attacks on its nuclear power plant, is partof her new ...
First lady treats president to a roast at annual dinner: Laura Bush lets the one-liners fly at event
May 02, 2005; ... WASHINGTON - Laura Bush's knack for comedy may have been the best-kept secret in Washington. It turns out that the former librarian, the sweet smilingpolitical wife, can let loose one-liners with the timing of a standupcomic. Her popularity doubles his so why not let the ...
Teens rescued after six days adrift at sea: Pair had no food or water and only one wet suit to keep them warm
May 02, 2005; ... SOUTHPORT, N.C. - Fifteen-year-old Troy Driscoll says he asked Godto "take him" just hours before he and a friend were rescued off theAtlantic coast - adrift in a sailboat without food or fresh water. As hours lapsed into days, the teenagers' endured the scorchingsun, fended off ...
Children pricked by needle given HIV drugs
May 02, 2005; ... PHILADELPHIA - Nineteen elementary schoolchildren who were prickedwith a needle by another student are taking strong drugs to fight HIVafter one of the children tested positive for the virus, officialssaid. Although authorities said the odds of the other children gettingHIV from ...
Elephant dies after transfer to Utah zoo
May 02, 2005; ... CHICAGO - The last of three African elephants brought to LincolnPark Zoo in 2003 - over the objections of animal activists - diedshortly following her transfer to a Utah zoo, officials said. Wankie the elephant's health deteriorated en route to Hogle Zoo inSalt Lake City, and ...
Shootout claims Israeli soldier, Palestinian militant: Despite truce, tensions continue to rise in area
May 02, 2005; ... JERUSALEM - An Israeli soldier and a Palestinian fugitive werekilled in a West Bank shootout today, the army said, part of a markedincrease in tension in recent weeks despite a three-month-old truce. Israeli and Palestinian leaders traded accusations over theshooting in the ...
MSAC PLAYOFFS: Surprise, surprise!; Capital in Mountain State playoff hunt
May 02, 2005; ... DAILY MAIL SPORTSWRITER Dana Harper doesn't need any snide remarks. The Capital High baseball coach will be the first to admit that hewas a little shocked when he received word the Cougars were in theMountain State Athletic Conference championship bracket. "Well, ...
Not all coaches like idea of Grid-Arama: Fifteen MSAC teams scrimmage twice over two days at Laidley Field
May 02, 2005; ... A heavy gathering A look at the schedule for the MSACs inaugural Grid-Arama at Laidley Field: Friday, Aug. 19 6:30 p.m. GeorgeWashington vs. Greenbrier East 7:30 p.m. Capital vs. Greenbrier East8:30 p.m. Capital vs. George Washington Saturday, Aug. 20 9:30 a.m.Riverside vs. Nitro ...
Building a perfect beast: Restrictor-plate track doesn't slow down Gordon's Chevy
May 02, 2005; ... TALLADEGA, Ala. - It's rare when a NASCAR Nextel Cup driver has analmost perfect race car. Jeff Gordon couldn't help but be a little in awe of the way hisNo. 24 Chevrolet performed during Sunday's Aaron's 499. "This is the most dominating performance we've ever had on ...
Huntington native living the dream: McCann, Greensboro Grasshopper, remembers days in West Virginia
May 02, 2005; ... DAILY MAIL SPORTSWRITER Someone send Brad McCann a Stewart's Hot Dog. The son of former Marshall baseball Coach Howard McCann missesnapkin-wrapped buns from his childhood. "I went and ate at Gino's Pizza the other day. I hadn't had thatin a while," said McCann, now a ...
Hughes mulling Derby decision: Greeley's Galaxy, Don't Get Mad vie for final starting nod
May 02, 2005; ... LOUISVILLE, Ky. - A restless night didn't help billionaire B.Wayne Hughes solve his Kentucky Derby dilemma. The owner of Don't Get Mad and Greeley's Galaxy may be forced tochoose one colt over the other before Wednesday's post position draw. The $2 million Derby, scheduled ...
Top of the 2nd
May 02, 2005 ... Herd wins fourth straight MAC tennis crown MUNCIE, Ind. - With a convincing 4-1 win over No. 55 ranked andtop-seeded Western Michigan, Marshall captured its fourth consecutiveMid-American Conference women's tennis tournament title Sunday. The Thundering Herd is leaving the MAC ...
Top of the 2nd: WVU players Sally, Bulger are honored
May 02, 2005; ... FOR THE DAILY MAIL MORGANTOWN - Tyrone Sally has been named Most Valuable Player ofthe West Virginia University men's basketball team for the secondtime. The 6-foot-7 senior from Chesterfield, Va., was honored, alongwith sophomore Meg Bulger, and other standouts Sunday night ...
National scoreboard
May 02, 2005 ... Basketball National Basketball Association Playoffs FIRST ROUND (Best-of-7) Saturday, April 30 Washington 117, Chicago 99, Chicago leads series 2-1 Dallas 97, Houston 93, series tied 2-2 Boston 110, Indiana 79, series tied ...
Local scoreboard
May 02, 2005 ... Schedule College This week's schedule for area colleges, plus WVU and Marshall: Baseball Wednesday - Marshall at West Virginia State, 3 p.m. Friday - Akron at Marshall, 3 p.m. Saturday - Seton Hall at West Virginia, 3 p.m.; Akron at Marshall,1 ...
Heat proving it's more than two-man team
May 02, 2005; ... EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. - Pay attention Chicago and Washington. When you face the Miami Heat in the second round of the NBAplayoffs, here's a couple of things the New Jersey Nets learned ingetting swept in the opening series: There's more to the Heat than Dwyane Wade and ...
American League
May 02, 2005 ... white sox 8, tigers 0 Jon Garland pitched his second straight four-hit shutout andbecame the first five-game winner in the American League. DETROIT CHICAGO ab r h bi ab r h bi Logan cf 3 0 0 0 Pdsdnk lf 4 1 1 0 Thmes lf 1 0 0 0 Iguchi 2b 3 2 1 ...
National League
May 02, 2005 ... Phillies 8, marlins 6 Bobby Abreu hit a three-run homer and the Phillies reached JoshBeckett for five runs in the first inning. Beckett (4-2) was hoping to tie teammate Dontrelle Willis for theNL lead with his fifth win. Instead, he yielded five runs and fivehits in a ...
Baseball P.M.
May 02, 2005 ... AMERICAN LEAGUE East Division W L Pct GB L10 Str Home Away Intr Baltimore 17 7 .708 - 8-2 W-8 8-5 9-2 0-0 Boston 13 11 .542 4 z-5-5 W-2 6-4 7-7 0-0 Toronto 14 12 .538 4 5-5 W-1 5-6 9-6 0-0 New York 10 15 .400 71/2 z-4-6 L-1 7-10 3-5 0-0 ...
PREP BASEBALL
May 02, 2005 ... Play ball! The schedule for the MSAC playoffs : Championship Bracket, at Cabell Midland Today Tuesday SouthCharleston vs. Beckley, 5 p.m. Consolation, 5 p.m. Cabell Midlandvs. Capital, 7 p.m. Championship, 7 p.m. Third-Fourth place games,At Spring Valley Today Tuesday ...
WEST VIRGINIA POWER: Lending a helping hand; Power batting coach Tony Diggs joins ailing Brevard County staff
May 02, 2005; ... DAILY MAIL SPORTSWRITER Tony Diggs isn't leaving Charleston because his West VirginiaPower hitters are struggling. Simply looking at the stats might suggest that, since the 5-18Power is hitting .214. The move to send Diggs - the Power hittingcoach - to advanced Class A ...
Doe-hunting curbed for some state counties
May 02, 2005; ... The state Natural Resources Commission has voted to close doehunting in all or parts of 13 counties and restrict the number offemale deer hunters could kill in other counties in the first cutbacksince antlerless deer season began in 1974. Deer populations have fallen into the ...
Student jumped into service: UC recognizes Calif. native, several others for their volunteer activities
May 02, 2005; ... DAILY MAIL STAFF As a freshman at the University of Charleston, California nativeElisa Hernandez is a long way from home. But she wasted no timebefore she plunged headlong into her new community. Last week, Hernandez was honored by UC for her work initiating andcarrying out ...
DEAR ABBY: Bride rejects plan to invite pedophile to her wedding
May 02, 2005; ... DEAR ABBY: A woman I'll call "Millie" has been like a secondmother to me. Millie has been with "Jack" for a long time. When I waslittle, Jack fondled me, but I never told anyone. Seven years ago, Jack was convicted of child molestation. He hasjust been released from ...
MAKING MUSIC: Children and their parents sing, dance and play instruments at Kindermusik
May 02, 2005; ... DAILY MAIL STAFF The tiny musicians were drummers, clappers, stompers, cloggers andjumpers. The group also included those adept at quacking like ducks andmooing like cows. Enthusiasm was rampant on a recent visit to Miss Karen'sKindermusik class, housed in the ...
Horoscope
May 02, 2005; ... FORECAST FOR TUESDAY eARIES (March 21-April 19). The impact you have on other peoplemakes you feel important, worthy and attractive. So put effort intoit now. Choose an individual who could use more support, and findcreative and generous ways to help him or her. rTAURUS ...
Authorities search for body of scout who fell off boat
May 02, 2005; ... CAPE MAY POINT, N.J. - Rescue teams searched waters along thesouthern New Jersey coast for the body of a boy scout who fell off awhale watching boat. Rough conditions forced police and Coast Guard boats to suspendthe search around midday on Sunday, but investigators did find ...
Now-famous duck and her 11 ducklings moved to park
May 02, 2005; ... WASHINGTON - The hottest new tourist site in the nation's capitalis no more. After a boffo four-week run, the Treasury duck has been moved fromher prime nesting spot in the midst of heavy tourist traffic a blockfrom the White House to a more peaceful setting along a ...
Car Talk: Hybrids' highway mileage differs from ads; The gasoline portion of the engine is used more at higher speeds
May 02, 2005; ... Dear Tom and Ray: I'm considering buying a hybrid car, but someone told me thatbecause I do a lot of highway driving, I won't get nearly the mileagepromised in the ads. The reason I was given is that on the highway, the gasolineportion of the engine is used rather than the ...
College chess team regularly takes on unusual opponents: Georgia students travel to prison to; challenge inmates
May 02, 2005; ... BUFORD, Ga. - Both teams in this chess contest are dressed in blueand white - except players on one side wear shirts with "EmoryUniversity Chess" embroidered on the front and their opponents' have"STATE PRISONER" stamped on the back. Welcome to the Emory-Phillips State Prison ...
Pharmacy group seeking restrictions on cold medicine: Association wants federal law aimed at meth ingredients instead of varying state regulations
May 02, 2005; ... WASHINGTON - An association representing more than 36,000pharmacies is issuing guidelines for possible federal legislation torestrict sales of cold medications containing a substance often usedin the illegal manufacture of methamphetamine - or "speed." Pseudoephedrine, a main ...
For new Snowshoe manager, job is a reunion: New assignment makes second time official has worked for resort's corporate parent
May 02, 2005; ... DAILY MAIL BUSINESS EDITOR For Snowshoe Mountain's new general manager, being assigned to thePocahontas County resort "is kind of like going back to my family." Bill Rock assumes the duties of general manager on June 6. Rock had worked for Intrawest Corp., Snowshoe ...
Bonus buck offer precedes auction: Charleston Newspapers to let people register for bid credits starting Tuesday
May 02, 2005; ... DAILY MAIL STAFF Is it time to get that new piece of furniture you've alwayswanted? How about fixing up the yard and planting a great perennialgarden? Or what about planning a picnic for the family and friends? You can have it all if yours is the highest bid in ...
Business-related workshops being offered
May 02, 2005 ... Numerous business-related workshops are being offered this week onWest Virginia State College's Institute campus. A desktop publishing workshop will be offered from 9 a.m. to 4p.m. Tuesday. The workshop will teach attendees how to use MicrosoftPublisher 2002 to create newsletters, ...
Oil prices futures slipping towards $49 a barrel: Declining figure is the lowest in two months
May 02, 2005; ... VIENNA, Austria - Oil prices futures prices slipped toward $49 abarrel today, falling to levels last seen in February on rising U.S.supplies and slower economic growth. Analysts said growing OPECproduction also was behind the downward drift. The light, sweet crude contract for ...
Names in the news
May 02, 2005 ... Country Music Hall of Fame names new inductees NASHVILLE, Tenn. - The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum hastwo new inductees: Singer-songwriter Kris Kristofferson and formerindustry executive Jim Foglesong. The two got awards Sunday after musical salutes from ...
Birthdays
May 02, 2005 ... Wrestler-actor The Rock is 33. Actor Roscoe Lee Browne is 80.Singer Lesley Gore is 59. Country singer Larry Gatlin is 57. SingerLou Gramm of Foreigner is 55. Actress Christine Baranski is 53 ....
MOVIES: Bringing out the best in 'Star Wars' fans; Faithful stand in lines for film premiere while some wait to raise money for needy organizations
May 02, 2005; ... NEW YORK - What new movie is worth waiting in line 19 days to see? Fans, some in costume, standing in the Manhattan rain all had oneanswer: "Stars Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith." But they didn't line up outside the Ziegfeld Theater on Saturdayjust to get into the ...