Charleston Daily Mail back issues from June 2007:
'They didn't tell us it would be a suicide mission': D-Day vet recalls storming Omaha
Jun 06, 2007; ... DAILY MAIL STAFF Charles Conner still gets emotional when he talks about June 6,1944. For many years, the Pennsylvania Avenue resident didn't talkabout D-Day at all. Sixty-three years ago today, Conner headed for Omaha Beach in thefirst wave as part of the greatest invasion ...
Triana moving its offices to Boll Furniture building: $1.2 million deal allows for growth beyond United Center's capacity, founder says
Jun 06, 2007; ... DAILY MAIL BUSINESS EDITOR A company established by the founder of Triana Energy was expectedto close today on its $1.2 million purchase of the six-story BollFurniture building at 900 Virginia St. E. "We expect to take possession of the building on Sept. 1 and lookto convert ...
Kanawha is not alone in giving bonuses: Six other counties reward their instructors for unused sick days
Jun 06, 2007; ... Kanawha County is not the only county in the state where teacherscan get paid extra for good attendance. It's usually the students who are honored just for showing up atschool, with special awards ceremonies and certificates ofrecognition. But their teachers in several West ...
Attorney general's race may get ugly: Official says big business behind anti-McGraw ads
Jun 06, 2007; ... DAILY MAIL STAFF West Virginia Deputy Attorney General Fran Hughes says bigbusiness is hiding behind the facade of a grassroots citizens' groupthat's targeting Attorney General Darrell McGraw for defeat in nextyear's election. West Virginia Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse has ...
Methodist conference focuses on gambling: Representatives of 1,200 churches will meet this week in Buckhannon
Jun 06, 2007; ... DAILY MAIL STAFF Methodists plan to take on table games this week. "We want to speak with one loud voice," said the Rev. Luana CookScott, chairwoman of the Justice and Advocacy Ministry Team for theWest Virginia Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church. "We ...
Officials to discuss disaster plans: Seven states, Washington, D.C., are coordinating efforts
Jun 06, 2007; ... Public safety officials from seven states and the nation's capitalwill meet in West Virginia this week to fine-tune such logistics askeeping cars moving and phones working during a catastrophic event. The two-day Regional Evacuation Homeland Security Conference atSnowshoe Mountain ...
Nitro moves to provide civil service protections
Jun 06, 2007; ... FOR THE DAILY MAIL NITRO-With a round of applause from city employees, Nitro CityCouncil took steps to ensure city workers' jobs are safe comeelection time. Council passed on Tuesday night the first reading of an ordinancethat would incorporate civil service protections into ...
Five newborns found in backseat of stolen car in China
Jun 06, 2007; ... BEIJING - Chinese police pleaded with the public today forinformation about five newborn babies discovered in the back of astolen car. The three boys and two girls, all about 10 days old, were found inthe backseat of a black four-door sedan when police stopped the carat a toll ...
Regional weather
Jun 06, 2007 ... Hi Lo Otlk Akron 87 55 PCldy Charlotte 91 64 Clr Cincinnati 91 60 Clr Cleveland 86 57 PCldy Columbus,Ohio 91 58 Clr Dayton 90 60 Clr Daytona Beach 87 71 PCldy Greensboro,N.C. 90 62 ...
Weather Almanac
Jun 06, 2007 ... Yesterday's high 78 Record high 99, 1935 Normal high 79 Yesterday's low 59 Record low 42, 1988 Normal ...
Forecasts
Jun 06, 2007 ... Tonight Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 50s. Thursday Sunny. Warmer with highs in the lower 90s. Friday Mostly sunny with a chance of ...
National weather
Jun 06, 2007 ... Hi Lo Otlk Anchorage 61 46 Cldy Baltimore 83 52 Clr Boston 74 50 Clr Chicago 92 67 PCldy Dallas-Ft Worth 93 76 PCldy Denver 64 45 Clr Detroit 90 59 PCldy Honolulu 89 75 Clr Houston 93 77 PCldy Indianapolis 89 63 ...
Dispute arises over land near Sept. 11 crash: Flight 93 memorial planners say owner's $10 million price is above market value
Jun 06, 2007; ... PITTSBURGH - A man who owns property at the site where Flight 93crashed has demanded millions for his portion of land where amemorial is planned, and has installed a donation box to help pay forsecurity. The actions by Mike Svonavec have angered victims' families, whobelieve he ...
Oman evacuates, closes port: Cyclone blasts toward Gulf of Hormuz, a main passage for oil
Jun 06, 2007; ... MUSCAT, Oman - Oman evacuated tens of thousands and closed themajor port of Sohar as a weakening Cyclone Gonu roared toward theStrait of Hormuz - the world's major transport artery for PersianGulf oil. Oil prices rose amid forecasts that the strongest storm to hit theArabian ...
Promise of fishing license fulfilled 68 years later
Jun 06, 2007; ... AUGUSTA, Maine - A governor's promise to a 12-year-old Boy Scoutwho was lost in the northern Maine wilderness for more than a weekwas fulfilled - nearly seven decades later. Donn Fendler got lost on July 17, 1939, while hiking with familyon Mount Katahdin. The search for the boy ...
Nation & world
Jun 06, 2007 ... Man lowers amount in suit over lost pants WASHINGTON - A judge who was seeking $67 million from a drycleaners that lost his pants has loosened the belt on his lawsuit. Now, he's asking for only $54 million, according to a May 30 courtfiling in D.C. Superior ...
Former deputy slated for execution
Jun 06, 2007; ... HUNTSVILLE, Texas - Michael Griffith is about to pay with his lifefor violating the law he once swore to enforce. The former Harris County sheriff's deputy was set for executionthis evening for the rape, robbery and stabbing death of a Houstonwoman more than 12 years ...
Our views: Lawmaking is for lawmakers; Legislators, not unelected officials, should make the laws on smoking
Jun 06, 2007; ... OHIO County Circuit Judge Arthur Recht ruled recently that ahealth department ban on smoking in bars and gambling parlors has thesame effect as law. That is apparently true. Rather than take responsibility for theiractions, legislators kicked to county health departments the power ...
Our views: Food for Peace should be changed; It really would be OK if a quarter of the aid was about starving people
Jun 06, 2007; ... MORE than 50 years ago, the United States created the Food forPeace program. Americans still pride themselves on their generositywith food aid today. The United States is the world's largest contributor of aid. Foodfor Peace is a $1.2 billion-a-year program. But it's not as ...
'Cheap labor' is actually very expensive: Illegal migrants impose huge costs on the United States
Jun 06, 2007; ... "THOSE who are looking to find fault with this bill will always beable to find something." That was President Bush at his newsconference defending his proposed immigration legislation. He didn't quite say to critics "Bring 'em on" but was close enoughto get this critic ...
Your views
Jun 06, 2007 ... Coal companies have abused W.Va. People call us environmentalists. The coal companies have made thecitizens of Boone County so miserable with coal dust with 18-wheelers running 24 hours a day, six days a week, in front of ourhomes. The coal companies have left ...
Making hay while the sun shines
Jun 06, 2007; ... Richard Bays, 42, of Mount Cove, Fayette County, cuts hay for hiscattle. Bays, who owns a farm along U.S. 60, said he ...
Putnam officials discuss effect of block scheduling
Jun 06, 2007; ... The Putnam County School Board is satisfied that block schedulingis working for students. Board member Sam Sentelle noted the county was the first in thestate to implement block scheduling back in the 1994. The board now heard routine updates to monitor progress. Penny ...
Va. Tech converting site of mass slaying to offices, labs
Jun 06, 2007; ... BLACKSBURG, Va. - Virginia Tech accounting professor Bryan Cloydcould be excused for never wanting the school's Norris Hall reopened.His daughter Austin, a freshman, was among 30 students and facultykilled there during the shooting rampage at the school in April. But he believes ...
Two charged with trying to distribute marijuana
Jun 06, 2007 ... Two men pleaded guilty to conspiring to distribute more than 50kilograms of marijuana in federal court, according to a news releasefrom the U.S. Attorney's office. Jose C. Reyes, 36, of Dallas, and Joseph L. Kazee, of Fort Wayne,Ind., set up a meeting to sell 175 pounds of ...
Help line chief blasts lottery commission: Outgoing director says agency sought to water down messages to problem gamblers
Jun 06, 2007; ... The outgoing director of the state's help network for problemgamblers accused the West Virginia Lottery Commission of a years-long pattern of interfering with the network's efforts to treatcompulsive gamblers. Among the accusations leveled by Mia Moran-Cooper are charges thatthe ...
Schwarzenegger boosts Bush's immigration plan
Jun 06, 2007; ... SAN FRANCISCO - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger called President Bush"very courageous" for pressing ahead with a contentious immigrationreform plan, supporting a fellow Republican on an issue that hassplit the party. On Tuesday, Schwarzenegger - an Austrian immigrant and ...
Sheriff's meth lab blitz leads to three arrests
Jun 06, 2007; ... Kanawha County Sheriff's Deputies Jeff Meadows and Keith Vititoecheck out a suspected meth lab ...
Sheriff's meth lab blitz leads to three arrests
Jun 06, 2007; ... Meth lab tip line Contact the Kanawha Sheriff's office at 357-4693. DAILY MAIL STAFF Kanawha County sheriff's deputies went out in an eight-hour blitzto investigate 36 tips about suspected methamphetamine labsthroughout the county. After Tuesday's ...
Ex-principal sentenced in foot-kissing incident
Jun 06, 2007; ... LORAIN, Ohio - A former Catholic school principal convicted ofkissing the feet of three male students to settle a bet on avolleyball game was sentenced Tuesday to two years' probation. Robert Holloway, 50, resigned from St. Anthony of Padua Schoolafter the 14-year-old students and ...
Calif. authorities clear home packed with rats
Jun 06, 2007; ... LOS ANGELES - An 81-year-old woman was found by Los Angeles AnimalServices officers in her home with more 100 rats and 35 other animalsshe kept as pets. Wanda Langstom was taken to a hospital to be treated for animalbites, after her arms were covered with open wounds likely caused ...
W.Va. test scores up after No Child Left Behind: Group's study does not determine whether federal reforms were sole reason for improvement
Jun 06, 2007; ... West Virginia students are doing better on standardized testssince the implementation of No Child Left Behind but it's difficultto determine whether the federal reforms were the sole reason,according to a study released by the Center on Education Policy. The nonprofit group ...
Bush criticizes Russia before summit
Jun 06, 2007; ... MOSCOW - On the eve of the annual Group of Eight summit that openstoday in Germany, President Bush offered his most strident rebuke todate of his Russian counterpart, saying that Russia has "derailed"democratic reforms, and that the result had "troubling implications"for democracy ....
Police in Austria recover violin worth millions
Jun 06, 2007; ... VIENNA, Austria - Austrian authorities returned a Stradivariviolin worth at least $2.7 million to its owner today, more than aweek after it was stolen from a safe in the musician's apartment. Interior Minister Guenther Platter, the country's top securityofficial, personally handed ...
Manchin says he'll find funds for museum
Jun 06, 2007; ... Gov. Joe Manchin has pledged to find funding to complete a $17.6million renovation of the state museum. Manchin spokeswoman Lara Ramsburg said Tuesday that a decision onthe source of the funding hasn't been made. But she said thegovernor's office is committed to completing the ...
Official says closing center is difficult but unavoidable: Senator suggests shutdown be delayed so clients can be placed in other programs
Jun 06, 2007; ... When the West Virginia Rehabilitation Center in Institute closesat the end of June, it will mean layoffs for some workers anduncertainty for some clients. But it may also mean that therapeutic and training programs willreach more people with disabilities in more parts of West ...
Cemetery caretakers say animals taking flags
Jun 06, 2007; ... NEENAH, Wis. - Caretakers of the Oak Hill Cemetery noticed aroundMemorial Day that about 25 U.S. flags were missing from veterans'graves. But the haphazard pattern of the thefts and the fact that thewooden dowels remained intact led them to believe the thieves ...
Police briefs
Jun 06, 2007 ... Fayette man's death marks state's 14th ATV fatality MEADOW BRIDGE - A Fayette County man was killed in an ATV accidentnear his home in Meadow Bridge, according to a news release fromFayette County Sheriff Bill Laird. David Wayne Stover, 34, was traveling on Backus Mountain ...
Mayor hopefuls in East Bank
Jun 06, 2007 ... receive same number of votes The city of East Bank will have to hold out until next week tofind out who will be the new mayor. Incumbent Mayor Chuck Blair and challenger Gene Webb each received206 votes in Tuesday's election, said Rex Stewart, East Bank ...
Woman convicted of neglecting cousin
Jun 06, 2007; ... FAYETTEVILLE - A Fayette County woman faces up to 35 years inprison after being convicted of neglecting her mentally retardedcousin, who was found naked and covered in waste and sores in acamper-trailer on the woman's property. A seven-men, five-women jury convicted Jewel Parsons ...
Attorney general's race may get ugly: Official says big business behind anti-McGraw ads
Jun 06, 2007; ... This image appears on a billboard near the state Capitoladvertising a critical report on Attorney General Darrell McGraw,who's up for ...
Coach: Andrews to fight charge
Jun 06, 2007; ... FOR THE DAILY MAIL MORGANTOWN - A charge of obstructing an officer against WestVirginia University football safety Quinton Andrews could wind up incourt. "I think he's going to get an attorney and fight it," Coach RichRodriguez said Tuesday. "To me, it seems so ...
NBA Finals: Cavaliers at Spurs, Game 1, Thursday, 9 p.m. (ABC): Will King James get his crown?
Jun 06, 2007; ... SIX days later, people are still debating where LeBron James' 25straight points to end Game 5 ranks on the NBA's list of all-timebest finishes. The only point worth adding is this: Whoever has James' ear between now and Thursday can serve the Kingbest by reminding him that ...
No one was better than Arik Sikula this season
Jun 06, 2007; ... ALTHOUGH it had been rumored for several weeks, the official newscame that Hurricane senior Arik Sikula and Nitro junior ChasePickering were named co-players of the year in the Mountain StateAthletic Conference. This obviously is a cop-out for many MSAC baseball coaches - manyof ...
Caufield makes pitchers pay: Power outfielder leads the South Atlantic League with 74 hits and has a .329 batting average
Jun 06, 2007; ... DAILY MAIL SPORTSWRITER As a quarterback at Oklahoma's Ada High School, Chuckie Caufieldplayed well enough to garner scholarship offers from Oklahoma andTennessee. Now, a year after being chosen in the 39th round (1,172nd overall)of the 2006 Major League Baseball Draft, the ...
Top of the 2nd
Jun 06, 2007 ... St. Albans' Osborne named state's best CHICAGO - Pitcher Margaret Osborne of St. Albans has been selectedas the 2007 Gatorade state softball Player of the Year, it wasannounced Tuesday. It's the second straight year Osborne won the honor, which placesher among 47 softball ...
Local & National scoreboard
Jun 06, 2007 ... BASEBALL Major League Baseball 2007 Draft Order Held Thursday, Friday First Round 1. Tampa Bay Devil Rays 2. Kansas City Royals 3. Chicago Cubs 4. Pittsburgh Pirates 5. Baltimore Orioles 6. Washington ...
New Donovan deal dashes NBA chance
Jun 06, 2007; ... ORLANDO, Fla. - The Orlando Magic are close to resolving theircoaching fiasco by agreeing to a deal to dismiss Billy Donovan andhire Stan Van Gundy, according to reports. ESPN.com reported Donovan and the team were finalizing anagreement for his departure. Terms would prevent ...
In Belmont, filly out to play with the boys
Jun 06, 2007; ... NEW YORK - It's been nearly 20 years since a filly won a TripleCrown race, and more than a century since a filly won the BelmontStakes. Rags to Riches is out to end the drought. The 3-year-old filly will take on the boys in the $1 millionBelmont on Saturday, trying to become ...
American League
Jun 06, 2007 ... indians 1, royals 0 C.C. Sabathia has relished being the ace of the Cleveland Indiansthis season. Sabathia improved to 4-0 in five starts since May 16, while theIndians increased baseball's best home record to 20-6 with a win overthe Kansas City Royals on Tuesday night ....
Baseball P.M.
Jun 06, 2007 ... AMERICAN LEAGUE East Division W L Pct GB L10 Str Home Away Intr Boston 37 20 .649 - z-5-5 L-3 19-10 18-10 2-1 Toronto 28 29 .491 9 z-7-3 W-3 18-13 10-16 1-2 Baltimore 27 32 .458 11 z-5-5 L-5 15-11 12-21 2-1 New York 25 31 .446 111/2 4-6 W-1 12-13 ...
National League
Jun 06, 2007 ... CARDINALS 4, REDS 3 Pinch hitter So Taguchi singled over a drawn-in outfield in theninth inning for his second straight game-winning hit for host St.Louis. Jason Isringhausen (3-0) walked two and struck out two in theninth against the Reds, who stranded 15 runners and left ...
Sharapova making clay court strides
Jun 06, 2007; ... PARIS - Clumsy cows in cold climates can take heart: MariaSharapova is in the semifinals of the French Open. Sharapova's best showing yet at Roland Garros represents abreakthrough on clay, her least-favorite surface. Only last week, theSiberian native complained the stuff made her ...
Trent Green close to trade to Dolphins
Jun 06, 2007; ... MIAMI - Trent Green could be on the field with the Miami Dolphinsby this weekend after the team finally agreed to terms with KansasCity on a trade for the quarterback. Green will undergo a physical in Miami and if he passes it, thetrade will be completed, a person within the NFL ...
Power puts six on SAL All-Star Team
Jun 06, 2007; ... West Virginia might lead the South Atlantic League with a robust.301 batting average, but it didn't have very much power when it cameto the league's All-Star Game balloting. Despite having the best record in the SAL (39-16 entering thismorning's home game with Greensboro), the ...
VFW, American Legion post plan $5 million joint headquarters
Jun 06, 2007; ... South Charleston VFW Post 3466 and American Legion Post 94 hopethis building will be their new home within the next several years.The building ...
VFW, American Legion post plan $5 million joint headquarters: Project, which will take two to three years to complete, will eventually replace VFW building in South Charleston
Jun 06, 2007; ... DAILY MAIL STAFF Two veterans organizations are working together toward a jointheadquarters building on the Kanawha River. The two groups are Veterans of Foreign Wars West Virginia Post3466 and the South Charleston American Legion Post 94. The building they're planning ...
Fate of accused shooter hangs in the balance: Jurors debate evidence in second trial of man who allegedly shot two men last year
Jun 06, 2007; ... DAILY MAIL STAFF Jurors have been deliberating the fate of a 19-year-old Charlestonman accused of shooting two other men while they sat in a truck inSt. Albans last year. It's the second trial for Brashan Beverly on charges of theattempted murder and malicious wounding of ...
Official: Smoke ban protects workers: Advocate says proposed regulation
Jun 06, 2007; ... WINFIELD - The ban on smoking in most public places, now underfire by bar owners in Putnam County, protects the health of workers,an advocate told county commissioners. Putnam County is the largest of the 16 counties in the state thathave passed a clean air act banning smoking in ...
Robotics and education meet: Some Winfield middle students get hands-on experience with advanced medical technology
Jun 06, 2007; ... WINFIELD - Eighth graders at Winfield Middle School's had theirinterest piqued in robotics and medicine with the arrival of the daVinci Surgical robot in their technology education class. Dr. James Jensen, urologic oncologist with Cabell HuntingtonHospital, brought the device into ...
Dominion sale allows it to focus on core business
Jun 06, 2007; ... RICHMOND, Va. - Dominion Resources Inc.'s sale of most of itsonshore oil and gas exploration and production operations will helpmanagement concentrate on building enough new generating capacity tolight a million homes, a company spokesman said. The utility was planning to add ...
Feds widening probe of tax preparer: Government looking into accusations that fraudulent returns were filed to get bigger refunds
Jun 06, 2007; ... TRENTON, N.J. - The federal government has widened its probe intowhether the nation's No. 2 tax return preparer helped customers filefraudulent returns to get bigger refunds. One large franchisee of Jackson Hewitt Tax Services Inc. wasaccused of fraud two months ago, and the ...
Business briefs
Jun 06, 2007 ... Executives visiting Congress to discuss fuel economy WASHINGTON - The heads of the domestic auto industry are pressingcongressional leaders to revisit a plan to increase fuel efficiencystandards that automakers say could hurt their industry. Leaders of General Motors, Ford and ...
Fitness center 123 Fit closes its doors at Riverwalk Mall
Jun 06, 2007; ... DAILY MAIL BUSINESS EDITOR The 123 Fit workout place at 32 Riverwalk Mall, South Charleston,has a sign on the door that says, "Closed until further notice." Efforts to contact franchise owner Laura Jennings have beenunsuccessful. Calls to the storefront on Tuesday were not ...
Leopards answering the calls of mobile phones
Jun 06, 2007; ... AHMEDABAD, India - Those ubiquitous ringtones have reached theforests of western India, where leopards are answering their call. So far six leopards that have strayed too close to villages havebeen lured into traps by ringtones playing the calls of roosters,goats and ...