Charleston Gazette back issues from July 1998:
Detention center order catching some flak: Overcrowding forces youthful offenders; to be turned away
Jul 01, 1998; ... STAFF WRITER Because of overcrowding, the director of the state Division ofJuvenile Services has ordered detention centers to turn away youthfuloffenders. But an exception was made to Phyllis Carter's order just daysafter it was drafted. A memo directing juvenile ...
U.S. F-16 fires at Iraqi site: Radar had threatened British planes flying monitoring missions
Jul 01, 1998; ... WASHINGTON (AP) - An American F-16 fired Tuesday on an Iraqimissile site that had threatened British warplanes, a jolt to U.S.-Iraq relations after several months of relative calm. "The message is very simple: Our forces are going to protectthemselves. This is an act of ...
Tripp testifies before Lewinsky grand jury: 'I did not cultivate Monica,' Tripp says in Post interview
Jul 01, 1998; ... WASHINGTON (AP) - Linda Tripp, whose tape-and-tell friendship withMonica Lewinsky spurred a White House crisis, spent six hours Tuesdayexplaining to a grand jury why she secretly recorded the young internand brought to light allegations of a presidential affair and cover-up. "I ...
Father witnessed two tragedies 4-month-old son lost while Robert Taylor tried to aid blind man
Jul 01, 1998; ... STAFF WRITER The father of the baby lost in Sunday's floodwaters was trying tohelp another storm victim about the time the 4-month-old, severalmiles upriver, slipped from his mother's arms. As cleanup continued on Tuesday, a fourth Kanawha County death wasattributed to the ...
Father witnessed two tragedies
Jul 01, 1998; ... Gazette photo Kanawha County Special Operations Response Team members TerrySetliff (foreground) and Larry Miller dig through several feet ofdebris in hopes of locating the body of ...
State briefs
Jul 01, 1998 ... Hearing set for suspect in cameraman's death HUNTINGTON - A hearing has been set for Thursday in Wayne CountyMagistrate Court for a man charged in the beating death of aHuntington television photographer. Mitchell Vickers, 40, of Barboursville will appear ...
Underwood seeking disaster declaration
Jul 01, 1998; ... STAFF WRITER On Tuesday, Gov. Cecil Underwood toured the towns of Clendenin andSissonville, both ravaged by Sunday's flooding. He said seeing thedestruction gave him the feeling his hands were tied. "It is very upsetting, especially for a native West Virginian,"Underwood ...
Stamps to cost 33 cents Jan. 10: Effective date has been delayed
Jul 01, 1998; ... WASHINGTON (AP) - An increase in postal rates has been postponeduntil January, the Postal Service's governing board announcedTuesday. "The delayed implementation is good news," said board chairman SamWinters, announcing that new rates - including a one-cent boost to 33cents for ...
Mercer aging group seeks bailout again; state wary
Jul 01, 1998; ... STAFF WRITER With several thousand dollars in unpaid taxes and bills, theMercer County Commission on Aging has asked the governor to give it$358,000 in state funds to help pay the debt and its mortgage on a $1million senior center. "At the present time, we're looking over our ...
Slain fugitive was violent, deputies say
Jul 01, 1998 ... HUNTINGTON (AP) - An unarmed fugitive shot dead by Cabell Countysheriff's deputies was a violent man who made a grab for an officer'sgun when the officer fired, Cabell County's chief deputy said. "If he had gotten {the deputy's} gun away from him, there couldhave been three dead ...
Two charged in death of 11-pound girl
Jul 01, 1998; ... WASHINGTON, Pa. (AP) - A girl weighing just 11 pounds when shedied at age 7 was starved to death, and her teeth were worn down fromgrinding them, a sign of stress, a prosecutor said Tuesday. The girl's mother, Michelle Tharp, and her boyfriend, DouglasBittinger, 25, of Burgettstown ...
Gun horror: 'Find time, or I'll do time'
Jul 01, 1998; ... TWICE in four days, young black men were shot to death inCharleston. On June 14, Omar "Doc" Archer, 21, was killed by a volley ofpistol shots fired into his rental car parked on a church lot. On June 18, Roderic Young, 20, was felled by three pistol shots inthe back on a ...
Nature's advocate: Position still needed
Jul 01, 1998; ... STATE Sen. Vic Sprouse, R-Kanawha, is only partly right about theenvironmental advocate position at the state Division ofEnvironmental Protection. The Republican senator says the position isn't needed. The truthis that it shouldn't be necessary to have an environmental advocatein ...
Readers' forum
Jul 01, 1998 ... Support of McGraw exposes agenda Editor: The editorial about Benjamin Suarez and Attorney General DarrellMcGraw is just another example of your paper's far-left politicalleaning. For the most part I enjoy reading the Gazette, however when youwaste time and ...
Sacred grounds: Laws being followed to protect sites
Jul 01, 1998; ... MY STAFF and I read carefully the May 26 Viewpoint article,"Indian burial sites deserve equal respect," written by Bob EagleClawParkins. I agree that respect should be given to the graves ofAmerican Indians. Parkins said that "we don't destroy cemeteries of Europeanancestors." ...
Punishing policy: Making ends meet is mission impossible for SSI recipients
Jul 01, 1998; ... ACCORDING to the state Department of Health and Human Resources,welfare rolls are dramatically down. One report for 1997 showed a 45percent drop in caseloads in the pilot "West Virginia Works"counties. Unfortunately, this doesn't mean that these families have movedout of poverty ...
Crafty folks
Jul 01, 1998 ... A craftswoman demonstrates her art at the Mountain State Art andCraft Fair, ...
Working with fireworks
Jul 01, 1998 ... Every year, children and adults across the nation lose fingers,eyes and suffer other injuries from careless use of fireworks aroundthe Fourth of July holiday. The U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco andFirearms offers the safety tips below, plus a warning aboutpurchasing illegal, homemade ...
Marriages sometimes go straight to dogs
Jul 01, 1998; ... Dear Ann Landers: Animal lovers gave you quite a roasting for thestand you took against keeping pets in the house when a spousesuffers from allergies. I'm on your side. One of your readerssuggested allergy shots, which is not a bad idea - if they work.Mine didn't. My wife had two ...
A hill of beans: Art of kitchen wizardry requires can-do spirit
Jul 01, 1998; ... Man, it seems, was destined to dry beans. From navy to northern,pinto to kidney, they are readily available, respond well to thedrying process and, when reconstituted, still offer an impressivecollection of vitamins and nutrients. There is a drawback, however.Making dried beans soft and ...
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Jul 01, 1998; ... Mouth-watering melons, perfect peaches, tangy-sweet berries -nothing says summer better than fresh fruit. And this time of yearit's everywhere, from your neighborhood supermarket to roadsidestands. I keep a huge bowl of cut fruit in the fridge all summer. Itdisappears so fast ...
Salsa a vegetable in school, USDA says
Jul 01, 1998; ... Ketchup couldn't cut it as a vegetable for school lunches. Butsalsa - its chunkier, spicier cousin - has made the menu. Give school kids a serving of salsa at lunch, and you've justgiven them a vegetable, according to the U.S. Department ofAgriculture. But only if you serve ...
FEAST FOR A DAY: Light up appetites with this sparkling Fourth of July spread
Jul 01, 1998; ... FOOD WRITER Beyond burgers, ribs and corn on the cob, what other food could bemore associated with this most American of holidays than friedchicken and macaroni salad? And doesn't it go against nature tothink of the Fourth of July without watermelon? Try putting a sparkle in ...
FOOD NOTES
Jul 01, 1998; ... How nutritious This week's recipes by food writer Judy Grigoraci feature thedebut of nutritional information at the bottom of each recipe. Thisinformation has sometimes been available for recipes from wireservices, but now - with the help of a program known as Computer Chef- ...
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Jul 01, 1998; ... The Academy Awards presentation will move to Sunday nightsbeginning next March 21 and will start a half-hour earlier in anattempt to keep East Coast viewers tuned in to the ceremony's late-night end and to avoid Los Angeles traffic jams. The Oscars were traditionally, although not ...
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Jul 01, 1998; ... It might not reach the epic proportions of his classic matchups oncourt with Larry Bird, but later this week Magic Johnson is expectedto go one-on-one in his new talk-show arena with one of hisstaunchest critics - radio motormouth Howard Stern. Producers of the struggling "Magic ...
What's up
Jul 01, 1998 ... Woody Allen upset about actress O'Sullivan's death NEW YORK - Woody Allen is upset that he learned about the death ofMia Farrow's mother, actress Maureen O'Sullivan, from reading thenewspaper. "He had a great deal of affection for Maureen," said Allen'sspokeswoman, Leslee ...
Colas have new weapon for war
Jul 01, 1998 ... WASHINGTON (AP) - The government approved a new artificialsweetener for the diet cola wars Tuesday, and Pepsi immediatelyannounced it would use Sunett sweetener in a new one-calorie drink. Sunett, known chemically as acesulfame-K, is 200 times sweeterthan sugar. The Food and Drug ...
NBA players play waiting game
Jul 01, 1998; ... Scottie Pippen was sitting at home in Chicago, his moment in thefree agent spotlight postponed indefinitely. Michael Olowokandi bidthe Clippers goodbye and prepared to go back to England. Keith VanHorn finished his last workout for a while at the New Jersey Nets'practice ...
Orioles on the verge of shakeup
Jul 01, 1998 ... BALTIMORE (AP) - Baseball's highest-paid team has been theseason's biggest flop. The Baltimore Orioles are sinking toward last place in the AL Eastand showing no sign of making even a modest run at the wild-cardspot. Owner Peter Angelos, conceding that the "situation is ...
Sports briefs
Jul 01, 1998; ... Dolphins' Phillips under investigation MIAMI - Miami Dolphins running back Lawrence Phillips, whosecareer has been plagued by violent outbursts, is under investigationfor allegedly punching a woman in the face at a suburban nightclub,police said Tuesday. According to police ...
Capacity crowd: Shepherdstown hotel to house government trainees for 15 years
Jul 01, 1998; ... BUSINESS EDITOR If the key to success in the hotel industry is to fill a highpercentage of beds, then the Clarion Hotel and Conference Center inShepherdstown must be doing something right. The new $20 millionhotel will host at least 160 guests per week for 43 weeks a year forthe ...
A partnership forged in steel: Sculpture will be a lasting reminder of sister cities' connection
Jul 01, 1998; ... STAFF WRITER Two intertwined figures each reach a hand toward the sky, joiningtogether to hold aloft a torch. The figures, central to a sculpture called "Unity," symbolize thebond between Charleston and its sister city of Korolev, Russia. "You can't separate them," said ...
Pushing its way to the front of the line is the key
Jul 01, 1998; ... AFTER having some "why did the chicken cross the road"explanations a couple of weeks ago, I received a lot of mail (andotherwise) on the subject. A number of people (of which, I think,Dolly Cummins was first) offered the following: Why did the chicken cross the road? To show ...
Civic Center renovations start this fall: Biggest expense is replacing arena's 1,800 retractable seats
Jul 01, 1998; ... STAFF WRITER Work should start this fall on renovations to Charleston's agingCivic Center. Civic Center Director John Robertson said installation of morethan 1,800 new telescoping seats for the coliseum should begin inSeptember. The seats will replace all 11 rows of ...
United Bankshares acquires 2 branches
Jul 01, 1998 ... PARKERSBURG (AP) - United Bankshares Inc. on Tuesday completed itsacquisition of two Pikeville, Ky.-based branches. No purchase price was disclosed. The acquisition of Community Trust Bancorp Inc. branches locatedin Charles Town and Shepherdstown will allow Parkersburg-based ...
Professor fights to keep renting campus housing: West Liberty is in the process of razing select faculty houses
Jul 01, 1998; ... STAFF WRITER A professor at West Liberty State College says the Ohio Countysheriff's office is prepared to make an arrest today if someone showsup to tear down the faculty housing unit he has rented from theschool for 30 years. Associate Professor Charles Campanizzi said ...
Seniors advocate protests gas hike
Jul 01, 1998 ... BECKLEY (AP) - A spokeswoman for the elderly opposed a $22 millionincrease in Mountaineer Gas Co.'s rates because of concerns for herclients. About 30 people showed up at a utility regulatory agency hearingin Beckley on Monday to oppose the company's rate proposal. "A lot of ...
National briefs
Jul 01, 1998 ... Foreign investment in U.S. continues to grow WASHINGTON - The United States, already the world's largest"debtor" country, saw its total top $1 trillion for the first timelast year as foreigners continued to pour investment money into thehigh-flying U.S. economy. In ...
Fed warns banks about their lending practices
Jul 01, 1998 ... WASHINGTON (AP) - With the economy apparently heading for aslowdown, the Federal Reserve warned bankers Tuesday to "maintaintheir lending discipline" so they don't wind up with a mountain ofdelinquent business loans. The directive came as economists expressed increasing ...
NAACP urges boycott of three hotel chains
Jul 01, 1998 ... BALTIMORE (AP) - The NAACP is urging people to boycott threenational hotel chains that the civil rights group says have poortrack records in minority hiring and business development. In a survey released Monday, the National Association for theAdvancement of Colored People ranked ...
SMELL THE COFFEE: Picking up on kindness in Putnam
Jul 01, 1998; ... I never picked up a hitchhiker before the other day. And sincethe man I gave a ride to never held out his thumb, I guess my recordstands clean on a technicality. I had spent a few hours with my parents in Red House while I madeuse of their dryer (since ours has done nothing but ...
Crafty folks: Cedar Lakes fair demands exhibitors with active hands
Jul 01, 1998; ... STAFF WRITER It would seem Gary and Emily Kupferer don't have enough to do.She teaches first grade in Sistersville, he works as a maintenancemechanic at a chemical plant, and together the two of them work theirshaved ice and ice cream shop in New Martinsville. So to stave off ...
If You Go
Jul 01, 1998 ... WHAT: Mountain State Art and Craft Fair HIGHLIGHTS: A few of the many events include sheepshearingdemonstrations 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday; antique autoshow 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday; kiddie tractor pulls 1 and 3 p.m.Thursday for boys and girls through age 6; an ...
American League
Jul 01, 1998 ... NEW YORK - Final voting released Tuesday for the 69th All-StarGame, to be played Tuesday at Colorado (Pitchers and reserves forboth leagues to be announced today): First Basemen 1, Jim Thome, Cleveland, 1,193,823. 2, Tino Martinez, New York,993,944. 3, Frank Thomas, Chicago, ...
Transactions
Jul 01, 1998 ... BASEBALL National League NL-Suspended Pittsburgh C Jason Kendall and Los Angeles OF GarySheffield three games each, effective July 1, and fined themundisclosed amounts for fighting and provoking a bench-clearingincident on June 28. Southern League CHATTANOOGA ...
Swimming
Jul 01, 1998 ... Cross Lanes 429, Sleepy Hollow 243 Triple winners Cross Lanes - Jennifer Cooperider, Matt Carter, Kelly Anderson,Andrew Sloan. Sleepy Hollow - Kaitlyn Robinson, Marissa Santer,Claire Sellards. Double winners Cross Lanes - Brad Maddix, David Hendren, Adam Howell, ...
World Cup
Jul 01, 1998 ... FIRST ROUND GROUP A W L T GF GA Pts x-Brazil 2 1 0 6 3 6 x-Norway 1 0 2 5 4 5 Morocco 1 1 1 5 5 4 Scotland 0 2 1 2 6 1 x-advanced to second round GROUP B W L T GF GA Pts x-Italy 2 0 1 7 3 7 x-Chile 0 0 3 4 4 ...
Arena Football
Jul 01, 1998 ... American Conference Central Division W L Pct. PF PA Houston 5 4 .556 467 473 Milwaukee 4 5 .444 488 493 Grand Rapids 3 6 .333 334 416 Iowa 2 7 .222 346 458 Western Division W L Pct. PF PA Arizona 7 2 .778 505 412 San ...
NHL
Jul 01, 1998 ... Free Agents A partial list of top NHL players who can become unrestricted freeagents today, with name and 1997-98 team: Forwards Brian Bellows, Washington Capitals Marc Bureau, Montreal Canadiens Guy Carbonneau, Dallas Stars Shane Churla, N.Y ....
Major League Soccer
Jul 01, 1998 ... Eastern Conference W L SOW Pts GF GA D.C. 13 5 5 29 42 31 NY-NJ 9 7 1 25 31 29 Columbus 8 7 0 24 29 22 Miami 6 10 3 12 15 33 Tampa Bay 4 13 0 12 18 30 New England 4 11 1 10 27 37 Western Conference W L SOW Pts GF ...
Baseball history
Jul 01, 1998 ... 1917 - Fred Toney of the Cincinnati Reds pitched complete gamevictories in a doubleheader against the Pittsburgh Pirates. Toneythrew a three-hitter in each, winning 4-1 and 5-1, setting a recordfor the fewest hits allowed in a doubleheader by a pitcher. 1925 - Hack Wilson of the ...
Big League baseball
Jul 01, 1998 ... Tuesday's results Midwestern 003 051 0 -9 11 0 Mountaineer 001 300 0 -4 10 5 Holley and Porta, Webb (5). Stover and Alison. Top ...
Deadline is 5 p.m. Friday
Jul 01, 1998 ... Deadline for entering the Public Courts Tournament is 5 p.m.Friday. Pairings and seedings will be announced July 10. Applications for the scholarships are available at the ...
Venus Williams learning fast at Wimbledon
Jul 01, 1998 ... WIMBLEDON, England (AP) - Like a schoolgirl cramming for a final -a Wimbledon final, she hopes - Venus Williams cribs notes to herselfthat she sneaks peeks at during matches. They are daily affirmations and reminders that she pulls out ofher bag on changeovers. Bend your knees. Get ...
Shootout victory moves Argentina into quarterfinals
Jul 01, 1998 ... The Associated Press Argentina didn't need Diego Maradona or the "hand of God" thistime. It did need a shootout to beat England and advance to thequarterfinals of the World Cup. Unable to penetrate England's defense, even when it had a manadvantage for nearly the entire ...
Cats rained out, playing two today
Jul 01, 1998 ... Tuesday's scheduled game between the visiting Charleston AlleyCats and Piedmont Boll Weevils was postponed because of rain. The Cats and Weevils will play a pair beginning at 6:05 p.m.today. Starting pitchers for Charleston will be Dustin Robinson in thefirst game and Brett ...
Ken Griffey Jr. top AL vote-getter for third straight year
Jul 01, 1998 ... NEW YORK (AP) - While Ken Griffey is second in the chase for thehome run record, he's still first in fans' hearts. The Seattle Mariners outfielder became the leading All-Star vote-getter for the third straight year and fourth time overall, blowingaway the competition in American ...
Lopez on target to repeat '97 - with better end ?
Jul 01, 1998 ... KOHLER, Wis. (AP) - Nancy Lopez is trying to do everything just asshe did at last year's U.S. Open - minus the finish. "I came out Sunday afternoon and chipped and putted and I wasn'tnervous. I felt calm again, which was like a repeat of last year,"Lopez said Tuesday. "I felt real ...
Names in the games
Jul 01, 1998; ... Selig to be given job on permanent basis The date for Bud Selig's coronation is set. Selig, who repeatedlyhas said he didn't want the job, is set to be voted baseballcommissioner on a permanent basis when owners meet July 9 at Chicago. Electing a commissioner is the top item ...
State-Florida recruiting connection turns tragic
Jul 01, 1998; ... This is a column about recruiting. A column that beginsinnocently enough. And ends with murder. That written, allow me to begin. A couple days ago, yours truly found an article in the FortLauderdale (Fla.) Sun-Sentinel. It said Coconut Creek (actually, itsaid Coconut ...
Class AAA leaders
Jul 01, 1998 ... OVERALL 1. Cabell Midland 2. Fairmont Senior 3. Parkersburg 4. Wheeling Park 5. George Washington 6. Jefferson 7. Huntington 8. Martinsburg 9. Capital 10. North Marion BOYS SPORTS 1 ....
Depth gives edge to Cabell Midland: Runner-up finishes accumulate, giving Knights top spot in AAA; GAZETTE EXCELLENCE IN SPORTS AWARD
Jul 01, 1998; ... FOR THE GAZETTE The Spice Girls aren't the only females demonstrating girl powerthese days. The girls athletic teams at Cabell Midland High School enjoyedhighly successful seasons this past school year. As state runners-up in cross country, volleyball, tennis ...
Bird: 'I fooled 'em, didn't I?'
Jul 01, 1998 ... INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - For so many years, he was told he wasn't bigenough, wasn't strong enough, wasn't quick enough and couldn't jump. "I fooled 'em, didn't I?" Larry Bird said Tuesday. The shy country boy who always downplayed stardom and deflectedcredit couldn't fool the ...
Herd recruiting not finished
Jul 01, 1998; ... STAFF WRITER Although no basketball scholarships are available, Marshallapparently is competing for a 6-foot-6 small forward who originallycommitted to Indiana. Mark Treadwell, a recent graduate of St. Joseph's High School inWestchester, Ill., has visited Marshall and other ...