Charleston Gazette back issues from August 1998:
Tons of explosives stolen: 50 officers track chemical taken from W.Va. firm
Aug 01, 1998; ... MORGANTOWN (AP) - More than 25 tons of ammonium nitrate, the samechemical used in the Oklahoma City bombing, have been stolen from aPreston County farm-supply business, federal officials said Friday. The volume is about 10 times greater than the amount used todestroy the Alfred P ....
Shooting victim had faced allegations of drug sales in '95
Aug 01, 1998; ... Authorities were remaining mum Friday about a motive in aCampbells Creek murder, but court records showed the victim wasbelieved to previously have been involved with drug sales. Jeffrey Stone, 35, was found dead of multiple gunshot woundsinside his pickup truck early Thursday in ...
House GOP delays teen smoking legislation: Lawmakers await recess; response, colleague says
Aug 01, 1998 ... WASHINGTON (AP) - House Republicans have sidetracked legislationto curtail teen smoking at least until September, according tocongressional officials, amid internal debate over whether to abandonthe measure entirely. As recently as two weeks ago, Speaker Newt Gingrich told ...
Jury awards$153.2 million in Ford lawsuit
Aug 01, 1998 ... CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) - A jury on Friday awarded $153.2 millionto a couple after finding that a Ford truck that rolled over andkilled their 3-year-old son had a defective parking brake. Walter White had climbed into the truck in 1994 to look for hispiggy bank. He fell or jumped ...
Babbitt meets with governor on highways: Underwood shows frustration with Department of the Interior
Aug 01, 1998; ... In town to start a fishing vacation, U.S. Interior Secretary BruceBabbitt met with Gov. Cecil Underwood for about 90 minutes at theCapitol on Friday to discuss ways to speed up construction ofCorridor H and other highway projects. Underwood expressed his frustration over Interior ...
Starr investigation likely to change law, experts say
Aug 01, 1998; ... WASHINGTON - Independent Counsel Ken Starr has pushed the legalenvelope on his investigation into matters regarding PresidentClinton and Monica Lewinsky. He has forced Secret Service agents to testify. He has tackledattorney-client privilege within the White House. He has served ...
Va. hospital quiet after possible baby switching
Aug 01, 1998; ... CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) - The University of Virginia MedicalCenter assigns newborn babies and their mothers identical numberedbracelets immediately after birth. But something went very wrong three years ago, when two girls wenthome with the wrong mothers. University police ...
Worldbriefs
Aug 01, 1998 ... Public probe of horrors of apartheid system ends CAPE TOWN, South Africa - South Africa ended Friday itsextraordinary public exploration of apartheid's horrors, shuttingdown two years of hearings that laid bare decades of massacres,beatings and torture. Testimony in ...
Nationalbriefs
Aug 01, 1998 ... Link between AIDS drugs, premature births studied WASHINGTON - Government researchers have temporarily halted theenrollment of pregnant women into studies of the potent anti-AIDSprotease inhibitors, as they try to determine whether the drugs mightincrease the risk of ...
Asian slump, GM strikes slow economy
Aug 01, 1998; ... WASHINGTON (AP) - Asia's troubles and the General Motors strikesreduced U.S. economic growth during a lackluster April-June quarter.But American consumers still have money to spend, and analystspredicted the economy will bounce back. The gross domestic product - the sum of goods ...
Gauley Bridge police chief wants 3 trials on sex charges
Aug 01, 1998; ... FAYETTEVILLE - "The sheer number of charges" against GauleyBridge's suspended police chief would cause a jury to return a guiltyverdict, his lawyer wrote in her request for three trials as theywould relate to allegations from three victims. Cynthia Salmons also said Friday that a ...
27 smokers, cancer survivors sue tobacco firms
Aug 01, 1998; ... In what could be the largest tobacco-related lawsuit of its kind,Charleston lawyer Jim Humphreys has filed a complaint in KanawhaCircuit Court on behalf of 27 smokers who have contracted lung orthroat cancer, or their survivors. Humphreys contends the plaintiffs contracted cancer ...
Powerball brass ponder problems with jackpots
Aug 01, 1998; ... DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Powerball officials gambled with troublewhen they made it harder to win their multistate lottery last year. With longer odds, the jackpots would swell - but so, too, wouldthe swarms of eager treasure seekers. This week's record $295.7 million jackpot ...
Institute plant manager denies remark
Aug 01, 1998; ... Rhone-Poulenc's Institute plant manager testified Friday that henever told area residents concerned about the plant's 1996 chemicalleak and fire that the plant might stop warning people aboutaccidents if it kept getting sued. Or, Hal Foss told the jury, at least he didn't mean to ...
Video slot machines expand to tracks, commission votes
Aug 01, 1998; ... Progressive video slot machines, which allow players on 10 to 15machines to compete for a jackpot, are likely to expand to thestate's four horse and dog racetracks after a vote by the stateLottery Commission on Friday. The commission has been allowing a test of progressive gaming ...
Smiles and scowls
Aug 01, 1998; ... To Michael and Mary Paterno of South Charleston, who have beenmarried 68 years - and 700 other long-wed couples being honored byCatholic churches around West Virginia. To WVU physicist Raymond Raylman, who created a device to detectand remove tiny breast cancers, which may save ...
Boats, booze: DNR patrols lacking
Aug 01, 1998; ... FOUR young boaters were killed on the Kanawha River in two recentaccidents - and alcohol is suspected as a factor. But safety patrols by the state Division of Natural Resources arerare, because most DNR boats are old and out of commission. This is intolerable. Legislators and ...
Readers' forum
Aug 01, 1998 ... Word for Moss: responsibility! Editor: Just one word for Randy Moss, whose career I've followed since Isaw him in the state basketball tourney: responsibility! How silly to blame a state for situations he put himself in. Ionly hope that he can learn from Cris ...
Clinton needs to tell whole truth - to all
Aug 01, 1998; ... AS THE Monica & Bill soap opera took another dramatic twist, aspontaneous one-liner by Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., caught thecountry's exasperated mood. "Let's wrap this sucker up!" he snapped. To which most Americans, whether titillated or nauseated by thelong-running sexual ...
Children's health: Program barely started
Aug 01, 1998; ... IT WOULD be easy to take potshots at those running the state'sChildren's Health Insurance Program. After all, there are about40,000 uninsured children in West Virginia, and those in charge ofthe program had only signed up 34 by Tuesday. It would be easy - but it would also be ...
Horoscope
Aug 01, 1998; ... Saturday, Aug. 1, 1998 Your birthday today: This is your year to put down roots, makedecisions and build a stable foundation. Your best ideas are acombination of past experience and present creativity. A loved one'simagination gives you a boost in the right direction. In this ...
Bulletin board
Aug 01, 1998 ... FUTURE EVENTS Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of the Kanawha Valley willsponsor a Creative Capers for Kids' camp from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Mondaythrough Friday at the fellowship's Eastman Activity Center, 520Kanawha Blvd. W. Extended hours from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. will also be ...
Grant approval sought for YWCA city shelter: No location named for proposed housing for battered women
Aug 01, 1998; ... On Monday, Charleston YWCA director Debby Weinstein will ask CityCouncil to approve a grant application for a transitional housingcomplex for homeless and battered women. But she'll do it withoutmentioning a specific site for the project. "We've told everybody all along, if anybody ...
Case dropped after convicted rapist fails to show for court
Aug 01, 1998; ... Once again, a man fighting a 1979 rape conviction has failed toappear in court to plead his case. As a result, special Judge George Scott of Roane County, who hasmade two trips to Charleston to preside over the hearing, grantedassistant Prosecutor Jon Blevins' motion to dismiss the ...
Police briefs
Aug 01, 1998 ... Liquor cases stolen from St. Albans storage Thieves made off with cases of liquor and some other items lateThursday or early Friday that was stored in a trailer behind a St.Albans business. St. Albans police were investigating the burglary, which occurredat the Rite ...
People can learn a lot from geese, too
Aug 01, 1998; ... Dear Ann Landers: Your column about "Things You Can Learn FromYour Dog" reminded me of something I copied from the Dick E. BirdNews. I think it's worth printing and hope you do, too. - Ithaca,N.Y., Reader Dear Ithaca: I do, indeed, and here it is. Thanks a million. What We ...
Saturday AFTERNOON
Aug 01, 1998; ... Two very different films about religion, Martin Scorsese's"Kundun" and Robert Duvall's "The Apostle," top the list of filmsmaking their video debuts next month. Nominated for four Academy Awards, including best music andcinematography, Scorsese's beautiful, contemplative account of ...
Derek welcomes role change in series 'Wind on Water'
Aug 01, 1998; ... PASADENA, Calif. - Does Bo Derek know what she's getting herselfinto? The sex symbol, whose name became synonymous with "10," her famous1979 film, plays the mother of two Hawaiian surfer-ranchers in thenew NBC series "Wind on Water." "The focus of the show is on young people ...
City
Aug 01, 1998 ... Anchorage 72 52 Clr Atlanta 88 70 Cldy Boston 73 59 Clr Chas.,S.C. 95 74 Cldy Charlotte 89 71 Clr Chicago 79 57 Clr Cincinnati 81 58 Clr Cleveland 77 56 Clr Dallas 108 83 Clr Denver 84 58 Cldy Detroit 81 56 ...
City
Aug 01, 1998 ... Amsterdam 64 53 cdy Athens 98 77 clr Beijing 82 73 cdy Berlin 73 57 cdy Bermuda 89 77 clr Cairo 98 75 cdy Calgary 80 53 cdy Dublin 64 53 cdy Hong Kong 91 80 clr Jerusalem 91 73 clr London 69 57 cdy Madrid 98 66 ...
Via Associated Press
Aug 01, 1998 ... * Boone, Cabell, Clay, Jackson, Kanawha, Lincoln, Logan, Mason,Mingo, Putnam, Roane, Wayne: Today, mostly sunny. Highs in the lowerto mid-80s. Tonight, clear. Lows in the mid-50s. - Barbour, Braxton, Calhoun, Doddridge, Gilmer, Harrison, Lewis,Pleasants, Ritchie, Taylor, Tyler, ...
congress calls
Aug 01, 1998 ... SENATE Sen. Robert C. Byrd, SH-311 Hart Senate Office Building,Washington, D.C. 20510. Phone (202) 224-3954. Charleston office:342- 5855. Sen. Jay Rockefeller, 531 Hart Senate Office Building, Washington,D.C. 20510. Phone (202) 224-6472. Charleston office: Suite 608, ...
'Park raising' set today in Buffalo
Aug 01, 1998 ... Team members from Toyota Motor Manufacturing West Virginia,community leaders and local residents will participate in an "old-fashioned park raising" in Buffalo from 9 to 11 a.m. today. Plant and community ...
MultiFest music schedule finished
Aug 01, 1998 ... Organizers of Charleston's ninth annual MultiFest have finishedthe music schedule for the three-day event. MultiFest planners announced this week that B-Rock & the Bizz willheadline the first night of the festival. MultiFest runs ...
Wis. panel OKs moving female prisoners to W.Va.
Aug 01, 1998 ... MADISON, Wis. (AP) - In as little as two weeks, West Virginiacould receive female inmates from Wisconsin under a plan approved bya key legislative panel. The Wisconsin Department of Corrections will send up to 120inmates as early as mid-August to a minimum-security prison camp ...
New Ambulances
Aug 01, 1998; ... The Kanawha County Emergency Ambulance Authority showed off one ofits two new, $180,000 ambulances ...
Jones team includes possible Lewinsky link in federal appeal
Aug 01, 1998; ... LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Paula Jones' lawyers said Friday that inaddition to wanting her sexual-harassment lawsuit restored, they wantto explore whether Clinton had a sexual relationship with formerWhite House intern Monica Lewinsky. In an appeal prepared for the 8th U.S. Circuit ...
Library hours
Aug 01, 1998 ... The Charleston Newspapers library is open to the public from 1 to4 p.m. Tuesdays through Fridays. The library is on the second floorof the CN building, 1001 Virginia St ....
Persinger wins by 1
Aug 01, 1998; ... POCA - A couple of short putts that refused to go into the holemade the difference as Charles Persinger held off Chuck Starcher by asingle stroke Friday to capture his third straight Kanawha ValleyGolf Association Tournament and fourth title overall. Both Persinger and Starcher ...
Alley Cats' long season gets longer
Aug 01, 1998; ... The events of the last two nights delivered another message to theAlley Cats, a message reaffirming their inconsistency andillustrating the perils of a long season. On the game's opening pitch Friday night at Watt Powell Park,Hagerstown's Tony Peters rocketed a home run to left, ...
Names in the games
Aug 01, 1998 ... Herd offensive guard won't play this fall Marshall's Bert Scarbrough, who started all 13 games at leftoffensive guard last year, will not return to the Herd this season. Scarbrough, a 6-foot-5, 305-pound senior from Kennesaw, Ga., hadoffseason surgery on both ankles and said he ...
Most state natives in athletics love West Virginia
Aug 01, 1998; ... Quote of the week: Randy Moss on his home state: "West Virginia,man, has been tough on me." Co-quote of the week: Randy Moss on his home state: "Just stay outof West Virginia." Tri-quote of the week: Randy Moss on his home state: "I have nolove whatsoever for West Virginia ...
Barnes out for life?
Aug 01, 1998 ... NEW YORK (AP) - Shot putter Randy Barnes' chances of avoiding alifetime ban from track and field are running out. The latest chapter in Barnes' troubles came Friday when theInternational Amateur Athletic Federation said the B sample from hisout-of-competition drug test April 1 was ...
Harrick Jr. joins staff of Harrick Sr.
Aug 01, 1998; ... On Friday morning, Rhode Island basketball coach Jim Harrick Sr.called the Gazette sports department. True, he was stealing his son, Jim Harrick Jr., from the staff ofMarshall University coach Greg White. "But I want everyone there to know this is a family affair," ...
SALLY LEAGUE
Aug 01, 1998 ... Second Half Northern Division W L Pct. GB Delmarva (Orioles) 21 21 .500 - Cape Fear (Expos) 20 21 .488 1/2 x-Hagerstown (Blue Jays) 18 23 .439 2 1/2 Charleston (Reds) 14 28 .333 7 Central Division Greensboro (Yankees) 25 17 .595 ...
SCOREBOARD
Aug 01, 1998 ... TELEVISION (ESPN2) noon - pro football: Hall of Fame induction ceremonies I 1 p.m. - auto racing: NASCAR Winston Cup Series Brickyard 400 L 1 p.m. - baseball: Cardinals at Braves (ESPN) 1:30 p.m. - golf: LPGA du Maurier Classic N 2 p.m. - Goodwill ...
Young's double lifts Reds to win against Marlins
Aug 01, 1998 ... MIAMI - Dmitri Young's seventh-inning double drove in the go-aheadruns as the Cincinnati Reds edged Florida 3-2 Friday night, theMarlins' 12th loss in 14 games. Brett Tomko (10-7), who held Florida without a hit until the fifthinning, allowed two runs and five hits in seven ...
Baseball today
Aug 01, 1998 ... East Division W L Pct GB L10 Str Home Away Intr New York 75 27 .735 - 7-3 W-1 38-8 37-19 13-3 Boston 62 44 .585 15 z-6-4 L-1 33-17 29-27 9-7 Baltimore 55 54 .505 231/2 z-7-3 L-1 31-25 24-29 5-11 Toronto 54 56 .491 25 4-6 L-1 30-23 24-33 9-7 Tampa Bay ...
Brickyard 400 lineup
Aug 01, 1998 ... Brickyard 400 lineup INDIANAPOLIS - The lineup for today's NASCAR Brickyard 400,listing car number in parentheses, driver, residence, car andqualifying speed in mph around the 21/2-mile Indianapolis MotorSpeedway track: 1. (36) Ernie Irvan, Salinas, Calif., Pontiac, ...
Meetings, etc.
Aug 01, 1998 ... G.W. FOOTBALL: Candidates for the George Washington High ...
Tennis
Aug 01, 1998 ... Generali Open Results KITZBUEHEL, Austria - Results Friday of the $535,000 Generali OpenATP tennis tournament: Singles Quarterfinals Francisco Clavet (6), Spain, def. Fernando Meligeni (13), Brazil,6-3, 6-1. Andreas Gaudenzi (7), Italy, def. Nicolas ...
Latest line
Aug 01, 1998 ... NFL Preseason Favorite Points Underdog Hall of Fame Game-Canton, Ohio. Pittsburgh 2 (35) Tampa Bay a-Green Bay 2 1/2 (37) Kansas City Sunday, Aug 2nd. SAN FRANCISCO 3 (38) New England a-at Tokyo, Japan. Baseball Favorite Odds ...
Transactions
Aug 01, 1998 ... BASEBALL American League BOSTON RED SOX-Named Ed Kenney assistant general manager. NamedKent Qualls director of minor league operations. Named Buddy Baileyminor league field coordinator. Traded LHP Joe Hudson to theMilwaukee Brewers for INF Eddy Diaz. Assigned Diaz to ...
YOUTH BASEBALL
Aug 01, 1998 ... Connie Mack 18-year olds East Central Regional Tournament At Cincinnati, Ohio Hunt. Patriots 010 000 0 -1 5 2 Midland (Ohio) 210 000 x -3 6 1 Pope and Redmond. Barger, Bayer (3) and Hamblen. WP - Barger.LP - Pope. Top hitters - HP: Dav.Smith 1-2; ...
baseball
Aug 01, 1998 ... EASTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB Charlotte 15 7 .682 - Cleveland 12 9 .571 21/2 New York 12 9 .571 21/2 Detroit 12 10 .545 3 Washington 2 18 .100 12 WESTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB x-Houston 20 1 .952 - Phoenix 12 9 .571 ...
Golf
Aug 01, 1998 ... Kanawha Valley Golf Association Tournament Friday at Scarlet Oaks Country Club Championship Flight Charles Persinger $235 69-77-72-218 Chuck Starcher $160 70-77-72-219 J.D. Kittle $150 80-74-72-226 Larry Haddad $135 ...
APPY LEAGUE
Aug 01, 1998 ... Eastern Division W L Pct. GB Princeton (Devil Rays) 24 16 .600 - Burlington (Indians) 20 21 .488 4 1/2 Bluefield (Orioles) 19 20 .487 4 1/2 Danville (Braves) 18 22 .450 6 Martinsville (Phillies) 16 25 .390 8 1/2 Western ...
Plenty of players switch teams before deadline
Aug 01, 1998 ... Trade rumors turned into reality Friday with Todd Stottlemyre,Royce Clayton and Todd Zeile going to the Texas Rangers and JuanGuzman, Carlos Perez and Ellis Burks also switching teams. But as the non-waiver trading deadline of midnight EDT approached,all of baseball was still ...
Munoz, four others to join Hall of Fame
Aug 01, 1998; ... Anthony Munoz was a granite-hard, unyielding force during his 13years as a Cincinnati Bengals offensive lineman. At 6-foot-6 and 278pounds, little could make him flinch. But he fears what is coming today on the steps of the Pro FootballHall of Fame in Canton, Ohio. He is to ...
Gordon ranks Brickyard win as his greatest: Hopes to recapture feeling today
Aug 01, 1998 ... INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Of all his victories, none means more to JeffGordon than the inaugural Brickyard 400. "I love this track," said Gordon, who will start third in the 43-car field today, the same starting position he had when he won in1994. Gordon, who turns 27 Tuesday, is ...
Chiefs' Grbac ready to try new offense
Aug 01, 1998 ... Elvis will be in the building when the Kansas City Chiefs play theGreen Bay Packers in their NFL exhibition opener in Tokyo Sunday, andhe'll be singing a happy tune. Elvis Grbac, the Chiefs' No. 1 quarterback, is anxious to test theChiefs' new, aggressive offense under coordinator ...
Martin clinches fourth IROC title with Indy victory
Aug 01, 1998 ... INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Mark Martin passed Jimmy Vasser four laps fromthe finish Friday, winning the final International Race of Championsevent of the season and clinching a record fourth IROC series titlein five years. The race was interrupted for about 40 minutes when Arie ...
Sports briefs
Aug 01, 1998 ... Bobby Julich: An American near Paris AUTUN, France - The scandal-rocked Tour de France ventured intothe wine country of Burgundy on Friday, with Bobby Julich of theUnited States safely in second place. He can now look toward another appealing locale: the podium on ...
Hurst, Burton share LPGA lead
Aug 01, 1998 ... Pat Hurst made six straight birdies Friday in the du MaurierClassic and quietly served noticed that Se Ri Pak isn't the onlywoman capable of winning two major championships this year. Hurst, who won her first major in the Dinah Shore in March, shot a7-under-par 65 and shared the ...
Marshall eyes expansion plans
Aug 01, 1998; ... Although no timetable has been set, Marshall University isconsidering architectural options for expanding its football stadiumthat would increase seating capacity by as much as 15,000. In a $4 million effort, the school is studying plans to add asecond deck to the east stands - ...