Charleston Gazette back issues from January 1999:
What's up
Jan 01, 1999 ... Hollywood Walk of Fame to undergo renovations LOS ANGELES - Hollywood is giving Tom Hanks and other stars afacelift.Tree roots and the rumbling of traffic on Vine Street have damagedthe Walk of Fame stars dedicated to Hanks, Lauren Bacall, Doris Day,Shirley Temple, Tina ...
PBS special remembers Rodgers & Hart
Jan 01, 1999; ... NEW YORK (AP) - "Thou Swell," music by Richard Rodgers and wordsby Lorenz Hart, was an experiment in combining 1927's hip languagewith archaic "thees" and "thous" for the musical "A ConnecticutYankee." The song very much sums up these groundbreaking artists who wroteclever tunes ...
Ex-anchor arrested in bomb threat
Jan 01, 1999 ... RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) - A former TV anchor for Fox Sports'Spanish programs was arrested for allegedly faxing a bomb threat toaformer co-worker. Rudolpho Martin, 45, once an anchor and commentator for the FoxSports Americas, as the Spanish-language service is known, wasarrested ...
10-year-old bread given as food aid
Jan 01, 1999 ... PRAGUE, Czech Republic (AP) - It wasn't quite the help they werelooking for. A truck full of bread baked in 1988 arrived as humanitarian aidlast week in a village destroyed by floods last year, the CTK newsagency reported Thursday. The German truck, sent to the village ofTroubky, ...
Resolve to evolve: how to make '99 the best year ever
Jan 01, 1999 ... Dear Readers: If some lines in today's column sound vaguelyfamiliar, you have a good memory. They appeared in this space lastyear. Not much about New Year's Day has changed, so thank you forallowing me to loaf a little. Let this coming year be better than all the others. Vow to ...
HoroscopeBy Linda Black
Jan 01, 1999 ... Friday, Jan. 1, 1999 Your birthday today: You're awesome by yourself, but with theright partner, you're invincible. And this year, you can prove it.Love shows the way in January. The money for new equipment comes inFebruary. Learn easily in March, more than you wanted to ...
How many calories does it take to ...?
Jan 01, 1999 ... Because Jane likes as much spice as possible in her new activelifestyle, this table gives the number of calories burned in avariety of activities. Figures are based on Jane's weight of 155 pounds, and 30 minutesof exercise. Walking 2 mph - 93 calories, or two small chocolate ...
, Well, almost free
Jan 01, 1999 ... Well, almost free Free is a very relative word. What's free for one is expensivefor another. The following table gives a "range of free" for a variety offitness and exercise equipment found at Sport Mart on MacCorkleAvenue (744-1200).The order of the table was determined by ...
Water: The liquid of life is in short supply this winter
Jan 01, 1999 ... Usually we associate droughts with heat and summer. This year,however, a lack of rain seems destined to last into the new year.Many communities throughout the East are under water conservationalerts. A drought makes me appreciate my beatup pickup truck and the 200-gallon tank ...
What price fitness?You don't have to spend a fortune or all your time to get fit
Jan 01, 1999; ... Let's take a hypothetical situation: Jane Doe - 35 years old, married mother of two, full-time nurse,25 pounds overweight, but otherwise in good health. Jane can't afford another expensive gym membership that she won'tuse, and she doesn't want to go on a crash diet for two ...
No comment on reports Town Center Rite Aid closing
Jan 01, 1999; ... Officials of Rite Aid Pharmacies' corporate offices say theycan'tcomment on reports that their Charleston Town Center store isclosing. Store employees have told customers that the mall location willbeshutting down. However, a spokeswoman for the Harrisburg, Pa.-based firm ...
Will computers reallybe prepared for Y2K?
Jan 01, 1999; ... WASHINGTON (AP) - Next New Year's Eve will bring suspense alongwith celebration of the year 2000: the uncertainty about what willwork and what won't after midnight, when the computers hit thosezeroes. It could create a thousandth-year hangover. President Clinton's assurance ...
Many of new playing rules and regulations crack down on minors
Jan 01, 1999; ... Around the nation, the new year brings thousands of new rules andregulations governing everything from paparazzi-hounding celebritiesto drunken teen-age drivers and haulers of kitchen grease. The laws range from the sweeping - a complete rewrite ofDelaware's tax code - to the ...
Chocolates, butter cookies recalled
Jan 01, 1999 ... WASHINGTON (AP) - Two kinds of chocolates and a brand of buttercookies are being recalled because they may pose the risk of a lifethreatening reaction if eaten by someone allergic to nuts. Elite Confections USA recalled two versions of the company's milkchocolate coins, ...
Deaths of note
Jan 01, 1999 ... THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Anita Hoffman, who helped then-husband Abbie Hoffman plot themostmemorable pranks of the Yippie movement and later helped him hideforyears from the FBI, died of breast cancer Sunday in San Francisco.She was 56. Ms. Hoffman helped Abbie disrupt the New ...
Wetzel child killed in crash
Jan 01, 1999 ... NEW MARTINSVILLE (AP) - A 14-year-old girl has died after beingstruck by a minivan earlier this week, police said. Police Chief Carl Kotcher would not identify either the victim orthe driver, who has not been charged. The child died Wednesday at Ohio Valley Medical Center ...
Funerals today
Jan 01, 1999 ... BEGLEY, Jennings W. - 1 p.m., Tyree Funeral Home, Oak Hill. BURKE, Dorothy B. - 11 a.m., Blue Ridge Funeral Home, Prosperity. COOPER, Herbert Jr. - 2 p.m., Handley Funeral Home, Hamlin.DANBERRY, Nellie J. - 2:30 p.m., Rose & Quesenberry Funeral Home,Beckley.DEAN, Retha M. - 1 ...
OBITUARIES
Jan 01, 1999 ... Sylvia E. Barnette Sylvia E. Barnette, 93, of St. Albans died Dec. 30, 1998, in aCharleston personal care home after a long illness. She was former owner of the Excello Restaurant, St. Albans, amember of St. Andrew United Methodist Church, St. Albans, and formerpresident of ...
At the new year, it's time to re-examine our use of time
Jan 01, 1999; ... "What is time? - the striking of the clock - the running of thesand - day and night - summer and winter - months, years, centuries?These are but arbitrary and outward signs - the measure of time, nottime itself. Time is the life of the soul. If not this - then tellme, what is time?" - ...
Snow not helping water-starved areas
Jan 01, 1999 ... AUGUSTA (AP) - Any snowfall over the New Year's weekend isunlikely to help Eastern Panhandle farmers struggling with low watertables, an extension agent said Thursday. Dry and unseasonably warm weather in recent months has promptedwater emergencies and pleas for conservation ...
Y2K bug a minor problem, most Americans say in poll
Jan 01, 1999 ... WASHINGTON (AP) - Most Americans think computer glitches expectedwith the arrival of the year 2000 will cause minor problems at most,but almost half of those queried in a new poll believe air trafficcontrol systems will fail, putting flyers at risk. About a third said they expect ...
Unemployment claims rise unexpectedly
Jan 01, 1999; ... WASHINGTON (AP) - Analysts say it's too soon to tell if lastweek's unexpectedly big jump in unemployment claims is a sign thattough times abroad are hitting U.S. companies harder. "I wouldn't read too much into it," said Mark M. Zandi aneconomist with Regional Financial Associates ...
Dow down 93 points
Jan 01, 1999 ... The Associated Press According to preliminary calculations, the Dow Jones industrialaverage fell 93.21 to 9181.43 Thursday. The Standard & Poor's 500 fell 2.54 to 1229.39, about 12 pointsfrom record terrain and up 26.6 percent for the year.The Nasdaq composite index rose ...
Mortgage rates increase for the second consecutive week
Jan 01, 1999 ... WASHINGTON (AP) - The average interest rate on 30-year fixed-ratemortgages rose this week to 6.83 percent, the highest since mid-November, mortgage company Freddie Mac said Thursday. The increase, from 6.77 percent, was the second consecutiveweeklyrise in the mortgage rate ...
Economists predict slowdown for new year
Jan 01, 1999; ... WASHINGTON (AP) - It may be a new year but the economic forecastfor 1999 has an old familiar ring. Economists predict distinctly slower growth, somewhat fasterinflation, slightly higher unemployment and, at best, lacklusterstock-market gains. "I like to call 1999 a 'bumpy ...
Long-term bond prices slip
Jan 01, 1999 ... NEW YORK (AP) - Long-term government bond prices dipped Thursday,halting a three-day rally and ending a year of surprising strength. The price of the benchmark 30-year Treasury bond fell 1/8 point,or $1.25 per $1,000 in face value during an abbreviated tradingsession on New Year's ...
Kanawha ruling stops eviction of racing dogs
Jan 01, 1999; ... Kanawha Circuit Judge Jim Stucky prevented an end-of-yearevictionof racing greyhounds on Tuesday, when he ruled Tri-State GreyhoundPark must let Leigh Anne Zappin keep her dogs at the track for atleast 15 more days. Zappin has held a lease with Tri-State since 1994 to lodge ...
Holidays mean more violence for many women, children
Jan 01, 1999; ... She spent Christmas without her two teen-age children. She'llring in the new year alone on a cot at a West Virginia shelter forbattered women as she resolves to live 1999 bruise- and abuse-free. "{The abuse} went on 12 months out of the year, but it does seemto escalate over the ...
Logan General names an interim administrator
Jan 01, 1999; ... A Logan General Hospital vice president will replaceAdministratorC. David Morrison at the helm of the troubled 132-bed facility, thehospital board voted Wednesday. Ted Hatfield, vice president of support services, will serve asinterim administrator while the board considers a ...
Oh Lord, won't you buy me...
Jan 01, 1999; ... If you've always wanted to feel the wind in your hair whiletooling around in a vintage Mercedes convertible, GoodwillIndustriesmay have just the car for you. That's right. Goodwill Industries of Kanawha Valley Inc. isauctioning off a 1972 Mercedes Benz 350 SL Roadster to raise ...
Individuals were key to success of Christmas fund
Jan 01, 1999 ... A couple of foundations and corporations gave money. Severalclubs and a few Sunday school classes chipped in. And there wereoffice donations, like the gift from the Kanawha Circuit Clerk'saccounting office. But mostly it was individuals whose contributions to theChristmasFund ...
Blood pressure treatment maybe doctor's fault
Jan 01, 1999 ... BOSTON (AP) - A new study suggests doctors shouldn't be so quickto blame the patient when attempts to lower a person's bloodpressurefail. The study of Veterans Administration clinics found that doctorsoften fail to switch drugs or prescribe higher doses even when theirpatients' ...
Columbia/HCA accused of filing false claims
Jan 01, 1999 ... WASHINGTON (AP) - The Justice Department joined a second lawsuitalleging the country's largest health-care provider defraudedMedicare and other federally funded insurance programs by filingfalse reimbursement claims. The suit, unveiled Wednesday, alleges that ...
Today's bowl games
Jan 01, 1999 ... Rose PASADENA, Calif. - All-American Cade McNown runs UCLA's 40-point-a-game offense. Wisconsin boasts the nation's stingiest defense andbulldozing tailback Ron Dayne, on pace to become college football'sall-time leading rusher. Supporting casts include the Bruins' Kris ...
Gee: Conference teams finally getting respect
Jan 01, 1999; ... West Virginia Conference men's basketball teams are earning therespect and recognition they deserve, according to University ofCharleston coach Jayson Gee, whose Golden Eagles are off to ashotgunstart this season. "We're 7-1 and the hottest team in the conference right ...
Tulane caps off 12-0 year
Jan 01, 1999 ... THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Maybe No. 10 Tulane will get some respect now. Michael Jordan returned an interception 79 yards for a touchdownand Shaun King threw for two TDs and ran for one as Tulane beatBrigham Young 41-27 Thursday afternoon in the Liberty Bowl inMemphis, Tenn., ...
Brunell apparently healthy
Jan 01, 1999 ... JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) - Mark Brunell isn't allowed to say it.Tom Coughlin isn't quite ready to say it. But with the Jacksonville quarterback suffering no significantsetback to his sprained ankle after his first big practice, it seemssure he'll start Sunday when the Jaguars (11-5) ...
Huntington takes third in tourney
Jan 01, 1999 ... Scott Archer scored 24 points Wednesday night as Huntingtonsecured third place in the Jim Lilly Invitational Tournament at OakHill with a 62-58 win over the host Red Devils. Kevin Sargent added 16 points and Jermon Webb 11 for Huntington(1-3). Gerrod Adkins led the Red Devils with ...
As a wild card, even the Packers face long odds
Jan 01, 1999; ... The Arizona Cardinals are in a playoff game for the first time in16 years. Dallas, Green Bay and San Francisco are back, as usual, and soareNew England and Miami. Four-year-old Jacksonville is in for the third time and Buffalo'sback with Doug Flutie.But can any of those ...
Bulletin: NFL faces scheduling headache with 31 teams in '99
Jan 01, 1999; ... We interrupt the excitement of the 1998 NFL postseason to bringyou the following, sobering bulletin in regards to the 1999 NFLregular season: Thirty-one teams. In 1999, the NFL will add the expansion Cleveland Browns, takingthe league into the 21st century with a 31st ...
Rainbows plagued by disease in Western streams
Jan 01, 1999; ... DECKERS, Colo. - Bill Coy flicked his fly rod across the icywaters of the South Platte River - one of the finest trout streamsinthe West - and scowled. "Nothing, not a thing," he said, standing in about a foot ofwaterabout 30 miles southwest of Denver in the Rocky ...
Transactions
Jan 01, 1999 ... BASEBALL American League SEATTLE MARINERS-Signed IF-OF John Mabry to a two-year contract.Frontier LeagueLONDON WEREWOLVES-Named Rye Pathakos assistant general manager,Francee Ender media consultant-community relations, Lyle Abbottdirector of sales, Stephanie Dakins group ...
State ski report
Jan 01, 1999 ... The latest West Virginia ski conditions as supplied by SnoCountryMountain Reports. Conditions are subject to change because ofweather, skier traffic and other factors. Be aware of changingconditions. * Canaan Valley - powder, 14-40 base, 14 trails, 3 lifts, 9 a.m.to 9 ...
Hockey
Jan 01, 1999 ... National Hockey League EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic DivisionW L T Pts GF GANew Jersey 21 9 4 46 104 86Philadelphia 17 9 9 43 96 77Pittsburgh 15 10 7 37 92 88N.Y. Rangers 12 15 7 31 91 93N.Y. Islanders 13 21 2 28 87 106Northeast DivisionW L T Pts GF GABuffalo 19 8 5 ...
, Wednesday's late summaries
Jan 01, 1999 ... Wednesday's late summaries Holiday Bowl At San DiegoNebraska0 13 0 7-20Arizona6 3 0 14-23First QuarterAri-FG McDonald 38, 11:10.Ari-FG McDonald 25, 52.Second QuarterAri-FG McDonald 48, 13:41.Neb-FG K.Brown 25, 4:58.Neb-Wiggins 45 ...
Prep basketball
Jan 01, 1999 ... Wednesday's state scores Boys Buffalo 63, Calhoun County 41Chapmanville 77, Harts 64Clay-Battelle 60, Doddridge County 56 (OT)Frankfort 77, Mt. Savage, Md. 69George Washington 83, Herbert Hoover 38Grafton 67, Lewis County 54Huntington 62, Oak Hill 58James Monroe 86, ...
, Wednesday's Major college scores
Jan 01, 1999 ... Wednesday's Major college scores EASTAmerican U. 59, Towson 44Colgate 71, Manhattan 68, OTConnecticut 100, Villanova 76Cornell 53, Lehigh 45Fairleigh Dickinson 87, Quinnipiac 70Fordham 73, Richmond 70, OTGeorge Washington 76, Ohio U. 65Marist 74, Army 71Miami 64, ...
, America East Conference
Jan 01, 1999 ... America East Conference Conference All Games W L Pct. W L Pct.Maine 2 0 1.000 6 3 .667Delaware 1 0 1.000 8 2 .800Hofstra 1 0 1.000 7 4 .636Northeastern 1 0 1.000 4 5 .444Hartford 1 1 .500 3 7 .300Boston U. 0 1 .000 4 5 .444Vermont 0 1 .000 4 5 .444Drexel 0 1 .000 3 ...
, AP All-Pro Voting
Jan 01, 1999 ... AP All-Pro Voting NEW YORK (AP) - Results of 1998 All-Pro balloting by a panel ofmedia members: OFFENSEQuarterbackRandall Cunningham, Minnesota, 39; Steve Young, San Francisco, 6;Vinny Testaverde, N.Y. Jets, 2.Running BacksTerrell Davis, Denver 47; Jamal Anderson, ...
Rose may manage in minors
Jan 01, 1999 ... SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Former Cincinnati Reds manager PeteRosemight become manager of the Sacramento Steelheads, a newly formedteam that will begin play next year in the independent WesternBaseball League. Rose's agent, John Esposito, confirmed that he has had ...
Moss one vote shy of topping All-Pro
Jan 01, 1999 ... NEW YORK (AP) - Five players for the Minnesota Vikings - Randy,Randle, two Randalls and a perfect placekicker - were selected forThe Associated Press' NFL All-Pro team released Thursday. Wide receiver Randy Moss, the first rookie on the team sinceJerome Bettis in 1993, was joined ...
Warrick worries Vols
Jan 01, 1999 ... TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) - During Fiesta Bowl week, there have been afewtheories on what it'll take to shut down Florida State wide receiverPeter Warrick. "Keep him on the bench," offers Tennessee defensive coordinatorJohn Chavis. "Triple-team him," volunteered Seminoles ...
Names in the games
Jan 01, 1999 ... Spurs' Del Negroheaded to Italy Vinny Del Negro of the San Antonio Spurs is close to signing withan Italian team in a deal that would allow him to return to the NBAif the lockout ends. Del Negro, who has dual American-Italian nationality and playedinItaly during the ...
Today's quote
Jan 01, 1999 ... "If you pay the fine, I'll give you an ...
Pennington remains close to his sister
Jan 01, 1999; ... HUNTINGTON - Andrea Pennington calls her big brother "Bub" andsays he's her best friend. Heck, she even went bowling with him theother night, after he took her to dinner. Bowling? Yeah, Chad Pennington, Marshall's record-breaking juniorquarterback, HeismanTrophy hopeful and ...
corrections
Jan 01, 1999 ... The Charleston Gazette corrects all significant errors that itseditors know about. If you think ...
road conditions
Jan 01, 1999 ... Travelers wanting information on current road conditions andclosings throughout West Virginia should call ...
weather hot line
Jan 01, 1999 ... The National Weather Service has implemented a toll-free numberfor the public to report hazardous weather. The system ...
correction
Jan 01, 1999 ... A Monday afternoon fire was in the Bank One Center, not ...
lotteries
Jan 01, 1999 ... Wednesday, Dec. 30, 1998 DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - None of the tickets sold for thePowerballgame Wednesday night matched all six numbers drawn, which were: 10-20-34-38-46Powerball 3Players matching all five numbers and the Powerball would have ...
Fayette community to get water
Jan 01, 1999 ... DANESE - At least 100 families in a small Fayette Countycommunitywill have water service in their futures now that more than $1million was awarded for the project. Officials with the U.S. Department of Agriculture RuralDevelopment fund took part in a check presentation ...
Bacterial outbreak traced to Mich. food plant
Jan 01, 1999; ... GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) - A bacterial outbreak that has killedfour people and sickened 38 others around the country since Augusthas been traced to meat products made at a Sara Lee subsidiary. Tests showed listeria contamination in four unopened packages ofhot dogs from the Bil Mar ...
Reckefeller readies for trade trip to Far East: Primary goal: Create jobs
Jan 01, 1999; ... Sen. Jay Rockefeller plans to embark with a group of WestVirginiabusiness leaders Saturday on a trade mission to the Far East. The three-week trip to Japan, Taiwan and China, dubbed ProjectHarvest 1999, is aimed at exploring economic opportunities for thestate. Rockefeller, ...
Bulletin board
Jan 01, 1999 ... FUTURE EVENTS The Greenbrier resort will offer tours of its bunker, the formergovernment legislative relocation facility, from the White SulphurSprings Civic Center on Saturdays, Sundays and Wednesdays at 1:15p.m., beginning Sunday The bunker office will be open from noon to1:30 ...
Gingrich pays off remainder of ethics penalty
Jan 01, 1999 ... WASHINGTON (AP) - Speaker Newt Gingrich has completed payment ofa$300,000 penalty imposed for violations of House rules. Gingrich made the final payment of $150,000, the ethics committeesaid Wednesday, and "has now satisfied in full" the obligationimposed in January ...