Charleston Gazette back issues from February 1999:
World
Feb 01, 1999 ... Amsterdam 43 28 sn Athens 55 41 rn Beijing 48 24 clrBerlin 29 12 cdyBermuda 68 53 cdyCairo 72 47 clrCalgary 38 0 cdyDublin 51 46 rnHong Kong 74 63 cdyJerusalem 62 40 clrLondon 42 38 cdyMadrid 60 31 clrManila 87 72 cdyMexico ...
lotteries Lottery
Feb 01, 1999 ... Saturday, Jan. 30, 1999 Cash 4 Life: 5-8-22-95DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - None of the tickets sold for the Powerballgame Saturday night matched all six numbers drawn, which were:19-24-25-40-45Powerball 5Players matching all five numbers and the Powerball would ...
Regional
Feb 01, 1999; ... * Barbour, Boone, Braxton, Cabell, Clay, Calhoun, Doddridge,Gilmer, Harrison, Jackson, Kanawha, Lewis, Lincoln, Logan, Mason,Mingo, Pleasants, Putnam, Ritchie, Roane, Taylor, Tyler, Upshur,Wayne, Wirt, Wood: Today, occasional rain. Highs in the mid-40s.Chance of rain 90 percent. Tonight, ...
SNAPSHOTS Of The 20th Century
Feb 01, 1999 ... A. James Manchin poses as the Grim Reaper to symbolize theremovalof the 31,000th junk car since the inception of the REAP program onFeb. 1, 1973. As state director of the Rehabilitation EnvironmentalAction Program, Manchin eventually saw his dream come true - theremoval of the ...
GAZETTE 1899
Feb 01, 1999 ... Taken from the pages of the Daily Gazette in the months and daysprior to the turn of the 20th century. Each item corresponds withthe same week in 1899. Italic type denotes actual text from 100years prior: Rockin' Party They are ...
Rainbow: Minority whites?
Feb 01, 1999; ... WHITES soon will be a minority in Texas, new Gov. George W. Bushsaid in his inauguration speech. The Lone Star State's immigrantpopulation has leaped 51 percent since 1990, to 1.5 million, henoted. Bush pointed out that children in Houston schools come fromhomes speaking 63 different ...
Potpourri
Feb 01, 1999 ... HERE'S a quiz for you: Western Legislatures magazine askedreadersto choose among three candidates: (A) "Associates with ward-heelersand consults with astrologists. He's had two mistresses. He chain-smokes and drinks eight to 10 martinis a day." (B) "Was kicked outof office twice, ...
Readers' forum
Feb 01, 1999 ... Don't make outlaws of ATV riders Editor: Regarding your recent articles on regulating ATVs, I would liketosay that all of you ATV riders out there had better wake up andstartcalling and writing your state senators and legislators before theymake "No-good, filthy outlaws" ...
The environment is being shortchanged
Feb 01, 1999; ... OK, all you movers and shakers and impeachers in Washington,here's a hypothetical scenario that I hope might shift yourattentionto something important. Suppose the stock market starts to sink, slowly, subtly, with upsand downs, but the dominant direction is down. Suppose over ...
State launches investigation into possible misuse of funds: Beckley-based clinic target of investigation
Feb 01, 1999 ... BECKLEY (AP) - State officials are investigating whether a healthclinic serving nine southern counties has misused funds from thefederal Women, Infants and Children program. The state Department of Health and Human Resources terminatedAppalachian OH-9's state contract to provide ...
Teacher, pupil suspended in knife incident
Feb 01, 1999 ... LOGAN (AP) - A Logan Middle School teacher is accused ofconfiscating a knife then giving it back to the pupil who brought itto school. Logan County Schools Superintendent Ray Woolsey says the teacherfaces termination and the pupil faces a one-year suspension forviolating the ...
Rocky Mountain repeat Elway has his way as Broncos foil Falcons
Feb 01, 1999; ... MIAMI (AP) - This Super Bowl thing is suddenly getting addictivefor John Elway. After going 0-3 in Super Bowls in his first 14 seasons, Elway wonthe big one for the second straight season Sunday. He did it in suchgrand style that his teammates are urging him to come back and ...
Today's quote
Feb 01, 1999 ... "We haven't turned anyone down. We'll fight anyone. We'll ...
Names in the games
Feb 01, 1999 ... Falcons jolted by Robinson's arrest Eugene Robinson is one of the NFL's most respected players. His bubbly, infectious leadership was a major reason the AtlantaFalcons reached their first Super Bowl. His strong religiousbeliefs, usually espoused in sermon-like fashion, seemed ...
Braxton County history may be immortalized
Feb 01, 1999; ... THE LEGEND OF Danny Heater not only is very much alive but, ifallgoes well in the next few months, Danny will be immortalized onfilm,preserving the story for future generations. Heater, of course, isthe Braxton County kid who played for Burnsville High School and, onJan. 26, 1960, in ...
Rutgers roughs up WVU
Feb 01, 1999; ... STAFF WRITER EAST BRUNSWICK, N.J. - Someone asked Rutgers coach Kevin BannonSunday afternoon if he had a favorite in that evening's Super Bowl.And after carefully explaining he was a Denver fan, but that healways roots for the underdog, he admitted that he didn't have ...
Falcons crestfallen after unraveling
Feb 01, 1999; ... MIAMI (AP) - In the NFC championship game, Chris Chandler lookedlike John Elway. In the Super Bowl, Chandler looked like well, the old ChrisChandler. The journeyman who ricocheted to five teams in his first nineseasons resurfaced against the Denver Broncos, throwing ...
Morse code officially goes out of use at sea
Feb 01, 1999 ... LONDON (AP) - SOS. Morse code officially goes out of use Mondayfor most ships in distress at sea. The International Maritime Organization set today as its targetdate to replace dots and dashes with a satellite system - the GlobalMaritime Distress and Safety System - that can ...
Beyond goal of independence, little unites Kosovo Albanians
Feb 01, 1999; ... PRISTINA, Yugoslavia (AP) - Only days before Kosovo Albanianswereexpected to talk peace with the Serbs, U.S. and British envoys wereshuttling between hotel rooms, explaining conference plans to rivalethnic Albanians who wouldn't even sit together. Beyond that common goal of ...
Iran gears up for the 20th anniversary of Khomeini's return from exile
Feb 01, 1999; ... DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - As if reciting a fairy tale,the host of a children's TV program narrates a brief account ofIran's 1979 Islamic revolution, which overthrew a king, stunned theUnited States and rumbled through the entire Muslim world. He points to a reverent ...
National
Feb 01, 1999 ... Anchorage -1 -14 Cldy Atlanta 44 40 Rain Boston 24 14 ClrChas., S.C. 52 47 RainCharlotte 41 34 RainChicago 40 35 RainCincinnati 46 38 RainCleveland 41 28 RainDallas 55 37 CldyDenver 49 25 CldyDetroit 36 28 SnowElkins 44 27 RainHonolulu 80 71 CldyHouston 63 44 ...
Golota wins, eyes Tyson
Feb 01, 1999; ... ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - Andrew Golota, winner of five straightfights since a 1997 loss to WBC heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis,now wants Mike Tyson. The promotional prospects alone enthralled Golota promoter DinoDuva: Tyson, the volatile ear-biter who was banned from boxing for ...
Boys
Feb 01, 1999 ... Saturday's boxes Poca 17 12 13 10 -52 Chas. Catholic 13 18 9 13 -53P - Gay 13, Cottrill 24, Agosti 2, Asbury 4, Chandler 4, Hardt 5CC - T.Gibbons 12, D.Gibbons 2, Boustany 4, McDavid 12, Staples14, Whitaker 6, Cotes 3Buffalo 15 11 17 12 -55Princeton, Ind. 18 18 24 18 ...
Golf
Feb 01, 1999 ... Phoenix Open SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. - Final scores and money winnings Sunday of the$3 million Phoenix Open on the 7,038-yard, par-71 TPC of Scottsdale: R.Mediate, $540,000 69-67-66-71-273J.Leonard, $324,000 67-75-67-66-275T.Woods, $204,000 71-67-70-68-276Hal Sutton, $144,000 ...
Auto racing
Feb 01, 1999 ... Rolex 24 at Daytona DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - Results Sunday of the Rolex 24 At Daytona,Round One of the USRRC Can-Am and GT Championships: 1. (3) Dyson Racing Team Inc., Andy Wallace, England, ElliottForbes-Robinson, Sherrils Ford, N.C., Butch Leitzinger, StateCollege, Pa., CA, ...
Hockey
Feb 01, 1999 ... National Hockey League EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic DivisionW L T Pts GF GAPhiladelphia 26 10 11 63 148 94New Jersey 27 15 5 59 137 120Pittsburgh 23 15 7 53 141 123N.Y. Rangers 19 22 7 45 126 130N.Y. Islanders 15 30 4 34 116 150Northeast DivisionW L T Pts GF ...
Super Bowl
Feb 01, 1999 ... Super Bowl Summary Denver 7 100 17-34 Atlanta 3 30 13-19First quarterAtl-FG Andersen 32, 9:35. Drive: 10 plays, 48 yards, 5:25. Keyplays: Dwight 31 return to Falcons 37; J.Anderson 13 run; 25-yardpass interference penalty on Atwater to Broncos 21. Atlanta ...
NBA
Feb 01, 1999 ... National Basketball Association Preseason Glance Saturday's resultsPhiladelphia 100, Washington 88Atlanta 95, Charlotte 79Orlando 85, Miami 67Phoenix 116, Dallas 110Sacramento 89, Golden State 85San Antonio 78, Houston ...
SCOREBOARD
Feb 01, 1999 ... Men's Sunday's box WEST VIRGINIA (61)Player FG FT R A PMarcus Goree 8-17 3-4 7 1 19Elton Scott 1-6 0-1 1 3 2Chris Moss 2-9 6-8 5 0 10Lionel Armstead 3-7 0-0 1 0 7Jarett Kearse 6-10 0-0 4 4 14Kerry Murray 0-2 0-0 2 0 0Jackie Rogers 0-1 0-0 1 0 0Brooks Berry 0-0 0-0 ...
Sports history
Feb 01, 1999 ... 1995 - Utah's John Stockton became the NBA's career assistleader,setting up Kark Malone with 6:30 left in the first half of theJazz's129-88 victory over Denver. Stockton's 9,922nd assist moved himahead of Magic ...
Pa. woman dies in Turnpike crash: Logan woman found dead
Feb 01, 1999 ... GHENT - An elderly Pennsylvania woman died Saturday in a one-vehicle accident on the West Virginia Turnpike near Ghent. Annabelle Shutsy, 81, of Brownsville, Pa., died in the 12:39 p.m.accident two miles south of Ghent, according to a State Policereport. The driver, Violet ...
Ex-Va. governor Godwin dead at 84
Feb 01, 1999 ... SUFFOLK, Va. (AP) - Mills E. Godwin Jr., the only Virginiagovernor in modern times to serve two terms, first as a Democrat andthen as a Republican, has died at age 84. Godwin was released from Riverside Hospital in Newport NewsSaturday after about a 10-day stay for treatment of ...
Corrections has paid PR firm $33,208
Feb 01, 1999; ... SINCE late August, the Department of Corrections has paid $33,208to the West Virginia Media Group, a public relations firm owned byformer Delegate Mike Queen of Clarksburg. Corrections CommissionerBill Davis said the firm does a lot of work for his agency,includingtalking with the ...
INNERVIEWS: 'We've been doing good stuff' Young activist takes the law into his own hands
Feb 01, 1999 ... Jason Huber works in cords, a cotton shirt with rolled-upsleeves,and suede boots. The closest thing to a three-piece suit is a downvest. In his office at Forman & Crane, a plain brown sports jackethangsbehind the door, ready for court appearances. A motley collection ...
Mayoral candidate Goldman defends cleanup record: Charleston municipal judge says many trash complaints from city were incomplete
Feb 01, 1999; ... STAFF WRITER As Charleston's municipal judge, Jay Goldman dismissed allcomplaints filed by city officials against people who violated trashordinances. When he announced he would run for mayor, Goldman pledged tocleanup the city, and criticized incumbent Mayor Kemp Melton ...
TV nearly missed big play
Feb 01, 1999; ... The Atlanta defense wasn't ready for Rod Smith's game-breakingtouchdown reception. Neither was Fox. The television network nearly missed the crucial second-quarterplay because of a technical difficulty. They went to a commercialthree seconds later than scheduled, which resulted in ...
Shanahan always thinking ahead
Feb 01, 1999; ... MIAMI (AP) - Denver Broncos coach Mike Shanahan insisted hewasn'tready to consider a third straight Super Bowl title Sunday night,buthis words gave himself away a few moments later. "Our offseason program starts tomorrow," Shanahan said, barely 20minutes after the Broncos had ...
Deacons dominate Maryland
Feb 01, 1999; ... Fourth-ranked Maryland's dominating ACC run came to an unlikelyend Sunday when Wake Forest used fast starts in both halves andbrokea five-game losing skid with an 85-72 victory. The Demon Deacons (12-9, 3-6 Atlantic Coast Conference) scoredthefirst 10 points of the game, built ...
Health, soft schedule await Herd in February
Feb 01, 1999; ... STAFF WRITER ATHENS, Ohio - The final two weeks of January did not take kindlyto Marshall basketball. The Herd ended the month on a four-game losing streak, includingthe psychological killer against West Virginia. Injuries plagued twostarters, and a one-game suspension ...
Australian Open
Feb 01, 1999 ... MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - The Ironman feels like Superman. Less than six months ago, Yevgeny Kafelnikov didn't think hecouldwin another major tournament. Now he's ready to jump tall buildingsin a single bound. "There's a lot of different things that happened to me, to ...
(null)
Feb 01, 1999; ... SAN JOSE - With the start of the season less than a week awayit'stoo early for pronouncements, but it's the perfect time forpredictions. The most exciting newcomer in the NBA this year will beSacramento Kings point guard Jason Williams. Unless you're a college hoop junkie, ...
On file: Kanawha County
Feb 01, 1999 ... Marriages The following people applied for marriage licenses between Jan.22and 29. Matthew Morgan Butler, 22, of Charleston and Stephanie MaeTurley,20, of South Charleston.Charles Leslie Baldwin II, 24, of South Charleston and MeredithDarene Webb, 25, of Cross ...
On file: Putnam County
Feb 01, 1999 ... Marriages The following people applied for marriage licenses between Jan. 4and Jan. 28. James Darin Cox, 32, of Huntington and Susan Marie Donovan, 29,ofHurricane.Billy Lee Short, 19, of Scott Depot and Kerri Anne Spears, 20, ofWinfield.John Joseph Fallon III, 21, and ...
Whitman breaks leg in Switzerland
Feb 01, 1999 ... TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - Gov. Christie Whitman was hospitalizedSundayafter breaking a leg in a skiing accident in Switzerland, herspokesman said. Whitman was attending the World Economic Forum in Davos and wasskiing in a conference-organized event when she took a ...
OBITUARIES
Feb 01, 1999 ... Donald L. Aaron Donald L. Aaron, 73, of Charleston died Jan. 30, 1999, in ThomasMemorial Hospital after a long illness. He was retired vice-president and secretary of Aaron TheatersInc., which included West Theater, Kearse Theater, Capitol Theater,Village Theater, State ...
Funerals today
Feb 01, 1999 ... ARBOGAST, Billy B. - 2:30 p.m., Neola United Methodist Church. ARDEN, Herman L. Sr. - 11 a.m., Gerber-Smith Funeral Home,Wakeman, Pa. BALL, Roy A. - 2 p.m., High Lawn Funeral Home, Oak Hill.BARRETT - 11 a.m., Christ the King Catholic Church, Dunbar.BOONE, James E. - 11 a.m., ...
Area woman charged in robbery
Feb 01, 1999; ... STAFF WRITER Charleston police have charged a 49-year-old Belle woman with theSaturday robbery of the Bank One branch at the Kanawha Mall. Callers responding to a security videotape of the holdup thataired on local newscasts led police to Dreama Ann Moore, said Lt.Randy Young ...
Deaths in the state
Feb 01, 1999 ... ALLEN - Dorothy W., 85, of Clearwater, Fla., Jan. 13, 1999, Dodd-Payne-Hess Funeral Home, Fayetteville. BOWYER - Dennis E., 55, of Alderson, Jan. 29, 1999, LonganacreFuneral Home, Alderson. BURDETTE - Ruth E., 85, of Renick, Jan. 30, 1999, Wallace &Wallace Funeral Home, ...
Logan woman found dead
Feb 01, 1999 ... MILL CREEK - A 24-year-old Logan County woman was found dead at afriend's house Saturday afternoon, prompting officials to send herbody to the state Medical Examiner's Office for an autopsy. Amber Jo Bailey of Pecks Mill was found at the Mill Creekresidence of Danny Cabins. Cabins, ...
Mice may give clues to menopause
Feb 01, 1999 ... NEW YORK (AP) - Scientists have created a strain of mice whoseovarian tissue stays healthy with aging, avoiding the degenerationassociated with menopause. The animals might give clues to helpingwomen stay healthy after menopause. Mice don't develop menopause as women do. But with ...
Bulletin board
Feb 01, 1999 ... FUTURE EVENTS The West Virginia Library Association will have its annualLibraryAppreciation Day from 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Cultural Center inCharleston. Library personnel, board members and library advocatesfrom across West Virginia will meet with elected officials ...
Trusting wife victimized by her vanished husband
Feb 01, 1999; ... Dear Ann Landers: Recently, you printed a letter from a womanwhose husband had moved out, bag and baggage, when she wasn't home.Welcome to the club. After 30 years of what I thought was a pretty good marriage, myhusband vanished. He didn't leave a note. What he left ...
From Russia, a pleasing 'Sleeping Beauty'
Feb 01, 1999; ... STAFF WRITER The St. Petersburg Ice Ballet offered a stately and elegant"Sleeping Beauty" to a nearly full house Saturday night atCharleston's Municipal Auditorium. The dance company's version of the ballet, set to Tchaikovsky'smusic, was thoroughly pleasing in this ...
Orchestra plays Bach with a passion
Feb 01, 1999; ... For the GAZETTE The newly-formed Seneca Chamber Orchestra presented a fineconcertof Bach concertos and a cantata Sunday afternoon at Christ ChurchUnited Methodist. Conductor Robert Turizziani's chamber orchestra ofmostly West Virginia-based musicians played with zest in a ...
The last drugstore: A single pharmacy remains downtown ; once there were any
Feb 01, 1999; ... STAFF WRITER And then there was one - one downtown pharmacy, that is. "When I first came in here, there were two Rite-Aids and oneRevco, all on Capitol Street," said Sam Arco, pharmacist at TheMedicine Shop on Lee Street. "They're gone, and we're still here."The Medicine ...
+ HEALTH NOTES
Feb 01, 1999 ... Viagra's fast approval draws protests in Japan In a nation where men write the rules and women do the dishes,theJapanese Health Ministry's speedy decision last week to approve themale impotence drug Viagra has infuriated women's groups. Why, they protested, did the government ...
Ring bear's roar shakes the wedding
Feb 01, 1999; ... A favorite quote: "I figure that if the children are alive when I get home, I'vedone my job." - Roseanne Last fall, a Fort Lauderdale, Fla., advertising agency launched abillboard campaign that included different messages from God. Thenon-denominational campaign was sponsored ...
Daymark gets new computers
Feb 01, 1999 ... Daymark Inc., a children's services organization in Charleston,isnow ready to provide technologically enhanced services to youngpeople well into the next century. Daymark, celebrating its 25th year of operation, helps youngpeople who are not able to live with their ...
Regulations address poultry capital's pollution problems
Feb 01, 1999; ... HARRISONBURG, Va. (AP) - Rockingham County makes more money onfarming than any other county in Virginia, and the chicken industryrules the roost by generating $315 million in annual pay andbenefitsand 9,000 jobs. However, the environmental cost has been heavy: animal manure ...
Battle over budget surplus expected: $1.77 trillion plan goes to Congress today
Feb 01, 1999; ... WASHINGTON (AP) - With federal surpluses looming larger thanever,lawmakers are bracing for a yearlong tax-cut fight as PresidentClinton prepares to release a $1.77 trillion budget for 2000 thatignores the Republican call for across-the-board reductions in taxrates. The ...
Chimpanzees source of AIDS, scientists say
Feb 01, 1999; ... CHICAGO (AP) - Where did the AIDS virus come from? Scientistsbelieve they have solved this lingering mystery. The answer: chimps. In a presentation Sunday, researchers from the University ofAlabama at Birmingham said they have convincing proof that the virushas spread on at least ...
Once in a blue moon to come again soon
Feb 01, 1999 ... MIAMI (AP) - A blue moon rose Sunday, but don't worry if youmissed it. Another blue moon will be coming on the night of March 31. Two blue moons in one year happens every 20 to 40 years. The lasttime was in 1961.The term "blue moon" refers to the occasional occurrence of ...
Proposed mine home to rare birds, report says: Arch Coal awaiting final permit for Blair mountaintop removal
Feb 01, 1999; ... STAFF WRITER A Logan County hollow targeted for the largest mountaintopremovalcoal mine in state history is a "hot spot" for rare and sensitivebirds, federal government scientists say in a new report. Arch Coal Inc. wants to strip 3,100 acres along PigeonroostBranch, near ...
Poll: Two-thirds against removal
Feb 01, 1999; ... WASHINGTON (AP) - Three new polls suggest a majority of Americanshaven't changed their minds about impeachment. Even as House prosecutors ready their interviews with MonicaLewinsky, and the Senate ponders how to end President Clinton'strial, weekend surveys by Newsweek, the Los ...
GOP unity may be wavering: Prosecutors hoping to bolster case with Lewinsky deposition
Feb 01, 1999; ... WASHINGTON (AP) - Republican senators on Sunday said some oftheircolleagues may vote against removing President Clinton from office.House prosecutors, meanwhile, prepared to question Monica Lewinskyina last-ditch effort to strengthen their case. As Lewinsky waited at the ...