Charleston Gazette back issues from August 2005:
W.Va. labor undeterred by exits from AFL-CIO
Aug 01, 2005; ... pjnyden@wvgazette.com West Virginia labor leaders say they regret the recent splitwithin the AFL-CIO, but they're holding out hope that it won't hurtefforts to organize workers, negotiate contracts and influencepolitics. The International Brotherhood of Teamsters, the ...
London looks for Saudi link in failed attack: Scotland Yard makes more arrests, 21 suspects under interrogation
Aug 01, 2005; ... LONDON - Police arrested seven people Sunday during a raid on anapartment in southern England, bringing to 21 the number in custodyin the relentless hunt for accomplices in the failed July 21 transitbombings. Investigators determined to prevent further attacks also ...
Northeast new destination for Mexican immigrants
Aug 01, 2005; ... NEWBURGH, N.Y. - Sunday morning in this small, Hudson Valley city:More than 1,000 parishioners, most from Mexico, pack Spanish-language Masses at St. Patrick's Catholic Church. Afterward, manyfamilies flock to El Azteca for its authentic tacos. If somebodyneeds a ride home, there are at ...
SC 7-Eleven sold Hot Lotto winner
Aug 01, 2005; ... The winning ticket for Saturday's $1.75 million Hot Lotto jackpotwas purchased at a Kanawha County convenience store, according toWest Virginia Lottery officials. The ticket was sold at a 7-Eleven on Second Avenue in SouthCharleston, Lottery spokeswoman Nancy Bulla said Sunday. It ...
Aug. 1, 1943 - The raid on Ploesti: Into the fire; Charleston man recounts deadly WWII bombing run; 'We were just plain lucky, is all I can tell you'
Aug 01, 2005; ... rustymarks@wvgazette.com The sun rose over the town of Benghazi to the sound of hundreds ofengines pounding their heavy thunder into the dry Libyan air. Sixty-two years ago today, Charleston native Robert Greybill satin the nose of a B-24 Liberator heavy bomber, wrapped in a ...
U.S. military deaths in Iraq
Aug 01, 2005; ... As of Sunday, July 31, 2005, at least 1,794 members of the U.S.military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003,according to an Associated Press count. At least 1,382 died as aresult of hostile action. The figures include five militarycivilians. The latest ...
Iran threatens to restart nuclear activities
Aug 01, 2005; ... TEHRAN, Iran - Iran threatened Sunday to restart some suspendedactivities that could be used to make atomic weapons if Europeannegotiators do not immediately offer a promised package of incentivesto entice Tehran to freeze its nuclear program. A senior European diplomat said the ...
N. Korean nuclear talks snag over compensation
Aug 01, 2005; ... BEIJING - North Korea's demands for what it should receive inexchange for abandoning its nuclear weapons program snarled talksSunday, but the U.S. envoy maintained that "things are moving," withmore negotiations planned today. The negotiations ended their sixth day without an ...
Plane carrying Sudan's vice president missing
Aug 01, 2005; ... KHARTOUM, Sudan - A plane carrying the former rebel who ascendedto Sudan's No. 2 leadership post has disappeared after losing contactin bad weather, a Sudanese Cabinet minister said today on statetelevision, contradicting earlier reports. The statement came hours after state ...
U.S. warns Americans in Kuwait of terrorism
Aug 01, 2005 ... KUWAIT CITY - The U.S. Embassy has warned American citizens inKuwait of possible terrorist attacks, asking them to stay alert andto report suspicious activity to the diplomatic mission or Kuwaitipolice. "Terrorist actions may include bombings, hijackings, hostagetaking, ...
Honduran teens nabbed in U.S. agent's death
Aug 01, 2005; ... TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras - A 13-year-old gang member and his teenagebodyguard have been arrested in the killing of a U.S. DrugEnforcement Administration agent during an apparent bungled robbery,a Honduran official said Sunday. DEA Special Agent Timothy Markey was shot to death Friday ...
Two charged in robbery: Third arrested in unrelated incident on Sunday
Aug 01, 2005 ... Marmet police arrested a South Charleston man and a woman, hisapparent getaway driver, in connection with the Sunday afternoonrobbery of a hot dog stand. Police captured Samuel Otis Rutledge, 34, behind the Marmet RiteAid with cash and a tire iron in his hands, according to ...
The notary public: Protecting the world, one stamp at a time
Aug 01, 2005; ... LAS VEGAS - The National Notary Association 2005 Conference, heldat Bally's Las Vegas in June, started out as one big hullabaloo, outby the palm-tree-lined pool, where couples danced to a mariachi band,shoeless women in jumbo, ball-fringed sombreros shook their notarialbooties, and some ...
Atkins Nutritionals files for bankruptcy
Aug 01, 2005; ... NEW YORK - Atkins Nutritionals Inc., the company that promoted low-carb eating into a national diet craze, filed for bankruptcy courtprotection Sunday, a company spokesman said. Atkins has been hurt by waning popularity of its namesake diet,which focuses on eliminating ...
Community support for kids in black community needs restored
Aug 01, 2005; ... WASHINGTON - I first heard the numbers from sociologist AndrewBillingsley: In 1890, 80 percent of black American households were headed byhusbands and wives. That's just 25 years after the end of the CivilWar. In 1900, the percentage was mostly unchanged, and so it remained ...
Readers' forum
Aug 01, 2005 ... Meadowbrook Road is a speed trap Editor: I wonder whether the Governor's Highway Safety Program is aware ofthe speed trap along Meadowbrook Road in Harrison County. I alsowonder whether drivers who paid their fines without protest are awarethat charges have been dismissed for ...
Deadbeats: Ducking city fees
Aug 01, 2005; ... INCREDIBLY, some Charleston landlords drag their feet and refuseto pay their legal obligations - city fees - until the threat ofcollection suits looms over them. In June, the collector's office sent letters to 2,700 Charlestonfirms and individuals owing about $2 million in overdue ...
Potpourri
Aug 01, 2005; ... IT SEEMS baffling that hybrid cars - which use some of theirgasoline power to charge batteries for partial operation on electricpower - can improve mileage. This appears to contradict the first lawof thermodynamics, which says energy can neither be created nordestroyed. We looked up a ...
Readers' forum
Aug 01, 2005 ... Mine reopening could affect water Editor: Putnam County residents need to be aware that the northern ridgesof the county are without a public water system. Many citizens livingin the valley aren't aware of the hardships these county folks mustendure on a daily basis ....
Keeping children safer: Booster seat law will reduce fatalities, injuries
Aug 01, 2005; ... IN LIGHT of the recent upgrade to the Child Passenger Safety Law,I'd like to address some recent concerns that parents and caregivershave expressed. Some readers have found it "ridiculous" to strap an 8-year-old ina car seat. But the new requirement is up to the age of 8, not ...
Solidarity: Mountaintop removal means culture, habitat loss
Aug 01, 2005; ... IT'S TRUE, we're "outsiders." We didn't grow up swimming in thecreeks of the Coal River Valley, hunting in the hollows, or playingpool at the arcade. The caution with which local residents treatnewcomers is, in our opinion, well founded. The communities ofAppalachia, especially those ...
Evidence-based medicine: Policy decisions should be based on good practices
Aug 01, 2005; ... DECISIONS involving social policy require sound data. And yet weso often settle for less. In health care, the notion of "evidence-based medicine" has comeinto vogue. Evidence-based medicine has been defined as "theintegration of best research evidence with clinical expertise ...
Deer in Charleston: Hunters need to stay out of city
Aug 01, 2005; ... I'M A FAIRLY serious gardener, living in the unfashionable backend of South Hills. I've had my lilies nipped, my roses munched whenin full bud, had a tomato garden marauded and my French green beanssnipped by the local deer who seem to find my yard rather tasty. I've carried on, ...
Obituaries: Obit
Aug 01, 2005 ... Inez Lorraine Boddy Inez Lorraine Waller Boddy went home to be with the Lord on July30, 2005, at her residence in Charleston. Born July 20, 1925, in Glen White, she was the daughter of thelate Henry and Janie Waller. She retired from Charleston Area Medical Center as a ...
More rain hampers India relief efforts
Aug 01, 2005; ... People wade through a flooded street during heavy rains in Bombay,India, on Sunday. Authorities warned residents to ...
More rain hampers India relief efforts
Aug 01, 2005; ... BOMBAY, India - Authorities warned residents to remain at homeSunday after heavy rains fell again across Bombay and surroundingareas hammered last week by devastating floods, with more than 900people now reported dead. Cleanup efforts and the distribution of food supplies to ...
Fla. tightens squeeze on citrus tree disease
Aug 01, 2005; ... FORT PIERCE, Fla. - The state is launching a major assault on thecrop-destroying citrus canker disease in central Florida, trying toremove infected trees before the next tropical storm or hurricanespreads the bacteria any farther. The state Department of Agriculture wants to ...
'Father' of euro found dead in pool
Aug 01, 2005; ... PARIS - Wim Duisenberg, the former European Central Bank chief whohelped create the euro currency, was found dead Sunday in hisswimming pool in southeastern France, officials said. He was 70. An autopsy showed Duisenberg had drowned after an unspecifiedcardiac problem, a regional ...
Gore looks to score with TV channel
Aug 01, 2005; ... Former Vice President Al Gore, co-founder of Current TV, anindependent cable television network that airs today, fieldsquestions during a preview presentation of the ...
Gore looks to score with TV channel
Aug 01, 2005; ... NEW YORK - Much of the talk about Al Gore's new Current TV networkhas been broadly philosophical, like the former vice president'sstatement that "we want to be the television home page for theInternet generation." With its debut today, Current TV will be judged by the ...
Police helped conceal sex abuse, paper says
Aug 01, 2005; ... TOLEDO, Ohio - Police helped the Catholic Diocese of Toledo coverup sex abuse allegations for several decades, refusing to investigateor arrest priests suspected of molesting children, a newspaperreported Sunday. The (Toledo) Blade, relying on interviews with former officers anda ...
Bush offers sympathy to Scouts
Aug 01, 2005; ... BOWLING GREEN, Va. - Succeeding on his third try to visit them,President Bush comforted thousands of Boy Scouts on Sunday at anational jamboree marred by the electrocutions of four leaders andstifling heat that sickened 300. "The men you lost were models of good citizenship," Bush ...
National briefs
Aug 01, 2005 ... Public can walk along Great Lakes beaches TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. - People can stroll along Michigan's 3,200miles of Great Lakes beaches whether lakefront property owners likeit or not, the state Supreme Court ruled. The court on Friday unanimously sided with Joan M. Glass, who ...
Discovery may need repair in space
Aug 01, 2005; ... SPACE CENTER, Houston - A couple short strips of fabric danglingfrom Discovery's belly may require an unprecedented repair byspacewalking astronauts, if engineers determine there's even apossibility that the problem could endanger the shuttle duringdescent, NASA said ...
Minister: Japan to hit U.S. steel with 15% levy
Aug 01, 2005; ... TOKYO - A Trade Ministry official says Japan will slap 15 percentretaliatory ...
Cross Lanes man dies drag racing on bike, police say
Aug 01, 2005 ... A Cross Lanes man died Sunday afternoon in a motorcycle accidentin Boone County, apparently while drag racing, police said. Marland Eugene Clark, 35, was dead at the scene along W.Va. 85just south of Wharton, Sheriff Rodney Miller said. Clark was riding northbound on his 2001 ...
Road work
Aug 01, 2005 ... West Virginia Paving will pave the following streets between 7a.m. and 7 p.m. today: Breezy Drive (from Oakridge to ...
LOTTERY: LOTTERIES
Aug 01, 2005 ... Saturday, July 30, 2005 The Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa - None of the tickets sold for the Powerball gameSaturday night matched all six numbers drawn, which were: 14-38-35-08-46: Powerball 24 (x5) Players matching all five numbers and the Powerball would ...
World weather
Aug 01, 2005 ... Amsterdam 68 56 Rain Athens 96 79 Clr Baghdad 118 84 Clr Berlin 79 59 Cldy Bermuda 86 79 Cldy Cairo 97 77 Clr Calgary 84 50 Cldy Dublin 61 53 Cldy Hong Kong 86 81 Rain Jerusalem 90 66 Clr London 71 58 ...
National weather
Aug 01, 2005 ... Anchorage 65 52 Rain Atlanta 83 70 Rain Boston 82 64 PCldy Charlotte,N.C. 84 69 PCldy Chicago 92 70 Clr Cincinnati 92 68 Clr Cleveland 91 64 PCldy Dallas-Ft Worth 100 73 PCldy Denver 92 61 PCldy Detroit 88 67 ...
Slain teen had asked friend to bring gun, police say
Aug 01, 2005; ... BERKELEY, Calif. - A college student was shot to death after shecalled a friend for help in an argument and told him to bring a gun -which became the weapon that killed her, police said. Meleia Willis-Starbuck, 19, a Dartmouth College student home forthe summer, was slain July 17, ...
Sex offender, Nev. girl found in Mexico
Aug 01, 2005; ... RENO, Nev. - An 8-year-old girl was abducted by a convicted sexoffender who took her to Mexico, where the two were found staying ina shelter, authorities said. Officials in Mexico and the United States said the girl wassexually assaulted by Fernando Aguerro, who is accused of ...
Minn. tightens DWI limit
Aug 01, 2005; ... TRIMONT, Minn. - It was only a broken headlight on a beat-uppickup truck, but it led Martin County Deputy Matthew Owens to turnaround and stop it for a check. The pickup's driver reeked of alcohol and a test showed he had a0.12 percent blood-alcohol level, enough for a drunken ...
Juvenile prisons report 10 times sex rate of adults
Aug 01, 2005; ... WASHINGTON - Sexual assaults and other illicit incidents of sexualcontact are reported at juvenile prisons at 10 times the rate than atadult lockups, a government study finds. The research found 10 reported incidents for every 2,000 youths atstate-run juvenile facilities. At ...
CHARLESTON CRIME ZONES
Aug 01, 2005 ... The following crimes were reported to the Charleston PoliceDepartment. East district Quarrier Street 1000 block, breaking and entering, July 22 at12:12 a.m. Elizabeth Street 500 block, larceny, July 22 at 6:25 p.m. Lewis Street 1300 block, larceny, July 22 at ...
On file: Kanawha County
Aug 01, 2005 ... Marriages The following people applied for marriage licenses in KanawhaCounty between July 22 and 29. Andrew Curtis Wooten, 27, and Miranda Elizabeth Reed, 23, both ofSt. Albans. Michael Damon Higginbotham, 29, and Sarah Elizabeth Lemon, 29,both of ...
Field begins another chase of Carter: W.Va. Amateur
Aug 01, 2005; ... WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS - They have foolishly tried to outguess oroutmaneuver Pat Carter, an ever-growing list of golfers who by failedfocus and lack of luck were destined to finish second at the WestVirginia Amateur. Some came close. Most finished so far behind that it was ...
More heroism from Helena: Salome wins it with home run in 11th inning
Aug 01, 2005 ... The infusion of talent from rookie-level ball continues to sparkthe West Virginia Power, who got an 11th-inning home run from AngelSalome to beat the Hickory Crawdads 8-6 at Appalachian Power Park. A crowd of 3,255 attended on Appalachian Power Employee Day. It was the second ...
Carbacio the restless takes to: the gridiron
Aug 01, 2005; ... It may be time for Brett Vincent, the state's all-time nomadicathlete, to move over. We just might have a new king. It occurred to me when perusing Marshall's preliminary footballcamp roster. I was scoping out numerical changes, noticeableadditions and omissions. I ...
Ramirez remains as trades fizzle
Aug 01, 2005; ... NEW YORK - Manny Ramirez, Alfonso Soriano, A.J. Burnett and MikeCameron all stayed with their teams as baseball's non-waiver tradedeadline passed with only five low-level deals involving 11 players. Outfielder Matt Lawton was the highest-profile player to switchsides Sunday, going ...
INSIDE
Aug 01, 2005 ... Slingin' Singh Tiger Woods rallied but couldn't ...
TWO-MINUTE DRILL
Aug 01, 2005 ... Today's quote "It's the law of averages. We had a lot of one-runwins. We're on the loss side right now. We have to kick Mr. Law outof here." Washington Nationals manager Frank Robinson, whose teamlost three one-run games in a recent series with the Atlanta Braves High school ...
West Virginia Amateur pairings
Aug 01, 2005 ... 86th West Virginia Amateur At The Greenbrier, White SulphurSprings Starters list Todays first round 8 a.m. Terry Wayne,Bridgeport; Brandon Frame, Elizabeth 8:09 Swanson Smith, Charleston;Paul Matt Skeens, Huntington 8:18 Dell Adkins, Barboursville; RyanStewart, Barboursville; Cody ...
WNBA
Aug 01, 2005 ... EASTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB Connecticut 18 6 .750 - Indiana 14 9 .609 31/2 New York 12 11 .522 51/2 Washington 12 12 .500 6 Detroit 10 12 .455 7 Charlotte 3 20 .130 141/2 WESTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB Sacramento 17 7 ...
NASCAR
Aug 01, 2005 ... BUSCH SERIES Wallace Tribute 250 results Saturday's race At Gateway International Raceway Madison, Ill. Lap length: 1.25 miles (Start position in parentheses) 1. (2) Reed Sorenson, Dodge, 200, $79,321. 2. (18) Mike Wallace, Dodge, ...
Major League Soccer
Aug 01, 2005 ... Eastern Conference W L T Pts GF GA Chicago 11 7 3 36 35 31 New England 10 3 6 36 33 19 D.C. United 8 6 5 29 27 21 Kansas City 7 5 8 29 31 26 MetroStars 7 6 7 28 31 26 Columbus 6 10 3 21 17 28 Western Conference W L T Pts GF ...
Sports history
Aug 01, 2005 ... Aug. 1 1945 - New York's Mel Ott hits his 500th home run in a 9-2 victoryover the Boston Braves at the Polo Grounds. Only Babe Ruth with 714and Jimmie Foxx with 527 have more. 1972 - Nate Colbert of the San Diego Padres drives in 13 runs in adoubleheader sweep of the Atlanta ...
Youth baseball
Aug 01, 2005 ... AMERICAN LEGION State tournament at Beckley Championship So. Charleston 220 000 010 -5 11 2 Beckley 000 000 006 -6 5 1 Wilson, Sikula (9), Hunt (9) and Ford. Dodrill, Koepsel (9) andParkulo. Top hitters - SC: Wilson double; Holstine 3-4, double; ...
South Atlantic League
Aug 01, 2005 ... Second half North Division W L Pct. GB Delmarva (Orioles) 25 10 .714 - Hickory (Pirates) 21 15 .583 41/2 Lexington (Astros) 19 17 .528 61/2 West Virginia (Brewers) 19 17 .528 61/2 Lakewood (Phillies) 18 19 .486 8 Greensboro (Marlins) ...
Baseball today
Aug 01, 2005 ... East Division W L Pct GB L10 Str Home Away Intr Boston 59 45 .567 - z-7-3 W-5 30-18 29-27 12-6 New York 56 47 .544 21/2 5-5 W-2 33-21 23-26 11-7 Toronto 53 51 .510 6 z-6-4 W-1 30-22 23-29 8-10 Baltimore 51 53 .490 8 1-9 L-5 28-26 23-27 8-10 Tampa ...
Golf
Aug 01, 2005 ... Buick Open Sunday's results Final round (a-amateur) Vijay Singh, $828,000 65-66-63-70-264 Tiger Woods, $404,800 71-61-70-66-268 Z.Johnson, $404,800 68-66-65-69-268 R.Allenby, $220,800 70-65-70-65-270 Dudley Hart, $184,000 ...
Sports on TV/radio
Aug 01, 2005 ... TELEVISION (TBS) 1 p.m. - baseball: Pirates at Braves (ESPN) 8 p.m. - baseball: Marlins at ...
Reds pound reeling Padres
Aug 01, 2005; ... SAN DIEGO - Adam Dunn and the Cincinnati Reds knocked the SanDiego Padres deeper into despair and out of first place in the sad-sack NL West. Dunn's grand slam in the fifth inning was Cincinnati's third homerof the game, and the Reds beat San Diego 7-1 on Sunday to drop ...
VanDam wins second Bassmaster Classic
Aug 01, 2005; ... PITTSBURGH - Kevin VanDam won his second Bassmaster Classic titlein five years on Sunday, while Aaron Martens had to settle foranother second-place finish. VanDam was one of only two anglers to reach the five-bass limit onthe third and final day of competition. His catch totaled 4 ...
Ward first Steelers holdout since '93: NFL camps
Aug 01, 2005; ... LATROBE, Pa. - Hines Ward became the Pittsburgh Steelers' firstmajor holdout in 12 years Sunday, keeping his promise not to reportto training camp without a contract extension that would make him oneof the NFL's top-paid wide receivers. Once Ward missed the reporting deadline, ...