Sunday Gazette-Mail back issues from April 2001:
Taiwan needs arms, U.S. study suggests: ; Radar system, subs among items China doesn't want island to have
Apr 01, 2001; ... TAIPEI, Taiwan - A confidential review by U.S. naval officers hasconcluded that Taiwan needs a significant infusion of new weapons,including a sophisticated shipborne radar system that China has putat the top of the list of arms it does not want Taiwan to have. Theassessment was carried ...
Violent criminals pose 'health risk to the inmate': ; Fourth of those in jail should be in prison
Apr 01, 2001; ... larrym@wvgazette.com One out of every four people in West Virginia's jails is actuallya convicted felon who should be in prison. Some may consider oneform of being behind bars as good as another. That's dangerousthinking, state officials say. More than 800 felons have swampedthe ...
Milosevic surrenders: ; New president makes good on arrest promise
Apr 01, 2001; ... BELGRADE, Yugoslavia - Slobodan Milosevic surrendered before dawntoday and was whisked away to prison, after barricading himself inhis villa for 26 hours against police looking to arrest him forcharges linked to a decade of repressive rule. Branislav Ivkovic, aclose Milosevic aide, said ...
CENSUS 2000: ; CHECK ALL RACES THAT APPLY Minorities finally get fair shake in census
Apr 01, 2001; ... dawn@wvgazette.com On Census Day 1990, Stephanie Fot was 7 years old, and she waswhite. When her father filled out the family form on Census Day 2000,she was 17, but she was both white and Asian. Last year, for thefirst time in its 210-year history, the Census Bureau asked ...
Today's News
Apr 01, 2001 ... The Dalai Lama risked riling China on Saturday in Taipei, Taiwan,as he discussed the touchy issue of Taiwanese independence andTibet's relations with Beijing at the start of a 10-day trip to theisland. The Dalai Lama's 10-day trip to Taiwan includes a series oflectures on Buddhism and ...
Palestinians swell funeral marches
Apr 01, 2001; ... JERUSALEM - Thousands of Palestinians marched in funeralsSaturday for seven people killed in clashes with Israeli troops lastweek as scattered fighting continued. Fourteen Palestinians wereinjured. Anger against Israel seethed throughout the Palestinianareas as dozens of Palestinian ...
Tracking a fugitive: How the FBI caught James Kopp
Apr 01, 2001; ... He was calling himself Clyde Swenson at the time. He was livingin Jersey City, N.J., and working construction, occasionallyflashing hints of his keen intelligence and religious fervor. Mostmornings he attended 7 a.m. Mass before lugging an ammunition boxfilled with carpentry tools to the ...
Veggies becoming popular
Apr 01, 2001; ... LONDON - The love of red meat was once so much a part of thenational makeup of the English that the French called them "lesrosbifs." A well-marbled rib was the symbol of British well-beingand power, but eating habits have moved on. With rampant diseasestriking British herds for the ...
Ancient's forest's native sheep fall prey to foot-and-mouth
Apr 01, 2001; ... BREAM, England - In the Forest of Dean, sheep roam freely throughoak and pine groves, sun themselves on residents' front lawns andnibble grass around old-fashioned red phone booths. When the 6,000or so animals go to slaughter starting today, foot-and-mouth diseasewill have stolen a ...
No gain ? Even rich feel pain
Apr 01, 2001; ... NEW YORK - Yes, the rich do feel something when the stock marketgallops south, but it would be imprecise to call it pain. Allow aveteran Upper East Side butler, who manages homes in Manhattan, EastHampton and Colorado, to explain the subtle shadings of unease thathave descended recently ...
Some need bankruptcy protection
Apr 01, 2001; ... MEMPHIS, Tenn. - In promoting a tougher bankruptcy law thatPresident Bush could soon sign, credit card and automobile companiesdepict a culture of spendthrift deadbeats who are excused from theirdebts only to go off on another binge. But those are not the peoplewho crowd the corridors of ...
Hillbilly heritage loses stigma
Apr 01, 2001; ... PIKEVILLE, Ky. - In the budding hollows of Appalachia, it is timeto hear it for the H-word, hillbilly. "It's a little paradoxical,but when you can laugh at yourself, that's a healthy sign that youcan acknowledge a part of your heritage and be comfortable with it,"said Gov. Paul E ....
Singing in a choir strikes healthy note
Apr 01, 2001; ... IRVINE, Calif. - Singing in a choir might just make youhealthier, according to a newly publicized study by the Universityof California-Irvine. Researchers at the school found increasedlevels of disease-fighting proteins in the mouths of choir membersafter they sang Beethoven's choral ...
Health workers' AIDS rules may be lossened: ; A decade after infections linked to Florida dentist, experts say the risks are mimimal
Apr 01, 2001; ... They still don't know how it happened. A decade ago, Kimberly Bergalis stepped forward to announce thatshe had AIDS. The pretty Floridian had none of the known riskfactors for the disease; she had not had sex, she did not shareneedles, she had not had blood transfusions. But she ...
Bush's work ethic says less is more: ; Shorter, more efficient work day at the office is sound management, president says
Apr 01, 2001; ... The workday of President Bush is so short that even his employeestease him about it. At the Gridiron Club Dinner, an evening ofirreverent skits and songs in Washington last weekend, AttorneyGeneral John Ashcroft joked that his boss was committed to working"24/7 - 24 hours a week, 7 ...
Bush Two more right-wing than Reagan ?: ; Young george may start to worry about looking like a prisoner of extremists; COMMENTARY
Apr 01, 2001; ... Anybody who wants to understand George W. Bush's Washington oughtto wangle an invitation to the Wednesday meeting of Americans forTax Reform. The meeting not only proves that Hillary Rodham Clintonwas right about the existence of a vast right-wing conspiracy, itsuggests that the ...
Federalist' influence on Bush has already become apparent: ; Society is small in numbers, large in president's eye
Apr 01, 2001; ... WASHINGTON - The sudden prominence and growing power of theFederalist Society may be the clearest signal that President Bush'sWashington is making a turn to the right. Interior Secretary GaleNorton and Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham are members of thisnetwork of activist conservative ...
Plane full of skydivers goes down
Apr 01, 2001; ... DECATUR, Texas - A single-engine plane carrying 21 skydivers anda pilot crashed shortly after takeoff from an airfield east ofDecatur on Saturday, injuring at least five people but killing noone, a Department of Public Safety official said. "It wastraumatic. But I was expecting to see a ...
Weather too bad to land, Aspen crash investigator says: ; Instrument landing attempted at night, despite ban
Apr 01, 2001; ... ASPEN, Colo. - Weather conditions were so bad that a landingshould not have been attempted by a charter jet that crashed,killing all 18 people aboard, the lead investigator into theaccident said Saturday. "Absolutely not," said Al Dickinson, headof the National Transportation Safety ...
Killer lake vents carbon dioxide
Apr 01, 2001; ... LAKE NYOS, Cameroon - It began quietly, with a white mist thatbubbled out of this crater lake deep in Cameroon's mountainousinterior. The mist formed into a cloud, dropped over a cliff andpoured down lush valleys, speeding silently through sleepingvillages. Minutes later, the placid ...
FAA reports crashed W.Va. plane out of fuel
Apr 01, 2001; ... FAIRMONT - A 68-year-old New Jersey pilot who died when hissingle-engine plane crashed in West Virginia in January most likelyran out of fuel. A Federal Aviation Administration inspector foundthe plane's fuel tank intact and empty, according to a preliminaryreport issued by the National ...
Incumbent mayor wins in Dunbar
Apr 01, 2001 ... Dunbar incumbent Mayor C.B. Rigney bested his Democratic primarychallenger Saturday by a vote of 644 to 613. No Republican filed formayor. Other primary results on the Democratic ticket include: Ward1, Dana K. Hayes and Randy Edgell won. For executive committee inWard 1, James Goodwin ...
Nashville building gets 2nd life as art museum
Apr 01, 2001; ... NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Country music-loving tourists contemplatePicasso's "Nude With Clasped Hands" as downtown workers on theirlunch break discuss Tintoretto's "Christ Washing His Disciples'Feet." Upstairs, schoolchildren use computers to create art whiledown the hall a historian ...
Weather or not
Apr 01, 2001 ... Don't let anybody try to fool you, the grass is often thegreenest during ...
Weather data
Apr 01, 2001 ... CHARLESTON AND VICINITY Saturday's temperatures High 49 Low 36 March 24 record high 60 set in 1929 March 24 record low 20 set in 1974 Saturday's precipitation 24-hour ...
Regional
Apr 01, 2001 ... W.Va. Today - Monday: A 70 percent chance showers. A thunderstorm also possible throughearly afternoon. Highs 50 to 55. Tonight, mostly cloudy. A chance ofrain showers through midnight. Lows 30 to 35. Monday, partly cloudy.Highs in the lower 50s.mid Cabell, Mason, Wayne: Today, 70 ...
World
Apr 01, 2001 ... Amsterdam 53 39 Cldy Athens 58 55 Cldy Beijing 58 32 Clr Berlin 54 35 Cldy Bermuda 72 63 Cldy Cairo 94 80 Clr Calgary 40 20 Cldy Dublin 52 45 Rain Hong Kong 77 70 Cldy Jerusalem 87 55 Clr London 59 45 ...
U.S.
Apr 01, 2001 ... Anchorage 34 20 Clr Atlanta 62 44 Clr Boston 40 32 Cldy Charlotte,N.C. 64 45 Rain Chicago 52 34 Snow Cincinnati 58 39 Rain Cleveland 43 31 Rain Dallas-Ft Worth 69 42 PCldy Denver 48 30 Clr Detroit 48 36 Cldy Elkins 49 ...
Good neighbors: ; Wheeling Jesuit students help poor area from within
Apr 01, 2001; ... My address is like my shoes. It travels with me. I abide wherethere is a fight against wrong.- Mother Jones tara@wvgazette.com HEELING - A layer of sweet, cara-melized onions goes in thebottom, then a layer of noodles, then some instant mashed potatoes -Kroger brand, to ...
Mercer girl wins spelling bee
Apr 01, 2001; ... csmith@dailymail.com The "human spell-check" did it again. Mercer County eighth-grader Molly Fromkin was named champion inthe 26th Charleston Daily Mail Regional Spelling Bee on Saturdayafter correctly spelling the word "conscientious." This is thesecond year Molly, who ...
Dancing around the club issue
Apr 01, 2001; ... It may be fitting that the Senate Judiciary Committee will beable to use the April Fool's weekend as a "cooling-off" period inthe continuing debate over how best to regulate West Virginia's nudedancing industry. When the solons, as they are known to certainaging bush-league columnists ...
Doctors mus rely on judgment in prescriptions: ; OxyContin Mountain curse or miracle drug ? An occasional series
Apr 01, 2001; ... gregstone@wvgazette.com When Elaine Moore graduated from medical school in 1988, an anti-narcotic mentality dominated the pain treatment landscape. Doctorsran scared from a Board of Medicine that aggressively pursuedphysicians who wrote higher-than-normal prescriptions for ...
The Way It Was: ; Tragedy; By Richard Andre
Apr 01, 2001 ... Every city has its share of tragic events, and one of the mostunforgettable for Charleston was the deadly Woolworth fire of March4, 1949. The 1890s vintage F.W. Woolworth five and dime was locatedon Capitol Street, where it had served generations of Charlestonianswho recall its soda ...
On the town
Apr 01, 2001 ... Correction Butch Buckley was ...
Obituaries
Apr 01, 2001 ... Frances H. Angel Frances Hannah Levy Angel, 88, of Charleston died March 29, 2001,at home after a short illness. She was a member of Temple Israel and the National Council ofJewish Women. She was preceded in death by her husband, Philip Sr., and son,Henry Angel of ...
Police search for Wirt County jail escapees
Apr 01, 2001 ... ELIZABETH - Police are looking for four men who stole a vehicleand escaped from the Wirt County Jail early Saturday morning.According to Sgt. L.J. Peck of the Wirt County Sheriff's Department,the men left in a maroon and gray 1992 Ford Explorer at about 3:30a.m. Peck said he could not ...
Arrest made in hit and run
Apr 01, 2001 ... Charleston police have charged Webster Andrew Stump II withfelony hit and run. Stump, 21, of Elkview is accused of backing hispickup truck over a man in the early hours Saturday. The man, ...
Death notices
Apr 01, 2001 ... Virgil F. Caldwell, 88, of Union died March 31, 2001, inGreenbrier Valley Medical Center, Ronceverte. Service will be 1 p.m.Monday at Broyles-McGuire Funeral Home, Union. Burial will be in NewZion Cemetery, Waiteville. Friends may call after 3 p.m. today atthe funeral home ....
FOREIGN POLICY: ; Should lunch be on us ? The writers debate whether the United States should support the International School Lunch Program; YES
Apr 01, 2001; ... WASHINGTON - George W. Bush and the 107th Congress have a chanceto project a new era of civility onto the world stage and put acaring face on U.S. foreign policy by tripling America's commitmentto the International School Lunch Program. The cost is relativelysmall since President ...
FOREIGN POLICY: ; Should lunch be on us ? The writers debate whether the United States should support the International School Lunch Program; NO
Apr 01, 2001; ... ALEXANDRIA, Va. - In these days of surpluses provided byovertaxed Americans, there are a number of opinions in Washingtonvoicing what should be done with this so-called found money. Unfortunately a consensus seems to be forming around a well-meaningbut hopelessly misguided food program ...
Children: ; there's a better way to filter content on the Internet
Apr 01, 2001; ... Two lawsuits filed March 20 ask a federal court to overturn a newlaw that mandates the use of Internet filtering software in publicschools and libraries. If the misguided law survives the courtchallenge, it could easily end up damaging the education of manychildren. Many sites on the ...
Politics: ; Redistricting does disservice to democracy
Apr 01, 2001; ... The partisan struggle over the use of statistically adjusted datafrom the U.S. Census to avoid "undercounts" was just a warmup forthe real game: the redistricting of thousands of legislativedistricts across the country. Once the census data are provided tostates, legislative districts ...
Russell's views
Apr 01, 2001; ... Let me state in the strongest possible terms - I am not replacingDan Rather on the "CBS Evening News." *** You've heard the rumor - CBS is worried about Dan's low ratingsand that he is getting on in years (69). In all modesty, I am muchyounger (68), which represents youth and ...
Riches from religion
Apr 01, 2001; ... FORMER Charleston evangelist T.D. Jakes - once a West Virginiawelfare recipient - grossed more than $20 million last year,according to a long report in last Sunday's Style Section of TheWashington Post. T.D. Jakes Ministries, the organization in chargeof his 26,000-member megachurch in ...
Other views
Apr 01, 2001 ... Drug policy for pregnant women wisely rejected Sometimes common sense and good law can co-exist. It happenedwhen the U.S. Supreme Court rejected a South Carolina hospital'sclaim to drug-test pregnant women and report positive results topolice. The drug-testing program at a ...
Your views
Apr 01, 2001 ... Harless profile was degrading Editor: A recent [Sunday Gazette-Mail] front-page article in the seriesof the Kingmakers by Tara Tuckwiller was not very objective andreflected the writer's personal views too much. Her biased articleimplies this man personally destroyed West ...
McCain ruffles feathers in D.C.
Apr 01, 2001; ... AT 8 a.m. Tuesday, John McCain was in his office, drinkingmultiple cups of coffee, giving multiple interviews to the media,and plotting multiple chess moves to keep the president, theruthless Republican Sopranos in Congress, his two-timing best friendin the Senate, Chuck Hagel, and ...
The money men always win
Apr 01, 2001; ... THE MAN MAKING the most news in the news business these days issomebody few people outside the business have ever heard of. Hisname is Jay Harris, and he just quit as publisher of one of thebetter newspapers in the country because he was unwilling to makethe cuts the home office wanted ...
The slippery slope of faith
Apr 01, 2001; ... WASHINGTON - Without being enacted into law, President Bush'sfaith-based initiative has already had useful effect. It hasunleashed intense argument and soul-searching among those who werepresumed to be its prime supporters and beneficiaries - Christianactivists and active Christians, ...
Underwood staff overpaid more than $186,000
Apr 01, 2001; ... LEGISLATIVE AUDITORS have determined that 27 people in formerGov. Cecil Underwood's office were overpaid a total of $186,749 forunused annual leave and compensatory time when he left office. EdStaats, chief operations officer for Gov. Bob Wise, said he receivedthe auditors' calculations ...
'Free' market often a free ride: ; TILTING AT WINDMILLS
Apr 01, 2001; ... THE CORPORATE leaders who are always telling the rest of us aboutthe beauty of a market economy often prove unwilling to meet markettests themselves. If their business is in trouble, they'll request agovernment bailout. If they run a sports franchise, they'll ask thetaxpayers to build a ...
Deception everywhere on the Net
Apr 01, 2001; ... It came as a sad little surprise to learn recently that Hollywoodstudios have been setting up phony Web sites to create buzz for newmovies. The sites, supposedly run by fans, are just the latestversion of some standard tricks in parts of the marketing world. Manipulators of all varieties ...
More asteroids come in pairs
Apr 01, 2001; ... HOUSTON - Though named for love, the asteroid Eros remains aswinging single. But many other, perhaps luckier asteroids areturning out to have mates. Astronomers recently discovered threetiny companions each snuggling with a bigger asteroid - bringing thenumber of known paired space ...
Germs may have skeletons
Apr 01, 2001; ... Scientists have known for decades that the cells of plants, fungiand animals have a "cytoskeleton," an internal network of struts andsupports that give the cell shape and strength. But most scientiststhought that bacteria got their shape from a tough outer cell wall. In the latest issue ...
Cold, cold heart: ; Cooling procedure being tested to treat attacks
Apr 01, 2001; ... DETROIT - In a promising potential breakthrough for the 1million Americans who have heart attacks each year, cardiologists atBeaumont Hospital are using a new cooling technique to reduce damagefrom heart attacks. Herman Buddenborg, 49, a cement truck driverfrom Roseville, became the ...
rats dream of mazes, study says: ; Hippocampus neuron patterns match in tests
Apr 01, 2001; ... BOSTON - Rats apparently can't escape the rat race, even whenthey're sound asleep. Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute ofTechnology say they have entered the dreams of rats and found thembusily working their way through the same lab mazes they negotiateduring the day. It ...
Jupiter's radiation measures harsher than before
Apr 01, 2001; ... PASADENA, Calif. - Radiation near Jupiter is far more severe thanpreviously estimated, raising concerns about the survival of futureprobes, NASA reported. The natural radio emissions coming fromJupiter's radiation belts were measured by an Italian-built antennaon the Cassini spacecraft ...
COMMENTARY: ; I'm not the Antichrist, Mingo's Buck Harless says
Apr 01, 2001; ... "Well," I thought after reading the Sunday Charleston newspaper,"at least this time they didn't call me the Antichrist." I'm notexaggerating; another writer called me that in another Charlestonnewspaper. I guess that just comes with the territory if you've had somesuccess. By ...
A job in California: ; ...but home is West Virginia; Technology is changing how we live, work
Apr 01, 2001; ... kellyr@wvgazette.com HUNTINGTON - John Cummings earns big bucks working from home fora California technology company. He has the best of both worlds: abig-city career and a West Virginia lifestyle. He's one of agrowing number of "teleworkers" who, thanks to the Internet, ...
Money managers move market
Apr 01, 2001; ... NEW YORK - Wall Street's gyrations can be attributed to manycauses, but, ultimately, the volatility comes down to a question ofwho is buying stocks and who is selling. A lot of the credit forlast week's market fluctuations has been given to professional moneymanagers, the people who buy ...
Passover celebrants looking for rare brisket: ; The tradition
Apr 01, 2001; ... ATLANTA - It was 10 days before Passover and the brisket orderswere coming in like so many plagues, but Steve Gilmer, along withmost of the country's kosher butchers, had no brisket. Except forone little piece he was saving for his best customer. "She came inthe other day and I said, ...
Black-market thieves target baby formula
Apr 01, 2001; ... CHICAGO - In the baby food aisle at the Dominick's supermarket inElmhurst, Ill., small signs offer an apology: "Due to high theft,all powder formula is located in the pharmacy. When the pharmacy isclosed, please ask at the service desk." At superstores and grocerymarkets across the ...
ASK JIM: ; Clean that balky mouse
Apr 01, 2001; ... Q. I have a hyperactive mouse on my computer at work. It is on aCompaq 4230 Pentium II PC, and whenever I leave the computerunattended for an hour or so it is uncontrollable when I come back.The cursor jumps all over the screen and various boxes will appearand disappear randomly. Since I ...
OS X worth waiting for a little longer
Apr 01, 2001; ... Macintosh users have waited a very, very long time to get amodern operating system for their beloved machines. Apple Computeris finally rewarding this endurance with Mac OS X, an outstandingtechnical and design achievement that zooms the company and itsfaithful flock into the 21st ...
ESSAYS on faith: ; Christ's obituary
Apr 01, 2001; ... Recently, The Charleston Gazette and The Charleston Daily Mailstarted to charge for longer than standard obituaries. Innewspapers, as in all other media, space is money. Obituariesthemselves are strange items. How do you sum up a life in a fewparagraphs? What if there had been ...