Y2K readiness celebrated as clocks roll to new century
Report from Bluefield notes global computer systems passed Y2K tests after months of checking. GTE director Bill Francis says $185 million was spent preparing for the double zero year. Midnight in Saipan marked the first test of a modern telecom system amid worldwide festivities and relief.
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Bluefield
Bill Francis
GTE
Saipan
Micronesia
Micronesian Telecommunications Corp
Francis
Manhattan
Times Square
Coleen Archer
New York City
U.S
Countdown diary Y2K night proves anticlimactic in Mercer County
Barbara Hawkins reports that New Year 2000 activities in Mercer County were subdued. The Mercer County E-911 Center faced a daytime phone glitch not tied to Y2K, briefly raising dispatch concerns before the OES crew restored full service by 8 p.m. No water shortages connected to the timing.
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Rinceton
Mercer County
Bluefield
Princeton
OES
Aris
Bob Besenger
Y2K focus shifts to start of work week
Washington reports a cautious Y2K assessment as the new year begins. Government checkups run smooth, banks reopen reluctantly, and only minor glitches appear in electricity, communications, and several nuclear facilities. The Pentagon notes a reconnaissance satellite temporary loss of data.
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Washington
U.S
Pentagon
Defense
John Hamre
Jasmine Lynn Robertson birth at Princeton Community Hospital marks first baby of year
Jasmine Lynn Robertson arrived at 3:44 a.m. Saturday at Princeton Community Hospital weighing 5 pounds 11.7 ounces and 19.75 inches, making her the region's first baby of the new century. Her mother Crystal Martin and sister Tina Marie smiled as nurses collected gifts and donations for the newborn.
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Eric DiNovo
Jody Tatum
Ruby
Ruby Robertson
Jasmine Lynn
Princeton Community Hospital
Mercer County
Jasmine
Crystal Martin
Tina Marie
Sissy” Robertson
I Rinceton
Jasmine Lynn Robertson
2 East
Allen Robertson
Princeton
Anita Wells
R.N
Steve
Serena
Pipestein
Ruby Tatum
West Virginia Celebrates New Year From Air Over Charleston
Allen Holstein and his wife celebrated New Year by flying over Charleston in their Cessna 172 marking the millennium change. They joined many West Virginians in offbeat celebrations while airline officials reported no problems with air traffic control during the transition at Yeager Airport and beyond.
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Charleston
Allen Holstein
Holstein
St. Albans
Kanawha County
Delta Comair
Usairways
Yeager
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