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Newspaper
Harrisonburg Daily News Record
Location
Harrisonburg, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 2000
Page
1
Harrisonburg's undesignated fund balance rose from 6.2 million in 1996 to 11.6 million in 2000, fueled by higher tax receipts and prudent budgeting. City officials credit prior councils for fiscal restraint and a pay-as-you-go approach, noting the gain came despite no tax hike.
President Leonid Kuchma ordered the last working unit at Chernobyl shut down to improve safety as Ukraine seeks to seal the damaged plant. Oleksandr Yelchishchev triggered the switch at 1 16 p m local time, ending reactor No 3’s operation and curtailing radiation leaks amid repair work on the sarcophagus.
Inside Gilmore's Plan list of deaths includes Gilmore’s Plan residents Glendon C. Comer 75 Shenandoah Julius W Edwards 79 Pennsauken NJ Gilbert F Godenour 84 Baker WV Edna L Jones 92 Harrisonburg Adalene S King 89 Harrisonburg Arlene R Landis 90 Lebanon PA Ollie F Morris 83 Luray Edith C Miller 82 New Market Homer Quann 78 Harrisonburg Robert A Rader 55 Hamilton Ohio Richard L Simmons 74 McGaheysville Edna H Smith 84 Greensboro NC Raymond S Sours 93 Rileyville.
President elect Bush said he would announce his first Cabinet today with Powell as secretary of state expected. Bush avoided confirming Breaux offer, noted Breaux preferred Senate service, and named Al Gonzales as White House counsel while planning further selections and timing.
Hundreds of FBI agents and families marched around the White House in blue ribbons to oppose presidential clemency for Leonard Peltier, an American Indian activist serving two life terms for murders of agents Ron Williams and Jack Coler. The group presented a petition signed by about 8,000 officers, while Secret Service refused delivery of the documents.
Palestinian detainee Mazen Al Najjar walked into a welcoming embrace at the Manatee County Detention Center after three years in jail on secret government evidence without charges. Attorney General Janet Reno said a deportation review could follow, while officials defend the classified basis of his detention. His wife and three daughters aided by tears and prayers marked the moment as one of mixed relief and unresolved questions about the evidence.
A U S government advisory panel urged listing estrogen as a cancer-causing agent while noting its benefits for women. The panel said labeling could prompt doctors to discuss both risks and benefits with patients, and cited physician practices of focusing on benefits during hormone therapy conversations.
Nearly four years after Emmanuel C Kingsley-Ibeh was shot dead in Massanutten Village three of six defendants face a Rockingham County jury Monday. Duenas Tugner and Frye will be tried in Courtroom A at 8 45 a m with charges including first degree murder and weapons offenses. Other indicted suspects Larry Cook and Blosser plus additional counts tied to abduction burglary robbery and attempted robbery are listed.
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