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Newspaper
Harrisonburg Daily News Record
Location
Harrisonburg, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 2004
Page
1
Lottery results for DAY include Pick 3 and Pick 4 unavailable with early deadline. Cash 5 unavailable. Lucky Numbers 1-4-1. D C Four 6-6-4-3. Quick Cash 9-19-2 21-6-39. Hot Five 9-20-33-27-5. Pentagon spokesman Eric Ruff notes quotes about cuts in armaments on Page 10.
Key events on December 31 include Montgomery and Arnold's failed Quebec assault with Montgomery killed in 1775. Ottawa chosen as Canada’s capital in 1857. Edison unveils his incandescent lamp in 1879. West Virginia admitted to the Union in 1862. The Hayes couple reenact their ceremony in 1877. Truman proclaims WWI hostilities ended in 1946. Marshall Plan ends in 1961. Gold ownership reopens to citizens in 1974. Taiwan-US relations end in 1978. Rick Nelson and others die in a 1985 air tragedy en route to Dallas.
The Bush administration proposes a new forest planning rule to manage 155 national forests and 20 grasslands under the National Environmental Protection Act. The rule, labeled better forest management, could permit logging road building and mining projects. Jeremiah Strother, 13, tests a radio controlled Harley model on Va 732 in Hinton while trying out his Christmas gift.
Two bills introduced in the Virginia legislature during the holidays aim to direct state spending for the next fiscal year and end a budget-balancing gimmick that forces retailers to double sales tax payments each June. The report notes lighter items such as traditional marriage license plates on Page 18.
The WORLD panel ruled Yanukovych failed to prove widespread violations in the presidential revote. His campaign pledged to push the case to Ukraine's Supreme Court, seeking to overturn the results.
Washington officials certify Christine Gregoire as governor-elect after three recounts and a 129 vote statewide margin. Dino Rossi refuses to concede, cites 3500-vote discrepancy in King County and explores legal or legislative challenge.
In Richmond Republicans push to amend Virginia’s Constitution to define marriage as between a man and a woman and to ban civil unions and partnerships. Democrats vow to repeal the 2004 Affirmation of Marriage Act, while Equality Virginia braces for a difficult session.
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Roanoke Appalachi an School of Law agreed to pay 1 million to settle lawsuits accusing it of ignoring warnings before Peter Odighizuwa killed three people and wounded three others in the 2002 campus rampage. Plaintiffs sought 23 million, while the school denied liability and said the settlement avoids lengthy litigation.
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