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Newspaper
Harrisonburg Daily News Record
Location
Harrisonburg, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 2006
Page
1
Unofficial lottery results show Virginia, Washington DC and West Virginia draws with Pick 3, Pick 4, Cash 5 and other games. Numbers listed include Virginia draws 1 5 8 and 6 4 5 for Pick 3 and Pick 4 respectively, plus DC Lucky Numbers 6 1 0 and Daily Six 35 28 29 14 22 16. Dow Jones and Nasdaq figures noted with full business report on Page 22.
John Undeland Bridge Project spokesman urged caution and discouraged early travel with a warning that the new Wilson Bridge will open but traffic will be slow. He asked drivers to avoid the area and return Monday morning.
On June 9 a sequence of historic moments is noted: Nero’s death by his own hand in AD 68, Dickens’ death in 1870, Norway’s WWII surrender in 1940, a Worcester tornado death toll around 100 in 1953, Welch’s rebuke of McCarthy in 1954, Warren Burger’s 1969 confirmation as chief justice, Secretariat’s 1973 Belmont Stakes Triple Crown, and the 1978 LDS Church reversal ending a priesthood ban for black men.
Information directs readers to obtain color prints and enlargements of Daily News-Record photographs via the site link at the top left of the DNR online homepage or the Print Room Pro site, with access through the dated link under the gallery heading.
Former Grottoes police chief Charlie Lawhorne, 59, was unanimously appointed to the Town Council to fill the remainder of Lorretta Harris’s term, ending December 2008. Harris resigned in April to take a job in Northern Virginia.
Mount Merapi in Indonesia spewed a column of hot gas and ash on Thursday sending 15,000 villagers fleeing. Some people leapt into rivers and others drove away in trucks to escape the searing heat. No injuries or deaths were reported. The volcano had been venting for weeks.
Steven James favors a compact four hundred thousand dollar waterscape shaped like a pentagon. Although it appears to spill water into the Newport Beach golf course below, he says he does not like swimming.
Harris Miller and James Webb showed muted differences in a brief MSNBC Hardball debate over gays in the military and 2008 presidential backing. Webb supports don’t ask, don’t tell with reform debated. Miller calls for modification. Both oppose Bush Iraq policy. Warner backed by Miller, undecided Webb. Debate preface a WTOP radio follow up.
Governor Kaine delayed the 1996 triple murder execution of Percy Walton at Greensville Correctional Center for six months to allow independent evaluation of his mental condition after the U S Supreme Court denied a stay. Walton, 27, is described by lawyers as mentally impaired and prone to erratic behavior, with claims he believes he would go to Burger King after death.
Daily News-Record published by Rockingham Publishing Co. lists mailing address at 231 South Liberty Street Harrisonburg Virginia and post office measures. It includes sections and pages details, postmaster address and various department phone numbers for information advertising circulation and news 574 6200 574 6240 433 9112 574 6280 574 6260.
Calvin Pearson, a Hampton resident, urges Jamestown 2007 organizers to recognize Old Point Comfort as the landing site of the 20 Africans in 1619, arguing Hampton’s contribution to the colony’s history. He seeks a statue and a state proclamation, while officials say the plan will include evidence-based acknowledgment of all cultures connected to Jamestown.
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