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Newspaper
Harrisonburg Daily News Record
Location
Harrisonburg, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 2005
Page
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Unofficial lottery results from multiple systems include D C Night Draws with numbers like 1 3 3 and 2 8 3 8, Virginia and West Virginia draws with Pick 3 and Pick 4 sequences, Cash 5, Lotto South, and Powerball. AP noted results are unofficial and Virginia verification is available via the listed AP contact.
Public notices list New Market Town Council 7 30 p m in council chambers John Sevier Road contact 540 740 3432. Harrisonburg School Board 7 30 p m Municipal Building 345 S Main St contact 434 9916. Rockingham County Supervisors 6 p m County Administrative Center North Main and Gay streets contact 564 3000.
On June 20 1756 in India British soldiers were jailed in the Black Hole of Calcutta where most died. In 1782 Congress approved the Great Seal of the United States. Queen Victoria ascended in 1837 after William V’s death. West Virginia became the 35th state in 1863. Lizzie Borden was acquitted in 1893. In 1963 a hot line pact was signed by US and USSR. Muhammad Ali was convicted in 1967. In 1995 Capt Jim Wang cleared in a 1994 friendly fire incident. In 2004 Al Jazeera aired a tape of al Qaeda linked militants with a South Korean hostage.
The Daily News Record corrected a Saturday story to state Lisa Hawkins graduated from Turner Ashby High School, not the previously reported school. The correction clarifies the source of her educational background for the leadership awards feature.
For color prints and enlargements of Daily News-Record photographs, see the link at the top left of the DNR site or visit printroom com pro dnronline and click the dated link under gallery.
The city continues to benefit from a late last year agreement to keep the Moore's Potato Chip plant on Pinecrest Lane operating. Wise Snack Foods had planned to shut down and idle 155 workers, but the facility now employs 189 and could hire 20 more.
Italian prosecutors pursue a kidnapping case over the 2004 abduction of Abu Omar in Milan, amid growing EU skepticism of U S secret transfers of terror suspects. The case implicates Italian and American agents and possible CIA involvement, drawing pressure on Berlusconi’s government.
Palestinian militants ambushed Israeli soldiers guarding a Gaza border construction site Sunday, killing one soldier and prompting an Israeli fatality in return. Despite the clash, both sides proceeded with Israel’s planned withdrawal amid a fragile cease-fire.
The 1929 rusted water tower at 1157 South High Street will be demolished in the coming weeks. Owner Bill Pequinot cited the structure as a hazard and said removal will ease access to the Pequinot Furniture Store and permit future expansion.
Aruba police questioned Paul van der Sloot, father of Dutch teen Joran van der Sloot, for two hours after a longer Saturday session. Joran, 17, linked to Natalee Holloway, disappeared after a May 30 graduation trip with Alabama student group. Three others detained. no charges yet.
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Ali Hassan al Majid appears before an investigative magistrate on video in Baghdad as eight former officials face questions over the 1988 Halabja poison gas attack that killed at least five thousand people. The panel has yet to set trial dates for Saddam Hussein or other ex-officials amid ongoing insurgent violence supported by al Qaeda in Iraq. A suicide vest attack near the Green Zone cafe killed seven police and injured dozens, while Abu Musab al Zarqawi’s group claimed responsibility. Secretary of State Rice warned the fight will continue with no quick end.
The army reported 15 to 20 enemy killed and an enemy vehicle destroyed in the rampage. No Americans were hurt, Lt. Col. Jerry O’Hara said the insurgents face high risk when engaging coalition forces. Additional U.S. and Afghan forces were sent as death tolls may rise amid fears of widening conflict before September elections. In Kandahar three rockets struck the city. one hit near Mullah Omar’s former home now housing U S special forces, with Taliban blamed. In Helmand gunmen killed a judge, an intelligence worker and an education official.
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