Shenandoah Park to Continue Controlled Burns Despite Risks
SNP officials plan further controlled burns in Shenandoah National Park to clear brush and reduce wildfire risk. Fires are scheduled on 46 acres in Big Meadows this April and again in fall near park headquarters east of Luray to clear four Skyline Drive lookouts. Spokeswoman Lyn Rothgeb notes burning disturbs land less than heavy machinery and lowers costs.
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Los Alamos
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Skyline Drive
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Rothgeb
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13 Years Of Abuse Alleged In Woodstock Case
State police arrested Claude H. Stickley Jr. in Woodstock on four felony counts of child sexual abuse dating from 1972 to 1985. The 56 year old truck driver is held without bond in Shenandoah County Jail, charged with rape, two counts of sodomy, and one count of aggravated sexual battery. Victims ages cited as 6 and 12. charges not specified to each victim. Police raid yielded a computer and related material believed to contain pornographic images of adults.
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Claude H. Stickley Jr
N. Lee Sr
Sheriff’s Department
Stickley
Shenandoah County
Lucy Caldwell
Caldwell
Carroll Miller
Daily News Record
Skyline 17 Sports Wrap Debuts On International Newsline
Skyline 17 anchors the sports segment as 13 international pages feature 18 Newslines and 8 State notes, with obituary notices and schedule updates interwoven through the skyline lineup. The newscast blends international games, regional reports, and local dance card results for a concise, period-voice briefing.
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Run Off The Road?: Woman Hurt On I-81
Diana Miller of Grottoes, 45, was injured when a flatbed tractor-trailer forced her Pontiac off northbound Interstate 81 near Weyers Cave. Miller was taken to Augusta Medical Center with unknown injuries. Police suspect felony hit and run as the truck, described as lifting four blue construction lifts on a flatbed, fled the scene after the 4:42 p.m. collision.
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R.D. Zullig
Weyers Cave
Diana Miller
Grottoes
Miller
Augusta Medical Center
Zullig
High Court blocks federal rape suits in violence case
The Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that rape victims cannot sue attackers in federal court, restoring state responsibility. The decision, written by Chief Justice Rehnquist, upholds Virginia law remedy and narrows federal role in violence against women. Kathy Rodgers of NOW Legal Defense calls it a severe blow for women’s rights.
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Supreme Court
Congress
William H. Rehnquist
Virginia Tech
Christy Brzonkala
Brzonkala
Rehnquist
Commonwealth of Virginia
United States
Kathy Rodgers
NOW
Legal Defense and Education Fund
Saccharin Drops From Cancer Causation List
The NIEHS says new studies show no clear link between saccharin and human cancer and removes artificial sweetener from the National Toxicology Report on Carcinogens. Dr. Kenneth Olden notes earlier rat bladder tumors were not relevant to humans, reflecting updated science and better distinctions.
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Washington
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
Kenneth Olden
NIEHS
National Toxicology Program
Olden
Could It Be Graham's The Man For Gore?
Florida senator Bob Graham keeps a pocket notebook of conversations from 23 years in politics. With Al Gore courting Florida’s 25 electoral votes analysts weigh Graham as a potential vice presidential candidate. Graham opposed the federal raid in Miami, a stance that could help or hurt him politically.
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Florida
Bob Graham
al Gore
Graham
Elian
Israelis and Palestinians clash in West Bank gun battles
In Ramallah and across the West Bank, protests escalated into gun battles between Israeli troops and Palestinian police, killing four Palestinians and injuring over 320. An Israeli snipers seized a Palestinian hotel near a junction, trapping hotel guests including nine Americans. A Palestinian guest was wounded by sniper fire, as Palestinians shelled Joseph's Tomb in Nablus and Israeli forces returned fire.
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West Bank
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