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Newspaper
Harrisonburg Daily News Record
Location
Harrisonburg, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 2000
Page
1
News-Record reports Chief Harper sustained injuries in a crash on I 81. Andrew Scot Bollinger notes the incident involved local emergency responders and prompted traffic delays near the highway corridor.
Harrisonburg police officer Raymond Ortiz pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor assault charges in a case that raised questions about his future. Capt. M. Wiffong declined comment, saying the status is an administrative matter, while Ortiz’s next steps remain unresolved.
Denise J. Anderson’s second degree murder trial ends in a mistrial as the 11 to 1 hung jury favors not guilty. Jurors split over self defense versus revenge for years of alleged abuse in the stabbing death of Emerson W. Nutter. Judge McGrath declares a hung jury and pending retrial options are discussed with Commonwealth’s Attorney Richard Claybrook.
In Danville Kentucky Republican Dick Cheney and Democrat Joseph Lieberman sparred politely over military readiness tax cuts and Social Security. They agreed Milosevic should quit Yugoslavia after his election loss but opposed sending U.S. troops to oust him. Lieberman accused Republicans of raiding Medicare to fund tax cuts while Cheney claimed funds were ample to relieve all taxpayers.
Belgrade was rocked as mobs attacked Milosevic centers of power turning parliament and key sites to rubble and flames. Opposition leaders claimed Serbia as a democratic nation and urged the armed forces to back Kostunica while crowds filled Belgrade streets in celebration.
Denver confronts rising fears of violence as plans for the citys first Columbus Day parade since 1991 collide with protests from American Indians and Hispanics. Organizers push ahead, while opposition calls for civil disobedience and a peaceful outcome remains uncertain amid tense rhetoric.
The AP reports 18 planet-sized gas balls drift freely in a star field about 1,200 light years from Earth. The objects challenge planetary theory as scientists debate whether they are failed stars or sunless planets, with Caltech's Maria Rosa Zapatero Osorio leading the study and noting a nomenclature problem.
A Science report details 18 free floating bodies in the Orion cluster about 1,200 light years away. Masses range from 5–8 to 18–15 Jupiter masses, with the largest near brown dwarf status. Osorio suggests they are young, possibly failed stars formed without becoming stars themselves.
Local column lists deaths of M. Johnson 76 of Burlington NC Merryl Layman 85 of Crestwood Grace Strickland Roanoke Harry Will Sr. 75 of Front Royal Maggie Wright 47 of Bridgewater with page reference and terse identifiers.
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