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Newspaper
Harrisonburg Daily News Record
Location
Harrisonburg, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 2000
Page
1
A government report released Sunday shows crime has fallen nationwide for eight consecutive years. The survey highlights the serious crime rate per 100000 people across the United States, reflecting broad declines in violent and property offenses.
The FBI reports serious crimes fell for the eighth straight year in 1999, with the murder rate at a 33 year low of 5.7 per 100,000 and violent crime dropping to a 21 year low of 525 per 100,000 residents. Large cities showed smaller declines, while New York’s murders rose to 671. Experts caution that gains may slow.
The notices list several residents from Virginia towns including Harrisonburg Waynesboro McGaheysville Monterey Timberville Chesterfield Raphine and Harrisonburg. Names include Lloyd E Caldwell John D Eiland Jr Brenda Heatwole John Michael Frank Northrop Anna Price James Shanks Sr Arlene Shover and Leonard Withers with ages ranging from 50s to 90s.
A U S S Cole crew from the bombing landing at Norfolk Naval Station as relatives waited. About 33 injured sailors arrived aboard a German C-141 and were transported to Portsmouth Naval Hospital after embracing families on the tarmac.
Officials describe a blast so powerful it shredded the USS Cole deck into confetti like pieces, wounding 389 and killing 17 as Yemeni authorities detain suspects. Diplomats caution on attribution while highlighting port security gaps in Aden.
President Clinton heads to Egypt with U S officials to press Palestinians and Israelis toward calming tensions and preserving a two state path, though a full peace process seems unlikely. He attends Foundry Methodist Church services and discusses strategy with Madeleine Albright and Sandy Berger before emergency talks at Sharm el Sheikh with Kanfat Tasnanit Aralat and Barak.
About six in ten Americans call prescription drugs a very important issue in their presidential vote and many say they or a relative use such medicines regularly. Mary Jane Byrd of Alturas Florida notes families may exhaust savings paying for prescriptions and worries for others on Social Security.
Italian and German researchers reported a potential test using maspin protein levels to identify breast cancer patients at higher risk of relapse. Findings suggest high maspin in bone marrow links to two years disease free, while low levels predict recurrence, offering a new tool alongside node status and other measures.
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