29 Oct 2004
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Newspaper
Harrisonburg Daily News Record
Location
Harrisonburg, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 2004
Page
1
A newspaper item notes a 1,975.74 Virginia night drawing and directs readers to a full business report on page 37. It quotes a controversial remark about Saddam Hussein and points readers to page 21 for today’s quote “Fla. Race To Diversify Senate.”
The record recalls William Penn landing near Chester after founding Pennsylvania. It notes the 1901 electrocution of President McKinley assassin Leon Czolgosz. It also mentions 1929 Black Tuesday, when New York Stock Exchange prices collapsed and many investors were wiped out as the Great Depression began.
In a correction, the Daily News-Record notes Rockingham Memorial Hospital has narrowed its site search to three potential locations for a new facility. The hospital currently runs a 5 percent profit margin, directing funds to maintenance and patient services.
Bridgewater officials report progress on a south town park upgrade. Town superintendent Bob Holton said an architect has been hired to submit a new Edgebrier Park design. Architect Hardee Johnson toured the site on Oct. 22.
Amateur archaeologist Jack Lee Harelson was acquitted on two counts of trying to hire a hitman to kill people tied to his 1996 grave-robbing conviction in Nevada. The Jackson County jury could not reach a verdict on four counts in the murder-for-hire case, but found him guilty of being a felon in possession of a firearm. Prosecutors plan to retry the unresolved counts.
The note lists the Harrisonburg Virginia post office address for Daily News-Record operations and provides subscription rates by region. It outlines periodical postage paid at Harrisonburg and charges for Virginia, West Virginia, and other states, plus surcharges for out of state vacationing subscribers.
U S government officials report a reduced flow of information on election terror threats but insist the risk from al Qaida has not lessened. Law enforcement steps up arrests and surveillance nationwide, tracking several hundred people.
The IAEA reported that U S officials were warned about the dangers of explosives at the Al Qaqaa facility after another major Iraqi site, the national nuclear complex, was looted in April 2003. The disclosure adds to understanding of U S awareness surrounding the looting.
Nearly half of Virginia public schools with provisional accreditation in 2008 slipped to accredited with warning after intermediate ratings. Overall 84 percent of schools are now fully accredited, up from 78 percent last year, according to state Education Department figures presented to the State Board.
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