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Newspaper
The Gaston Gazette
Location
Gastonia, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 2001
Page
1
The Gaston Gazette provides contact numbers for advertising and newsroom plus service desk hours for delivery failures until 11 30 a m daily. It notes mail subscription prepayment, independent contractor carriers, and copyright protection for the paper’s contents in its 122nd year No 302 four sections 38 pages.
Bill Williams, retired Gazette editor, notes a summer invasion of spiders in Lake Lure with webs everywhere and a neighbor's dramatic attempt to burn them out. He marvels at spider ingenuity while sharing local annoyance and a humorous account of the yard blaze.
John Travolta and Samuel L. Jackson reunite for Basic a military suspense film. Filming begins November 26 for 12 weeks at a former Navy air station in Jacksonville with Travolta as a DEA agent investigating the disappearance of an Army Ranger instructor played by Jackson.
On October 29 1929 Black Tuesday saw the New York Stock Exchange crash as panic selling wiped out many investors. Notable past events include William Penn landing in Chester Pennsylvania in 1682 and McKinley assassin Leon Czolgosz’s execution in 1901.
The Gaston Gazette outlines its commitment to accuracy and announces that corrections will appear in this column. It invites readers to report mistakes by contacting the newsroom.
Local forecast shows today’s high and tonight’s low for Gastonia. AccuWeather provides maps and data for the five day outlook with regional details.
WSOC TV weather report was not available at press time. The article notes the official channel could not provide forecast details before publication.
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