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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - December 14, 2000, Winnipeg, Manitoba A2 Dukch mbah 2000 digest Index local editorials a14 focus a15 letters to the editor a15 business stocks leg family notices in a emporiums c10 classified c12 Jumble c14 diversions Ann Landers c9 comics c8 sports record movies d10 prime time to d12 weather d12 deaths Betty Alice Edna of widow of Joseph Edith Elsie widow of Charles Donald of the Robert husband of Robin Gra William Eric of Redwater widow of Donald of Portage la widow of Victor Peter husband of Susan husband of Marian math husband of Mary Georgina Georgie widow of Jim Herbert husband of Aileen widower of Helen August husband of Cecile Mary widow of Vince Vernon husband of Lorraine Robert John husband of Dorothy widow of Stan classified death notices Cio i i i lotteries pick 3 winning number yesterday was lotto winning numbers yesterday were and Bonus number was the plus winning number yesterday for the main prize of was Western winning numbers 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destroyed Haws family restaurant in Crystal City Early yesterday the owners were sleeping upstairs when alerted by their fire alarm at about Crystal City ramp said in a news fire Crews battled the Blaze throughout the Early morning gaining control by about 7 the Blaze caused More than nobody was Hurt and the cause of the fire is being investigated by ramp and the fire commissioners the owners lost All their posses ramp and anyone wish ing to help the family can Call the Crystal City chamber of Commerce at 204 Drivers table petition the Union representing striking bus Drivers with the River East school division tabled a petition at a Board meeting last the organized by the Canadian Union of Public employ Calls upon the school Board to end plans to contract out bus ser which would Likely end the said cupe staff representative Mark last nights Board meeting took place at Kildonan East the River East strike began bus Drivers with Transcona Springfield have been on strike since contracting out school bus service is also the main Issue in that president Bush continued from Page a2 five weeks after 100 million Ameri cans went to the Bush finally is free to plan a transition without fear of further Legal setbacks or a possible Lith hour As part of that Bush and Gore will meet on tuesday in Wash the president elect could introduce members of his new Cabinet As soon As Bush Victory made him Only the Sec Ond son of a president to become presi and restored a Republican to the White House after an interval of eight John Adams and John Quincy Adams were the Only other Fatherson combination to ascend to the White House in the Early any exultation in the Bush Camp was muted in recognition of the extraordinary circumstances in which he pre having lost the popular vote and won the White House in the end thanks Only to a decision from a supreme court that was As fractured As the problems of legitimacy and popular acceptance the official results of the 7 elec Tion gave Bush a four vote majority in the electoral College 271 to Gore won the popular vote to a margin of More than Gore is the fourth presidential candidate in history to lose an election while polling More popular votes than the his advisers said Gore abandoned the presidential quest but not the fervent belief that he won More votes in Florida than his Republican but the democratic Vic president avoided any Rancour in his emphasizing instead the need to move Forward and bring the nation together behind Bush after the closest elec correction notice december 915 flyer please note that the step 2 lift hide jumbo storage Chest 714321 has been shown we apologize for any inconvenience this May have pictures chairs lamps vases tables Corey design 9421630 329 Cumberland at designers walk w Tion in Over a for the Sake of our Unity As a people and the strength of our i offer my Gore what remains of partisan Rancour must be put and god bless his Many of Bush remarks were lifted straight out of his Workmanlike stump Gores was More it was delivered in the White House Complex with his family looking two of his daughters appeared their eyes rimmed with Gores Choice of words signalled some of the bitter reluctance to concede defeat that had propelled his 36day Legal Battle for recounts of Pivotal Florida bal he congratulated Bush on becom ing rather than on being elected the next chief Bush said he had received a Gra Cious Call from Gore shortly before the Vic president delivered his own nation ally televised Bush asked americans to Pray for the Vic president and the entire i have Faith with gods we As a nation will move Forward As one Bush i was not elected to serve one party but to serve one the president elect will need All the help divine and democratic he can with a majority of Only five in the House of representatives and the republicans Only advantage in the 5050 balanced Senate being future vice pres ident Richard Cheney casting Bush would have faced a daunting task As president even without the protracted struggle for the White Bush and then Gore captured the Lead during a Tough but an unusual civility for presidential elections was the facade of Bonhomie cracked on election night 7 when Florida which will become the Arch typical Bell wether state was placed erroneously first in the Gore column and then called for Gore phoned Bush to concede Early on Victoria press Gore and wife Tipper leave with running mate Joseph Lieberman and his wife Hadassah after Gores Concession speech last Only to retract his Concession an hour later when the difference Between them dwindled to a few Hundred votes out of almost six million tempers and Gore told a dumbfounded Bush not to get snippy about it when the Texas governor lost his Gore called Bush again to concede the i promised him that i Call him Back this Gore during More than a month of Wran gling Over the an unflattering spotlight was thrown on both men and on the shockingly inconsistent Vot ing procedures in the country that pro motes itself As the worlds Beacon of who campaigned from Start to finish of his 18month push for the White House As a uniter not a will put his election slogan to a Stern Gores defeat was sealed in the supreme court As fractured As the coun try he left Little doubt that his set Back at the hands of five Republican appointed justices of the nigh court would sting for now the supreme court has so let there be no Gore while i strongly disagree with the courts i accept his Concession speech might be a sober finale to a lifelong career in poli like he is the scion of a political family who had been groomed for the White House from Gore came excruciatingly As for what ill do i dont know the answer to that one he ill spend time in Tennessee and mend some literally and had Gore won his Home he would have won the he said his Only regret is that i didst get the Chance to stay and fight for the Ameri can people Over the next four and now my in a phrase i once addressed to others it is time for me 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