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Tuesday, April 18, 1995
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House Reverses Health Care Reform Lowry Agrees To Compromise; Critics Fear Higher Costs
April 18, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A1 The state House passed a health care reform bill Monday that virtually repeals the landmark 1993 health care act. The bill was approved 77-19. It is expected to be signed …
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Child Abuse Charges Called Witch Hunt In Wenatchee Town Divided By Investigation Of Minister, Congregation
April 18, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A1 This Columbia River orchard town, which in the last year has been scandalized by stories of a doctor liberally prescribing Prozac and two 12-year-old boys who shot a homeless man …
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Sandpoint To Evict Festival In 3 Years
April 18, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A1 Looking for a new home. An estimated 130 Sandpoint residents show up at a City Council meeting Monday in support of the music festival. Photo by Jesse Tinsley/The Spokesman-Review
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Challenges To Affirmative Action Stand Supreme Court Refuses To Strike Down Two Lower Court Victories For White Employees
April 18, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A1 Black firefighters were a rare sight in Birmingham, Ala., prior to 1981 affirmative action plan. Photo by Associated Press
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Talk Show Host Hangs It Up After One Call Too Many
April 18, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A1 Jim Bickel KXLY talk radio host
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Appeals Court Rejects Gm Settlement Critics Say Consumers Were Shortchanged In Deal
April 18, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A1 In a decision hailed by consumer groups, a federal appeals court in Pennsylvania on Monday rejected a class-action settlement that would have given the owners of an estimated 5 million …
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Lottery Numbers
April 18, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A2 No Art
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High Pentagon Official, 7 Others Killed In Crash
April 18, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A2 An Air Force jet exploded and crashed Monday in a wooded area while trying to land at the airport in this eastern Alabama town. All eight people on board were …
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Crewmembers Sue Boat Captain
April 18, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A3 A fishing boat captain is being sued for more than $20 million by four crewmembers who claim they were abused during a monthlong trip after a missing candy bar sent …
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Man Convicted 28 Years Later
April 18, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A3 A man was convicted Monday of the 1966 slaying of his wife - a case broken last year when the couple’s daughter came forward to recount a fatal fight she …
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Kidnapper Gets 35 Years
April 18, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A3 A man who abducted a real estate agent at gunpoint was sentenced Monday to 35 years in prison after the victim pleaded with the judge for a long sentence. Timothy …
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Clinton Orders Less Secrecy In Government Over Cia, Pentagon Objections, Most Documents Will Be Made Public After 25 Years
April 18, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A3 President Clinton signed an executive order Monday overhauling government secrecy rules and requiring, with certain exceptions, that even the most highly classified documents be made public after 25 years. The …
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Guards Stabbed In Prison Uprising
April 18, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A3 Prisoners upset about a new policy requiring inmates to cut their hair stabbed five guards and took three hostages Monday in an uprising that ended after five inmates won permission …
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Mcnamara Says He Kept Silent To Prevent Comforting ‘The Enemy’
April 18, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A3 Even after deciding that the war in Vietnam had become a tragic error, former Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara said Monday, he kept silent out of fear that speaking out …
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Shapiro Apologizes As Racial Joke Backfires
April 18, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A3 As prosecutors labored Monday to undo the damage inflicted on police criminalist Dennis Fung, one of O.J. Simpson’s lawyers apologized publicly for a joke last week that made light of …
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Trucker Admits Third Homicide Authorities In 10 States Want To Question Man
April 18, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A3 Sean Patrick Goble has confessed three killings. Photo by Associated Press
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Arizona Bucks Rest Of Nation, Legalizes Freon
April 18, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A3 Comparing the move with the Boston Tea Party, the governor on Monday made Arizona the only state in the United States where the production of Freon will be allowed after …
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Robertson Group Suing Irs
April 18, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A3 A group founded by Pat Robertson sued the Internal Revenue Service on Monday on behalf of a New York church that lost its tax-exempt status for advertising against Bill Clinton. …
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Turkey Seeks Support For Attack On Kurds
April 18, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A4 Turkey’s prime minister launched a weeklong campaign Monday to win American support for her army’s invasion of northern Iraq, but she offered no date for a full withdrawal. Turkey sent …
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Philippines Foreign Secretary Resigns Hanging Of Filipina Maid Continues To Rock Government
April 18, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A4 Foreign Secretary Roberto Romulo announces resignation. Photo by Associated Press
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Police Kill Man Tied To Murder Of Americans
April 18, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A5 A man involved in the slaying of two American consular employees was gunned down by police at his hideout Monday evening, authorities said. Nadeem Riaz was identified as one of …
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Brando’s Daughter Kills Herself
April 18, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A5 Cheyenne Brando in 1992 photo. Photo by Associated Press
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China Unmoved By U.S. Plea To End Nuclear Deals With Iran Superpowers Meet On Eve Of Nonproliferation Conference
April 18, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A5 The United States failed Monday to persuade China to end its nuclear cooperation with Iran or to improve its human rights performance, as representatives from 174 countries gathered at the …
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Silver Price Continues Its Ascent
April 18, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A6 The price of silver continued its eyeopening turnaround Monday, leaping another 34 cents per ounce. Silver’s latest jump on the New York Comex market put the metal at $5.71 an …

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