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Wednesday, April 19, 1995
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Exercise Hard And Live Longer Study Suggests Moderate Exercise May Not Be Enough To Extend Life
April 19, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A1 Run! No, walk. No, run! The latest in a spate of seemingly conflicting studies says that to live longer, you must exercise vigorously, not just moderately.
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Poll Shows Spokane Valley City Likely Nearly Half Of Those Polled Favor Incorporation
April 19, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A1 Spokane Valley voters appear poised to form the seventhlargest city in the state. Results of a scientific poll released Tuesday show that Valley voters are likely to support the latest …
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Land Owners’ Initiative Clears Senate Taxpayers Would Pay Millions In Compensation
April 19, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A1 In a stunning reversal for Senate Democrats, the GOP took over the Senate chamber Tuesday and passed a property rights initiative that Democrats had vowed to keep bottled up in …
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Survey Finds Little Faith In Government Respondents Have More Confidence In Military, Religion
April 19, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A1 More than eight of every 10 Americans say they have “very little” or only “some” confidence in the federal government, according to a poll released Tuesday by the Council for …
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County Puts 30-Day Freeze On Hiring Commission To Study Causes For Sharp Rise In County Workers
April 19, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A1 Spokane County commissioners will freeze most hiring for 30 days while they figure out why the number of county employees is growing three times faster than county population. It took …
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Coliseum To Live In Hearts, Homes Salvagers Leave Arena With Memories, Seats
April 19, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A1 Fred Shirley, foreground, goes to work removing a row of Coliseum seats Tuesday. Photo by Christopher Anderson/The Spokesman-Review
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Sawmill Lays Off 30 Employees In Bonners Ferry Owner Cites Competition From Canadian Mills
April 19, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A1 Crown Pacific Inland Co. will lay off 30 of its Bonners Ferry sawmill workers because of weak lumber prices, the company said Tuesday. The layoffs are the latest in a …
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Lottery Numbers
April 19, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A2 Tuesday’s winning “Triple Choice” lottery numbers: 5-7-6. Tuesday’s winning Washington Keno numbers: 2-3-8-11-13-15-17-20-23-28-32-47-50-51-56-60-64-66-68-69.
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Quake Coverage Wins Pulitzer Tiny Virgin Islands Paper Receives Gold Medal; Composer Gould, Dramatist Foote Also Selected
April 19, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A2 The Los Angeles Times won the Pulitzer Prize for spot news Tuesday for its coverage of the chaos and devastation of the 1994 Northridge earthquake, which killed 61 people and …
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Dole’s Injuries Selling Point With Veterans
April 19, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A3 To many of those chowing down on pancakes Friday in Russell, Kan., Sen. Bob Dole looked like a Washington veteran hungry for the White House. Others at the VFW hall …
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Poll: Still Hope For Government
April 19, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A3 Americans have scaled-down expectations for their lives, and most believe the federal government hinders rather than helps them attain the “American dream,” a new national poll found Tuesday. Still, few …
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Clinton On Offensive Challenges House To Draft Kinder Welfare Reform Bill
April 19, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A3 Clinton: “We should not punish children for mistakes of their parents.” Photo by Associated Press
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Network TV Brushes Off The President
April 19, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A3 In the living rooms of eastern America Tuesday night, the score was Tim Allen, 1; Bill Clinton, 0. The star of the situation comedy “Home Improvement” was secure in his …
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Boy Killed After Exposing Labor Horrors
April 19, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A4 Iqbal Masih. Photo by Associated Press
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Dozens Sickened In Subways Japan Officials Fear Incident Linked To Recent Gas Attacks
April 19, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A4 At least 38 people were taken to hospitals today after complaining of stinging eyes and bad odors in train and subway stations in Yokohama, a crowded commercial port city adjacent …
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Simpson Team Gives Fung Warm Send-Off
April 19, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A5 A smiling Dennis Fung finally completed his testimony Tuesday, nine court days after he took the stand as the police department’s principal evidence collector in the O.J. Simpson case. The …
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Black Teens Better Than Whites At Avoiding Smoking
April 19, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A5 African-American teenagers have largely eliminated smoking from their lives, while white teenagers are still taking up the habit at high rates, according to a study reported in The Journal of …
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Arena Demolition To Cost $812,390
April 19, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A6 Gillingham Construction Inc. won the contract for demolition of the Spokane Coliseum, beating out a dozen other bidders with a price of $812,390. The Boise firm is best-known for knocking …
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Phil Gramm Leads Republican Pack In Fund Raising
April 19, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A6 The first finance reports of the presidential race show Lamar Alexander raising most of his money in his native Tennessee, Bob Dole doing well among former top government officials and …
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3 Awards For Valor Revoked By Army
April 19, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A7 The Army has revoked decorations for valor awarded to three servicemen involved in the accidental killing of an American soldier during the 1991 Persian Gulf War after congressional investigators had …
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Father Suspected Of Killing 2 Babies
April 19, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A7 A man suspected of burying alive a son he had fathered with his own daughter sent authorities Tuesday to the basement where he said he had buried their second child …
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Judge Orders Elks To Admit Woman
April 19, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A7 A Michigan real estate broker may become the first female Elks member in the country after a judge ruled Monday that the local chapter must admit her to the all-male …
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Study Urges Homespun Ways To Teach Science
April 19, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A7 Kids can learn about biology by picking up leaves in the park, figure out the basics of chemistry by mixing cookie dough, or explore astronomy by gazing at the stars, …
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$19 Million Awarded In Bombing Of Plane
April 19, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A7 A federal jury has awarded $19 million to the widow of an executive killed in the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland. The woman’s attorney, Aaron …

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