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Thursday, April 20, 1995
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Explosion Of Terror Clinton Vows To Bring ‘Evil Cowards’ To Justice
April 20, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A1 The day opened with the thunder of a massive car bombing at a federal building and the horror of a death toll that could run into the hundreds. It closed …
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Child Center Took Brunt Of Car Bomb At Least 12 Children Are Dead, 2 In Critical Condition, 20 Missing
April 20, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A1 1. Women comfort children injured in the bombing of the federal building in downtown Oklahoma City on Wednesday. Photo by Associated Press 2. Medical workers flee after being told another …
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Terrorist Onslaught Had Been Expected
April 20, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A1 The world’s intelligence agencies - including the FBI and CIA have known for months that Middle Eastern terrorists were plotting a terror onslaught aimed at the United States. Wednesday’s carnage …
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Lottery Numbers
April 20, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A2 No Art
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White Supremacist Executed
April 20, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A2 A white supremacist was executed Wednesday night by injection for killing a Jewish pawn shop owner in a 1983 robbery. Richard Wayne Snell, who also had been sentenced to life …
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Error-Prone Hospital Can Keep Funding
April 20, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A3 Federal regulators granted a major reprieve to a mistake-ridden hospital Wednesday, finding it had corrected deficiencies and clearing it to keep receiving millions in government health care funding. University Community …
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Superconductor Breakthrough
April 20, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A3 Scientists have developed a superconducting material that could lead to better electric motors, medical diagnostic devices and bullet trains that hover above tracks in the grip of magnetic fields. The …
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Supreme Court Upholds Right To Distribute Anonymous Campaign Literature
April 20, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A3 Casting doubt on the election laws of nearly every state, the Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that the right to distribute anonymous campaign literature is protected by the constitutional guarantee of …
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Lugar Announces Bid For Presidency
April 20, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A3 Sen. Richard Lugar
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Students Sue To Wear Rebel Flag T-Shirts
April 20, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A3 Seven students suspended for wearing Confederate flag shirts have sued a school district, claiming they should be allowed to sport the rebel flag if others can wear Malcolm X shirts. …
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Spurned Buyer Delivers Vengeance
April 20, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A3 A man furious over a failed land deal took it out on the property owner by having 90,000 magazines sent to her address. “I got every known magazine on the …
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Lawmaker Accused Of Trying To Sabotage Sex Abuse Case
April 20, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A4 Prosecutors accused U.S. Rep. Mel Reynolds of trying to sabotage their sex abuse case against him by persuading a teenager to recant her claims, writing the affidavits she gave and …
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Questioning Of Jurors Continues Simpson Judge Investigating Reports Of Racial Animosity
April 20, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A4 Testimony stopped and the O.J. Simpson trial went behind closed doors as the judge ventured into the sequestered world of Simpson’s jurors, quizzing them about personal and racial rifts. With …
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Citadel Rejects Applicant With Female-Looking Name
April 20, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A4 Any name that even suggests a female applicant seems to set off alarms these days at The Citadel, the all-male military school fighting a woman’s admission. When Kristian Zoeller applied, …
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Bombing’s Lesson: No One Is Immune Cities Large And Small Are Targets For Terrorist Message Of Fear
April 20, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A6 1. Firefighters search through the wreckage of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building for survivors of Wednesday’s explosion. Photo by Associated Press 2. The blast sheared off the building’s north …
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Rash Of Bomb Threats Forces Thousands To Flee Calls Turn Out To Be Hoaxes; Security Tightened After Blast
April 20, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A6 In the aftermath of the Oklahoma City blast Wednesday, bomb threats forced the evacuation of thousands of employees in nearly a dozen other federal buildings from Wilmington, Del., to Kansas …
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Walls Tumble; World Falls Apart Explosion Turns Mundane Workday Into Horrible Scene Of Random Death
April 20, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A6 Rescue worker passes a hurt child to a firefighter. Photo by Associated Press
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Parents Shouldn’t Spread Fear To Kids, Psychologists Say
April 20, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A6 It was every working parent’s worst nightmare: innocent children slaughtered in a day-care center. Psychologists predict that parents and children around the country will struggle to cope with feelings of …
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Parents Agonize Over Missing Kids
April 20, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A6 Families and friends of bomb victims gather at a church to receive information and comfort one another. Photo by Associated Press
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Incident Sparks Local Bomb Scares Spokane, Boise Federal Buildings Received Threats
April 20, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A8 Telephone bomb threats were received at federal buildings in Spokane and Boise following Wednesday’s explosion in Oklahoma City. More than 300 people were evacuated from the Boise facility after a …
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Incident Sparks Local Bomb Scare Spokane, Boise Federal Buildings Receive Threats
April 20, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A8 Heightened security is in place at the U.S. Court House in downtown Spokane, where a telephone bomb threat was received following Wednesday’s explosion in Oklahoma City. U.S. Marshal Ron Dashiell …
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Thousands Respond With Acts Of Kindness Residents Line Up To Give Blood, Assist Rescuers, Help Clean Up
April 20, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A8 Residents responded to a terrorist attack on the heart of their city with an outpouring of kindness, as thousands of ordinary citizens rolled up their sleeves to sweep away the …
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Bomb Likely Made With Fertilizer, Inexpensive Chemicals
April 20, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A8 The powerful bomb that ripped off the face of a federal building in Oklahoma City on Wednesday very likely was made of inexpensive fertilizers and chemicals that are widely available …
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Muslims Worry About Backlash Vague Description Of Bombers Prompts Hate Calls To Mosques
April 20, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A9 As soon as word spread Wednesday of the bombing at a federal building in Oklahoma City, phones began ringing at mosques around the nation. Some calls were anonymous threats, local …

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