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Sunday, April 30, 1995
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Evacuee Recalls Confusion, Fear In Saigon
April 30, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A1 Daylight came with the sound of artillery shells bursting in the city on Saigon’s last morning. The sound could only mean that the North Vietnamese army had broken through the …
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Some Aren’t Just Conquering The Course Goals Range From Beating Health Problems To Continuing Family Traditions
April 30, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A1 1. Michael Rembolt will use a wheelchair for Bloomsday after injuring his foot in a fall. Photo by Christopher Anderson/The Spokesman-Review 2. Lynda Schultz, recovering from breast cancer, runs a …
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Out Of The Shadows Oklahoma Bombing Brings Scrutiny Of Montana Militia’s Pro-Gun, Anti-Feds Philosophy
April 30, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A1 1. Bob Fletcher is interviewed by the Canadian media. He later grew angry, threatened to throw out the film crew and called the female reporter an obscene name. Photo by …
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Insurance Industry Calls Shots Gop Lawmakers Gave Lobbyists Free Rein In Helping Roll Back Regulations
April 30, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A1 The insurance industry bagged a string of victories this legislative session, from tax breaks and regulation rollbacks to the virtual repeal of the 1993 health care reform law. One reason: …
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Zinser Ready To Leave Controversial UI President Job Hunting As Petition Drive To Oust Her Starts To Stall
April 30, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A1 (photo of Elisabeth Zinser)
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Lottery Numbers
April 30, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A2 Saturday’s winning “Triple Choice” lottery numbers are: 728. Saturday’s winning Washington Lotto numbers: 2-14-21-25-37-39. No winner. Next jackpot: $3 million.
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Court’s Gun Ruling Upsets Clinton President Tells Reno To Find Way To Ensure Ban On Guns Within 1,000 Feet Of Schools
April 30, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A3 President Clinton said Saturday that he was terribly disappointed by Wednesday’s Supreme Court ruling overturning the federal ban on gun possession within 1,000 feet of schools. The president ordered Attorney …
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Limbaugh Fooled By Fellow Conservative
April 30, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A3 Stop the presses: Rush Limbaugh has been fooled. And, it turns out, the man with “talent on loan from God” was hoaxed by a fellow conservative. Limbaugh admitted this past …
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Study Finds Blacks Losing Jobs, Wages Despite Gains In Education, Gap In Wages Is Widening
April 30, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A3 African Americans are falling further behind whites in wages and employment rates, although the gap in education between blacks and whites has narrowed in recent decades, according to a study …
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Life Tough For John Doe No. 2 Look-Alikes
April 30, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A4 Imagine looking like John Doe No. 2, the elusive confederate of Timothy McVeigh, the suspect in the Oklahoma bombing. By Saturday, the FBI had received more than 10,000 calls from …
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Fbi Agents Trying To Reconstruct Ryder Truck That Carried Bomb
April 30, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A4 FBI agents worked Saturday to piece together recovered shards of metal from the rental truck that carried a deadly terrorist bomb to the federal building. And, as the families of …
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Shattered City Waits For A Time To Heal Gathering At Dusk Near Bomb Site Becomes Ritual
April 30, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A5 Christian Life Missionary Baptist Church members hold a sunset prayer vigil. Photo by Associated Press
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Murdoch To Finance New Political Journal
April 30, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A6 Media baron Rupert Murdoch, already a major force in broadcasting, consumer magazines, newspapers and books, will start a weekly political journal, publishing sources confirmed Saturday. The Washington-based publication, tentatively called …
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Police Criticized Over Arrest Of Teen
April 30, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A6 Residents crowded into a church Saturday to assail police for beating a teenager and spraying him in the face with tear gas during an arrest captured on videotape. Pharon Crosby, …
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Malcolm X’S Widow Ends Farrakhan Feud
April 30, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A6 Betty Shabazz, the widow of Malcolm X, does not blame Louis Farrakhan for her husband’s assassination, a Nation of Islam leader said Saturday. “Dr. Shabazz has … confirmed our contention …
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Kids Strip-Searched To Find Missing $20
April 30, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A6 Twenty-three third-graders were strip-searched by a teacher and crossing guard looking for about $20 a pupil had reported missing. The children were taken into closets one by one and told …
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Lawyers Pick Apart Memories Simpson Trial Highlights Tactic Of Casting Doubt On Recall
April 30, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A6 Do you remember what you were doing at 12:30 p.m. on Sunday, June 12, 1994? Or at 5:14 p.m. on Monday, June 13? Or shortly before lunch yesterday? “I don’t …
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50 Years Later, Return To Dachau Emotional For Gis, Camp Survivors
April 30, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A8 It was just a soggy cigarette stub. But when a Dachau concentration camp inmate offered it to Pfc. Jim Dorris on April 29, 1945, to thank him for freedom, Dorris …
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Fearful Hutus Leave Camp Government Had Cut Off Food, Water And Prevented Aid
April 30, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A8 A Hutu refugee sits in the Kibeho camp with tears streaming down his face on Saturday. Photo by Associated Press
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Serbs Scorn Longer Truce, Bomb Bihac One Killed As Flagrant Violations Place U.N. Mission In Jeopardy
April 30, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A9 Serb jets dropped two cluster bombs on the embattled Bihac region of northwestern Bosnia Saturday, killing one person and wounding four, U.N. officials said. The bombing, the first in Bosnia …
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Mia Hunts: 20 Years Of Failure Filmmakers, Bounty Hunters, Politicians Have Exploited Myth
April 30, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A12 A visitor takes a rubbing of a name at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. Photo by Associated Press
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Graves Show Divisions Unhealed
April 30, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A13 At a military cemetery on the outskirts of this city, there is no evidence of reconciliation between the communist victors and their vanquished countrymen and women. Here, the graves of …
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Vietnamese Mark Victory Anniversary Parade Set Today As Nation Seeks U.S. Relations
April 30, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A13 Vietnamese soldiers ride in a parade truck Saturday. At back is a portrait of the late Ho Chi Minh. Photo by Associated Press
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Real Work On Budget Slows Gop Gingrich Admits Writing Legislation Is The Tough Part
April 30, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A15 Now comes the hard part. After barreling through the “Contract With America” in fewer than 100 days, the Republican-controlled House returns to the Capitol this week to begin writing legislation …

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