December 18, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A1 While other downtown landlords fumed last spring over soaring property tax bills, the Davenport Hotel banked $45,000 courtesy of the Spokane County Assessor’s Office. A county appraiser determined that an …

December 18, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A1 Murders in the United States dropped 12 percent in the first half of 1995 - the sharpest decline since the FBI began keeping tabs on six-month reported crime totals in …

December 18, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A1 1. Capt. Matt Miller, right, looks for an opening in the fog over Tuzla Air Base on Sunday. After five attempts, the mission to land a transport plane carrying NATO …

December 18, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A1 The message to The Spokesman-Review Christmas Fund was brief. The gift was enormous! “Thank you, Spokesman-Review, for the opportunity to give to others,” wrote Ron and Georgia Lee Puryear of …

December 18, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A1 Final day of greyhound races. Lynne Roberson cries while talking about the track’s closure. She is comforted by her retired racer, Holly. Photo by Kristy MacDonald/The Spokesman-Review

December 18, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A2 Sunday’s winning “Triple Choice” lottery numbers are: 051. Sunday’s winning Washington Keno numbers: 3-7-10-11-13- 24-26-30-35-37-41-42-43-48-50-57-65-68-70-78.

December 18, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A3 Jacki Taylor shops for a black doll for her 5-year-old daughter at a toy store in Torrance, Calif. Photo by Associated Press

December 18, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A3 White House and Republican budget negotiators impatiently circled one another but reached no agreements Sunday, allowing the full force of the year’s second government shutdown to take effect this morning. …

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December 18, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A4 Skulking into the piney forest in the dead of night, they pick off their prey and cart it to market. These are thieves, reminiscent of the cattle rustlers once well-known …

December 18, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A4 For five frustrating years, a Spokane contracting company has pressured state workman’s compensation officials to stop payment on a claim the company charges is a costly scam. The alleged ripoff …

December 18, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A4 The nation learns Tuesday whether the Federal Reserve this Christmas will give out a jolly cut in interest rates, or risk becoming the Scrooge of the economy. Hopes are high …

December 18, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A4 Dennis Fiess is the manager of the Agricultural Bureau at the Spokane Area Chamber of Commerce. He lives on a farm near Reardan, but commutes more than 100 miles round …

December 18, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A6 Disgraced former President Roh Tae-woo, the first former South Korean leader to face criminal action for wrongdoing in office, went on trial today on corruption charges. The 63-year-old former army …

December 18, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A6 Thousands of soccer fans, disappointed at their team’s loss in the Southeast Asia Games, threw gasoline bombs and stones at police in Ho Chi Minh City in a rare incident …

December 18, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A6 Communists and nationalists were in the lead, but more moderate parties were faring better than predicted today in parliamentary elections seen as a crucial test of President Boris Yeltsin’s reforms. …

December 18, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A6 The apathy that marked Haiti’s presidential campaign carried over to election day on Sunday as Haitians reluctantly chose a successor to their popular president, Jean-Bertrand Aristide. Voting ended peacefully at …

December 18, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A6 Fire swept through a chemical plant in a suburb of the capital Sunday, killing one woman with a flying piece of shrapnel and releasing fumes that forced 1,500 people to …

December 18, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A6 After almost a month of strikes and protests by public workers, doctors joined the fray with a rally of their own Sunday, saying cuts in social security would come from …

December 18, 1995 in City on Page B1 Jillian Scheer was hopping Thursday at Starbucks in Pullman. Photo by Sandra Bancroft-Billings/The Spokesman-Review

December 18, 1995 in City on Page B1 For years, 71-year-old Angelo Kiourkas has used an electric scooter as his legs. Kiourkas has been mostly paralyzed from the waist down since a factory accident about 35 years ago. …

December 18, 1995 in City on Page B1 Budget problems? What budget problems? The city’s fiscal dilemma has caused such gnashing of teeth that Spokane’s top officials apparently have hit brain matter. … In a move that’s sure …

December 18, 1995 in City on Page B1 Dennis Twigg and Marti Martin light the first candle on the menorah before their party. Photo by Liz Kishimoto/The Spokesman-Review