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Sunday, July 30, 1995
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Raised On Ritalin Raised On Ritalin Teachers, Parents Embrace Growing Use Of The ‘Sit-Still Pill’
July 30, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A1 (Clarification from Monday, July 31, 1995): Cooper Brislain has been prescribed a stimulant known as Cylert to treat Attention Deficit Disorder. His blood is tested twice a year to make …
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Boys Ranch Trying To Run On Private Funds But Getting Off The Public Dole Means Cutbacks And Fierce Competition For Donations
July 30, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A1 As supervisor Buck Rogers watches, Charlie, 16, a resident of Morning Star Boys Ranch, saddles a horse for a ride during a camping trip to Farragut State Park in Idaho …
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Critics Pan Tree-Spiking Legislation Proposed 40-Year Prison Term Way Out Of Line For The Type Of Crime, Attorneys Contend
July 30, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A1 Cross state lines, severely beat your spouse and face up to 20 years in federal prison. Sexually abuse a child whom a court assigns to your care and it’s 15 …
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Taxpayers Can Ill Afford County Plan Proposed Takeover Of Independent Health District Raises Concerns About Public’s Health, Purses
July 30, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A1 Spokane County’s proposed hostile takeover of the health district would cost taxpayers at least $300,000 for higher employee insurance premiums, financial records show.
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Lottery Numbers:
July 30, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A2 Saturday’s winning “Triple Choice” lottery numbers are: 910. Saturday’s winning Washington Lotto numbers: 3-8-13-16-31-48. No winner. Next jackpot: $3 million. Saturday’s winning Quinto numbers: 866A10. No winner. Next jackpot: $800,000. …
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New Heat Wave Has Chicago On Alert To Help Senior Citizens Elderly Living Alone Targeted Since Last Hot Spell So Deadly
July 30, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A3 Chelsea Shumway, 7, cools off in Culpeper, Va., where the temperature reached the 90s Saturday. Photo by Associated Press
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Serbs Seek Help From Yugoslavia After Croat Attack U.N. Fears The Bosnian Conflict Is On The Verge Of All-Out War
July 30, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A4 These Muslims remained in Glamoc during the three-year Serb occupation which ended Friday. Photo by Associated Press
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Millions For Bosnia
July 30, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A4 A nationwide telethon for Bosnian Muslims raised more than $43 million in donations and pledges. The midday-to-midnight telethon Friday was extended several hours because offers continued to pour in. People …
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Boy Dies After Fall Through Hotel Window
July 30, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A6 A 13-year-old who was running backward while playing in a hotel hallway crashed through a window Friday night and fell seven stories to his death, authorities said. Paris J. Taylor …
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Tropical Storm Forming In Gulf Of Mexico
July 30, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A6 A tropical depression in the Gulf of Mexico was expected to strengthen into a tropical storm over the next two days, forecasters said Saturday. The depression, about 365 miles southeast …
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Cop Hit By A City Car After Arguing A Ticket
July 30, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A6 A police detective was in stable condition Saturday following surgery on his back for nerve damage after he was struck by a car driven by a city traffic agent, police …
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Scheduled Execution Is Called Lynching
July 30, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A6 About 200 people rallied Saturday to protest the scheduled execution of a journalist convicted of shooting a Philadelphia police officer to death in 1981. “The lynching they’re planning in Philadelphia …
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Message In A Bottle Bobs Along Into Cyberspace Florida Girl’s Message Found In France; Now Using Computer To Write Pen-Pal
July 30, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A6 Lindsay Tsiotis’ message in a bottle is heading for the information superhighway. A year ago in May, the 14-year-old Boca Raton girl took a cruise to the Bahamas with her …
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Mining, Logging Could Dry Cambodian Rivers
July 30, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A8 The Tonle Sap, the great river system of Cambodia, could dry up within 25 years if no action is taken against illegal mining and logging, a government official said Saturday. …
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Stateless Arabs Harassed In Kuwait
July 30, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A8 A human rights group accused the Kuwaiti government Saturday of harassing stateless Arabs - one third of the emirate’s population - as it seeks to expel them. Human Rights Watch, …
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State Offers Shares In Power Industry
July 30, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A8 Hungary is set to privatize its electricity industry, the first former Soviet bloc nation to do so. The government is planning to sell shares in six electric supply companies, seven …
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Parents Object, But Austrian Girl To Get Chemotherapy Father, Mother Rely On Former Doctor Who Says Cancer Is State Of Mind
July 30, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A8 In a case that gripped Europe, a court has ordered a 6-year-old girl with a cancerous tumor be given chemotherapy treatment despite her parents’ objections. The decision was made after …
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Power Outage Plunges Millions Into Dark
July 30, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A8 A power outage plunged northeastern India into darkness Saturday, shutting down hospitals and stopping trains in their tracks. The outage, which affected millions of people, began at 8:40 p.m. in …
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Turmoil In Susan Smith’s Life Kept Jurors From Death Penalty ‘I Just Feel Really Bad Because Of The Way That Men Used Her’
July 30, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A9 Susan Smith leaves court. Photo by Associated Press
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Men’s Rights Leader Decries Smith Sentence
July 30, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A9 Soon after the Susan Smith verdict was announced, Hugh Nations Sr., vice president of the National Coalition of Free Men, a men’s right’s organization, called to complain. “Susan Smith’s two …
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Woman Plans Glass Angel In Boys’ Memory
July 30, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A9 A glowing angel and a 6-foot black granite monument bearing a photograph of the boys drowned by their mother could replace the wooden marker and humble offerings now on the …
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First Lady Seeks Truce In Abortion Fight
July 30, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A11 Echoing her husband’s “common ground” theme, Hillary Rodham Clinton said Saturday that people who disagree about abortion should unite around an effort to encourage adoptions. “Instead of yelling at one …
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Clinton Says Gop Medicare Plan Would Impoverish Elderly Republicans Counter That The Program Will Die Without Reform
July 30, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A11 The president, with Hillary, talks to senior citizens group. Photo by Associated Press
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Raised On Ritalin Prescription Calmed Girl Right Into Addiction
July 30, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A12 Shannon McKinney, now 19, became addicted to Ritalin as a child.

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