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Wednesday, March 29, 1995
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Budget-Cutting Layoffs Begin In State Government Health And Welfare To Lose 50-75 Workers
March 29, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A1 The Health and Welfare Department is laying off up to 75 employees as the Batt administration’s drive to reduce the size of state government takes hold. “We estimated that by …
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Term Limits? Don’t Count On It Lacking Votes For An Amendment, Lawmakers Are Already At Work On Who’ll Get The Blame
March 29, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A1 Anticipating defeat on a critical tenet of their “Contract With America,” House Republicans hope to reap credit for holding a vote on term limits while blaming Democrats for the measure’s …
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Water Wheeling
March 29, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A1 The Spokane River Queen tour boat out of Post Falls cruises up the Spokane River through Coeur d’Alene Tuesday afternoon before the backdrop of Rathrum Mountain and Mount Spokane. Photo …
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Quadriplegic Wins $5.2 Million Verdict Surgeon Found Guilty Of Malpractice For Waiting Too Long To Operate
March 29, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A1 Norine Fitzgerald gets a hug from her sister, Ellen, during a celebration after the verdict Tuesday. Photo by Colin Mulvany/The Spokesman-Review
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More Than A Shelter Spokane Ywca Celebrates 92 Years Of Wide-Ranging Programs
March 29, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A1 1. Singing praises Preschoolers from the YWCA sing at the benefit breakfast Tuesday at the Ag Trade Center. Photo by Christopher Anderson/The Spokesman-Review 2. National YWCA President Ann Stallard listens …
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Man On The Run With $98,000 Ex-Lax Refund The Ex-Lax Refund Check Was Made Out In The Amount Of His Zip Code, Not The $1.99 Cost
March 29, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A1 A Seattle-area man apparently is on the run, after claiming a popular laxative didn’t work, asking for a refund and then pocketing the $98,002 the manufacturer sent him by mistake. …
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Limousine Driver Puts Dent In O.J. Simpson’s Alibi
March 29, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A1 Limousine driver Allan Park drove a gaping hole through O.J. Simpson’s murder-night alibi Tuesday, testifying that he did not see the defendant’s Ford Bronco parked outside his Brentwood mansion around …
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Lottery Numbers
March 29, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A2 Tuesday’s winning “Triple Choice” lottery numbers: 8-1-1. Tuesday’s winning Washington Keno numbers: 5-7-12-16-17-19-30-38-41-44-47-50-52-53-55-57-60-66-67-71. Tuesday’s winning Idaho Banko Doubler numbers: B-6,N-18,N19,O-30,O-34.
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Families Share Ordeal Of Imprisoned Men
March 29, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A3 The memory haunts him. It was a grainy pencil-sketch of two American men in a Baghdad courtroom, one slumped over as if in considerable pain. It flashed briefly the other …
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Julia, Lyle No Longer In Lovett
March 29, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A3 1. Roberts 2. Lovett
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United Way Jury Still Mulling 3 Ex-Officials’ Fate
March 29, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A3 The jury in the fraud trial of three former United Way of America officials completed a third day of deliberations Tuesday without a verdict. The United Way of America’s one-time …
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Senate Passes Resolution Condemning Iraq
March 29, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A3 The Senate approved a resolution Tuesday condemning Iraq’s imprisonment of two Americans and urged President Clinton to “take all appropriate action to assure their prompt release.” The resolution, which passed …
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Gingrich Calls For Probe Of Managed Care System Speaker ‘Schizophrenic’ About Lack Of Choice Vs. Cost-Cutting
March 29, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A3 House Speaker Newt Gingrich called Tuesday for an unprecedented congressional investigation of the booming managed care industry, the fastest growing and perhaps most controversial sector in the nation’s health care …
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Top Adviser To Military Killed In Haiti
March 29, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A4 Machine gun-wielding assassins killed a top legal strategist for the military government just days before President Bill Clinton is to arrive to mark the United Nations takeover of peacekeeping duties …
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General Suspected In Assassination Was Entrusted With Security For Presidential Candidate
March 29, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A4 The army general who was responsible for protecting ruling party presidential candidate Luis Donaldo Colosio is now a prime suspect in his assassination, sources close to the investigation say. Brig. …
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Sect Sold Blood, Bath Water
March 29, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A4 A sect member wears a brain-wave device. Photo by Associated Press
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Sterilization Using ‘Glue’ Being Studied
March 29, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A5 A doctor believes he has found a way to sterilize women permanently without surgery or scars: two squirts of a substance similar to Super Glue. Researchers injected small amounts of …
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Many Kids Don’t Eat Right Or Brush Teeth
March 29, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A5 One-quarter of America’s schoolchildren don’t eat fruits or vegetables every day or brush their teeth every night, and half of them think apple juice has more fat than whole milk, …
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Head Injuries, Gene Raise Risk Of Alzheimer’s Research Shows How Heredity, Environment Can Work Together
March 29, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A5 A blow to the head that knocks you out can raise your chance of getting Alzheimer’s disease someday, but only if you carry a particular gene, a study suggests. Elderly …
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Carroll O’Connor’s Son Dies Of Gunshot Wound
March 29, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A8 Carroll O’Connor’s son died of a gunshot wound Tuesday, and police said it appeared he killed himself. Carroll O’Connor called police to report that his son, Hugh, 33, was despondent, …
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Transit Strike Paralyzes Philadelphia
March 29, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A8 A strike by transit workers brought Philadelphia subways, buses and trolleys to a halt Tuesday, forcing an estimated 350,000 commuters to find new ways to get around the nation’s fifth-largest …
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Police Finally Catch Up To Big Boy ‘Killers’
March 29, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A8 The grisly Big Boy whodunit was solved Tuesday. Eight men, most of them college students, admitted to police that they and two younger friends stole the cheery, 300-pound restaurant icon …
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High Court Not Color-Blind Distinctive Color Can Be Seen As Product ‘Trademark’
March 29, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A8 Companies can register a product’s distinctive color as a trademark, the Supreme Court ruled Tuesday in a decision that would allow manufacturers to own the light blue color of artificial …
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Guide Skips Out On Sentencing
March 29, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A8 A river guide who blew up the wildest rapid on the Salt River didn’t show up for sentencing and is believed to have fled the country. William K. Stoner, 34, …

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