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Wednesday, May 24, 1995
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Budget Will Include Spokane Projects Pacific Science Center And Riverpoint Funds Included
May 24, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A1 State lawmakers were headed toward adjournment late Tuesday as they neared agreement on a state budget that includes money for the Pacific Science Center and the Riverpoint campus. Rep. Todd …
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Officer, Interloper Injured In Shooting At White House President And Family Were Home At The Time Of The Security Breach
May 24, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A1 Three days after security was tightened to historic levels, an armed man scaled a White House gate late Tuesday and was shot by a Secret Service officer. A Secret Service …
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Senate Spurns House Plan To Cut Taxes Presidential Politics Enter Budget Debate
May 24, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A1 (photo of Phil Gramm)
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When It’s Time To Go Spokane’s Dying Well Network Struggling To Help Terminally Ill Die Without Openly Breaking The Law
May 24, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A1 Assisted suicide Jean Toews, who is suffering from progressive multiple sclerosis, says that when her quality of life diminishes to a certain point, she wants the option of assisted suicide. …
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Mystery Illness Strikes Spokane Police Department Officers Fear It’s Outbreak Of Mononucleosis
May 24, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A1 About 15 Spokane police officers have been diagnosed with mononucleosis recently, spawning fears the illness is invading the department. Police want the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to …
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Gunman Shot On Lawn Of White House Same Bullet Apparently Hits Secret Service Agent
May 24, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A1 An armed intruder jumped a fence onto the South Lawn of the White House late Tuesday and was shot and wounded by a uniformed Secret Service agent. The bullet apparently …
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Tempers Rise With Appraisals Kootenai Property Owners Shocked By Big Rise In Assessments
May 24, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A1 “Somebody else paid an overly high price for their land so we all get it in the nose, huh?” asks homeowner Jim Kelly. Photo by Dan McComb/The Spokesman-Review
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Lottery Numbers
May 24, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A2 Tuesday’s winning “Triple Choice” lottery numbers: 139. Tuesday’s winning Washington Keno numbers: 2-5-13-14- 18-22-23-28-31-33-37-38-39-43-45-51-55-66-67-79. Tuesday’s winning Idaho Banko Doubler numbers: A-12, A-13, K-24, O-30, O-31.
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Number Of Tb Cases Declines
May 24, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A2 The number of new cases of tuberculosis in the United States dropped 3.7 percent in 1994, the second year of decline after a 20 percent surge over eight years, the …
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Here’s How To Check Your Seat Belts For Safety
May 24, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A3 Consumers who have a vehicle with the Takata front seat belts affected by the voluntary recall are asked by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to do the following: Check …
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Nine Automakers Agree To Repair Seat Belts In 8.4 Million Vehicles
May 24, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A3 Transportation Secretary Federico Pena holds a defective seat belt Tuesday. Photo by Associated Press
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Doctors Back Taking Organs From Ill Babies Infants Without Complete Brains Never Conscious, Live Few Days
May 24, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A5 Taking a stand on one of medicine’s most contentious ethical issues, an expert committee of the American Medical Association says it should be permissible to take organs from anencephalic babies …
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Nra: Clinton Seeks ‘Police State’ Newsday
May 24, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A5 In another vitriolic mass fund-raising mailing, the National Rifle Association has charged President Clinton with seeking a “police state.” And it urged its 3 million members to crowd into constituent …
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Federal Building Is Laid To Rest Demolition Helps City Begin Healing From Terror Attack
May 24, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A6 Vicki Brandt, left, comforts her sister, Jennifer Jaggers, near the federal building. Thirty-five of Jaggers’ fellow HUD workers died in the bombing. Photo by Associated Press
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Grants Will Target Gulf War Syndrome
May 24, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A6 The Pentagon announced a $5 million grant program Tuesday to promote research into ailments afflicting veterans of the Persian Gulf War. The money would be awarded to universities, hospitals and …
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James Nichols Released From Jail
May 24, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A6 James Nichols, the brother of one of the suspects in the Oklahoma bombing, was freed from jail Tuesday, one day after a federal judge rejected prosecutors’ attempts to link him …
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Suit: Teacher Made Boy Wear Wig, Skirt
May 24, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A6 A schoolboy was forced to wear a woman’s wig, bra and skirt as punishment for talking in class while his teacher looked on and laughed, according to a $22.5 million …
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New Dna Tests Link Simpson To Murders
May 24, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A6 Prosecutors piled up more damaging DNA evidence Tuesday against O.J. Simpson with a scientist rattling off new test results showing Simpson’s genetic fingerprints in blood near two slashed bodies. Using …
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Japanese Cult Saw Ebola Virus As Weapon
May 24, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A7 The doomsday cult accused in the Tokyo subway gas attack was interested in the deadly Ebola virus and included it in a discussion of possible biological-weapons agents during a radio …
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Cold War Spies Let Off The Hook
May 24, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A7 Germany’s Constitutional Court ruled Tuesday that former East German spy masters cannot be prosecuted for their Cold War-era espionage - a decision that could clear the names of several hundred …
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Dancer Says Husband Set Her On Fire
May 24, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A7 A champion ballroom dancer, her badly burned body swathed in a surgical body suit, testified that her dance-partner husband doused her in gasoline and set her on fire because she …
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Officials Gaining Control Of Ebola Bats Called Possible Origin Of Zaire’s Deadly Epidemic
May 24, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A7 The dump truck that rumbled down the dirt roads of Kikwit carrying victims of the Ebola virus to a mass grave on the edge of town was a sign Tuesday …
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Wrap Artist In Berlin
May 24, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A7 Christo’s project to wrap the Reichstag in silvery fabric, tie it with blue ropes and let the world wonder what it means is just a month from reality. The old …
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New Operators Seek Slice Of Burgeoning North Idaho Pizza Market
May 24, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A8 Here’s an easy one. Open your telephone book yellow pages to “pizza.” Surprised to see about 40 listings for North Idaho? Don’t be. There’s a reason pizza places are so …

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