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Sunday, May 28, 1995
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Liquor Board Takes Some Shots Over Privitizing
May 28, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A1 A workman unloads liquor at Idaho’s liquor dispensary in Boise. Photo by Betsy Z. Russell/The Spokesman-Review
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Prosecution Of Juveniles Plummets Prosecutors Say Lack Of Staff Means There’s Often No Punishment For Crimes
May 28, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A1 Six months after they begged taxpayers to spend $11 million enlarging the Spokane County Juvenile Detention Center, justice officials suddenly have plenty of space. Nearly half the beds are empty.
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After 16 Arrests, Teenager Gets Package Deal
May 28, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A1 Even when you’re caught, crime sometimes pays. Fifteen-year-old Joey knows. Over the past 1 years, police arrested the Spokane boy 16 times for 19 different crimes - burglary, car thefts, …
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Welfare Has High Price Scorn, Condescension Included In Deal, Says Widowed Mother Of Three
May 28, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A1 Marlene Stewart, 32, opens Mother’s Day gifts from her sons William, 7, and Jocob, 8. She hopes to be a city planner someday. Photo by Kristy MacDonald/The Spokesman-Review
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Many New Cops Are Now Ex-Cops Nearly Half Of Rookies Have Left Spokane Police Force
May 28, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A1 Last fall, enthusiastic recruits hit the ground running, but many have fallen by the wayside. File/The Spokesman-Review
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Wild Time Expected At Esa Hearing Endangered Species Act Fight To Draw Parade, Rallies, Busloads Of People
May 28, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A1 Many folks in Congress would like to tame the Endangered Species Act, and the debate is getting pretty wild. That will be obvious in Lewiston Saturday. There will be a …
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Rules Hinder Kendrick Women From Selling Store
May 28, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A1 Rita Blewett meant to get out of the liquor business three years ago. The Kendrick, Idaho, woman thought the time was right to sell the tiny liquor store she runs …
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Counselor Keeps Job Amid Sex Scandal Teaching License Is On The Line, But He Still Has Close Contact With Students
May 28, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A1 Milionis and former friend Dody Stewart.
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Downtown Tops State In Poverty Spokane’s District 3 Posts Highest Rate Of Welfare Use
May 28, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A1 1. Spokane’s Sandy Moram and Al Sandham, who live outside the 3rd Legislative District, depend on public assistance to care for their seven children. Photo by Kristy MacDonald/The Spokesman-Review 2. …
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Lottery Numbers
May 28, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A2 Saturday’s winning “Triple Choice” lottery numbers are: 108. Saturday’s winning Washington Lotto numbers: 1-2-4-11-40-43.
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Death Row Gun Is Called A Hoax
May 28, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A3 The state’s prison chief said Saturday there was no evidence that an inmate concealed a .32-caliber revolver in a typewriter within easy reach of his deathhouse cell. Willie Lloyd Turner’s …
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Chase Of Burglar Left Man Panting
May 28, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A3 Paul Berry heard a neighbor yell for help and dashed out into the night - without his pants. “It wasn’t a pretty sight. You had me in my boxer shorts …
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Clinton Decries Opposition To Laws Against Terrorism He Uses Radio Address To Blast Gop For Blocking Legislation
May 28, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A3 Clinton
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Evangelist’s Libel Suit Against Abc Dismissed
May 28, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A3 A federal judge on Friday dismissed a libel lawsuit by evangelist Robert Tilton, who claimed ABC News destroyed his TV ministry with a 1991 expose on “PrimeTime Live.” U.S. District …
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National Guard Joins Fight Against Rain-Soaked Midwest Volunteers Fill More Sandbags As Insurance Against New Flooding
May 28, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A3 In St. Charles County, Mo., Tim Stein leaves his home which he recently renovated because of 1993 flood damage. Photo by Associated Press
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Deficit Forces Naacp To Cut Staff, Offices
May 28, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A3 Faced with a $3.8 million deficit and an order to rein in spending by 40 percent, the NAACP will cut staff and may close some of its offices. “It has …
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Abortion Face-Off In Los Angeles
May 28, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A3 An abortion protester is arrested in Los Angeles Saturday. Photo by Associated Press
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Descendants Blocked From Digging Up Plot
May 28, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A4 John Wilkes Booth, R.I.P. A judge Friday refused to let Booth’s descendants dig up the family plot where Booth is supposedly buried to settle claims that he escaped Union soldiers …
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Year 2000 Disaster Date For Computer Programs Calculations Based On Higher Year Values
May 28, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A4 As 2000 gets closer by the day, many computer users are facing the prospect of a back-to-the-future nightmare. Many computer programs calculate years from the last two digits, such as …
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Serbs Bluff Way Into U.N. Base; More Than 200 Now Held Hostage Despite Tough Talk From U.N., Negotiators May Be Giving In
May 28, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A6 The United Nations peacekeeper checks a French military vehicle before it enters the Skendaria U.N. base in Sarajevo on Saturday. Photo by Associated Press
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Seoul Wants Japan’s Rice Shipments Delayed
May 28, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A7 South Korea urged Japan on Saturday to delay its planned rice shipments to North Korea until after the communist state discusses food aid from its southern capitalist rival.
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Camelot: Missing Pieces Jfk Library Releases Most Of An Interview With Jacqueline Kennedy Done Soon After The Assassination
May 28, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A8 Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy relaxes at Hyannis Port in 1961. File photo/Associated Press
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Museum Examines Conspiracy Theories Of Kennedy’s Death
May 28, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A8 The voice coming from the television monitor tells of a vast conspiracy to control the White House. It says the Warren Commission Report was “born long before the president was …
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Russians Swarm Finland With Money
May 28, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A9 A half-century ago, Russians swarmed over the Finnish frontier with guns blazing. Today, they’re back, armed with bags of money instead. They’re giving new life to this town of 56,000, …

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