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Tuesday, June 4, 1996
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Moose Meets Match Lumbers Through Lake City, Takes Officer For Ride Before Succumbing To Captors
June 4, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A1 Beast overburdened 1. Game officer Paul Alexander goes for a short ride in Coeur d’Alene on Monday when the tranquilized moose suddenly stood up and took off. Photo by Jesse …
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When Vision Blurs, You Can Still Look Sharp Stick-On Lenses Turn Trendy Sunglasses Into Reading Glasses
June 4, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A1 Here’s an option for fashion-conscious baby boomers whose vision is starting to blur: peel-and-stick corrective lenses that will transform your hippest shades into reading glasses. For most folks past 40, …
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Law Couldn’t Stop Suspect In Shootings Delays, Loopholes Kept Man Free
June 4, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A1 Four days before she was gunned down, Susan Foutz stood in front of a judge, pleading for protection from her jealous ex-boyfriend. “He continues to follow and stalk me,” she …
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Panel Votes To Cut Funds For Farmers Nethercutt Backs Midstream Change
June 4, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A1 Inland Northwest farmers are flocking to federal offices by the thousands these days to sign contracts that would end farm subsidy programs. But a House panel wants to change the …
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Nato Shifts More Duties To Europe ‘New Nato’ Will Let Europeans Handle Own Crises Without Full American Participation
June 4, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A1 NATO foreign ministers agreed Monday to give European nations greater independence in launching military operations without U.S. leadership as part of a broad restructuring plan intended to make the Atlantic …
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Court Blocks Caps On Credit-Card Fees Ruling Lets Out-Of-State Banks Ignore Other States’ Limits
June 4, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A1 In a sharp defeat for consumers, the Supreme Court ruled unanimously on Monday that a bank may collect late-payment fees from its credit-card customers - even if they live in …
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Divers At Valujet Crash Site Discover Mysterious Large Hole Half Of Plane Still Is Missing; Human Remains Being Retrieved
June 4, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A2 Divers recovering wreckage from ValuJet Flight 592 discovered a large hole Monday at the southern tip of the murky crater, raising the possibility that much more of the jet’s wreckage …
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Lottery Numbers
June 4, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A2 Monday’s winning “Triple Choice” lottery numbers: 499. Monday’s winning Washington Keno numbers: 3-5-13-21-25-27- 29-35-37-42-46-50-51-53-54-55-68-70-77-80. Idaho Hot Lotto: 4-9-14-22-23.
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Dust Causes Panic On Airliner
June 4, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A2 A New York-bound TWA airliner with 162 people aboard was evacuated Monday when a ventilation duct ruptured, spewing dust into the jet’s cabin as it prepared for takeoff. Some passengers …
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One Marine Dies, 5 Hurt In Training
June 4, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A3 A Marine plunged to his death and five others were hurt during mountaineering training in the Angeles National Forest. The Marines fell 100 to 200 feet Sunday night in the …
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Dole Presses Balanced-Budget Amendment Clinton Responds With Challenge To Return To Budget Negotiations
June 4, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A3 Dole
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Pianist-Songwriter For Greats Dies At 48
June 4, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A3 Don Grolnick, a pianist, songwriter and producer best known for his work with songwriters, including Bonnie Raitt, Paul Simon and James Taylor, died on Saturday at Mount Sinai Hospital in …
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Plan To Give Immunity To Clinton Accuser Ok’d
June 4, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A3 Sen. Alfonse D’Amato got the go-ahead from the Whitewater prosecutor Monday to offer immunity to David Hale so that President Clinton’s chief accuser can testify at Senate hearings next week. …
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Gunfire At Baptism Kills 1, Injures 5
June 4, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A3 Gunshots that killed one man and wounded five other people at a church basement party celebrating a baptism apparently were fired by gang members who had crashed the festivities, police …
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Another Black Church Hit By Fire, Continuing Wave In Southeast
June 4, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A4 Fire swept through a 65-year-old rural black church Monday before daybreak, the fifth such blaze in western Alabama since December. “It burned all the way down to the ground, nothing …
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Suicide Of Ex-‘Family Feud’ Host Followed Several Attempts
June 4, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A5 Combs
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Foul Play Suspected In Hikers’ Deaths
June 4, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A7 The deaths of two women hikers, whose bodies were found over the weekend at a campsite near the Appalachian Trail, are being investigated as homicides, authorities said Monday. A search …
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Two New Tests For Aids Virus Approved By Fda One To Show How Fast Patients Will Get Sick
June 4, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A7 Americans got two new tests for the AIDS virus Monday: one to more easily detect infection and the other to predict how fast patients with the deadly disease will sicken. …
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Hit-And-Run Truck Found After 3 Killed
June 4, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A7 Police have found the truck involved in a hit-and-run accident on a dark rural road that killed three young girls who had sneaked out of a slumber party to visit …
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Judge Rejects School Prayer, Bible Classes
June 4, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A8 A federal judge ruled Monday that a rural Mississippi public school district violated the Constitution by permitting Bible classes and morning prayers over the intercom system. “The Bill of Rights …
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Fed Workers Told To Cover Up Vault Discrepancies, Critic Says Congressman Asks Gao Probe Of Los Angeles Operations
June 4, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A8 Federal Reserve employees in Los Angeles, which operates one of the biggest currency processing centers in the country, were ordered to falsify reports to cover up $178 million in discrepancies, …
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Talks Start In Israel To Form Cabinet
June 4, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A9 Prime Minister-elect Benjamin Netanyahu opened talks with potential partners for a coalition government Monday amid signs that he might be distancing himself from the extreme right wing of his own …
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St. Petersburg’ Mayor Sobchak Defeated By Deputy In Major Upset However, Victor Also Supporter Of Democracy, Economic Reform
June 4, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A9 Yakovlev smiles after receiving flowers from boy at press conference. Photo by Associated Press
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State Offers Tax Break To Bn For Rail Line Donation Railroad Company Asked To Give State Track Near Spokane For $15 Million Deduction
June 4, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A10 Washington officials are using a tax break to try to tempt Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. into donating nearly 300 miles of branch rail lines west and south of Spokane. …
