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Wednesday, March 13, 1996
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Idaho Primary Of Secondary Concern
March 13, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A1 There’s nothing like Super Tuesday to make an Idahoan feel disfranchised. While voters in seven states, including neighboring Oregon, helped Bob Dole continue his steamroller toward the Republican presidential nomination …
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Dole Sweeps 7 Super Tuesday States Forbes Says He’s Likely Out Of Race If Midwest Fails Him Next Week
March 13, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A1 Sen. Bob Dole recorded his second clean sweep in as many Tuesdays, rolling over his opponents in seven Super Tuesday states in his drive to wrap up the Republican presidential …
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State’s Gop Primary Will Have Little Impact
March 13, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A1 Sen. Bob Dole’s resounding wins in Tuesday’s primaries mean Washington voters will have few doubts about the eventual Republican nominee when they go to the polls in two weeks. But …
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Whitworth Calls Timeout For Big Game Classes Canceled So Students, Teachers Could See Final Game Of Tournament
March 13, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A1 FROM FOR THE RECORD (Thursday, March 14, 1996): Whitworth College won the 1960 national baseball championship. A story in Wednesday’s Spokesman-Review incorrectly said Whitworth won a football title. Whitworth College’s …
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Alcoholism Increasing For Women Gap Between Male, Female Drinkers Shrinking
March 13, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A1 Nearly four million American women under the age of 30 have alcohol problems, and they are less likely than their male counterparts to seek treatment, according to a University of …
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Strike May Shut Down Gm Vehicle Production May Stop Soon As Walkout Closes 21 Of 29 Plants
March 13, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A1 Workers leave GM’s Linden, N.J., assembly plant Tuesday. Photo by Associated Press
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Dropouts: Life Tough Enough Many Oppose Plan To Take Away Driver’s Licenses
March 13, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A1 Rough road ahead. April Mossuto, who is working on her general equivalency diploma after dropping of high school, says denying dropouts driver’s licenses is an undue hardship. Photo by Jesse …
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Senate Oks Kootenai Resort Tax Bill Allows County Voters To Increase Sales Tax
March 13, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A1 With Kootenai County’s state senators united behind it, the county’s special resort tax proposal passed the Senate Tuesday on a 23-10 vote. The measure, sought by Coeur d’Alene, Post Falls …
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Ozone Hits Record Low
March 13, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A2 Ozone levels plummeted to record lows over Britain and Scandinavia this winter, exposing inhabitants to some of the worst levels of ultraviolet radiation recorded in densely populated areas, the World …
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Lottery Numbers
March 13, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A2 Tuesday’s winning “Triple Choice” lottery numbers: 5-7-1. Tuesday’s winning Washington Keno numbers: 8-17-20- 24-25-26-27-36-37-42-43-46-51-58-59-64-72-76-79-80.
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Governor Resigns Amid Probe
March 13, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A3 The embattled governor of Guerrero state, home of the Acapulco and Ixtapa beach resorts, resigned Tuesday while the Supreme Court investigates his role in last year’s massacre of 17 peasants …
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Rwanda Asks For Massacre Suspect
March 13, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A3 Rwanda’s government asked Cameroon on Tuesday to extradite a former Rwandan army colonel accused of masterminding the 1994 massacre of at least half a million people. Theoneste Bagosora is also …
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Fate Of Kuwaiti Pows Haunts Relatives
March 13, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A3 Dr. Fawzia Mandani’s 5-year-old son has never seen his father, whom Iraqi soldiers shot and tossed in a truck after the invasion of Kuwait. She doesn’t even know whether her …
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Cubans Play Lottery For U.S. Visas
March 13, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A3 For the second consecutive year, thousands of Cubans will try their luck at reaching the United States legally. Instead of climbing on a raft, applicants will mail or deliver a …
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Villagers Honor Patron Saint
March 13, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A3 Residents of this village on the slope of the smoking Popocatepetl volcano trudged up its barren sides Tuesday, armed with offerings of fruit and mole. Placing the fruit and chocolate-based …
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Battling Hamas Is Like Fighting A Shadow Lack Of Information Chief Obstacle For Clinton, Other Leaders At Today’s Summit
March 13, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A3 A Palestinian woman tries to drive off Israeli soldiers with a stick last week. The soldiers blew up the house of Hamas suicide bomber Raeid Sharnobi in retaliation for a …
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Burns And Allen Back Together Comedian Knew When To Exit, Mourners Told At Memorial
March 13, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A4 Memorials to comedian George Burns pile up at his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Photo by Associated Press
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Man Nailed By Golf Ball Files Suit
March 13, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A4 An investment banker who took a golf ball between the eyes during a company outing is suing a colleague for $3 million. James Henn, who doesn’t play golf, was knocked …
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Paramedics’ Plan For Corpse Cards Is Doa
March 13, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A4 Two East Bay paramedics - whose job it is to respond to gory auto crashes and other scenes where human bodies are bloodied and broken - have been suspended from …
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Absentee Father Shows Up Big Man, Currently Serving Jail Time, Donates Kidney To Daughter
March 13, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A4 Renada Daniel-Patterson shows a picture of her pet dog to her father, inmate David Patterson, shortly before he donated a kidney to the 13-year old Tuesday at the UC Medical …
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Gop Can’t Break Filibuster Vote Avoided On Extending Life Of Whitewater Committee
March 13, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A5 Senate Republicans tried and failed on Tuesday to break a filibuster that Democrats have been staging to prevent a vote to extend the life of the special Whitewater committee. As …
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Former Pow Is Likely Vietnam Ambassador
March 13, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A5 President Clinton is expected to nominate Congressman Pete Peterson, a former prisoner of war in Hanoi, to become the first U.S. ambassador to Vietnam since the end of the war. …
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Gop Joins Democrats To Restore Domestic Funds Senate Returns $2.7 Million Clinton Earmarked For Education, Training, Head Start
March 13, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A5 Senate Republicans, nervous about their election year prospects, joined with Democrats Tuesday to restore $2.7 billion of President Clinton’s domestic spending priorities, halting the budget brinkmanship that threatened a third …
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Du Pont Won’t Face The Death Penalty
March 13, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A5 Prosecutors said Tuesday that they would not pursue the death penalty in the murder case against John du Pont, who is accused of killing an Olympic wrestling champion in late …

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