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Wednesday, October 1, 1997
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Bishops Advise Parents To Love Gay Children Pastoral Letter Says Sexual Orientation Isn’t Freely Chosen
October 1, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A1 U.S. Catholic bishops are advising parents of gay children to put love and support for their sons and daughters before church doctrine that condemns homosexual activity. In a pastoral letter, …
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Fourth Bomber Convicted Ratigan Found Guilty Of Bank Robbery And Attack On Clinic
October 1, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A1 William Ratigan leaves the U.S. Court House in Spokane after the conviction of his son, Brian Ratigan, Tuesday. Photo by Dan Pelle/The Spokesman-Review
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Kootenai Courthouse Gives Commissioners Wiggle Room Officials Embrace New Offices Built Without Voter Approval
October 1, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A1 The new Kootenai County office building will be dedicated today. Photo by Liz Kishimoto/The Spokesman-Review
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Feds To Adopt Air Passenger Profiles But Critics Aren’t Convinced Plan To Screen Terrorists Won’t Promote Bias
October 1, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A1 The Justice Department is expected today to approve a controversial computerized profiling system aimed at weeding out terrorists from airline passengers. The department’s review of the system was intended to …
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Crews Work To Get Motorists Out Of Rut I-90 Delays Expected For At Least 2 Weeks
October 1, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A1 Interstate tie-up Traffic backs up in the single open eastbound lane Tuesday as repaving continues on Intersate 90 in Spokane. Photo by Dan McComb/The Spokesman-Review
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County’s Top Guns Split Over Initiative Goldman Backs Gun Safety Measure; Mangan Opposes It
October 1, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A1 1. Sheriff Goldman 2. Chief Mangan
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Illegal Immigrants Granted Extension
October 1, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A2 Congress acted with just hours to spare Tuesday and gave thousands of illegal immigrants three more weeks to seek legal residence instead of having to leave the country immediately. The …
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A Very White Christmas
October 1, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A2 (Photo of Santa Clause)
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Lottery Numbers
October 1, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A2 Tuesday’s Washington Triple Choice: 4-3-7. Tuesday’s Washington Keno: 4-5-14-24-28-33-35-43-44-50-51-57-63-64- 66-71-73-77-78-80.
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Immigration Overload Call Out For Ending Central Ins, Giving Far-Reaching Duties To Separate Agencies
October 1, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A2 The INS has had to both protect U.S. borders and supervise new arrivals, like these people waiting for visas in Mexico City. Photo by Associated Press
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Milestones
October 1, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A2 Ten years ago: Eight people were killed when an earthquake measuring 5.9 on the Richter scale and an aftershock measuring 5.3 struck the Los Angeles area. Five years ago: The …
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Irs Schedules Face-To-Face Gripe Sessions Nov. 15 District Managers Will Be Put In Closer Contact With The Public
October 1, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A3 In response to an outpouring of taxpayer wrath in Senate hearings last week, the Internal Revenue Service announced Tuesday it will open its doors nationwide on Nov. 15 to any …
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Clinton Tells Gop: Don’t Politicize Irs
October 1, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A3 President Clinton came to the defense of the beleaguered Internal Revenue Service on Tuesday, asserting it is “functioning better” than when he took office and warning critics not to “politicize …
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1,500 Scientists Urge Cuts In Emissions To Curb Warming
October 1, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A3 More than 1,500 scientists, including 98 Nobel laureates, urged President Clinton Tuesday to fight for cuts in carbon dioxide emissions during the global climate conference this December in Kyoto, Japan. …
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Study Shows Education Cuts Inmate Recidivism
October 1, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A4 Bucking the trend toward prison “boot camps” and other harsh efforts to reform inmates, a study reported Tuesday that behind-the-walls education programs are the cheapest and most effective means of …
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Lawmakers Rush To Make Their Spending Deadline Sticky Issues Such As Congressional Pay Raise And Arts Funding Survive The Onslaught
October 1, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A4 From federal funding for the arts to a $3,000 bump in their own paychecks, lawmakers picked their way through numerous contentious items Tuesday as they labored on overdue spending bills …
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Gingrich Says ‘Fast Track’ In Deep Trouble
October 1, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A4 President Clinton got a wake-up call from House Speaker Newt Gingrich, R-Ga., who said Tuesday that the proposed fast-track authority for negotiating new trade agreements was “in very deep trouble.” …
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Belgrade’s Pro-Democracy Mayor Ousted By Former Allies, Extremists Thousands Decry Djindjic Firing, Sacking Of Opposition TV Editors
October 1, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A5 Zoran Djindjic, Belgrade’s first non-communist mayor since World War II and a prominent opposition leader, was ousted Tuesday in an apparently fatal blow to the fledgling pro-democracy movement in Yugoslavia. …
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Scientists Blame Contaminated Water For Misshapen Frogs
October 1, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A5 Something in the water is the likely cause of deformations in Minnesota frogs and possibly those in other parts of the country and Canada, researchers said Tuesday. “We’re as close …
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One In Four Teenage Girls Sexually Abused, Studies Show Victims More Likely To Engage In Risky Behavior Such As Smoking, Using Drugs
October 1, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A6 Two new studies of adolescent girls have found that one in four has been sexually or physically abused or forced by a date to have sex against her will. In …
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Housing Construction Continues On West Bank
October 1, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A6 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Jerusalem Mayor Ehud Olmert both insisted Tuesday that their notion of a “timeout” in the building of Jewish settlements will not include a halt …
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Large-Caliber Handguns Banned In Britain Parliament May Widen Ban Even As Weapons Are Surrendered
October 1, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A7 A year and a half after a gunman killed 16 kindergartners and their teacher in the Scottish town of Dunblane, handgun owners across Britain surrendered their weapons Tuesday under a …
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Australians Turn In 600,000 Weapons
October 1, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A7 Shocked by the worst massacre in its modern history, Australia has taken a giant step toward disarming itself - turning in 600,000 firearms under a police buy-back program. While some …
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Microsoft Introduces Web Browser Internet Explorer 4.0 Blurs Line Between Internet And Pcs
October 1, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A10 Microsoft Corp. on Tuesday unveiled new Web browser software that obscures the boundary between personal computers and the Internet, promising to alter how people manage desktop files and cruise the …
