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Monday, March 2, 1998
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Anti-Abortion Lobbyist Wages Holy War Dennis Mansfield Of Idaho Family Forum Vows Election-Year Retribution On Lawmakers Who Oppose Abortion Limits
March 2, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A1 Dennis Mansfield is no typical lobbyist, despite his dark suit, his near-constant presence in the Capitol and his tendency to laugh loudly when lawmakers crack jokes. The director of the …
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A Church Is Born Again
March 2, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A1 Prayers answered The pews were jammed Sunday as the Slavic Pilgrim Baptist Church celebrated its first service in the newly acquired First Baptist Church building downtown. Photo by Liz Kishimoto/The …
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Council May Slash Pull-Tab Tax City Would Lose $300,000 Under Plan To Charge Businesses On Profits, Not Sales
March 2, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A1 A push to lower the tax on pull-tab games may well win the support of the Spokane City Council, but it means the city will lose about $300,000 in annual …
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It Isn’t A Mess, It’s Math Creative Teaching Methods Earn Teacher National Recognition
March 2, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A1 Post Falls Middle School students gather around the ruler as teacher Kaye Kamp explains the difference between inches and centimeters. Photo by Kristy MacDonald/The Spokesman-Review
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Anti-Abortion Tactics On Trial In Lawsuit Now Uses Federal Racketeering Law To Allege Nationwide Conspiracy Of Violence, Intimidation
March 2, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A1 A federal class-action lawsuit filed 12 years ago charging anti-abortion protesters with a conspiracy of extortion and violence to close abortion clinics finally begins today in Chicago, and its resolution …
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Soldier’s Integrity Honored He Saw The ‘Enemy’ At My Lai, And It Was Us; Pilot Ended The Massacre
March 2, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A1 Thompson
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Writer On Morality Bennett Says Voters Seek Fresh Faces
March 2, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A2 While sharing coffee, croissants and his views on the moral status of the Clinton presidency with reporters last week, conservative author William J. Bennett argued that a dissatisfied country will …
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No Hard Feelings
March 2, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A2 (Photo of Salman Rushdie)
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Patience Rewarded With Clear View Of Masterpiece
March 2, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A2 Visitors lined up for hours Sunday outside a Milan church to see Leonardo da Vinci’s “The Last Supper” as it was intended to be seen without having to peer through …
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Arab League, Libya Work To Lift U.N. Sanctions
March 2, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A2 Libyan and Arab League officials discussed ways Sunday to persuade the United Nations to lift sanctions imposed on Libya after the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103. The sanctions …
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Wounded By Father, Moonshiner Killed By Brother
March 2, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A2 A man who barely survived being shot a year ago by his moonshiner father did not survive a second shooting, this one blamed on a brother. Scott Stanley, 27, was …
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Elizabeth Taylor In Hospital Two Days After Injury In Fall
March 2, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A2 Elizabeth Taylor was in the hospital Sunday, two days after she bruised her hip and back in a fall at her home just hours before a party to celebrate her …
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Lottery Numbers
March 2, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A2 Sunday’s Triple Choice: 618. Sunday’s Washington Keno: 3-4-6-15-29-30-31-33-34-36-37-39-46-47-51- 52-63-66-67-79.
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Military Leader Promises Democracy Will Come To Burma
March 2, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A2 A top Burmese leader has promised a group of American executives that a multiparty democracy will emerge in the military-controlled country and said he hoped relations with the United States …
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Mutant Nucleus Of Atoms Take On Football Shapes
March 2, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A2 Pop quiz: What shape is the nucleus of an atom? If you said spherical, you’re right - for almost every isotope of almost every element. But in some weird cases, …
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Today In History
March 2, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A2 In 1836: Texas declared its independence from Mexico. In 1897: President Cleveland vetoed legislation that would have required a literacy test for immigrants. In 1899: Congress established Mount Rainier National …
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Septuplets Reunited As Last Two Leave Hospital
March 2, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A2 Dad Kenny McCaughey carries Natalie and Alexis from the hospital. Photo by Associated Press
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Israel Signals Intention To Pull Out Of Lebanon
March 2, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A2 Sending out diplomatic feelers to end an increasingly costly military involvement in southern Lebanon, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel said Sunday that his country was ready to comply with …
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Food, Medical Supplies Arrive In Iraq Citizens Will Get Full Rations For The First Time In Six Months
March 2, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A3 Women clutching children wait in line Sunday to see a doctor at Saddam Teaching Hospital for children in Baghdad. The city suffers a lack of medicine, medical supplies and machines. …
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North Korea Opens Airspace To World’s Airlines
March 2, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A3 A Cathay Pacific cargo jet flew through North Korean airspace Sunday, the first from a non-communist country to do so in more than 50 years. North Korea and the International …
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Bodyguard Says Diana Conscious After Crash Survivor Says Princess Di Called Out Boyfriend’s Name
March 2, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A3 Princess Diana was conscious and talking immediately after the Paris car crash that killed her and Dodi Fayed, the bodyguard who survived the accident says. “I have had flashes of …
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Tests Don’t Measure Creativity U.S. Scores Low, But That Might Not Matter, Some Educators Say
March 2, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A3 When the results of a major international mathematics and science test were made public last week, showing American 12th-graders near the bottom of the industrialized world, leaders reacted with well-rehearsed …
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Military Study Backs ‘Irrational’ Threat Of Nukes
March 2, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A3 The United States should maintain the threat of nuclear retaliation with an “irrational and vindictive” streak to intimidate would-be attackers such as Iraq, according to an internal military study made …
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Police Ask City For 3 Hires Helping Serial Killer Task Force A Strain On Staff, Mangan Says
March 2, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A5 Trying to solve Spokane’s serial killings is putting a strain on staffing in the Police Department, say city officials. Tonight, the City Council will consider adding three positions to the …
