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Sunday, June 19, 2005
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The longer he stays, the bigger West’s checks
June 19, 2005 in City on Page A1 OLYMPIA – Six weeks after stunning public allegations of child molestation and sexual misconduct, Spokane Mayor Jim West remains in office, fighting a recall attempt and rebuffing repeated calls to …
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Left with the pieces
June 19, 2005 in City on Page A1 CUSICK, Wash. – The memories come back in pieces: A bus sitting in a clearing on a mountainside. The biting chill of the February morning. Two young faces pressed against …
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They’re dad to the bone
June 19, 2005 in City on Page A1 Weak-kneed, giddy with excitement, dizzy from the lack of sleep, Bryan Grayhek nearly fainted in the delivery room when Georgia Leigh squeezed out into his world. He was hooked the …
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Papers indicate resolve for war
June 19, 2005 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – Highly classified documents leaked in Britain appear to provide new evidence that President Bush and his national security team decided to invade Iraq much earlier than they have …
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MasterCard says only 68,000 at higher level of risk in breach
June 19, 2005 in Nation/World on Page A2 ATLANTA – Credit card users, don’t fret: Only a small fraction of the 13.9 million credit card accounts at MasterCard exposed to possible fraud were considered at high risk, the …
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Small plane crashes on crowded freeway
June 19, 2005 in Nation/World on Page A3 Pasadena, Calif. A small plane crashed onto a heavily traveled freeway, clipping a jeep and injuring two people aboard the plane, authorities said Saturday. The 1952 Beech Bonanza V35 had …
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Defense opens during trial over ‘64 civil rights deaths
June 19, 2005 in Nation/World on Page A3 PHILADELPHIA, Miss. – A brother of the man accused in the 1964 deaths of three civil rights workers took the stand Saturday in his defense, saying the defendant was at …
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Molester left long trail
June 19, 2005 in Nation/World on Page A3 SAN FRANCISCO – Despite being arrested at least nine times on suspicion of molesting boys, Dean Arthur Schwartzmiller managed to avoid lengthy prison terms, coach youth football, move in with …
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Politics fuel future of ethanol alternative
June 19, 2005 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – The first caucuses of the 2008 presidential campaign are more than two years in the distance, but Iowa’s interest in ethanol knows no season. That may help explain …
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Generosity runs in the family for this ‘club’ of kidney donors
June 19, 2005 in Nation/World on Page A4 ROCHESTER HILLS, Mich. – Karen Bryce endured kidney transplant surgery once – and it seemed that was enough for her. But pain was a small price to pay for saving …
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South African rain queen dies at age 27
June 19, 2005 in Nation/World on Page A4 JOHANNESBURG, South Africa – Makobo Modjadji, the rain queen of South Africa’s Balobedu people, has died of unspecified causes after two years in power, the Modjadji Royal Council said Monday. …
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In passing
June 19, 2005 in Nation/World on Page A4 J.J. ‘Jake’ Pickle, former U.S. legislator AUSTIN, Texas – Retired U.S. Rep. J.J. “Jake” Pickle, who helped pass major Social Security reform in the 1980s and was a senior Democrat …
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Copter crash ‘surreal’ for MBNA executive
June 19, 2005 in Nation/World on Page A5 WILMINGTON, Del. – Holding his breath while submerged in New York’s East River, Lance Weaver knew the door of the crashed helicopter had to be opened quickly or he and …
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Concerns over user safety slowing lawn mower rules
June 19, 2005 in Nation/World on Page A6 WASHINGTON – Hope that lawn mowers, leaf blowers and other small engines will soon spew less smog has run into an unexpected roadblock – safety. A Senate committee approved a …
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They do more than cut grass; they can mow the competition
June 19, 2005 in Nation/World on Page A6 OREGON, Ill. – That riding lawn mower may not look like much sitting in the back of the garage, crammed between bikes and shovels and rakes. Even when it’s out …
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Juneteenth celebrates independence of slaves
June 19, 2005 in Nation/World on Page A6 WASHINGTON – As an African American, Richard Bingham has always felt some ambivalence about the Fourth of July. So when he learned six years ago about Juneteenth, which commemorates the …
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Teams search for Boy Scout
June 19, 2005 in Nation/World on Page A7 PARK CITY, Utah – Search-and-rescue teams combed an area of eastern Utah on Saturday looking for an 11-year-old Boy Scout who went missing overnight. The boy was last seen Friday …
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Mentors fill in for parents serving active duty
June 19, 2005 in Nation/World on Page A7 CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. – You rarely see Marines embrace. Yet Lynne Gilstrap, principal at the Mary Fay Pendleton School at this Marine base, has seen it happen when troops return …
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Men being held in missing teen case
June 19, 2005 in Nation/World on Page A10 ORANJESTAD, Aruba – A judge on Saturday ordered the teenage son of a prominent justice official and two of his friends to stay in jail for at least another week …
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Police question suspects in attack
June 19, 2005 in Nation/World on Page A10 SIEM REAP, Cambodia – Police on Saturday continued to question four men suspected of taking dozens of children hostage at an international school in an attack that left a 2-year-old …
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Taliban ambush convoy of police
June 19, 2005 in Nation/World on Page A10 KANDAHAR, Afghanistan – Taliban rebels ambushed a police convoy in southern Afghanistan, taking at least 10 officers and a district police chief captive, while fighting elsewhere left six insurgents and …
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IRA veteran jailed over renewed activities
June 19, 2005 in Nation/World on Page A10 BELFAST, Northern Ireland – Britain sent an Irish Republican Army veteran convicted in the deaths of nine Protestants back to prison Saturday after accepting police evidence that he had resumed …
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Britain, France disagree about future of Europe
June 19, 2005 in Nation/World on Page A11 LONDON – As midnight passed on Friday and hope for a budget deal collapsed for good at the crucial European Union summit, a historical anniversary was rung in: that of …
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Africa ‘on the move,’ Wolfowitz says
June 19, 2005 in Nation/World on Page A11 PRETORIA, South Africa – New World Bank chief Paul Wolfowitz wrapped up a four-nation African tour Saturday, saying new leadership on the troubled continent was creating opportunities for partnerships with …
