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Sunday, July 23, 2006
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Jim West dead at 55
July 23, 2006 in City on Page A1 Jim West, who was one of Spokane’s most successful politicians for a quarter-century until he was turned out of office by a career-ending scandal, is dead at 55. West – …
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Israeli ground forces seize village in southern Lebanon
July 23, 2006 in Nation/World on Page A1 ON THE ISRAEL-LEBANON BORDER – Israeli tanks, bulldozers and armored personnel carriers knocked down a fence and barreled over the Lebanese border Saturday as forces seized a village from the …
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Sheriff’s primary bares tension between lawmen, jurisdictions
July 23, 2006 in City on Page A1 The Spokane County sheriff’s race has some of the strangest twists in local politics this year, all of them tied to the Spokane Valley. The race will likely be decided …
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Soviet-era uranium plant has future as a park
July 23, 2006 in Nation/World on Page A2 CROSBY TOWNSHIP, Ohio – The Fernald uranium foundry was built in the 1950s to help the United States defeat a clear-cut foe: The Soviet Union and its growing nuclear arsenal. …
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Militants dispute claim of cease-fire in Gaza
July 23, 2006 in Nation/World on Page A3 GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip – The main Palestinian militant groups disputed a claim by senior officials of an agreement to halt rocket fire if Israeli calls off its Gaza offensive, …
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Rice’s Middle East trip offers career-defining test
July 23, 2006 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice departs for the Middle East today facing one of the sternest challenges of her diplomatic career. For decades, it has been an …
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Suicide bombers kill 8, wound 28
July 23, 2006 in Nation/World on Page A4 Suicide bombers killed eight people, including two Canadian soldiers, in Kandahar on Saturday, officials said. A purported Taliban spokesman claimed responsibility for the two blasts and warned of more as …
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47 killed in Baghdad; U.S. forces target militias
July 23, 2006 in Nation/World on Page A4 BAGHDAD, Iraq – Two American soldiers were killed, seven Shiite construction workers were gunned down and five Sunni civilians were blown up Saturday in Baghdad, deepening the capital’s security crisis. …
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Six-day blackout likely to continue
July 23, 2006 in Nation/World on Page A5 The damage to a utility’s underground network in the borough of Queens is greater than imagined – a twist in a six-day power outage that could mean electricity won’t be …
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Democrat panel urges revised primary process
July 23, 2006 in Nation/World on Page A5 WASHINGTON – Democrats bucked decades of tradition Saturday by moving to wedge the state of Nevada between the long-standing one-two punch of Iowa and New Hampshire in the nominating contests …
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Stolen-embryo suit dismissed
July 23, 2006 in Nation/World on Page A6 IRVINE, Calif. – A group of women anguished over having their eggs and embryos stolen and placed in other women were told by a judge it is too late to …
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Plutonium agreement languishing
July 23, 2006 in Nation/World on Page A8 WASHINGTON – Hailed six years ago as a breakthrough in safeguarding Russia’s nuclear materials, a U.S.-Russian plan to rid the world of tons of plutonium has foundered and achieved little. …
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Harry Olivieri, cheesesteak creator
July 23, 2006 in Nation/World on Page A9 Harry Olivieri, co-inventor with his brother Pat of the Philadelphia cheesesteak sandwich, died Thursday of a heart attack at AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center in Pomona, N.J., a hospital spokeswoman said. …
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Haiti kidnappings raise security fears, criticism
July 23, 2006 in Nation/World on Page A9 PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – A new rash of kidnappings has raised fears that well-armed, politically aligned street gangs are seeking to destabilize Haiti’s new government, threatening U.N.-led efforts to restore security …
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Starving girls found in basement
July 23, 2006 in Nation/World on Page A10 WICHITA, Kan. – Two emaciated girls who told police they ate only when their father wasn’t traveling on business were hospitalized after police found them in an advanced state of …
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Drone planes might patrol Canada border
July 23, 2006 in Nation/World on Page A10 WASHINGTON – Remote-controlled surveillance airplanes, similar to those the military uses in Afghanistan and Iraq, could soon be patrolling the U.S.-Canadian border looking for illegal crossings. The unmanned aerial vehicles …
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Jim West: Looking back at a life of service
July 23, 2006 in City on Page A12 March 28, 1951 Born in Salem, Ore.
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Summer heat deters some gondola-goers
July 23, 2006 in City on Page B1 Unusually warm summer temperatures Saturday – not fears of being stranded – turned off potential riders of the city’s gondola ride, which left 18 passengers dangling for more than two …
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Tradition tops temperature
July 23, 2006 in City on Page B1 The 97-degree heat hangs around Lisa Hungary’s shoulders like an exhausted prize fighter, its hot breath inescapable. She wears a full-length buckskin dress and a wool Pendleton blanket around her …
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Land transfer bill faces vote
July 23, 2006 in City on Page B1 BOISE – A bill that would designate 492 square miles in central Idaho as protected wilderness in exchange for a controversial transfer of public lands to state and local governments …
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Valley couple involved in shooting
July 23, 2006 in City on Page B2 A couple with apparent ties to a local family game business was involved in a double shooting Saturday that left the 52-year-old woman in critical condition and sent her 56-year-old …
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‘Green’ houses get cold, hard cash
July 23, 2006 in City on Page B2 For a family with five cars, an artificial waterfall and a 2,400-square-foot hilltop home, the Garsts have a surprisingly small environmental footprint. Their vehicles – including a large camper van …
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Idaho Rockies fires growing
July 23, 2006 in Idaho on Page B2 Two wildfires burning in rugged stretches of pine forest in the Idaho Rockies are still growing, crawling up steep, rocky terrain and, in one case, threatening nearby homes. Near Missoula, …
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Fire damages home in north Spokane
July 23, 2006 in City on Page B3 Fire gutted a north Spokane home and damaged another Saturday afternoon, leaving one man homeless and exhausted fire crews struggling to extinguish the blaze in sweltering heat. Homeowner Dean Campbell, …
