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Officer Pleads Guilty In Fairchild B-52 Crash Pellerin Admits Dereliction Of Duty In Exchange For Limits On Sentence
May 20, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A1 Col. Pellerin
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Two Missing In Rock Slide Spokane Man, 5-Year-Old Boy Feared Dead
May 20, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A1 1. Matt Bakken was carried down the hill in his loader. 2. Crews dig through a mountain of dirt and boulders that fell across U.S. Highway 97A on Friday, leaving …
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One Missing In Bridge Collapse Three Fell In Water After Steel Span Gave Way
May 17, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A6 One man is probably “down in the water with the steel” after this Tennessee bridge collapsed Tuesday. Photo by Associated Press
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Air Force Crash Kills 6 In Idaho Colorado Reservists Training When C-130 Crashed In Foothills
May 14, 1995 in Idaho on Page B2 Six reservists from Petersen Air Force Base in Colorado were killed Saturday when their C-130 transport plane crashed in a remote area of southern Idaho’s high-desert foothills. No one survived. …
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Three In Small Plane Safe After Crash
May 13, 1995 in City on Page B3 Three people escaped with minor injuries Friday when their small plane went down in the Strait of Juan de Fuca near Port Townsend. The three got out of the Cessna …
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Helicopter Crashes; Pilot, Passenger Hurt
May 11, 1995 in City on Page B3 A Lind, Wash., man and his passenger escaped with minor injuries Wednesday after their helicopter crashed about 15 miles southeast of Sprague. William G. Loomis, who turns 73 next week, …
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Sewer Worker Rescued From Cave-In
May 5, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A1 1. Buried alive Rescuers try to free a construction worker after the earth surrounding the Spokane sewer line he was working on collapsed. Photo by Craig Buck/The Spokesman-Review 2. Paramedics …
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Car-Truck Crash Injures Five Men Three Of The Victims In Intensive Care Unit
May 4, 1995 in Idaho on Page B1 A cartruck crash on U.S. Highway 95 Wednesday sent five men to the hospital and nearly ripped one vehicle in half. Three of the men were being cared for in …
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Girl Hit By Train, Seriously Hurt Seven-Year-Old Was Standing On Tie, Hoping To Wave To Engineer, Crew
May 1, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A7 Seven-year-old Heather Hoehne liked to wave to trains passing her friends’ home. The engineers would wave back as they rumbled by in the big cars.
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Head-On Crash Kills Two Colville Residents
April 23, 1995 in City on Page B3 Two Colville residents died late Friday in a head-on collision on U.S. Highway 395, the Washington State Patrol said. Both drivers - Martin Silva, 22, and Orinda Dorman, 18 - …
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High Pentagon Official, 7 Others Killed In Crash
April 18, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A2 An Air Force jet exploded and crashed Monday in a wooded area while trying to land at the airport in this eastern Alabama town. All eight people on board were …
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Passengers Escape From Damaged Ferry
April 18, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A10 Tourists on a crowded hydrofoil, trying to cap Easter weekend with a trip to Britain’s Channel Islands, had to jump into lifeboats to escape Monday after rocks apparently ripped a …
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Teen Dies From Injuries In Car Wreck Two Others Hurt When Car Hits Pothole On Curve, Fishtails Off Road
April 17, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A5 A Sandpoint High School junior died Sunday of injuries suffered in a car wreck. Kenneth G. Stafford, 17, was thrown from a car when it slid off Baldy Mountain Road …
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4 Killed In Runway Collision
April 16, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A6 Two small planes trying to land on the same runway collided and crashed, killing four people. Sheriff Michael Brooks said there was no immediate explanation from Wittman Field air traffic …
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Mom Shares Daughter’s Pain Badly Burned 7-Year-Old Still In Critical Condition
April 11, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A1 Angela Trickler, 7, had something to smile about when this photo was taken in happier days.
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91-Year-Old, Aide Found Dead Caregivers Return To House, Find Bodies On Floor, In Car
April 10, 1995 in City on Page A6 Officers talk with a caregiver, carrying her dog, shortly after she had discovered the bodies of an elderly woman and a temporary caregiver. Photo by Shawn Jacobson/The Spokesman-Review
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Two Killed In Avalanche
April 3, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A7 Two Anaconda people died Sunday in an avalanche while snowmobiling south of here, Anaconda-Deer Lodge County officials said. The victims were part of a group of four snowmobilers riding two …
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Man Inhaled Fumes At Meat Plant
April 1, 1995 in City on Page B2 A 34-year-old Spokane man was sent to Fairchild Air Force Base Hospital Friday for treatment of carbon monoxide poisoning incurred while working at a North Side meat plant. Patrick Sullivan, …
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Woman In Critical Condition After Car Hit, Pushed Into Traffic
March 26, 1995 in City on Page B3 A 24-year-old Newport woman was in critical condition Saturday after her car was rear-ended by a pickup truck Friday afternoon. Brigid Duncan was flown to Sacred Heart Medical Center from …
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Tenants Tumble As Wall Falls, Killing 3
March 22, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A3 The outside wall of this six-story building peeled away MOnday. Photo by Associated Press
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Air Bags Significantly Lower Auto Death Rates
March 22, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A3 Front-end crashes in cars with air bags result in a 23 percent lower driver death rate than in cars without them, according to a new study of air bag performance. …
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Sandpoint Woman Dies After Car Hits Tree
March 19, 1995 in Idaho on Page B2 A Sandpoint woman died after losing control of her car in a hail storm near Cataldo, Idaho, on Saturday night. Christine G. Jensen, 47, was pronounced dead at the scene, …
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Climbers Weather Snowstorm Reed College Students Huddle In Tent For Two Days On Mt. Hood
March 16, 1995 in City on Page B8 Samuel Nickerson, one of three Reed College students caught in a snowstorm while climbing Mount Hood, walks through the news media on Wednesday. Photo by Associated Press
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Teen Dies From Tree Injury; Second Storm-Related Death
March 11, 1995 in City on Page B2 A Pierce County teenager critically injured during a fierce windstorm died Friday at Harborview Medical Center, officials said. Justin Grove’s death was the second blamed on Thursday’s Western Washington storm. …
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Scores Dead, More Missing After Ferry Sinks
March 6, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A7 A ferry sank off the coast of Angola, drowning at least 42 passengers, state radio reported Sunday. Another 100 people were missing and feared dead. The boat sank Thursday near …
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Man Shoots His Foot While Examining Gun
February 27, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A6 A 26-year-old Spokane man told police he shot himself in the foot Saturday night when he was trying to buy a handgun from another person. The man said he was …
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Faa Failed To Heed Warnings About Plane
February 26, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A16 American Eagle Flight 4184 had been holding for 32 minutes in a chilly drizzle last October when air traffic controllers in Chicago cleared the pilots to make a routine descent …
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Girl Rescued From Idaho Floodwaters Two-Year-Old Critical After An Hour In Icy Creek
February 21, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A1 Rick Rowe and Gall Steadman rescue their two dogs Monday from their flooded home in Kingston, Idaho. The water came up so fast the two didn’t have time to get …
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Two Die While Attempting Emergency Landing On Road
February 19, 1995 in City on Page B3 Two people died Saturday when their small plane crashed into Elk Creek as they tried to make an emergency landing on a tree-lined highway south of this small timber town. …
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Prep’s Skate Wound To Throat Requires 155 Stitches To Close
February 14, 1995 in Sports on Page C2 Joe Carista, a junior right wing on the Whitman-Hanson High School hockey team, who narrowly escaped death after his throat was slashed by an opponent’s skate, was recovering Monday at …

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