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• ‘Obitorium’ Site’s Owner Tells Kevorkian To Get Out

  June 28, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A3 Jack Kevorkian has begun a new chapter in his quest to put doctors in the suicide business with the opening of an “obitorium,” a clinic for helping people end their …

• Trooper’s Libel Award Questioned Motorist Complained About His Behavior

  June 28, 1995 in City on Page B5 The state Court of Appeals is being asked to throw out a $15,000 libel judgment won by a state trooper against a motorist who complained about his behavior during a …

• Packwood Accusers Being Sought Defense Attorneys Want Time To Privately Question Women

  June 25, 1995 in City on Page B8 Lawyers for Sen. Bob Packwood have been seeking to privately question the women accusing him of sexual misconduct, The Oregonian reported Saturday. The Senate Select Committee on Ethics told the …

• Student Helps Catch Teacher Demanding Cash For Grades Senior Wore Recording Device So Officials Could Listen To Teacher Ask For Money For Passing Grade

  June 24, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A3 A high school senior wore a recording device to help arrest a teacher who allegedly demanded $300 for a passing grade. Kenneth D. Cotton, 44, was arrested on larceny and …

• Records Show Aec Hid Human Testing Newly Released Documents Show Officials Ignored Own Policy, Lied To Media

  June 21, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A1 Early in the nuclear age, government officials agreed to keep experiments on humans a secret out of fear of public condemnation. By 1947, top officials of the Atomic Energy Commission …

• Officer Cleared In ‘Friendly-Fire’ Shootdown Decision Angers Relatives Of Those Killed Aboard Two Helicopters

  June 21, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A3 Wang

• Ex-Hanford Contractor Blocks Memos’ Release

  June 21, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A1 General Electric Co. doesn’t want the public to see three memos on the legality of human experiments conducted at Hanford in the early years of the Cold War. The memos …

• Parker Offers Apology

  June 16, 1995 in Sports on Page C2 Highly touted basketball recruit Richie Parker, whose sexual assault on a high school classmate turned him from prospect to pariah, settled a lawsuit filed by his victim and offered the …

• Senator Tries To Put Aarp On Defensive Wyoming’s Simpson Says Members Misrepresented

  June 14, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A4 Simpson

• Anderson Decries ‘Tainted Process’

  June 14, 1995 in City on Page B1 Leveling conflict-of-interest charges against Mayor Jack Geraghty, Spokane city Councilman Chris Anderson refused to vote on a downtown redevelopment project because of what he calls a “tainted process.” Late Monday, …

• County Planners Organized Out Of Jobs Decisions Will No Longer Be Based On Growth Management, Harris Says

  June 10, 1995 in City on Page B1 Cleaning out his office, fired county planner John Mercer looks at the empty boxes fellow employees placed outside his office Friday. Photo by Colin Mulvany/The Spokesman-Review

• Millions Wasted On Vip Planes, Gao Says Fleet Used For Routine Trips, Sending Cadets To Games

  June 10, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A1 The Defense Department is wasting at least $200 million a year maintaining an unnecessary fleet of 600 VIP aircraft for senior officers, members of Congress and other government officials, a …

• Governors Indicted

  June 8, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A3 Governors recently indicted while in office: Gov. David Walters of Oklahoma, indicted in September 1993 on a misdemeanor campaign law violation. In a plea bargain a month later, he admitted …

• Arkansas Governor Indicted He Faces Felony Charges In Whitewater Land Case

  June 8, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A3 Arkansas Gov. Jim Guy Tucker was indicted on felony charges Wednesday along with two others in a case that grew out of the government’s investigation of the controversial Ozark land …

• Life, Death And Privilege

  June 8, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A1 Mantle

• Pilot Says Awacs Failed To Alert Him

  June 6, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A7 A fighter pilot who shot down one of two U.S. helicopters over northern Iraq last year testified Monday that an Air Force radar plane monitoring the no-fly zone gave no …

• Ex-Federal Officials Named In Cocaine Plot Indictment

  June 6, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A12 In what officials said was a striking demonstration of the corrupting influence of drugs on the legal system, a former senior Justice Department official who once led efforts to extradite …

• Gramm Blames Aide In Parole Deal Magazine Says He Helped Gain Release Of Drug Dealer

  June 6, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A3 Sen. Phil Gramm, R-Texas, Monday contended that an aide had acted independently and without his knowledge when using his name and office in 1979 to help secure the early release …

• School Inaction Cause For Concern

  June 3, 1995 in City on Page B6 A battle is shaping up at Coeur d’Alene High School. One side is lining up behind a lawsuit accusing counselor and coach Steve Milionis of a long-term affair with a …

• Wife Of Ex-Official Gets Fine, Probation

  June 3, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A3 The wife of former New York Rep. Stephen Solarz, Nina Solarz, was fined $5,300 and sentenced Friday to a year’s probation for her role in the House banking scandal. “I …

• Girl Scout Leaders Say Fired Worker Behind Ruckus Unidentified Ex-Employee Blamed For Inciting Rebellion

  June 3, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A1 As a top Girl Scout executive, Peggy Pruett hears her share of camp songs. But the New York woman cringed when Girl Scout volunteers broke out in song to protest …

• Hollywood Defends Itself Against Criticism From Dole

  June 2, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A6 Se. Bob Dole had no criticism of Arnold Schwarzenegger’s violent comedy “True Lies.” Photo by Associated Press

• New Charges Filed Against Prozac Doctor But Psychologist Predicts He Will Be Vindicated

  June 1, 1995 in City on Page B4 A state board on Wednesday expanded the charges against Wenatchee psychologist Jim Goodwin, one of the nation’s leading advocates of the antidepressant drug Prozac. Goodwin dismissed the new statement from …

• 3 Kids Hurt In Bus Accident

  May 31, 1995 in City on Page B3 A school bus ran off the road Tuesday, injuring three children slightly, and the driver appeared to be under the influence of alcohol, a State Patrol officer said. Patrol Lt. …

• Officer Charged In Accident Facing Vehicular Homicide Charges After Two Deaths

  May 31, 1995 in City on Page B3 A Carnation police sergeant was charged Tuesday with two counts of vehicular homicide in a traffic accident that killed a Lynnwood woman and her mother and seriously injured the woman’s …

• Churches In Bind Over What To Do With Money Alleged Ponzi Scheme Leaves Some Dangling, Others ‘Blessed’

  May 28, 1995 in City on Page B2 Leaders of churches that benefited from an alleged Ponzi scheme, apparently on the burden of other churches, are finding themselves in a moral dilemma about what to do with their …

• Turmoil Entangles Girl Scout Council Leaders Face Questions About $100,000 Deficit, Unionization Of Employees, Canceled Summer Camp

  May 25, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A1 Leaders of the Girl Scout Inland Empire Council face a tough job tonight: Calm dozens of angry volunteers demanding to know why they went $100,000 over budget last year and …

• Judge Asked To Throw Out Lawsuit

  May 25, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A7 A federal judge has been asked to dismiss a lawsuit filed by a group of former workers at a top-secret Air Force base who charge that their health was damaged …

• Fbi Puts The Brakes On Fake, Staged Auto Accidents

  May 25, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A4 FBI agents and police in 31 states, including Washington, Wednesday arrested or announced the indictment of 126 persons in a national drive to thwart attempts to defraud insurance companies through …

• Nurse Charged With Grand Theft

  May 25, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A4 A nurse who claimed tobacco heiress Doris Duke had been killed by her doctor and butler was arrested Wednesday and charged with stealing $439,000 in valuables from Duke and five …

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