April 19, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A8 Denver-based Crown Resources Corp. was weighing a merger offer Tuesday from its partner in developing Crown Jewel Gold Mine near Chesaw, Wash. Late Monday, Houston-based Battle Mountain Gold Co. offered …

April 19, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A8 Construction of new homes fell in March to the lowest level in two years as builders paused for lower mortgage rates to pare inventories and for the West Coast to …

April 19, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A8 Washington lawmakers’ rewrite of the state’s 1993 health care reform act hopes to achieve maximum coverage by beefing up an existing subsidized program for the poor. A section of the …

April 19, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A8 Alaska Airlines and the union representing its clerical, office and passenger-service workers have reached a tentative agreement on an amended four-year contract. The agreement reached Monday came less than a …

April 19, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A8 Stalled home sales are ammunition for those proposing a tax increase to help drag wealthy, anti-tax Orange County out of bankruptcy and keep it among the nation’s most desirable addresses. …

April 19, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A8 Englewood, Colo.-based US West earned $330 million, or 70 cents per share, in the quarter ending March 31. It earned $324 million, or 73 cents per share, a year ago. …

April 19, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A8 Something’s fishy about this story. Like about 20 million pounds of it. No kidding. Floyd Hutchens estimates his Alaskan boats have landed 20 million pounds of seafood over the 25 …

April 19, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A8 Silver prices continued their strong climb Tuesday, gaining 14 cents to close at $5.86 an ounce on the New York Commodities Exchange. Analysts say the pressures that pushed the industrial …

April 19, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A8 Itron Inc. Tuesday reported record revenues and earnings for the quarter ended March 31. The Spokane-based company sold $36.1 million worth of automatic meter-reading equipment to the utilities industry during …

April 19, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A8 Magnolia Hi-Fi has ceased sales of all computer equipment. The decision, which went into effect Saturday, ended the sale of computers, printers and computer telecommunications in each of Magnolia’s 10 …

April 19, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A9 Stocks struggled through a losing session Tuesday as economic concerns, magnified by the dollar’s slump, discouraged investors. A few companies were rewarded for reporting healthy quarterly results but a broad …

April 19, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A9 The dollar plunged again Tuesday in foreign exchange trading, weakened by more pessimism over U.S.-Japanese trade talks and sour economic news that dampened prospects for a domestic interest rate increase. …

April 19, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A12 The Supreme Court made it harder Tuesday for parents who say their children were harmed by vaccines to collect from a federal compensation fund. The ruling might save the government …

April 19, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A12 The all-night line cook at the local Denny’s faced down the media here Tuesday and denied spiking the eggs of two Vermont state troopers with Tabasco sauce. Michael A. Towne, …

April 19, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A12 He was sacked for swigging the Snapple he was supposed to be stocking in stores. Now Kevin Simpkin has been seized for allegedly swiping a Snapple delivery truck while dressed …

April 19, 1995 in City on Page B1 Crosswalk volunteer Bea McElroy thanks the General Federation Woman’s Club of Spokane for nominating her. Photo by Colin Mulvany/The Spokesman-Review

April 19, 1995 in City on Page B1 A judge acquitted a prostitute and heroin addict Tuesday of involving her 10-year-old daughter in drug sales in the first case of its kind prosecuted in Spokane. Kathryn Ann Hall …

April 19, 1995 in Idaho on Page B1 Silver Valley schools are getting more money from the state, but it’s still not enough to cover all educational expenses, school officials say. With up-to-date financial figures in hand, school …

April 19, 1995 in City on Page B1 A Spokane firefighter who was suspended after his drunken driving ended the life of another man in 1992 once again is fighting fires for the city. David Batty, 39, was …

April 19, 1995 in City on Page B1 The Air Force is giving portions of a secret report to the attorneys for the former Fairchild officer facing court-martial over the crash of the base’s last B-52. Air Force …

April 19, 1995 in City on Page B1 Bankrupt L-Bar Products Inc. and two of its top managers were indicted Tuesday by a federal grand jury on charges that they illegally had buried 80 partially filled barrels of …

April 19, 1995 in Idaho on Page B1 Neighbors Lynn Humphreys, left, and Frank Flanigan have complained about the noise and dust at the racetrack. Photo by Jesse Tinsley/The Spokesman-Review

April 19, 1995 in Idaho on Page B1 A neighborhood group saved a 2.8-acre triangle of trees from development Tuesday when it convinced city leaders not to sell the land. City staffers had hoped to fetch about $95,000 …