April 2, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A1 No one with a cellular telephone is safe. Thieves who can strip victims of their cellular identity lurk under bridges, at banks, along city sidewalks. Using electronic devices, they’ll pluck …

April 2, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A1 1. U.S. Marine waits for a smoke grenade to clear before attacking a Japanese position on Okinawa in 1945. File photo by Knight-Ridder 2. Landing ships pour supplies ashore in …

April 2, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A1 Trying to figure out how much third-graders knew about beer, Erica Austin set out to see how quickly they could identify a brand of suds by its logo. Talk about …

April 2, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A2 Saturday’s winning “Triple Choice” lottery numbers are: 364. Saturday’s winning Washington Lotto numbers: 9-17-26-32-40-48.

April 2, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A3 Looking beyond the “Contract With America,” House Speaker Newt Gingrich intends to convene a two-day retreat for Republican lawmakers this spring to help forge agreement on the steps needed to …

April 2, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A3 If the federal budget can be balanced without touching Social Security or harming the economy, “then there is room for a tax cut,” Senate Finance Committee Chairman Bob Packwood said …

April 2, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A3 Students and parents listen to Clinton’s radio address in Little Rock. Photo by Associated Press

April 2, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A4 Strap on your seat belts: The spinning is beginning. The first 100 days of Republican control of Congress may not end until April 13, but both parties are launching a …

April 2, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A5 GOP candidate Arlen Specter. Photo by Associated Press

April 2, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A5 Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole. Photo by Associated Press

April 2, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A6 Still bruised by White House hospitality toward allies of the Irish Republican Army, Prime Minister John Major goes to Washington today hoping to patch things up with President Clinton. “It’s …

April 2, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A7 After turning up new evidence linking a secretive cult to a deadly nerve gas attack on the Tokyo subway, police sought 30 cult chemists in connection with plotting mass murder, …

April 2, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A8 Before they even know they’re pregnant, women can trigger a gene causing a common birth defect just by smoking, a study found. Children of mothers who smoke were more likely …

April 2, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A8 Two high school officials have lost their posts because they gave hundreds of students A’s for a class that had no teachers, no attendance and no work. Some students signed …

April 2, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A8 Cerebral palsy took part of Annie Marshall’s sight and hearing, and led to retardation and other disorders. Yet it was her mother, authorities said, who killed the 14-year-old by confining …

April 2, 1995 in City on Page A9 The pieces of an apparently illegal laboratory producing a unique drug have been seized near a Lewiston-area house, authorities say. The chemicals and glassware confiscated are believed to have been …

April 2, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A9 Yolanda Saldivar, right, who is now a murder suspect, joined Selena on stage during an awards show in San Antonio last year. Photo by Associated Press

April 2, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A12 Turkey’s largest military operation in modern history is intended to stop hit-andrun attacks from northern Iraq. But two weeks into the offensive there is little indication the Kurdish rebels have …

April 2, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A12 Two Turkish journalists working for foreign news agencies were kidnapped by Kurdish guerrillas in southeastern Turkey, where the military and rebels have been fighting. Four or five Kurdish rebels picked …

April 2, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A12 From city hall to the slaughterhouse, Turkey’s main Muslim fundamentalist party is putting an Islamic stamp on this city of 12 million people. No alcohol is served at historic cityowned …

April 2, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A13 In Mexico, the national sales tax is known as IVA, although for years wags have said the initials really stand for “imposible vivir aca,” or “impossible to live here.” The …

April 2, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A13 A senior Iraqi official indicated Saturday that two Americans jailed for illegally entering the country could be freed soon. “We think in the coming few days this problem should be …

April 2, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A15 The U.S. invasion of Okinawa began on a sunny Easter Sunday, almost peacefully, with surprisingly little of the bloodshed, death and mud yet to come during the 82 days of …