February 27, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A1 Washington Conservation Corps member Nate Barker clears fire-blackened limbs along the Centennial Trail. Photo by Shawn Jacobson/The Spokesman-Review

February 27, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A1 Keeping their dirt clean. Jerry Cobb of the Panhandle Health District stands at a site covered by the new program. Photo by Craig Buck/The Spokesman-Review

February 27, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A1 Whitworth freshman Rebecca Uejio works with Associate Professor Judith Schoepflin. Photo by Shawn Jacobson/The Spokesman-Review

February 27, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A1 Negotiators for Kaiser Aluminum Corp. and the United Steelworkers of America retired to their corners Sunday after another round of talks yielded a potential settlement to a strike that enters …

February 27, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A1 The Clinton administration on Sunday praised a last-minute agreement with China to avert a trade war between the two nations as a victory for U.S. exporters. But American businesses said …

February 27, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A2 No Art

February 27, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A2 A pilot fell about 200 feet from his blimp to his death as his wife watched from the ground Sunday, leaving the 90-foot craft floating at the whim of the …

February 27, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A3 Director Jack Clayton, who began an era of social realism in British film with the 1958 movie “Room at the Top” and directed Robert Redford in “The Great Gatsby,” has …

February 27, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A3 Americans keep putting on the pounds, according to a new survey that says nearly three in four are overweight. The Harris Survey released today found that 71 percent of Americans …

February 27, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A3 Rabin

February 27, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A3 Rival clans battled each other with mortars, machine guns and light arms near Mogadishu’s airport Sunday in a possible preview of Somalia’s future after the departure of U.N. peacekeepers. With …

February 27, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A3 A sense of crisis gripped financial markets early today after the abrupt collapse late on Sunday of a venerable British investment bank threatened to set off a chain reaction of …

February 27, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A3 Brigitte Bardot confronted France’s agriculture minister at the country’s biggest farm fair Sunday, demanding the government improve conditions under which animals are transported to slaughterhouses. Animal rights activists want an …

February 27, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A3 A 2-year-old boy taken from his mother because he’d been found living in filthy conditions drowned in his foster family’s apartment, authorities said Sunday. Police Cmdr. Charles Smith said Corese …

February 27, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A3 Despite climbing television ratings, viewers are getting turned off by gavel-to-gavel coverage of the O.J. Simpson murder trial, according to a poll done for TV Guide and “Entertainment Tonight.” Three …

February 27, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A5 Clyde Boatright listens to testimony in the Health and Welfare Committee. Photo by Jesse Tinsley/The Spokesman-Review

February 27, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A5 Break out the flags and bunting

February 27, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A5 The Idaho Senate is ready to consider Republican Gov. Phil Batt’s plan for $664 million in public school support in the next budget year, which will leave little money to …

February 27, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A5 Several Steelworkers held their picket signs Sunday and said a potential settlement of their weeklong strike against Kaiser Aluminum Corp. is humorous - in a way. About 2,000 Spokane members …

February 27, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A5 Julia Frowick, 5, gets a lift from Daryl Martin at Mount Spokane as she gets a lesson from her mother Gail, right. The Frowicks own a condo on the mountain. …

February 27, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A5 While state lawmakers toil over health care reform, the marketplace already has revolutionized the way most people get and pay for medical care. Seventy-five percent of Washington residents with health …

February 27, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A5 Local-girl-makes-good Khris Bershers, daughter of Bob and Louise Bershers of Hayden, is missing the green, green grass of home. And the mountains. And the lakes. The 1990 University of Idaho …

February 27, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A5 Captain Richard F. Jewell pins the Navy Achievement Medal on Petty Officer Donald Beach during a ceremony at the Navy and Marine Corps Reserve Readiness Center on Sunday. His wife, …