January 28, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A1 A 4-year-old Idaho boy with chickenpox has contracted the flesh-destroying bacteria that hospitalized nine other children in Seattle during the past year.

January 28, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A1 1. Tim Lorentz flies around his classroom as a student pauses before entering. Photo by Christopher Anderson/The Spokesman-Review 2. Tim Lorentz talks with students at the YWCA.

January 28, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A1 Men are much more likely than women to use fists to settle disputes not because of the different ways girls and boys are reared, but for biological reasons, says a …

January 28, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A1 Recent Republican remarks: Kathleen Gingrich said her son, Newt Gingrich, thinks first lady Hillary Clinton is a “bitch”; Rep. Robert Dornan, R-Calif., accused President Clinton of aiding and comforting the …

January 28, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A1 In a remark that inflamed already strained relations in Congress, the second ranking Republican in the House on Friday referred to one of his party’s most frequent critics as a …

January 28, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A2 No Art

January 28, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A2 Furious winds flipped planes and flung trees, while heavy rains flooded homes and blocked trains Friday as freakish weather lashed Europe. More bad news was forecast. At least 16 people …

January 28, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A3 Mothers of missing Russian soldiers seek information from Chechen forces earlier this week in Grozny. Photo by Associated Press

January 28, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A3 Candles are lighted in front of the ruins of an Auschwitz crematorium. Photo by Associated Press

January 28, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A3 Peruvian troops were dispatched Friday to the wild jungle frontier with Ecuador after each country accused the other of cross-border attacks in the longdisputed area. Ecuador’s president, charging the attacks …

January 28, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A4 The parents of John C. Salvi III, the man charged with killing two women at abortion clinics in the Boston area last month, said Friday that their son had a …

January 28, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A4 As America’s schools become more racially mixed, teachers have remained predominantly white, female and ill-prepared for today’s classroom, according to a report released Friday. To counter the trend, the deans …

January 28, 1995 in City on Page A4 They’re baaaack … No, not aliens from outer space. Worse. High heels. REALLY high heels. We’re talking spikes.

January 28, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A4 A prosecutor accused Susan Smith’s lawyer Friday of coaching her for an insanity defense in the drowning of her two young sons. “In essence, she has spent three months in …

January 28, 1995 in City on Page A4 Some time ago, Congress fell into the habit of haphazardly creating more national parks than it was willing or able to support. The chairman of the resources subcommittee on parks, …

January 28, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A4 The Smithsonian plans to drastically scale down an exhibit on the atomic bombing of Japan, House Speaker Newt Gingrich said Friday. He welcomed the development, saying the Smithsonian should not …

January 28, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A4 Two workers at the Ralston Foods Inc. oat plant were shot and killed and another two were wounded Friday night. Police later arrested a plant employee at his home and …

January 28, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A4 O.J. Simpson might not testify in his murder trial, but he has spoken volumes - 500,000 volumes in the first press run alone. His jailhouse book reached stores Friday, shipped …

January 28, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A4 Someone stole the engagement ring off the finger of a comatose 87-year-old woman who was near death, authorities said. “It’s about the only important thing she has,” Anna Sawicki’s granddaughter, …

January 28, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A4 Lawrence “Sal” Iorizzo, a Mafia crime boss who masterminded a multimillion-dollar gasoline-tax scam in the 1980s, has been arrested after several years on the run. Iorizzo, 56, and his son …

January 28, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A4 The Smithsonian Institution on Friday destroyed nude photographs taken decades ago of Yale University students who were unaware the pictures were used to advance a since-discredited science. Under the watchful …

January 28, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A5 A House committee approved measures Friday that would require criminals to compensate their victims and allow unlawfully seized evidence to be considered in more instances.

January 28, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A5 The proposed balanced budget amendment and a package of aid for Mexico ran into stiff head winds Friday on Capitol Hill, while the Senate handily approved legislation to make it …