January 9, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A1 A 58-yearold Post Falls man locked himself in his garage Thursday morning, put a shotgun to his head and killed himself. As his family and friends struggle with their loss, …

January 9, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A1 The streets of Chechnya’s capital were littered with bodies Sunday as Russian tank and infantry forces sprayed mortar and rocket fire at what seemed to be every building left standing …

January 9, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A1 Post Falls homeowners Laurie and Fred Kazlauskas say their $2,000 electronic home security system makes them feel protected whether they are home or not. Photo by Craig Buck/The Spokesman-Review

January 9, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A1 Want to bore a college freshman to death? Talk politics. According to a national survey of freshman attitudes, students who started school last fall are less involved and less interested …

January 9, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A1 The back deck and chimney are almost all that remain of Jeff Blackwell’s home, which is outside a fire district. Photo by Shawn Jacobson/The Spokesman-Review

January 9, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A1 Russia’s disastrous war in Chechnya, now entering its fifth week, has shattered Moscow’s financial and budgetary plans for 1995 and thrown into question the future of economic reforms, according to …

January 9, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A2 No Art

January 9, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A3 Jill Bugg came to Graceland from Colchester, England for a piece of Elvis Presley’s birthday cake and a little bit of rock. “It’s such an emotional thing to come over …

January 9, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A3 Two abortion clinics where a gunman killed two women and wounded five other people 10 days ago are starting to see patients again. Planned Parenthood reopened Friday; Preterm Health Services …

January 9, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A3 The beer-drinkin’ songs were checked at the door Sunday when the Oak Ridge Boys and other country music stars feted George and Barbara Bush for their 50th wedding anniversary. Ricky …

January 9, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A3 Ellen Sauerbrey, Maryland candidate

January 9, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A3 Texas Rep. Dick Armey meets the press Sunday. Photo by Associated Press

January 9, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A3 Police questioned a man Sunday in the killings of six people in an apartment, and investigators focused on drugs, revenge and robbery as possible motives. The victims, including two teen-age …

January 9, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A3 Kathleen Gingrich doesn’t understand why such a fuss was made over her son’s description of the first lady. But Mrs. Gingrich called Connie Chung “two-faced” for getting her to repeat …

January 9, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A4 The Bosnian Serb military leader said Sunday his forces would not lift their blockade of Sarajevo until government troops withdrew from more territory on a strategic mountain south of the …

January 9, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A4 Mexican soldiers are intimidating villagers near rebel territory in southern Mexico, threatening chances to end the year-old uprising, says an independent commission. In one village, 500 soldiers are stationed alongside …

January 9, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A4 History’s most traveled pope, recently slowed down by illness and infirmity, is hitting the road again. The 11-day Asian tour beginning Wednesday will be a major test of Pope John …

January 9, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A4 A martialarts expert who escaped from a Wisconsin jail last year while awaiting sentencing on a drug conviction has been captured in Mexico, the government said Sunday. The federal attorney …

January 9, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A4 The first English-language daily newspaper in Eastern Europe has folded after only six weeks, with the publisher conceding that the paper had failed to find enough readers. The Bohemia Daily …

January 9, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A4 North Korea said today it will end its ban on trade and financial transactions with the United States as part of a recent nuclear agreement. The decision, to take effect …

January 9, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A4 Defense Secretary William J. Perry. Photo by Associated Press

January 9, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A4 Composer Louis Gaste, who wrote the song that was plagiarized as the hit “Feelings,” died at his home of cancer Sunday, his entourage said. He was 88. He also wrote …

January 9, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A4 Police on Sunday recaptured three convicts on the Isle of Wight, less than five miles from the maximum-security prison they escaped from five days before. Murderers Keith Rose, 45, and …