July 12, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A1 Clinton meets Sen. John McCain after normalizing relations with Vietnam. Photo by Associated Press

July 12, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A1 1. (Photo of a chili pepper) 2. Dave Kinyon is at the root of cultural diversity in the kitchen, growing 16 varieties of chili peppers on his Otis Orchards truck …

July 12, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A1 Inmates work on a chain gang near Douglas, Ariz. File/Associated Press

July 12, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A1 Overcrowding in Coeur d’Alene middle schools has the school district weighing drastic options, from discontinuing kindergarten to building an entire school out of portable classrooms. The short-term options include moving …

July 12, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A1 Fearful that a crackdown on illegal immigration could dry up their labor supply, fruit growers are lobbying Congress for permission to import large numbers of foreign workers for the first …

July 12, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A1 The shores of Tubbs Hill are littered with trash - from socks to empty pop cans to diapers - due to increased summer visitors and the Fourth of July weekend. …

July 12, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A2 Tuesday’s winning “Triple Choice” lottery numbers: 4-1-1. Tuesday’s winning Washington Keno numbers: 3-5-7-9-14-15-16-23-36-37-48-52-55-56-60-64-70-73-74-75. Tuesday’s winning Idaho Banko Doubler numbers: Not available.

July 12, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A3 The White House legal counsel said Tuesday that he had averted a confrontation with House Republicans by agreeing to permit them to have limited access to 28 presidential documents on …

July 12, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A3 Women who abuse alcohol pay a much higher physical price than men for their dangerous habit, a new study indicates. Female alcoholics suffer almost twice the level of alcohol-related heart …

July 12, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A3 Susan Smith is escourted from court Tuesday. Photo by Associated Press

July 12, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A3 Forty-two years after Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were executed for treason, government documents released Tuesday detailed the couple’s espionage activities for the Soviet Union during World War II. “This may …

July 12, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A3 In a first step toward giving the diet supplement industry access to a $23 billion-a-year federal nutrition program, a House subcommittee voted Tuesday to let low-income Americans use their food …

July 12, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A3 House Republicans abandoned a proposal that could have allowed convicted felons to have their gun rights restored. The action came Tuesday as the House Appropriations Committee put finishing touches on …

July 12, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A3 Hugh Grant, back in the country on a film promotional tour, pleaded no contest Tuesday to a charge that he had sex with a prostitute in his car. He was …

July 12, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A4 Viktor S. Chernomyrdin speaks as Yeltsin watches last month. File/Associated Press

July 12, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A4 For the two shopping mall saleswomen, the difference between life and death was just a few feet. When the 500-store complex collapsed in a huge heap June 29, Yoo Ji-hwan …

July 12, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A4 Angry over Israeli plans to withdraw troops from the West Bank, Jewish settler leaders threatened Tuesday to shoot the Palestinian policemen who replace them - and maybe even the Israelis …

July 12, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A4 Speaking to hundreds of rapturous supporters who had waited nearly six years for the moment, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi called Tuesday for a new spirit of compromise between the …

July 12, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A7 A woman who got on a Greyhound bus for a trip to Georgia was kidnapped and raped by a man who had stolen the vehicle, police said. No one even …

July 12, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A7 In the first testimony disputing the state’s theory of the time of death, a young man and woman said they walked past Nicole Brown Simpson’s condominium about 15 minutes after …

July 12, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A8 Senior Treasury officials are investigating reports that federal agents took part in an annual “Good O’ Boys Roundup,” a weekend of activities with racial trappings for off-duty police officers. John …

July 12, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A9 Buoyed by a court decision giving the government increased control over adult programs on radio and television, a Senate panel is considering a plan that would restrict when violent TV …

July 12, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A9 House leaders moved toward a new budget confrontation with President Clinton Tuesday by proposing to eliminate funding for his Goals 2000 education program. An earlier GOP effort to shrink the …