July 19, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A1 Brian Blades

July 19, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A1 Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., gets a turn with Vincent Foster’s briefcase as the Whitewater hearings open. Photo by Associated Press

July 19, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A1 United Nations peacekeepers were threatened from both sides of the Bosnian war Tuesday, in a further sign of how quickly the U.N. mission here is deteriorating. Bosnian government soldiers defending …

July 19, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A1 Locals horrified. Michael Johnson, head of the Idaho Department of Juvenile Corrections, tries to persuade a tough crowd at the Shoshone Work Center on Tuesday. Photo by Sandra Bancroft-Billings/The Spokesman-Review

July 19, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A1 A bloodhound has a hard time finding the body of a woman who wasn’t murdered in Bonner County. Photo by Craig Buck/The Spokesman-Review

July 19, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A2 Tuesday’s winning “Triple Choice” lottery numbers: 394. Tuesday’s winning Washington Keno numbers: 1-7-8-9-12-13-19-20-21-24-28-44-47-48-49-50-61-63-67-71.

July 19, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A3 A House committee on Tuesday passed a ban on a controversial late-term abortion technique. Opponents of the bill call it an extremist measure that will lead to greater restrictions of …

July 19, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A3 Three construction workers were trapped up to their waists in hardening concrete for an hour Tuesday after a section of new floor collapsed and dropped with the men onto a …

July 19, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A3 Stella Marie Thompson. Photo by Associated Press

July 19, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A3 City authorities Tuesday raised the death toll in Chicago’s heat disaster to 376 and said the number of deaths at least partly attributable to five days of 100-degree heat could …

July 19, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A3 An indecent exposure charge against country music singer Ty Herndon has been dropped in exchange for his guilty plea to a felony drug possession. Herndon was arrested June 13 after …

July 19, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A3 Congressmen and their staffs were paid hundreds of thousands of dollars in duplicate reimbursements for travel expenses, the first independent audit of the House disclosed Tuesday. The audit found “no …

July 19, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A3 In a major step toward the Republican goal of dismantling federal support for cultural institutions, the House of Representatives Tuesday approved legislation to slash spending for the National Endowments for …

July 19, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A5 President Boris Yeltsin has a mild heart ailment and is in the hospital for observation. No, wait - the Russian leader had a heart attack. Sorry, Yeltsin is feeling just …

July 19, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A5 A second blood donor has been diagnosed with a rare, fatal brain disease that led the Red Cross last week to order a withdrawal of thousands of units of blood, …

July 19, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A5 Two teenage Israeli hikers were shot to death Tuesday in a scenic West Bank canyon between Jerusalem and Jericho in an attack the army said was carried out by Palestinian …

July 19, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A5 An airplane carrying members of a humanitarian medical team crashed while landing Tuesday in this Indian Ocean nation, killing 34 people, state-run radio said. Only six of the 40 people …

July 19, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A8 Mortgage lenders still reject black applicants more than twice as often as whites with similar incomes, though minorities are being helped by low-income homeloan programs, a government report said Tuesday. …

July 19, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A8 North Idaho’s Montana connections gained some strength this month. A 10-mile stretch of unpaved road from the tiny town of Murray to the top of Thompson Pass will be straightened …

July 19, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A8 A $5 billion bid for CBS Inc. while bold - would be a stretch for debt-saddled Westinghouse Electric Corp., probably forcing the sale of at least one core business of …

July 19, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A8 Americans seeking extra incomes or hoping to become their own bosses are being victimized by an epidemic of fraudulent business offers, state and federal officials warned Tuesday. Project Telesweep, a …

July 19, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A8 The U.S. trade deficit hit a record $11.43 billion as oil imports climbed to the highest level in more than four years, swamping an improvement in exports. The worse-than-expected trade …

July 19, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A8 Fred Jacot, the outspoken head of the Inland Northwest’s dominant medical insurer for 13 years, will retire Sept. 30. Prior to his 28 years at Medical Service Corp. of Eastern …