May 21, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A1 Trolley cars were a familiar sight throughout Spokane during the early 1900s. Courtesy Cheney Cowles Museum

May 21, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A1 Diving birds, and a beach that doesn’t stink. That’s what the Clean Water Act means to Denny Ashlock, whose home is on the shore of Liberty Lake.

May 21, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A1 The bond-market deal makers who raised the cash to build Spokane’s garbage incinerator are hot with new ideas. They’re putting together packages to refinance the 1989 solid-waste bonds and give …

May 21, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A1 1. Lilac Queen carrie Keyes of Shadle Park High School shares a royal wave with the spectators lining downtown streets. Photo by Christopher Anderson/The Spokesman-Review 2. Underdog prepares to battle …

May 21, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A1 1. Jim Beebe, a Yurok Indian, is one of the few Indian logging contractors on the reservation. He works alone and can make $350 a day. Photo by Dan McComb/The …

May 21, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A1 1. Susan and Thomas Brigham, with daughter Caroline. 2. Thomas Brigham’s daughter, Caroline, and brother Billy share a quiet moment after memorial services last June for Fairchild shooting victims. File/The …

May 21, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A2 No Art

May 21, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A3 Former Defense Secretary Les Aspin was in critical condition at Georgetown University Medical Center after suffering a stroke. “Upon admission he was awake, lucid and speaking,” said Michael Tebo, a …

May 21, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A3 A mail bomb that partially exploded in the apartment of a senator’s aide, injuring him slightly, was not politically motivated, a federal official said Saturday. Will Smith, who works for …

May 21, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A3 Eight automakers have agreed to recall more than 8 million cars in the United States to replace Japanesemade seat belts that might unlatch in crashes, The Detroit News reported today. …

May 21, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A3 A former high school teacher’s aide was convicted Saturday of bribing three teenagers with cash and the promise of more riches to kill her husband. Diane Borchardt, 46, who was …

May 21, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A3 Charlie Ayers of Dixie, Wash., checks ammo display at NRA convention. Photo by Associated Press

May 21, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A3 Taking aim at the GOP presidential front-runner, Texas Sen. Phil Gramm said Saturday he saw “no evidence” that Bob Dole was committed to adding tax cuts to the Senate’s balanced …

May 21, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A4 Bill Gates

May 21, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A5 The man emerging as a key figure in the Oklahoma City bombing has told authorities that he and Timothy J. McVeigh went “floor-to-floor” through the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building …

May 21, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A5 To court watchers, Juror No. 6 has always seemed part of the O.J. Simpson camp. The 43-year-old marketing manager, one of seven African Americans on Simpson’s jury, has stared unblinking …

May 21, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A6 In her first board meeting as NAACP chairwoman, Myrle Evers-Williams said Saturday that an audit expected to detail how much the group was in debt won’t be released until June. …

May 21, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A6 New York City police investigators have obtained the guest registries from several Washington hotels to help them hunt down the drunken participants in last weekend’s rowdy rampage, officials said yesterday. …

May 21, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A6 Dan Rather and Connie Chung in happier times. Photo by Associated Press

May 21, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A6 The Mississippi and Missouri rivers slopped over levees Saturday, threatening a repeat of the historic mess they made in 1993. The rivers meet in St. Charles County, where some residents …

May 21, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A7 The government on Saturday lifted the quarantine of the region affected by the killer Ebola virus, allowing free travel between the region and the rest of Zaire for the first …

May 21, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A7 Holding a bag filled with nerve gas, cult doctor Ikuo Hayashi felt a brief pang of conscience. Then he stabbed a hole in the bag with an umbrella, put it …

May 21, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A7 A gunman fired shots into the air Saturday just 20 yards from President Nelson Mandela, who was leading a mass funeral for massacre victims. Mandela was not hurt and was …