May 25, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A1 Brig. Gen. Gary Voellger will give up command at Fairchild Air Force Base in August. Photo by Sandra Bancroft-Billings/The Spokesman-Review

May 25, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A1 Fewer customers are pumping gas and downing Ding Dongs at Robert D’Elseaux’s Chevron station on Northwest Boulevard. D’Elseaux talks about the local economy with his customers all the time. And …

May 25, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A1 Leaders of the Girl Scout Inland Empire Council face a tough job tonight: Calm dozens of angry volunteers demanding to know why they went $100,000 over budget last year and …

May 25, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A1 An expert scientific panel has concluded that the much-criticized Endangered Species Act is a “critically important” and successfully used tool for preserving biological diversity and has recommended that the 1973 …

May 25, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A1 Leland William Modjeski usurped a moment in the nation’s fleeting consciousness, armed with a gun without bullets. This seemed strangely telling to sociologist Jack Levin.

May 25, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A2 In one of the first significant agreements in more than three years of talks, Israel and Syria have decided upon a first stage of security arrangements to accompany an eventual …

May 25, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A2 No Art

May 25, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A3 Prosecutor Marcia Clark reacts Wednesday to a witness saying Simpson had an “airtight alibi.” Photo by Associated Press

May 25, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A3 Three Judge Lance Itos win $300. Three bloody gloves, $200. Three white Ford Broncos, $100. Three knives, $10. Three gavels, $1. A Kato Kaelin or a gym bag sticking out …

May 25, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A3 Fleiss

May 25, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A3 Sen. Bob Dole of Kansas, the Republican leader, Wednesday abandoned any notion that the Senate’s budget plan could allow for a substantial tax cut right away. But the budget plan …

May 25, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A4 A businessman has been charged with rape after police said he called women, impersonated their boyfriends and talked them into unlocking their doors and waiting for him with only a …

May 25, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A4 Sgt. Paul Cooper and his chunk of history. Photo by Associated Press

May 25, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A4 A nurse who claimed tobacco heiress Doris Duke had been killed by her doctor and butler was arrested Wednesday and charged with stealing $439,000 in valuables from Duke and five …

May 25, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A4 A former minister sentenced to die for killing an abortion doctor should be allowed to represent himself in appeals from death row, a judge ruled Wednesday. Circuit Judge Elzie Sanders …

May 25, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A4 FBI agents and police in 31 states, including Washington, Wednesday arrested or announced the indictment of 126 persons in a national drive to thwart attempts to defraud insurance companies through …

May 25, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A6 Investigators rolled Susan Smith’s car into a murky lake and let it sink with a waterproof video camera in the back seat Wednesday to show what her two little boys …

May 25, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A7 Leland William Modjeski drifted in and out of a community college for a decade before settling in at George Mason University, earning a bachelor’s degree with distinction in 1989 and …

May 25, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A7 A federal judge has been asked to dismiss a lawsuit filed by a group of former workers at a top-secret Air Force base who charge that their health was damaged …

May 25, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A7 The government filed charges Wednesday against a 37-year-old graduate student who was shot on the White House lawn after scaling a fence with an unloaded gun. Officials said he had …

May 25, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A8 The economic boom in the Pacific Rim is slowing, but it’s far from over, according to a study released Wednesday. “Strong economic growth rates of 4.1 percent and 4 percent …

May 25, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A8 The Coeur d’Alenes Co., a Spokane steel fabricator, reported a small profit for its second quarter and first six months of the fiscal year. For the three-month period ended March …

May 25, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A8 Orders to U.S. factories for bigticket durable goods took their biggest dive in more than three years in April, raising fears among some analysts that the U.S. economy is headed …