October 8, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A12 Here’s a pleasant surprise: A huge federal science program that’s turning out to be both faster and cheaper than planned. The Human Genome Project, which aims to decipher the complete …

October 8, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A14 An 83-year-old woman stranded in the desolate grasslands for more than a week was rescued Saturday after living on fruit juice and the frost she scraped off the hood of …

October 8, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A15 Packs of Marlboros went up in smoke Saturday as protesters demanded that they and other imported cigarettes be banned from South Korea, where smoking foreign brands is often considered unpatriotic. …

October 8, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A15 Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber has demanded an explanation of allegations that racism was a factor in casting for his musical “Evita” in Zimbabwe, a newspaper reported Saturday. The state-controlled Herald …

October 8, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A15 Emergency crews inspect the wrecked bus on Saturday near Edinburgh. Photo by Associated Press

October 8, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A15 An off-duty policeman shot and killed his wife in a Tangiers hotel, then fired randomly at tourists, killing a British couple, police said Saturday. The man, dressed in civilian clothes, …

October 8, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A15 Four months after an earthquake devastated their little oil town in Russia’s Far East, the last survivors have been evacuated from the ruins of Neftegorsk. The ITAR-Tass news agency said …

October 8, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A17 The women’s conference in Beijing brought forth many issues of concern to women globally. What got lost in the reporting was the way in which women came to know each …

October 8, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A18 First in a series In November 1992, Spokane County’s voters showed vision worthy of their future. They elected 25 freeholders to design a unified local government. The freeholders have done …

October 8, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A18 Congressional Republicans now have run into the same stubborn fact that tripped up President Clinton when he was in the health reform business two years ago: Americans are damned reluctant …

October 8, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A18 1. The slime card 2. Speak no evil 3. Set me free instead

October 8, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A18 The Santa Ana winds are blowing hard, so hot and dry, as Raymond Chandler wrote, that “meek little wives feel the edge of the carving knife and study the back …

October 8, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A19 I love baseball.

October 8, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A20 A decade of Soviet occupation followed by years of civil war have left Afghanistan’s two largest cities a landscape of rubble and ruin, reminiscent of post-World War II Europe, a …

October 8, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A20 As 5,000 spectators cheer them on, Thai rice farmers head their buffaloes toward the finish line Saturday. Photo by Associated Press

October 8, 1995 in Idaho on Page B1 A day at the races. Ralph Moses coats his horse’s hooves with cooking spray to prevent mud from building up on them during the races. Photo by Craig Buck/The Spokesman-Review

October 8, 1995 in City on Page B1 Ed Meadows leads one of several efforts to create a city in the Valley. Photo by Steve Thompson/The Spokesman-Review

October 8, 1995 in City on Page B1 A special delivery. Martin and Julee Erkela received an unexpected gift when their friends, Sherrie and Lonnie Maize, flew from North Carolina to be with them after the birth of …

October 8, 1995 in City on Page B1 Different issues, different leadership, different styles, different times and trends. Hardly anything about the strike by Boeing Co. production workers that began Friday looks much like previous walkouts by the …

October 8, 1995 in City on Page B1 Tom Bernard worries that neighborhood police substations would be hurt by consolidation. Photo by Christopher Anderson/The Spokesman-Review

October 8, 1995 in Idaho on Page B1 A judge has rejected a request for a gag order in the Kenneth D. Arrasmith case, but agreed to allow selection of the jury for the double murder trial from …

October 8, 1995 in Idaho on Page B1 Ripley, once a prominent voice for abortion rights is now fighting abortion. Photo by Craig Buck/The Spokesman-Review

October 8, 1995 in City on Page B1 Jim and Shirley Sutton had to dip into savings to keep their tiny Peyton Building coffee shop afloat during the messy marathon building of Spokane’s downtown bus depot. For nearly …