April 23, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A1 A proposal to dramatically expand health insurance coverage for mental illness is drawing fierce opposition from business and threatens to kill the popular health reform legislation now moving through Congress. …

April 23, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A1 When Joyce and Richard Ennis of Spokane discovered this spring that their summer cabin had been broken into, they took it in stride. “This time it wasn’t so bad,” Joyce …

April 23, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A1 A passer-by stops Monday to read the notes attached to flowers left outside the Lyman Gallery in Sandpoint. Photo by Jesse Tinsley/The Spokesman-Review

April 23, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A1 Erma Bombeck

April 23, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A2 A nun who says she was raped and tortured in Guatemala said Monday she will eat only bread and water until the government releases information it has on her case …

April 23, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A2 Monday’s winning “Triple Choice” lottery numbers: 066. Monday’s winning Washington Keno numbers: 1-7-12-19-23-25- 30-35-38-41-42-50-52-57-58-60-65-69-77-79.

April 23, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A3 A motor home was flipped by the tornadoes. Photo by Associated Press

April 23, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A3 In a return to its theological roots, United Methodists decided Monday that people should be considered full members of the church when they are baptized, rather than when they are …

April 23, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A3 “Whoa, that’s a pretty heavy symbol,” says Vice President Al Gore as he and President Clinton hoist a 2-foot-wide hunk of tree trunk Monday at C&O; Canal National Park near …

April 23, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A3 Like your steak well done? Lots of pan drippings? Not a healthful choice, says the National Cancer Institute. The latest research suggests that cooking meat too long - and at …

April 23, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A3 Their names don’t appear on the presidential ballot, but Elizabeth Dole would best Hillary Rodham Clinton if voters could elect the first lady, a national poll shows. Forty-three percent of …

April 23, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A3 While millions of Russian workers scrimp and wait for back wages, the Kremlin has gone shopping for silver. Earlier this year, the Kremlin ordered 6,000 sumptuous pieces of hand-crafted sterling …

April 23, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A3 Police warned residents Monday to be on the lookout for a woman who has been grabbing babies from total strangers and breast-feeding them. “Every child needs lactate nourishment,” the woman …

April 23, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A4 From some of the early West’s great tragedies -the Donner Party disaster and the deaths of settlers stranded in the Rockies - anthropology professor Donald Grayson is building a sometimes …

April 23, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A5 An emotional Prime Minister Shimon Peres sought Monday to justify to Israel’s Knesset his costly and controversial 12-day-old military offensive against Iranian-backed Hezbollah guerrillas. As Peres confronted dissent and doubt, …

April 23, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A6 Steven Pickering, a Bell Atlantic specialist with Benjamin Jacobson Co., conducts trading on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Monday. Trading in Bell Atlantic stock was active after …

April 23, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A6 New-York based Asarco Inc., a partner in Silver Valley Resources, which operates two silver mines in North Idaho, reported lower first-quarter profits than last year. The large metals producer earned …

April 23, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A6 Cisco Systems Inc., the largest maker of machines to link computers, said Monday it will pay $4 billion for StrataCom Inc., extending its prominence in moving voice, video and data …

April 23, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A6 Dust blowing into Spokane could greatly increase under the new farm bill if officials don’t bend the rules on who qualifies for a massive soil conservation program, farmers warned Monday. …

April 23, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A6 Northwest Farmer-Stockman Inc., a Spokane-based publisher of agricultural magazines that date back 112 years, said Monday that it has agreed to sell the magazines to a Chicago company. Farm Progress …

April 23, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A6 The 7 million residents of this port and manufacturing city on the Pearl River seem to revel in a boomtown atmosphere, a kind of celebration of capitalism. The first thing …

April 23, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A6 Improved operations and higher prices for alumina and fabricated aluminum products boosted Kaiser Aluminum Corp.’s first-quarter 1996 earnings, compared with a year earlier. But the Houston-based manufacturer, which operates two …

April 23, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A6 Crown Resources Corp. and Battle Mountain Gold Co. have reached a landmark accord with the state of Washington in the permitting of its Crown Jewel gold mine near Chesaw, Wash. …