April 25, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A1 English award winner Sarah Westergren of Mead is congratulated by her parents Wednesday night. Photo by Shawn Jacobson/The Spokesman-Review

April 25, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A1 Diners have a view of Mount Spokane and air traffic at Spokane International. Photo by Shawn Jacobson/The Spokesman-Review

April 25, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A1 A nesting osprey turned out the lights on thousands of Bonner County residents Tuesday night and blew out the Sheriff’s Department dispatch center. The bird built a nest on a …

April 25, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A1 John Witherspoon makes the best of it by testing his remote-control boat. Photo by Craig Buck/The Spokesman-Review

April 25, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A1 The number of federally licensed gun dealers has plummeted 35 percent during the Clinton administration, as the government has stepped up inspections and increased fees, congressional investigators reported Wednesday. Separately, …

April 25, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A1 On the eve of the 10th anniversary of history’s worst nuclear power plant disaster, scientists report that a group of children 120 miles away who were born eight years after …

April 25, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A1 Shoshone County crews remove rocks and debris from the Pine Creek bridge after it washed out late Tuesday night. Photo by Craig Buck/The Spokesman-Review

April 25, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A1 Native American parents crowded into the small Plummer-Worley School District office Wednesday and accused school officials of being biased against their children. “There’s been a lot of Native kids getting …

April 25, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A1 Yasser Arafat

April 25, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A2 Wednesday’s winning “Triple Choice” lottery numbers: 138. Wednesday’s winning Washington Lotto numbers: 12-17-20-26-39-48. No winner. Next jackpot, $7 million.

April 25, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A2 Ozone levels over the Northern Hemisphere have continued to decrease, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reported Wednesday. But the report, “Northern Hemisphere Winter Summary,” predicted levels will recover “in …

April 25, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A3 The House approved new standards for managing the nation’s wildlife refuges Wednesday, and critics, including the Clinton administration, immediately called them a threat to wildlife protection. The bill passed by …

April 25, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A3 House Speaker Newt Gingrich established a special panel Wednesday to investigate the Clinton administration’s role in allowing Iranian arms to flow to Bosnia. Asserting that President Clinton might have helped …

April 25, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A3 Congressional negotiators agreed Wednesday to repeal the new law requiring the discharge of military service members with the AIDS virus. As they wrapped up final negotiations on a major federal …

April 25, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A3 Congressional leaders and White House officials announced agreement Wednesday on a huge bill financing dozens of federal agencies for the rest of the fiscal year, solving a months-long standoff that …

April 25, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A3 With Democrats and some of their own members calling for a vote to raise the minimum wage, House Republican leaders Wednesday virtually slammed the door on such a proposal and …

April 25, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A3 Despite public pressure to crack down on unlawful aliens, the Senate on Wednesday voted against letting federal agents enter open fields without warrants to look for illegal farm workers. The …

April 25, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A4 House Speaker Newt Gingrich says the Occupational Safety and Health Administration requires Congress to start holding fire drills. Not so, according to OSHA.

April 25, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A4 House Speaker Newt Gingrich defended his record on environmental protection Wednesday and said the country must move toward “a new environmentalism” favoring incentives over regulatory edicts from Washington. Gingrich rejected …

April 25, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A4 Former Vice President Dan Quayle predicted Wednesday that Colin Powell would accept the GOP vice presidential spot if asked directly by Sen. Bob Dole, despite his repeated disavowals of interest. …

April 25, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A4 The federal government is going after Robert Young and millions of people like him who aren’t fans of the metric system. Having persuaded most big manufacturers to gradually switch over …

April 25, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A4 Democrats are planning to take to their House and Senate districts next month, learn what regular people are worried about, and forge their own version of the GOP “Contract With …

April 25, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A4 Twenty-four years after entering politics as an intern for a Massachusetts congressman, Peter S. Knight has been named manager of President Clinton’s re-election campaign. The selection of Knight, a longtime …