August 17, 1996 The action will be wild and woolly at the rodeo. File/The Spokesman-Review

August 17, 1996 Want to get up close and personal with a bald eagle? Now that the fairgrounds have added a new wildlife building, the North Idaho Fair is the place to do …

August 17, 1996 Cotton candy, hot dogs, elephant ears, snow cones - all the old standbys are back at the fair this year, with one addition. “We’ll have an espresso booth. We finally …

August 17, 1996 There will be plenty of grooming before 4-H members put their animals on display. File/The Spokesman-Review

August 17, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A1 1. ‘This is our city. We’ll fight to the end’. Chechen rebels drive refugees out of the war-torn capital of Grozny. Photo by Associated Press 2. Chechen rebel holds a …

August 17, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A1 Crown Pacific claims its Huetter mill isn’t worth what it once was. Photo by Jesse Tinsley/The Spokesman-Review

August 17, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A1 A bizarre two-car wreck that left a bride-to-be, her fiance and their infant daughter hospitalized has rattled residents of two adjacent North Idaho towns. “It was a crazy accident. A …

August 17, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A1 The proportion of American children without health insurance is growing, and current trends in health care and welfare reform threaten to accelerate that dangerous trend, researchers and child care advocates …

August 17, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A1 1. Lamm 2. Perot

August 17, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A2 Friday’s Washington Triple Choice: 827.

August 17, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A2 Jordanians protesting sharp increases in the price of bread fought with police in at least two towns Friday, injuring 14 people, witnesses said. The wounded included several policemen hit by …

August 17, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A3 Bob Dole and Jack Kemp begin their campaign in Denver on Friday. Photo by Associated Press

August 17, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A3 Whatever “bounce” Bob Dole was getting from the Republican National Convention still left President Clinton with a double-digit lead in nearly all national polls, at least before Dole gave his …

August 17, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A3 TV viewership jumped for the Republican National Convention’s finale Thursday night, when Bob Dole and Jack Kemp gave their acceptance speeches. Viewership for Thursday’s “prime hour” of coverage by the …

August 17, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A4 Until Alexander Lebed burst onto the Russian political stage with a strong showing in the presidential election two months ago, Kremlin intrigues were played out in the shadows - heard …

August 17, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A5 Wyche Fowler, a former senator and congressman, was sworn in Friday as U.S. ambassador to Saudi Arabia, a post made more sensitive by lack of Saudi cooperation in investigating the …

August 17, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A5 Seneca

August 17, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A5 A 71-year-old cowboy who for years was the foreman at a Central Florida ranch was convicted Friday in the shotgun slayings of his new bosses, a married couple who wanted …

August 17, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A5 Two former Klansmen were indicted Friday on federal civil rights charges for allegedly plotting the burning of a black church by two cohorts. Arthur Allen Haley and Hubert “Herbert” Lavon …

August 17, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A5 Green candidate Ralph Nader. Photo by Associated Press

August 17, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A5 Former Gov. Jim Guy Tucker, after asking a judge for mercy when he is sentenced, has no plans to help prosecutors in the Whitewater investigation, according to his lawyers. Tucker …

August 17, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A5 Three Cubans hijacked a small plane that crashed in the Gulf of Mexico off southwest Florida on Friday, and the hijackers and pilot were picked up by the crew of …

August 17, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A6 Binti holds her own baby in Brookfield Zoo photo. File photo/Associated Press (This photo appeared in Spokane edition only)