December 22, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A1 Counselor Eric Edmonds helps student Sarah Paulson look up financial aid information at Post Falls High School. Photo by Jesse Tinsley/The Spokesman-Review

December 22, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A1 Gingrich

December 22, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A1 This is a story of contrasts, of people of differing means working toward a single solution: Jay B. Penick, president and CEO of Farm Credit Services, 601 W. First, donated …

December 22, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A1 The year is the same, but Spokane is a far different place. Subdivisions were never built on the far North Side and fringes of the Valley. There are more apartment …

December 22, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A1 1. Dorothy Prophet 2. Dane and Cade Prophet sit on Santa’s lap during a Christmas shopping expedition two years ago that was about to turn into a nightmare - until …

December 22, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A2 Saturday’s Washington Triple Choice: 943. Saturday’s Washington Lotto: 2-5-11-16-28-44. One winner. Next jackpot: $1 million. Saturday’s Washington Keno: 2-3-9-12-21-24-27-30-31-35-36-38-39-44-52-59-68-71-73-80. Saturday’s Quinto hand: Q, 4, 10, 7, 8. No winner. Next …

December 22, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A3 Police arrested a man Saturday in connection with an IRA attack on officers guarding a prominent Protestant politician as he visited his son in a hospital. A gunman wearing an …

December 22, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A3 Nestor Cerpa

December 22, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A4 Minh Nguyen says it would be impossible to find a group of people less politically minded than his fellow disciples of Supreme Master Suma Ching Hai. The follower who dares …

December 22, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A4 Big Democratic donors felt so emboldened they personally wrote the president seeking government appointments - and got them. One was invited inside the Oval Office to talk policy. Another even …

December 22, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A5 In his coarse, hooded robe, Brother Victor-Antoine d’Avila-Latourrette only seems as if he’s poised to take up quill and bend low over a gilded manuscript. He is, in reality, planning …

December 22, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A5 A retired electrician who has played Santa Claus for more than 20 years was charged with assault for allegedly slapping a 7-year-old Cub Scout who had tugged on his beard. …

December 22, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A5 Someone dropped an 1879 gold coin into a Salvation Army kettle outside an insurance office here on Friday, keeping alive a yuletide tradition dating to 1982 that previously had been …

December 22, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A5 The Suffolk County Medical Examiner has agreed to relinquish remaining unidentified body fragments from TWA Flight 800 to a laboratory that specializes in DNA technology. The medical examiner, Dr. Charles …

December 22, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A6 About 1,000 Communists demanding the return of the Soviet social safety net marched through Stalin’s hometown Saturday to commemorate the 117th anniversary of his birth. Hundreds of hard-liners also marched …

December 22, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A6 Renewed fighting in Mogadishu has left hundreds dead and more than 1,500 wounded in what appears to be a bid by two Somali factions to pressure a key player to …

December 22, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A6 Pall bearers carry Mastroianni’s coffin Saturday. Photo by Associated Press

December 22, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A6 Four members of a Russian family were reported killed in their home in Chechnya, the latest in a string of recent slayings that appear aimed at undermining a peace settlement …

December 22, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A7 O.J. Simpson’s two young children arrived at his estate on Saturday, back in his custody permanently. “They’re home. Everything is fine,” Simpson told The Associated Press in a brief telephone …

December 22, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A9 Five vocational school students were suspended after a flier describing a hunting season on black people was circulated on campus. The racist flier, purportedly a notice to hunters from state …

December 22, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A9 Despite an auction of personal effects last spring that fetched nearly $30 million more than expected, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis’ estate was worth less than the original $100 million estimated value, …

December 22, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A9 The Big Three automakers will propose installing air bag on-off switches as an alternative to mechanics disconnecting the devices, the Detroit Free Press reported Saturday. The National Highway Traffic Safety …

December 22, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A9 A panel of independent scientists has determined that there is a “very real possibility” that the Pentagon will never know how many American troops may have been exposed to chemical …