July 17, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A1 Lightning isn’t supposed to strike twice in the same spot. But there’s a place in Spokane that defies the laws of chance - the 16th hole at Liberty Lake Golf …

July 17, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A1 President Clinton pledged Tuesday to issue an executive order that would permit the cutoff of welfare recipients after two years if the current effort by Congress to pass a welfare …

July 17, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A1 Since the bombing. Tech, Sgt. Dwight Nelson is getting some special care from his girlfriend, Debbie Loomis. Photo by Kristy MacDonald/The Spokesman-Review

July 17, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A1 Molinari

July 17, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A1 Clarke defends Susan Smith in 1995.

July 17, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A2 Model Cheryl Tiegs told a forum on sweatshops Tuesday that celebrities have decreasing power over how the goods that they endorse are made. With so many stars looking to put …

July 17, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A3 Bill Clinton’s troubled Arkansas past haunted his political future yet again Tuesday as the president’s trusted friend and intimate political adviser, Bruce Lindsey, denied at the Whitewater trial here that …

July 17, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A3 President Clinton decided Tuesday that averting a confrontation with U.S. trading partners is more important than imposing sanctions on foreign firms operating in Cuba. He delayed by at least six …

July 17, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A3 More than half the nation’s juvenile murder arrests occur in six large states, but such arrests are “virtually non-existent” in much of the rest of the nation, according to a …

July 17, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A7 A remote-controlled bomb planted in an underground drainpipe damaged Ukrainian Prime Minister Pavlo I. Lazarenko’s armored car Tuesday in what officials called an assassination attempt. Lazarenko and two bodyguards suffered …

July 17, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A7 In his first post-election meeting with an Arab leader, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged Tuesday to honor agreements with the Palestinians and pursue peace with his neighbors, Jordan’s prime …

July 17, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A7 Pale, stiff and unsteady on his feet, President Boris N. Yeltsin met Tuesday with Vice President Al Gore, his first foreign visitor since he dropped from public view three weeks …

July 17, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A7 Here’s a math problem from the 37th Mathematical Olympiad: If the Romanian and U.S. teams both win four golds and two silvers, why does the Romanian team win the tournament? …

July 17, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A8 A former Boy Scout leader who said he enjoyed “seeing the fear” of his murder victims was executed in the electric chair early today for stabbing two boys to death …

July 17, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A8 Eight doors in an Army barracks housing Special Forces soldiers were smeared with red swastikas early Tuesday. Black soldiers lived in six of the vandalized rooms. About 350 soldiers were …

July 17, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A8 A woman who accidentally breast-fed someone else’s newborn plans to sue the hospital that mixed up the babies after she was told the other child could have the virus that …

July 17, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A8 A man is accused of asking his congressman to help him out - by blowing up a school building. Richard Gallagher told police he thought Rep. Peter King “was one …

July 17, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A8 The Federal Aviation Administration ordered the removal of faulty parts from three passenger airplanes Tuesday because of a flaw in the same engine piece thought responsible for a July 7 …

July 17, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A10 About 5 percent of all jobs in Spokane County are the result of Kaiser Aluminum’s presence here, according to a new study that underscores the company’s economic impact. File/The Spokesman-Review

July 17, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A10 Delays in customer buying decisions helped produce a decline in Itron Inc.’s income during the second quarter, despite a 23 percent increase in sales over the second quarter of 1995. …

July 17, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A10 Consumer prices edged slightly higher last month in the best inflation performance since November, but economists still think the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates at its next meeting to …

July 17, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A10 Coeur d’Alene Mines Corp. sued Cyprus Amax Minerals of Denver on Tuesday for allegedly failing to disclose problems at the Golden Cross Mine in New Zealand. Coeur bought the mine …

July 17, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A10 Mutual-fund companies would like investors to be a bit more calm and collected about the bloodletting in the stock market. For a second consecutive day Tuesday, major fund companies were …