July 3, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A1 1. Seth Wagner, left, tests his endurance on a mountain bike as he adn therapist Kathy Schoults ride by St. Luke’s Rehabilitation Institute on Tuesday. Photo by Christopher Anderson/The Spokesman-Review …

July 3, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A1 Artist’s rendering of the Lockheed X-33. Photo by Associated Press

July 3, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A1 A planner fired a year ago by Spokane County has a new county job, plus back pay for the work he missed. Steve Horobiowski was fired June 9, 1995, along …

July 3, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A1 The federal government - not counting the CIA spent at least $5.6 billion last year keeping secret documents secret, a member of the House Intelligence Committee reported. That figure is …

July 3, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A1 The president of the Spokane School Board outraged parents Tuesday when she portrayed a neighborhood revolt against an elementary school principal as racially motivated. “I’m sorry if 16 parents simply …

July 3, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A2 Tuesday’s Washington Triple Choice: 7-8-5. Tuesday’s Washington Keno: 1-17-24-26-27- 28-29-30-39-41-44-47-48-49-50-53-59-63-69-70.

July 3, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A3 Federal agents searching the homes and caches of Arizona’s Viper militia said Tuesday that they found bombs, hundreds of pounds of bomb-making material, more than 200 blasting caps, about 70 …

July 3, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A3 Dole speaks in San Francisco on Tuesday. Photo by Associated Press

July 3, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A3 Labor Secretary Robert Reich accused Republicans Tuesday of playing a “shell game” with proposals to exclude many workers from a minimum wage increase and repeated President Clinton’s veto threat. The …

July 3, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A4 Erik, left, and Lyle Menendez

July 3, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A4 Electricity and phone service were knocked out Tuesday for more than 1.5 million customers from Canada to the Southwest after power lines failed in a rapid chain reaction on a …

July 3, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A4 Two-time Academy Award-winner Anthony Quinn, 81, was discharged from a hospital Tuesday morning, two days after he was admitted with chest pains. The hospital released no details.

July 3, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A5 A federal judge, siding with consumer advocacy groups, ordered the government Tuesday to follow through on a 1993 plan to require restaurants to back up any health and nutrition claims …

July 3, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A5 A study found breast tumors in younger women can grow rapidly - from too-small-to-be-detected to large - in less than two years, suggesting that those worried about cancer should get …

July 3, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A5 Chemotherapy that preserves a patient’s voice box and ability to speak is just as effective as surgery in treating some types of throat cancer, a study suggests. Cancer experts say …

July 3, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A6 Russia’s presidential election campaign entered its final hours Tuesday with an ailing Boris Yeltsin in ominous seclusion and his political fortunes seemingly riding on whether his supporters would turn out …

July 3, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A6 A U.N. expert testified Tuesday that systematic rape was used as a strategy in the Bosnian war, culminating in “rape camps” aimed at destroying the ethnic identity of Bosnia’s Muslim …

July 3, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A6 The postal service here has become so efficient New Zealanders can send letters for free - once a year anyway. New Zealand Post declared its first “Free-Post Day,” this week, …

July 3, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A6 In a sign of change in the U.S. military mission in Bosnia, the Pentagon is making the first major withdrawal of tanks and other armored forces and replacing them with …

July 3, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A6 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, calling for economic “openness” with the Palestinians, said Tuesday he was not committed to the previous government’s plan to fence off the West Bank. Netanyahu, who …

July 3, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A7 Six years after his daughter’s recovered memory helped convict George Franklin Sr. of murdering her childhood friend, prosecutors announced Tuesday that Franklin will be set free today because they do …

July 3, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A7 An 11-year-old boy kept rescuers busy for hours by radioing fake distress calls from a boat parked in his grandfather’s driveway, authorities said. Donald Zubkoff could face charges for telling …

July 3, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A7 Drunken driving deaths increased last year for the first time in a decade, the government said Tuesday. The number of people killed in 1995 in alcohol-related crashes was 17,274 - …