June 30, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A1 Court-ordered diversity. Rhonda Smith, left, of the KZZU Hoopin’ Sistas rebounds a shot from Janet Skaife of TNT Returns during Saturday’s games in downtown Spokane. Photo by Dan McComb/The Spokesman-Review

June 30, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A1 Once every 2.73 years. It just doesn’t have the same ring. “Once in a blue moon sounds better,” said Geoff Chester, an astronomer at the National Air and Space Museum’s …

June 30, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A1 In 1961, Hanford officials had a problem. A half ton of plutonium - enough to trigger an international incident today - was missing. The loss was called an “inventory discrepancy” …

June 30, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A1 1. Dorothy Haenle aids Andrea Swenson, 9, who has cerebral palsy. Swenson controls her computer with her head. Photo by Colin Mulvany/The Spokesman-Review 2. Holly Soward of CdA uses a …

June 30, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A1 George Brabb

June 30, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A2 Saturday’s Washington Triple Choice: 479. Saturday’s Washington Lotto: 4-10-13-16-27-38.

June 30, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A3 Assigning a retired general to reassess security at American military bases in the Middle East, President Clinton on Saturday vowed to stay the course in the struggle against terrorists. Grieving …

June 30, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A3 A crowd celebrating local election results after peaceful voting in violence-torn KwaZulu-Natal province burned a man to death when he drove his car into their street party. Police and witnesses …

June 30, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A3 French President Jacques Chirac greets Hillary Clinton on her arrival at the Elysee Palace in Paris Saturday. The Clintons are on a private visit to the French capital after the …

June 30, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A4 The world’s first voluntary euthanasia law takes effect Monday in Australia’s Northern Territory, but it appears to be short-lived, doomed by legal appeals and opposition at the national level. “I …

June 30, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A4 Saudi authorities turned down two requests by American military commanders, most recently in March, to expand the security perimeter next to the building that later bore the brunt of the …

June 30, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A4 The mortar attack on a British army barracks in Germany bears the hallmarks of the IRA, officials said Saturday. Federal police were ordered to investigate Friday’s attack because of suspicions …

June 30, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A4 A fisherman bails water of his boat in Acapulco Saturday after Hurricane Boris battered Mexico’s Pacific Coast. Photo by Associated Press

June 30, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A4 The state-controlled press urged the military regime Saturday to ban publications that call their country Burma rather than Myanmar, the name adopted by the government. Calling the Southeast Asian nation …

June 30, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A4 You might have thought a gathering of the world’s Communists would be a chastened affair, thick with recrimination and sour predictions for the future of mankind under the thumb of …

June 30, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A5 Troops searched the southern state of Guerrero on Saturday for masked members of a self-proclaimed rebel army that emerged from the mountains and called for the overthrow of Mexico’s government. …

June 30, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A6 Dole

June 30, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A6 Only 12 percent of Americans have less favorable opinions of first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton because of her imaginary conversations with Eleanor Roosevelt, according to a Newsweek poll. Three percent …

June 30, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A6 The White House assailed ABC News on Saturday for inviting former FBI agent Gary Aldrich to appear on a talk show today to talk about his book about working in …

June 30, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A6 Bob Dole is hunting for a “10” for a running mate, but with Colin Powell seemingly out of contention the superstar pickings are slim. So slim that the very man …

June 30, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A6 Mindful of how they were outhustled by conservatives in the 1994 elections, Democratic Party officials vowed Saturday to build an army of 50,000 precinct captains to turn out voters in …

June 30, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A7 Alarmed at the steadily escalating number of obese children in America, the Surgeon General’s Office plans next month to release its strongest statement since its first warning against smoking in …

June 30, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A7 Human rights advocates welcomed news Saturday that a presidential panel in Washington found evidence of CIA involvement in torture, executions and other abuses in Guatemala. “This is what we have …