May 19, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A1 DEQ hudrogeologist Brian Painter checks the depth of a well that will be used to remove tricholoroethylene threatening the acuifer. Photo by Craig Buck/The Spokesman-Review

May 19, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A1 Arv Engdahl (left), Bob Lewis and Doug Myhre have been talking politics and swapping stories at the same donut shop every day for more than 15 years. Photo by Kristy …

May 19, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A1 Tommy Shorts reads a letter to the editor to the people at Best Avenue Barber while Richard Bird cuts Reno D’Walter’s hair. Short made the trip to talk politics. Photo …

May 19, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A1 1. Maureen Ramsmeyer tries to stay dry with sons Bryce, 3, and Nathan, 5, in Riverfront Park. Photo by Dan McComb/The Spokesman-Review 2. Spokane’s largest banana split takes shape in …

May 19, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A1 Under attack by Sen. Bob Dole for having twice vetoed welfare legislation, President Clinton Saturday gave his blessing to the most radical of all state welfare experiments, saying that if …

May 19, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A1 1. Lilac Festival Queen Abigail Palmer of West Valley High School greets spectators at the outset of Saturday’s parade. Photo by Dan McComb/The Spokesman-Review 2. As an Andy Panda balloon …

May 19, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A2 Saturday’s winning “Triple Choice” lottery numbers: 891. Saturday’s winning Washington Lotto numbers: 3-16-24-28-38-46.

May 19, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A3 Wildlife officials prepare to bait gull nests on South Monomoy. Photo by Associated Press

May 19, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A3 President Clinton spent a tearful hour-and-a-half Saturday consoling the widow of Adm. Jeremy M. “Mike” Boorda and their four children in the family’s home at the Washington Navy Yard. The …

May 19, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A3 A rising river spilled into streets and basements and forced several residents to evacuate a rain-drenched Minnesota town on Saturday. The state sent the National Guard to help. “On the …

May 19, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A4 Murderer Richard Speck in 1966. Photo by Associated Press

May 19, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A5 Massachusetts Gov. William F. Weld collapsed Saturday during commencement at Bentley College, but doctors said they found nothing seriously wrong with him. The 50-year-old governor had just received an honorary …

May 19, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A5 The University of Michigan has become the first public university in the country to raise more than $1 billion in private donations, school officials said. Seven private universities have raised …

May 19, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A5 President Clinton’s approval ratings jumped a few notches in the latest CNN-Time magazine poll, but more than half the respondents say it’s possible retiring Sen. Bob Dole can defeat him …

May 19, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A5 A prototype reusable rocket, intended as a forerunner of the space shuttle’s eventual replacement, briefly burst into flames Saturday after completing its first flight. However, damage was minor and the …

May 19, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A6 House Speaker Newt Gingrich on Saturday painted President Clinton as a “counterfeit conservative” who talks a moderate game, then sabotages those he tries to emulate. “We’re over here standing with …

May 19, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A6 Jim Dunn believes God told him to go live outside First Congregational Church, so he took his dog and set up a makeshift tent on the front yard. That was …

May 19, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A8 The Spokesman-Review is looking for listening posts, where reporters can stop in to take the pulse of Inland Northwest residents during the upcoming political campaigns. If you know of a …

May 19, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A8 Several hundred people were evacuated from this tiny mountain town and nearby campgrounds Saturday as a forest fire raging in wind-dried ponderosa pine covered 3,000 acres in a just a …

May 19, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A9 A freighter that carried Liberians from their war-torn capital only to be rejected by neighboring countries was back at sea Saturday, this time carrying the remaining Nigerian passengers to their …

May 19, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A10 High school bands Grand Sweepstakes: Ferris High School. AAA Division: Lewis and Clark High School, first; Coeur d’Alene High School, second; Central Valley High School, third.

May 19, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A11 As the political rhetoric of the presidential campaign heats up, Hillary Rodham Clinton said Saturday that politics should “not give way to extremism and shouting, because we don’t solve problems …

May 19, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A11 A research team plans to exhume seven bodies from permafrost in hopes of finding what caused a global epidemic that killed 20 million people in 1918 and 1919. The 1918 …