May 4, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A1 The sliding doors wouldn’t budge, but most everything else stood ready Friday morning as Goodale & Barbieri Cos. announced its arrival in Seattle. Tucked between the heart of Seattle’s shopping …

May 4, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A1 The flood waters have receded, but emotions still are running high in parts of the Panhandle. That was evident during a Friday morning meeting of 35 people from government agencies, …

May 4, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A1 Bob Dole isn’t the only public figure with a speaking peculaiarity. Photo by Associated Press

May 4, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A1 The Supreme Court, acting with what four dissenters called “unseemly haste,” agreed Friday to weigh the constitutionality of a new law intended to speed executions by restricting convicts’ federal appeals. …

May 4, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A1 Idaho’s unemployment rate fell to 4.8 percent in April, the lowest level in seven years, officials said Friday. While a cold, wet spring depressed jobs at timber companies, hotels and …

May 4, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A1 If you see someone wearing an orange and black ribbon this weekend, remember two mourning Spokane families - and know that the ribbon is “one last little warm fuzzy” for …

May 4, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A1 Countdown to destruction. Anna Chong, president of Engineered Demolision, Inc., says her ‘mischievousness’ led her into a career of blowing things up. Photo by Craig Buck/The Spokesman-Review

May 4, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A2 Friday’s winning “Triple Choice” lottery numbers: 023. Friday’s winning Washington Keno numbers: 7-13-17-19-21- 22-31-34-35-41-43-45-48-51-55-57-63-75-76-79. Friday’s winning Idaho Hot Lotto numbers: 2-5-13-18-25.

May 4, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A2 With national elections six months away, the leader of a rightist party that wants to keep immigrants out of New Zealand has emerged as the country’s most popular politician. Winston …

May 4, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A3 California’s “epidemic” of unwed mothers includes some women who would be startled to find themselves counted - married mothers who elect to keep their maiden names. As a result, hundreds, …

May 4, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A3 When Bill and Julie Beck decided to move from Brooklyn to the Connecticut suburbs last year, their goal was to find the best school for their three children. They zeroed …

May 4, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A4 Prosecutors rested their case against Gov. Jim Guy Tucker and President Clinton’s former business partners Friday without showing how Clinton benefited from a $300,000 loan, as another witness had claimed. …

May 4, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A4 Dole and D’Amato confer before the candidate’s speech Friday night. Photo by Associated Press

May 4, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A4 Given the choice of buying more of the weapons the military already has or developing new tools of war, the Republicans reached a compromise: Go for both. The defense budget …

May 4, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A5 Thirty months of arduous negotiations over whether to ban land mines ended with a weak compromise treaty Friday that reflected the world’s military realities rather than its humanitarian hopes. The …

May 4, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A5 A preliminary report says Israel apparently fired knowingly on a southern Lebanon U.N. compound after pro-Iranian guerrillas sought refuge in the area, diplomats said Friday. The shelling killed at least …

May 4, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A5 A key member has resigned from a private fund for women forced into sexual slavery by Japan’s wartime military, reportedly to protest the government’s refusal to offer them official compensation. …

May 4, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A5 An Indian swami known for his political connections and posh lifestyle was in police custody Friday after being arrested on charges he swindled $100,000 from a London businessman. Nemi Chand …

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May 4, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A5 Wealthy landowners paid the state troopers who slaughtered 19 peasants and wounded dozens of others demonstrating for agrarian reform in the Amazonian state of Para, a new witness has told …

May 4, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A5 Fifty-one journalists were killed and more than 100 were jailed around the world last year, a watchdog group said Friday in a report released to coincide with World Press Freedom …

May 4, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A5 A powerful earthquake shook northern China on Friday, toppling dozens of houses and killing at least eight people. At least 100 people were injured by the 6.4-magnitude quake centered north …

May 4, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A6 The Indian tribe that operates New England’s only casino said Friday it plans to build high-speed boats that would ferry gamblers from Boston and New York. The Mashantucket Pequots would …