October 22, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A1 Russell Dalton, 77, says he’s riding a wave into the future. Photo by Jesse Tinsley/The Spokesman-Review

October 22, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A1 From the heart of Spokane. Marlene Walters, front, giggles while Anni Ryan Meyer leaps in joy after Walters donated $1,000 in cash to help the orphans of Romania. Photo by …

October 22, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A1 Vince, in happier times, tells children how to stay safe. File/The Spokesman-Review

October 22, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A1 Carolyn Lair

October 22, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A1 Probably no death investigator since “Quincy” has racked up as much TV time as Dexter Amend. They know him in Seattle. In Atlanta. In Las Vegas. After two years as …

October 22, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A2 Monday’s Washington Triple Choice: 975. Monday’s Washington Keno: 1-11-12-14-20-21-23-24-30-38- 42-44-50-51-52-60-62-67-76-77.

October 22, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A2 A powerful nor’easter that pounded New England over the weekend and into Monday flooded basements and subway stations, swamped roads and broke rainfall records. Two deaths were blamed on the …

October 22, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A3 Running mates Bob Dole and Jack Kemp got together with Michigan GOP leader Betsy DeVos on Monday in Detroit. Photo by Associated Press

October 22, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A3 Attorneys in the O.J. Simpson wrongful death trial picked a panel of eight alternates Monday that, like the regular jury, has only one black member. The alternates include five whites, …

October 22, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A3 Former Navy Lt. Paul Thomasson. File/ Associated Press

October 22, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A3 A high-school dropout was executed Monday night for kidnapping and killing an heiress to the Evinrude motor fortune while robbing the convenience store where she worked. John Earl Bush, 38, …

October 22, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A3 President Clinton, seeking to sharpen his differences with rival Bob Dole in the last two weeks of the campaign, took after the former senator Monday for his efforts to abolish …

October 22, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A3 Republican Rep. Robert Dornan’s son made a citizen’s arrest when he saw a man tearing down his father’s campaign signs - it was the husband of Dornan’s congressional opponent. Stephen …

October 22, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A3 A lawyer claiming he knows what caused TWA Flight 800 to explode in the sky filed a $100 million dollar lawsuit Monday, accusing the airline and Boeing Co. of failing …

October 22, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A4 A Turkish man who hijacked a commercial jet in March to draw attention to Chechnya’s fight for independence from Russia was convicted Monday and sentenced to almost seven years. Ramazan …

October 22, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A4 Fighting between Zairian troops and ethnic Tutsis has prompted more than 220,000 Hutu refugees to flee camps in eastern Zaire. U.N. refugee agency spokesman Paul Stromberg said Monday that all …

October 22, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A4 A faulty cooling system pump has forced shutdown of the No. 3 reactor at Ukraine’s Chernobyl nuclear plant, nuclear safety officials said Monday. No increase in radiation was recorded.

October 22, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A4 Yemeni authorities negotiated Monday for the release of a French diplomat who was abducted by tribesmen and taken to a desert province, security sources said. Members of the Murad tribe …

October 22, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A4 Germany’s governing party demanded Monday that members of the Church of Scientology be banned from public service jobs and that the organization be put under surveillance by a federal law …

October 22, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A4 Hundreds of Guajajara Indians pulled about 20 people off a bus and out of passing cars and are holding them hostage to demand that authorities pave a dirt highway that …

October 22, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A4 Rockets slammed into the airport northeast of Kabul on Monday, as diplomats criss-crossed the troubled nation trying to keep its warring factions from launching a full-scale battle for Kabul. The …

October 22, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A4 Arnoldo Aleman celebrates his apparent victory. Photo by Associated Press

October 22, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A4 Deepening a sense of crisis in Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, Palestinian negotiators unexpectedly walked out of talks in Jerusalem on Monday night. The walkout came hours after U.S. mediator Dennis Ross …