October 29, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A1 1. Vice President Gore loosens up at a Spokane Falls College rally on Monday. Photo by Christopher Anderson/The Spokesman-Review 2. Democrat Sen. Patty Murray, Mayor Jack Geraghty, Council woman Roberta …

October 29, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A1 An enthusiastic crowd cheers Vice Preisdent Gore at his Spokane stop on Monday. Photo by Liz Kishimoto/The Spokesman-Review

October 29, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A1 Baby Ryan pulls his dad’s hair at the beginning of his second birthday party in Vancouver over the weekend. Photo by Ben Brink/The Oregonian

October 29, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A1 Doug Cresswell has been with the CdA district since 1970. Photo by Jesse Tinsley/The Spokesman-Review

October 29, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A1 FOR THE RECORD: 10-30-96 ID Alan Wasserman, Democratic candidate for an Idaho state House seat in District 3, received campaign contributions from himself and his family totaling $350, or 13 …

October 29, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A1 Bob Dole tied his fortunes in California Monday to a controversial ballot proposal to end race- and gender-based preferences in public hiring, contracting and education - a reversal of Dole’s …

October 29, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A2 The Catholic church assured anti-Castro Cubans Monday that it will control distribution of tons of food to Hurricane Lili survivors, allaying their suspicions that the Cuban government might steal the …

October 29, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A2 Monday’s Washington Triple Choice: 415. Monday’s Washington Keno: 18-21-22-26-29-30-36-42-44-45- 47-49-52-53-55-59-71-74-79-80. Monday’s Idaho Hot Lotto: 1-2-10-15-16.

October 29, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A3 Monday’s events on the presidential campaign trail: Kemp says Newt’s part of problem SUN CITY, Ariz. - Jack Kemp laid part of the blame for Republicans’ election year troubles on …

October 29, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A3 By almost any statistical measure, the reduction in the federal budget deficit, hailed by President Clinton on Monday, is impressive: it has dropped to its lowest level in 15 years, …

October 29, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A3 President Clinton Monday announced the lowest federal deficit since 1981, saying his economic program is responsible for bringing down the federal government’s red ink. But Republicans credited their “common sense” …

October 29, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A3 “You never get two stories from Bob Dole. He is always straight.” So declared Pete V. Domenici, New Mexico’s senior senator and a longtime Dole friend, as he introduced the …

October 29, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A3 A federal judge refused Monday to restrict the questioning of Democratic Party fund-raiser John Huang, under fire for his soliciting of foreign-linked political contributions. U.S. District Judge Royce C. Lamberth …

October 29, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A4 The filmy, colorful veils looked great, and the price was right - just 27,000 Somali shillings, or $3.50. But the women who bought them over the weekend have learned to …

October 29, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A4 Allied forces seeking to prevent the country’s takeover by an army of religious students massed Monday 10 miles north of Kabul, while their fighter jets bombed Taliban positions on the …

October 29, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A4 Israeli workers set up a prefabricated home at a settlement Monday amid increased tension in the West Bank. Photo by Associated Press

October 29, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A4 With talks on Iraqi oil sales stalled and no end to sanctions in sight, about 4,500 children under the age of 5 are dying every month in Iraq of hunger …

October 29, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A4 Amid the smoke of cookfires, a refugee city of 420,000 took shape Monday in Zaire Photo by Associated Press

October 29, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A7 Plugging holes left by prosecutors who failed to convict O.J. Simpson of murder, three police officers who reached the scene long before Mark Fuhrman said Monday they found only one …

October 29, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A7 Prosecutors in the Oklahoma bombing case are trying to poison the minds of future Colorado jurors against accused bomber Timothy McVeigh, his lawyer charged Monday. Stephen Jones also accused chief …

October 29, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A7 A statue of a Ku Klux Klansman and a Confederate battle flag adorned the front yard of a white man charged with firing into a mostly black crowd at a …

October 29, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A7 Amsterdam in 1974

October 29, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A7 Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia says there is no constitutional “right to die” - a question the high court soon will address in deciding whether states may ban doctor-assisted suicide. …