August 30, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A1 Nearly four months after a tank of chemicals exploded here, Winston McCulley’s throat hurts. His ears ache. His lungs burn and his mood swings. His wife and three young children …

August 30, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A1 Harry Haight has driven illegally just about every way possible. Since 1980, the 56-year-old Spokane businessman has been convicted of drunken driving six times, driving without a valid operator’s license …

August 30, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A1 1. Research Susan O’Neill, left, and Shelley Pressley, ride a crane to the treetops to study global climate change. Photo by Liz Kishimoto/The Spokesman-Review 2. Safety worker Andrew Baker, left, …

August 30, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A1 Nearly 10 million people will receive fatter paychecks beginning Monday, when the federal minimum wage jumps to $5.15 an hour, completing the 90-cent increase approved by Congress last year. But …

August 30, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A1 Tom Foley

August 30, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A1 Bob and Ellen Stamsos have a used sporting goods store on Fourth Street in Midtown, which is outside Coeur d’Alene’s downtown rejuvenation area. Photo by Jesse Tinsley/The Spokesman-Review

August 30, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A2 Mark Garneau, 18, applied online to Virginia Tech, thankful he didn’t have to keep forms “neat and typed and stuff like that,” Photo by Associated Press

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August 30, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A2 In 1862: Union forces were defeated by the Confederates at the Second Battle of Bull Run in Manassas, Va. In 1901: Hubert Booth patented the vacuum cleaner. He had watched …

August 30, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A2 Friday’s Triple Choice: 883. Friday’s Washington Keno: 6-8-12-1321-26-33-34-36-43-44-51-56-6566 -70-72-73-75-78.

August 30, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A2 Ten years ago: A redesigned space shuttle booster, created in the wake of the Challenger disaster, had its first full-scale test-firing near Brigham City, Utah. Five years ago: The television …

August 30, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A3 A hand reaches out to comfort Margaret Jagger in court while the verdict against Aundra Akins is announced. Photo by Associated Press

August 30, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A3 Dexter King urged the court on Friday to give James Earl Ray a new trial. Photo by Associated Press

August 30, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A3 Citing his inability to force meatpackers to recall tainted products, Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman asked Congress on Friday to give his department enhanced authority to protect consumers from food-borne illnesses. …

August 30, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A3 Lisa Fields, Cherokee Nation Tribal Court clerk, displays the broken seal of the nation on Friday. Photo by Associated Press

August 30, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A4 The number of illegal aliens ejected from country this year is nearly 50 percent higher than at the same time last year - thanks in part to tougher immigration rules …

August 30, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A4 Abner Louima was “resting comfortably” Friday in the intensive-care unit at Brooklyn Hospital after emergency surgery to clear a bowl obstruction. He is in critical but stable condition, his doctors …

August 30, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A4 Waving toilet plungers and denouncing Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, about 7,000 angry but peaceful protesters marched Friday on City Hall with twin messages: zero tolerance for police brutality and justice for …

August 30, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A4 The maker of Ex-Lax, the country’s top-selling laxative, pulled the product off store shelves Friday after the government announced it intends to ban an over-the-counter laxative ingredient linked to cancer. …

August 30, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A4 Whitewater prosecutors won a round Friday in their fight to obtain a lawyer’s notes of his conversation with the late presidential aide Vincent Foster about the White House travel office …

August 30, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A4 Capital Cities-ABC Inc. will have to pay Food Lion only $315,000 rather than the $5.5 million jury award for a hidden-camera expose that accused the grocery chain of selling rat-gnawed …

August 30, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A7 Historian Saburo Ienaga talks during a press conference after the Supreme Court ruling on censorship. Photo by Associated Press

August 30, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A7 Villagers react after the massacre in Rais, Algeria that left at least 300 dead. Photo by Associated Press