July 30, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A1 Fish and Game Director Stephen Mealey apologized Tuesday to department staff and the captain of a boat he and others were on last week when he feigned “mooning” the shoreline …

July 30, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A1 Studies long stored in the Pentagon’s archives show that tens of thousands of American soldiers were killed or maimed in the Vietnam and Korean wars by American-made land mines, according …

July 30, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A1 David Kennedy hangs lights along the edge of the tent at Memorial Field, where the Doobie Brothers will kick off the Festival at Sandpoint tonight. Photo by Jesse Tinsley/The Spokesman-Review

July 30, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A1 Cars and mobile homes were tossed around like toys by raging Spring Creek. Photo by Associated Press

July 30, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A2 1945: The USS Indianapolis, which had just delivered key components of the Hiroshima atomic bomb to the Pacific island of Tinian, was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine. Only 316 of …

July 30, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A2 President Clinton and Republicans in Congress hailed their new balanced budget agreement Tuesday for its bountiful supply of political sugar for kids, students, the middle class, the poor and the …

July 30, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A2 Tuesday’s Washington Triple Choice: 082. Tuesday’s Washington Keno: 12-13-14-23-27-33-34-36-37-39-43-45-50-5 1-53-56-60-69-77-78.

July 30, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A2 (photo of Bob Dole)

July 30, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A2 Ten years ago: Former White House chief of staff Donald T. Regan told the Iran-Contra congressional committees he repeatedly had urged President Reagan to break off arms sales to Iran. …

July 30, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A3 The maker of Herbal Ecstasy has agreed to include warnings on its label about potential health risks such as damage to the heart and central nervous system under a settlement …

July 30, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A3 Malcolm Shabazz is escorted into Tuesday’s hearing. Photo by Associated Press

July 30, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A3 A 17-year-old male who held nightly parties at home for a week following his mother’s disappearance was arrested for investigation of murder after her weighted-down body was found in a …

July 30, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A3 Former law clerk Virginia Seitz, who worked for former Supreme Court Justice William J. Brennan Jr., pays her last respects Tuesday at the Supreme Court. Brennan’s flag-draped coffin then was …

July 30, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A4 There is a reason romance novels all seem to read alike. Romance novelist Janet Dailey acknowledged plagiarizing the work of her rival Nora Roberts and blamed a psychological disorder Tuesday.

July 30, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A4 The United Nations announced Tuesday that clouds of chemical weapons may have been released from a second large Iraqi ammunition depot in the vicinity of U.S. troops during the 1991 …

July 30, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A4 Witnesses Xiping Wang, left, and Yue Chu prepare to testify Tuesday. Photo by Associated Press

July 30, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A4 Theodore Kaczynski’s personal journals cannot be excluded from his trial based on arguments that his private thoughts are protected under the U.S. Constitution, a federal judge has ruled. But U.S. …

July 30, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A6 Driven by desperation, North Korea is gradually opening up to the United States in ways that many U.S. analysts believe offer new hope for avoiding war at one of the …

July 30, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A6 Police recovered an estimated $3 million in paintings, sculptures and other objects stolen from churches, museums and private homes over the past 20 years, officials said Tuesday. The works, including …

July 30, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A6 Muslims shout anti-government slogans during Tuesday’s rally. Photo by Associated Press

July 30, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A10 Microsoft Corp. won’t face a Federal Trade Commission antitrust probe, as the agency Tuesday rebuffed a request from a group of senators who said the Justice Department had gone soft …

July 30, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A10 UPS deliveries could be disrupted if the company and Teamsters can’t agree on a new contract by midnight Thursday. Photo by Associated Press

July 30, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A10 The new federal budget agreement could throw fuel on an already incendiary stock market by giving investors another reason - as if they needed one - to buy equities. The …