May 29, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A1 Minutes after an explosion at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation, construction workers were ordered to walk into the path of a toxic chemical release, then held for four hours without medical …

May 29, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A1 The Idaho Panhandle National Forests may lose another 10 percent of its work force after its staff already has been reduced by a quarter since 1995. Forest officials are preparing …

May 29, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A1 New high-powered space cameras apparently have confirmed a controversial theory that thousands of house-sized comets are punching holes in the Earth’s upper atmosphere every day. The comets, made of loose, …

May 29, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A1 Defense attorney Stephen Jones asks Timothy McVeigh if there’s anything else to present. CBS News illustration

May 29, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A1 The Coeur d’Alene Tribe’s Internet site, USLottery, can be found at www.uslottery.com. Photo by Jesse Tinsley/The Spokesman-Review

May 29, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A2 John F. Kennedy and wife Jacqueline walk arm in arm the day of his inauguration. Photo by Associated Press

May 29, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A2 (No caption-Photo of Susan Molinari)

May 29, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A2 Wednesday’s Washington Triple Choice: 955. Wednesday’s Washington Lotto: 4-15-20-21-24-26. No winner. New jackpot: $3 million. Wednesday’s Washington Keno: 13-14-17-19-20-23-26-29-36-38-40-42-43-4 8-55-60-73-74-75-78.

May 29, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A2 1765: Patrick Henry denounced the Stamp Act before Virginia’s House of Burgesses. Henry responded to a cry of “Treason!” by saying, “If this be treason, make the most of it!”

May 29, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A2 Ten years ago: A jury in Los Angeles found “Twilight Zone” movie director John Landis and four associates innocent of involuntary manslaughter in the movie-set deaths of actor Vic Morrow …

May 29, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A3 O.J. Simpson’s lawyer filed a notice Wednesday that the ex-football star intends to appeal his $33.5 million wrongful death verdict, the first step in challenging the civil jury’s decision. Attorney …

May 29, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A3 One day after the Supreme Court ruled that Paula Corbin Jones can push forward her sexual harassment lawsuit against President Clinton, lawyers for both sides began maneuvering in ways that, …

May 29, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A3 The Federal Trade Commission moved to ban suave Joe Camel on Wednesday, charging R.J. Reynolds with using the popular cartoon advertising campaign to target children. RJR, the nation’s No. 2 …

May 29, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A3 Homeowners check damage Wednesday in the town of Cedar Creek, another Texas farming community ravaged by tornadoes. Photo by Associated Press

May 29, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A4 Kerchner

May 29, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A4 Some claim she is a harbinger of the Messiah. Some call for her destruction. Others find the attention she is getting ridiculous. Ten-month-old Melody, believed to be the first red …

May 29, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A5 A staph germ that causes thousands of often deadly infections among hospital patients each year is becoming resistant to medicine’s drug of last resort and could soon prove unstoppable. A …

May 29, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A5 Why do men live shorter lives than women? Blame it on raging male hormones.

May 29, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A8 Linda Finch emerges Wednesday from her Lockheed Electra after landing in Oakland. Photo by Associated Press

May 29, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A9 A powerful bomb apparently aimed at a deputy prime minister in the southern Russian republic of Dagestan exploded Wednesday, killing three people, a news report said. The remote-controlled bomb exploded …

May 29, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A9 By the slimmest of margins, Denmark joined its Nordic neighbors Wednesday in prohibiting parents from spanking their children or using other kinds of corporal punishment. After a heated debate in …

May 29, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A9 Police on Wednesday scoured the area where a school janitor found the severed head of an 11-year-old retarded boy, seeking clues in what could be the work of a serial …

May 29, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A9 Three soldiers and two rebels were killed during gunbattles in the Pacific coast state of Guerrero, and a small military airplane apparently crashed during the fighting, witnesses and officials said …