October 15, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A1 A warden who’s only on duty two days a week, inadequate staff training, use of pepper spray by guards and substandard conditions in segregation cells where inmates are sent for …

October 15, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A1 Aani Aljaroushi tends to her 3-year-old daughter, Rim, who carries heart of a Jewish boy. Photo by Associated Press

October 15, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A1 Sanders Beach focuses attention on private property rights vs. the public’s right to access. Photo by Craig Buck/The Spokesman-Review

October 15, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A1 1. Turnbull after dark. A rising moon illuminates Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge as environmental education coordinator Tuesday Serra leads youngsters on a night hike on Tuesday. Photo by Torsten Kjellstrand/The …

October 15, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A1 Not even in Brazil can President Clinton avoid questions about campaign fund raising as Janet Reno announced Tuesday she is continuing her investigation. Photo by Associated Press

October 15, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A1 The U.S. Supreme Court refused Tuesday to hear a lawsuit filed by opponents of Oregon’s assisted-suicide law, a decision that clears the way for physicians there to legally help terminally …

October 15, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A1 A proposed pay raise for full-time instructors at the Community Colleges of Spokane has some seeing green. Others see red. Some are just confused.

October 15, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A2 In 1917: Mata Hari, a Dutch dancer who had spied for the Germans, was executed by a firing squad outside Paris. In 1946: Nazi war criminal Hermann Goering poisoned himself …

October 15, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A2 The winds have yet to blow. The rain has yet to pour. But this fall, the threat of a powerful wallop from El Nino hangs like a rare storm cloud …

October 15, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A2 Tuesday’s Washington Triple Choice: 413. Tuesday’s Keno: 8-10-14-19-21-28-37-39-40-45-46-49-50-57-59-60-61-70-72-79.

October 15, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A2 (Photo of pilot)

October 15, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A2 Ten years ago: Frantic efforts continued in Midland, Texas, to save 18-month-old Jessica McClure, who had fallen 22 feet down an abandoned well the day before. (Jessica was freed the …

October 15, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A3 A computer parts factory has abolished its English-only policy following widespread criticism, but the 15 workers who lost jobs because of the rule will not be rehired. Ochs Industries said …

October 15, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A3 President Clinton dodged a political storm Tuesday by using his new line-item veto powers to cut a modest $144 million in programs from a $247.7 billion defense spending bill. Clinton …

October 15, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A3 As both political parties step up efforts to court women voters, a new survey reveals many women don’t vote because they lack the time, the information and the belief elections …

October 15, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A4 A former judge convicted of sexually assaulting five women in his courthouse has been arrested in Mexico after nearly two months on the run. David Lanier, 62, was deported to …

October 15, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A4 Lawler

October 15, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A5 More than a year ago, the Internal Revenue Service planned widespread job cuts. Tuesday, the IRS said there will be no layoffs. The agency has been confronted with congressional criticism …

October 15, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A5 Robbins

October 15, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A6 Police stand near a line of 100 people waiting at the entrance of a facility where the Mexican military was distributing food and clothing to hurricane victims. Photo by Associated …

October 15, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A6 Archaeologists have unearthed a 22,000-year-old settlement near Moscow that once was inhabited by early Stone Age hunters of woolly mammoths. The excavated dwellings provide the oldest evidence of humans in …

October 15, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A6 The United States is providing the United Nations Children’s Fund with $5 million to provide medicines and other supplies to help needy people in North Korea, the State Department said …

October 15, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A7 Firefighters balance on a 120-foot crane as they try to place a protective cage around the 15th-century belltower of Foligno. Two hours after this photo was taken, an aftershock hit …