March 21, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A1 Anthony Griffin

March 21, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A1 Serving and protecting. Jeff Lawlor of the Panhandle Health District asks about the storage of motor oil and antifreeze at Q Lube in Coeur d’Alene. Photo by Jesse Tinsley/The Spokesman-Review

March 21, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A1 Voters will decide in November whether the state should guarantee school bonds. On a 58-8 vote, the House overwhelmingly gave the plan its final approval Friday. All North Idaho representatives …

March 21, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A1 Olympia police say State Sen. Jim West should be charged with a felony for threatening the life of a lobbyist, but a county prosecutor said he isn’t sure yet. Phil …

March 21, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A1 ATF agents comfort a wounded comrade after the failed Feb. 28, 1993, raid on the Branch Davidian compound in which four agents and six Davidians were killed. File/Associated Press

March 21, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A1 Attorney Robert Bennett strikes back at Paula Jones’ case against Clinton. Photo by Associated Press

March 21, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A2 Kathleen Willey, a big hit on “60 Minutes,” is fast losing steam. Meanwhile, the allegedly villainous president prospers. File/Associated Press

March 21, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A2 In 1918: During World War I, Germany launched the Somme Offensive, hoping to break through the Allied line before American reinforcements could arrive. In 1963: Alcatraz prison in San Francisco …

March 21, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A2 Ten years ago: The Sandinista government of Nicaragua and U.S.-backed Contra rebels began three days of talks. Five years ago: Voters in France handed the Socialist government a devastating defeat …

March 21, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A2 Friday’s Triple Choice: 997. Friday’s Washington Keno: 12-14-1517-20-24-29-30-35-38-40-4346-63- 67-68-72-73-77-78.

March 21, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A3 An Indiana man sent a pipe bomb that killed a 17-year-old Vermonter after an Internet deal went sour, authorities said Friday. Chris Dean, 35, of Pierceton, Ind., was arrested in …

March 21, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A3 Teacher Marlena Spence, right, and two of her students, Alma Lopez and Matt Graham, sift through the rubble that was once Spence’s classroom at North Hall High School outside of …

March 21, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A3 A heartfelt gift from Princess Diana to her trusted butler and confidant Paul Burrell as well as a heart-shaped sapphire necklace copied from the movie “Titanic” are among items set …

March 21, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A3 Forty-four alleged bookmakers were arrested Friday on charges they filtered billions of dollars in illegal bets to Costa Rica to lessen the risk of a big loss in the United …

March 21, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A4 The city’s Board of Education has approved a resolution requiring teachers to use more minority authors in high school English classes, a plan that falls well short of a proposal …

March 21, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A4 Announcement of the “first national” women’s museum this week has some other women saying not so fast. Touting it as the first of its kind, organizers and first lady Hillary …

March 21, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A4 Cathy Bonner doesn’t want people to think she’s crazy, but she says the idea for a national museum for women came to her in a dream two years ago. What …

March 21, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A5 Roofers goofed, ripping the top off the wrong house. Now, there’s a 20-by-6-foot hole in Maryann Pouget’s roof and contractor Chris Dyck refuses to put on a new roof, offering …

March 21, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A5 James Farmer, a civil rights leader who received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in January, was recovering Friday after surgery to have a blood clot removed from his brain. Farmer, …

March 21, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A5 Safety officials and police outside the “Himalaya” ride at the Austin-Travis County Livestock Show and Rodeo on Thursday after a girl was thrown from the ride and killed. Photo by …

March 21, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A5 In a case a prosecutor said would “give nightmares to Stephen King,” a woman was convicted Friday of killing two children and their pregnant mother, then cutting the woman’s full-term …

March 21, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A5 In what some consider an assault on Southern tradition, this city has outlawed upholstered furniture on porches, along with such front yard eyesores as dead animals, refrigerators and tall weeds. …

March 21, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A5 Tony Orlando was cleared Friday of all counts of sexual harassment and discrimination by a federal jury that rejected claims made in a lawsuit filed by two of the entertainer’s …