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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1995
Page
3
Credible reports indicate a terrorist group may attempt to kidnap a diplomat within seven days. Four Western tourists remain held by Kashmiri separatists in the Himalayan north for about 10 weeks. a Norwegian hostage was beheaded four weeks ago.
Sen. Bob Packwood rejected diary entries as mis statements and denied trading favors with lobbyists. In his CBS interview he claimed many diary passages were misunderstandings and said he cannot recall other incidents.
Delegates at the U N Fourth World Conference on Women draft a provision urging review of laws penalizing illegal abortions and approve a measure affirming a woman’s right to make decisions about her own sexual and reproductive health as a basic human right. Both await final drafting from all 181 delegations. Health advocates praise steps toward decriminalizing abortion and preventing unsafe procedures, noting impact on poor women.
House Speaker Newt Gingrich warned Colin Powell against an independent bid calling it a joke and potentially disastrous. He said Powell would become a GOP rival to Bob Dole if he ran, while Dole urged Powell to decide whether to pursue politics rather than military leadership. The discussion touched on GOP Medicare reforms including means testing for couples earning over 125000. Powell expressed no commitment to leading a third party.
In Shackelfords Virginia a plane carrying about 10 skydiving students and the pilot crashed into a house on a woodsy Tidewater lane and exploded. A man sitting on his back porch, Vincent Harris, was killed along with everyone aboard. the 8 or 9 year old neighbor Vincent Harris Jr. was uninjured. Authorities noted the aircraft carried 10 to 11 people.
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