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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1997
Page
3
Philip and Evangelia Danglis were convicted of disrespect of the dead and sentenced to four months in prison after sneaking into a Serres cemetery to steal a deceased spouse’s bones. The bones were mailed to Bulgaria for their son’s medical studies.
Boris Yeltsin leaves hospital after 12 days of pneumonia treatment and will work part time while recuperating at his country home near Moscow. He had returned to work two weeks earlier, with heart trouble affecting him for months.
U S balloonist Steve Fossett landed near Sultanpur India after a six day 9000 mile flight in his Solo Spirit. He spoke of a rough landing and sleep deprivation while noting the fuel mystery and plans to return to the site to prep the balloon for a U S display at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum in Washington.
United Nations Security Council unanimously approves sending U.N. military observers to Guatemala after China drops opposition over Taiwan. Guatemala had invited a Taiwanese delegation to witness a peace treaty signing, prompting China to veto a prior mission. Negotiators resolved the dispute, leading to council approval.
The United Nations said it would continue operations in northwestern Rwanda after the slayings of three aid workers, though agencies were urged to limit presence to daylight hours around Ruhengeri, about 70 miles northwest of Kigali. An attack near Ruhengeri killed three Rwandan soldiers and wounded an American, blamed on Hutu insurgents returning from Zaire with over 600,000 refugees.
In Belgrade, Milosevic's Socialist party filed a lawsuit charging the electoral commission's Belgrade ruling as illegal after the commission again affirmed opposition wins. Police faced thousands of protesting students, with Patriarch Pavle joining the march as tensions rose over the November results in 13 towns.
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