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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1995
Page
2
In Noblesville Indiana a Grateful Dead concert was canceled after a melee with rock and bottle throwing. Police used tear gas as hundreds of ticketless fans tore down fences and faced officers. Seventeen people were arrested for drug offenses and resisting police. Four officers sustained spine injuries.
A San Francisco Municipal Railway car rolled back during a hill climb after the driver lost the cable. Ten passengers were tossed off as the vehicle slipped and stopped abruptly. Five were hospitalized, five treated on site.
A balloon tour ended in a hard landing Monday when the gondola bounced three times during descent. The pilot, carrying nine passengers, was forced to land in a field. One person died and two others were injured, later treated at a hospital and released.
At Langedrag Zoo in Nore, a wolf jumped an electrified fence and bit Oyvind Groseth, 3, tearing two knuckles from his pinkie. The father, Lars Groseth, pulled the hand free as the wolf likely swallowed part of the finger. The attack occurred Sunday near Oslo.
NASA astronaut Norman Thagard and Russian cosmonauts Vladimir Dezhurov and Gennady Strekalov prepare to undock from Atlantis Mir after nearly four months in orbit. Thagard, marking his 52nd birthday, laments missing his wife. commanders praise unity and note Mars goals. Thagard urges more study of psychology for long missions.
London drama centers on Elizabeth Hurley after Hugh Grant's arrest with a Los Angeles prostitute. Hurley, in a stark black outfit, remains silent while contracts and public interest surge. The couple's eight year relationship faces an uncertain future as Grant faces court actions and a mugshot scene in Nine Months.
Raymond and Smart, once comrades in a bombing unit, gathered in Lawrence for a quiet Fourth of July commemoration marking the 50th anniversary of VE Day. Both flew over 30 bombing missions, saw friends die, and reconnected after decades as they reflect on war, peace, and the losses endured.
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