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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1996
Page
3
Pope John Paul II ends a four day visit in France amid protests and concerns over his health. Though visibly tired near day’s end, bishops said his spirits remained high during a gathering with clergy. He faces upcoming surgery for an inflamed appendix, aged 76, with discussions of mortality included in comments.
The former Roman Catholic bishop of Argyll and the Isles, 56, and Kathleen Macphee, 41, live in a northwest England cottage after a disclosed five figure sum. He admits a 15 year old son by another woman and apologizes. The News of the World reports the couple’s arrangement and interview. On the same day, Lebanon and Israel trade cease fire accusations as 300 commandos deploy in southeast Lebanon amid tension. Benazir Bhutto grieves at her brother’s grave in Larkana as a judicial inquiry is ordered into Friday’s shooting in Karachi.
A pair of bodies found near Kangnung in camouflaged and civilian dress, both North Korean infiltrators, were shot by South Korean troops during a five day manhunt. Twenty infiltrators from the submarine have died or been killed, with three South Korean soldiers killed.
In Athens, PASOK led by Costas Simitis captured a national mandate as 5 percent of ballots counted shows a 3 percent edge over New Democracy. Simitis pledged austerity continuation and pro NATO stance while Miltiades Evert conceded defeat and resigned as party leader.
In Kiev memorials mark the 55th anniversary of the Babi Yar mass murder where Nazis killed more than 34,000 Jews in 1941. Valery Konchakovsky, now 70, joined Jewish and Ukrainian mourners in a ceremony near the ravine recalling the fear and silence that followed.
Typhoon Violet drenched Tokyo and surrounding prefectures causing at least three deaths and widespread damage. More than 10 inches of rain fell in 24 hours, 2,000 homes flooded, 41 destroyed, and rail and air services disrupted with hundreds of flights canceled or diverted.
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