This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 8 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1995
Page
3
AP reports former Gen Colin Powell would answer the duty and join the Republican ticket as vice presidential candidate, boosting Bob Dole's 1996 run. Dole indicated Powell’s decision could unite voters across races and demographics, while Powell had earlier stated he would not seek national office.
Gov. Fob James faces a misfit Christmas list as two cards addressed to his predecessor Jim Folsom arrive from President Clinton and Vice President Gore. James spokesman Alfred Sawyer says the mix reflects ongoing political denial after the 1994 election. Meanwhile in Vietnam, soccer fans riot after Southeast Asia Games loss, injuring police and wounding rioters in Ho Chi Minh City.
More than 2,000 doctors from across France joined a Sunday rally in Paris to oppose a government plan to slash a 64 billion budget deficit by trimming health care and benefits. They argued reforms would force patients to go through general practitioners and threaten social security funded by doctors themselves.
Salman Rushdie narrowly escapes injury when a car he rode in crosses a highway, collides with a sewage truck and trees on a coastal road near Milton New South Wales. Police say the car driver is responsible. Rushdie, a 16 year old and a 34 year old woman sustained grazes. others’ relationships unclear.
Six C 130 cargo aircraft from Aviano and Germany landed at Tuzla air base as five days of dense fog lifted. The operation supports NATO peace enforcing forces with 20 000 troops slated for the mission. A Sarajevo streetcar attack wounded a civilian, while trains en route to the Croatia border were halted for unloading.
Early results from 65 of 89 regions show the Communist party at 22 percent, with ultranationalist Vladimir Zhirinovsky at 11.1 percent. Our Home is Russia, linked to Viktor Chernomyrdin, trails at 9.7 percent, and Yabloko at 8.4 percent. Yeltsin faces a weak Duma and lukewarm support for further reforms. Gennady Zyuganov hailed the result as a mandate to end liberal policies, while critics warned of rising spending and inflation.
New York AP reports IBM physicists performed an enormous computation to reveal properties of glueballs, key particles in quantum chromodynamics. The 400 million billion operation study, finished at Watson Research Center, supports glueballs as force carriers binding quarks and antiquarks and identifies a partial decay rate for these particles.
Haitians showed apathy on Election Day as they chose Aristide’s successor with turnout in Port au Prince estimated between 10 and 30 percent. Voting ended peacefully at 6 pm as Rene Preval led a field of 14 candidates, with official results due December 27.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.