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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1995
Page
2
Police say Koji Hara, 29, confessed to spraying tear gas on a Yokohama train and two stations, sickening 571 commuters. He was under arrest for a fraud case, rearrested for the April attack, and is not believed connected to Aum Shinrikyo. Twelve died in the March subway nerve gas attack.
Paris conservative government defends premier Alain Juppe amid reports he and four relatives live in city owned apartments at below market rents. Baroin calls it a manhunt while Juppe denies wrongdoing with rent receipts in hand. Le Canard Enchaine links Juppe to residences for relatives. Le Figaro lists 25 other public figures in city housing.
ITAR-Tass reports Mikhail Gorbachev, once Soviet leader, seriously considers running in the 1996 election. He warns Yeltsin’s government could cancel elections as public support remains low. He travels to meet Russians and says a final decision will follow further outreach. In Kashmir, four Western tourists are abducted by militants prompting a large security response. Ages and hometowns for the two Americans are not released. Britons identified as Paul Wells and Keith Mangan.
A 6 month old girl named Esmeralda Guerra died from hyperthermia after being left on a school bus in 90 degree heat while about 40 children rode from Allgood to Cleveland for day care or summer school. Blount County coroner says heat overwhelmed her. no charges yet.
Cape Canaveral reports Atlantis brings two Russian cosmonauts Vladimir Dezhurov and Gennady Strekalov back from Mir after four months aboard the space station. Norman Thagard clears U S entry for all. visas awaited at Kennedy Space Center for Friday’s landing amid jokes about return stamps and repatriation.
Adam Sandler says goodbye to Saturday Night Live after five years to pursue film roles and co write and star in Happy Gilmore. He notes the cast and crew felt like family but believes new avenues await.
In a TV interview, astronaut Thagard, with a 15 year old youngest child, says long stays in space are harder on families and suggests this may be his last mission after docking Atlantis with the Mir crew Vladimir Dezhurov and Gennady Strekalov for five days.
Dawson Geophysical and Parker Parsley are highlighted among Texas Business magazine’s 100 fastest growing Texas companies. Exxon tops the revenue list with 112 billion, followed by JC Penney, AMR, Marathon, Tenneco, SBC, Sysco, Compaq, Texas Instruments, and Coastal. Midland and Odessa figures emphasize local growth and entrepreneurial climate.
Elizabeth Dole president of the American Red Cross underwent neck scar tissue surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston on Thursday. She was accompanied by her husband Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole and was reported in good condition after several hours of operation.
A large analysis synthesizing six major studies shows boys lead at the low end of reading and perceptual tasks while girls excel in writing. in math and science, boys dominate the top percentiles. Researchers caution that culture may influence these patterns and no inherent intellectual difference is evident.
The SEC noted Prudential owned 248 million dollars in tobacco shares, including Philip Morris and RJR Nabisco, with Travelers and CIGNA holding substantial sums. MetLife merged health operations with Travelers, while MetraHealth neared sale to United HealthCare and held 15 million in RJR Nabisco. Executives disputed figures, and others argued tobacco investments reflect index and client accounts rather than Prudential itself. A critic contends health care aims for profit, even via lethal industries.
An Associated Press correction notes that delays over 60 days involve licenses still from the old system run by National Business Systems. The new digital licenses are produced by Polaroid, with full-time offices switching by August 1.
The Odessa American outlines its publication details and ad policy, noting daily morning issues from 222 E. Fourth Street Odessa Texas and postal procedures. It reserves the right to accept or reject advertisements and limits liability for errors omissions or failures to publish.
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