Basque attackers kill seven, wound over a hundred in Spain
Weekend bombings by ETA hit two Madrid railroad stations and Madrid airport killing seven and injuring more than 100. Police had warning prior to blasts but could not evacuate all travelers. In the Basque provinces, gunmen killed two police and wounded others as authorities said the group aims to derail government autonomy plans. Americans Eugene and Theresa de Nattei were among airport injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fenton Wheeler
Associated Press
Madrid
Spain
Bilbao
San Sebastian
Pamplona
Eugene
Theresa de Nattei
San Francisco
ETA
Euskadi Ta Askatasuna
Francisco Franco
Atocha
Open line ties man to obscene calls to police station
Billings police say an open telephone line and a familiar voice linked Jeffrey Scott Creek to several obscene calls. He pleaded innocent to two misdemeanor counts and was released without bond pending trial after authorities traced calls to his apartment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billings
Mont
Jeffrey Scott Creek
Creek
Vietnam backed court to try Pol Pot in absentia
Cambodia's Vietnamese backed regime forms a tribunal to try deposed Premier Pol Pot and his government in absentia on genocide charges. The report says the tribunal could issue death sentences and aims to show the world the regime's brutality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bangkok
Thailand
Cambodia
Pol Pot
Phnom Penh
Tokyo
Japan
Vietnam
Hanoi
Foreign Ministry
Restoration continues at Michelangelo designed Campidoglio
In Rome the damaged Campidoglio complex atop Capitoline Hill undergoes extensive restoration after a terrorist bombing. Scaffolding rises around Palazzo Senatorio while Marcus Aurelius statue is shielded by green netting. Officials cite a 1.2 million dollar cost and a six months to a year timeline. Police report no arrests yet and security has tightened around the hilltop complex.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor L. Simpson
Associated Press
ROME
Campidoglio Square
Michelangelo
Capitoline Hill
Palazzo Senatorio
Giulio Carlo Argan
Italy
City Hall
Five leaders arrested in Iraqi plot to overturn Saddam
AP reported a sweeping purge in Iraq with five top Revolutionary Command Council members arrested for plotting to overthrow President Saddam Hussein. Unconfirmed reports say 250 jailed and 34 executed. The plotters allegedly aimed to end opposition to the Egyptian Israeli peace treaty or reverse Hussein toward the Soviet bloc.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephen K. Hindy
Associated Press
Beirut
Lebanon
Iraq
Saddam Hussein
Kuwait
Egypt
Hussein
Soviet Union
Baath Socialist Party
Hassan el-Bakr
Revolutionary Command Council
Communist Party
Britain
West Germany
Japan
France
Syria
Saudi Arabia
An Nahar
Adnan Hussein al-Hamdani
Mohammed Mahjoub
Mohey Abdul-Hussein Mashadi
Council
Mohammed Ayesh
Baath
Ghanem Abdul-Jalil
Al-Siyassa
Baath Party
Baghdad
China launches nationwide anti smoking drive
Radio Peking announced a sweeping national anti smoking campaign targeting China 900 million citizens. The plan bans smoking by students and in public venues such as theaters hospitals and on buses trains and other transportation. Health Minister Qiang Xinzhong noted Shanghai cancer rates have risen six fold over 15 years though he did not provide figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
China
Radio Peking
Qiang Xinzhong Chien Hsin-chung
Shanghai
Also Mentioned on This Page
Topeka
Kan
Lake Shawnee
Polickley Maples Jr
Marcus Perry
Maples
Shawnee Shawnee County
Jim Chaffee
The
PLO
Damascus
Zuhair Mohsen
Palestine Liberation Israel
French Riviera
Yasser Arafat
Hafez Assad
Moshen
Saiga
Arafat
Camp David
Israel
United States
Mohsen
Houston
Galveston
Claudette
Palazzi Dei Conservatori
Robert Strauss
Carter
White House
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!