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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1995
Page
4
A 33 year old Spaniard without clear ties seized a Paris bound Air Inter flight from Mallorca, forcing a Geneva landing. After a 90 minute standoff police overpowered him in the cockpit, releasing 299 passengers and nine crew without injuries. Authorities said he acted alone, amid protest over French nuclear tests. Greenpeace condemned the act.
A homemade bomb hidden in a pressure cooker exploded at a Paris market near Place de la Bastille, wounding four and setting stalls ablaze. Authorities say the detonator alone fired. no claim of responsibility yet, but suspicion falls on Algerian militants linked to past attacks.
Syrian President Hafez Assad and Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak said Saddam Hussein would not likely fall from power despite defection of Lt Gen Hussein Kamel al Majid and his family. They cautioned against overestimating the threat and urged calm in Iraq policy while Egypt seeks to reintegrate Iraq into the Arab world.
A Soyuz rocket from Baikonur carried ESA astronaut Thomas Reiter and Russian cosmonauts Sergei Avdeyev and Yuri Gidzenko toward Mir for a 135 day mission. Reiter will perform a five hour spacewalk on Oct 20 and assist Mir docking with Atlantis later this fall.
Births recorded for Eloisa Mendoza a girl on Sept 1 and Debbie Lopez a girl on Sept 2. A series of traffic collisions and near misses occur on Sept 1 6:50 p.m. on West 17th Street involving John Franco and a Nissan pickup, and Sept 2 various intersections with multiple drivers including Brenda Satterfield Kelly Hills Mary Salazar Arthur Richter Janetueits Robert Hootman Mary Peck Louie Saleido among others.
Obituary notices detail graveside rites for Doris Ann Dearholt Boydstun of Roswell, age 63, who died Sept 1 1995. Services set for Sept 5 at South Park Cemetery with Rev. Richard Smith officiating. Surviving family includes son Curtis Folts and daughter Deann Bradford, plus siblings and grandchildren. Donations suggested to Hospice Roswell and Assurance Home. Funeral arrangements by Ballard Funeral Home.
In Beijing leaders and delegates gathered in the Great Hall of the People as the 181 nation Fourth World Conference on Women opened amid protests and security complaints. Secretary general Mongella urged gender equality while officials faced critiques of limiting activists contact.
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