Richard Erickson's Paris Journal

Freelance Correspondent to the Paris Pages

• Parisians Desert City Leaving Tourists & Burglars Behind - 20 August 1995
  Free Parking, Pedestrian Zones Open, Boulangeries and `Pressings' Closed, All Museums and Disneyland, Open.

• Police Release ID-Kit Photos of RER Bomb 'Witnesses' - 31 July 1995
  Three Eye-witnesses Aided Production of Published Photos.
• One Million Franc Reward Announced by Government - 27 July 1995
  Death Toll Rises to 7; 60 remain on Injured List, 10 critical
• Massive Security Rolls Into Place After RER Bomb Blast - 26 July 1995
  Death Toll Rises
• St. Michel RER station explosion - 25 July 1995

• Presidential Amnesty Party Today - 29 June 1995
  Prison Gates Open, Parking Tickets Trashed.
• School is Nearly Over - 24 June 1995
  Fête d'Ecole Signals Summer Arrival; Weather Not Informed.
• Music'Expo 95 - 21 June 1995
  Le Salon de la Musique
• Music Expo in Paris Mis-named - Music'Expo 95 Feature
  More Sound than Music - 100,000 Watts of Performance
• There Goes...Here Comes...Velosolex! - 12 June 1995
  Nostalgia powered by 2/3 horsepower.
• Paris Online '95 Ends Today - 2 June 1995
  Net Show Gets 5500 Visitors, All Anxious to be Wired

• Strike - 31 May 1995
  A day in the life - summer strikes.
• Keys Change Hands at Elysees Palace - 17 May 1995
  President Jacques Chirac moves to the Elysees Palace.
• Paris Commemorates the End of The War - 8 May 1995
  Official poster, program, Etoile layout, reports, headlines from '45, cartoon.
  • President Mitterrand's Last Show
    LIVE from Etoile Ceremonies.
  • Smoke and Fire
    LIVE from the Anglo/Expat Ceremony in Meudon.
• Third Time Lucky - 7 May 1995
  Jacques Chirac Wins Presidential Election.
• Mitterand offers condolences - 3 May 1995
  One of the last public acts of President Mitterand
• Chirac/Jospin TV Debate - on France 2; 2 May 1995
  The two run-off candidates politely debate the issues on French TV
• May Day 1995 - Labor Day; 1 May 1995
  Two May Day marches in the same city, yet worlds apart.

• And The Winner is.... - 23 April 1995
  The First Round of the French Presidential Election
• Surprise Victory - 23 April 1995
  Surprise Victory no one expected!
• Fritzl Unfound - Easter Monday, 17 April 1995
  Ric mingles with the tourists of Montmartre.
• In Search of Tourists from the East - 15 April 1995
  Tourists flood Paris for the long Easter Weekend.
• Uwe and Petra in Paris - 15 April 1995
  A short roncontre with Uwe and Petra.
• Games and Models - 9 April 1995
  Ric visits the Model and Game Fair.
• Lunch Al Fresco - Wednesday, 5 April 1995
  A visit to La Défense.

March

• Champs-Elysées - Thursday 23 March 1995
  The first spring day of the year on the Champs-Elysées.
• A Tough Guy - Wednesday 22 March 1995
  A cartoonist at the Salon du Livre.