U S leads foreign debt growth in 1988
The United States remains the world's largest debtor, with foreign debt up 41 percent to 532.5 billion in 1988, as Commerce Department data show foreigners hold more U S assets than Americans own abroad. Net debtor position widens amid rising foreign investments and warnings of strain on domestic resources.
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C. Fred Bergsten
Institute For International Economics
Senate
Michael Darby
Fees awarded in frivolous suit target Dostert and lawyers
In Charleston AP: U S District Judge Dennis Knapp orders former circuit Judge Pierre Dostert and his lawyers to pay about 30000 in damages for filing a frivolous suit in the state Supreme Court. The judge said they should have known about judicial immunity regarding the alleged denial of benefits to tort. The literacy coalition launches a 50000 fund drive after the state income tax form checkoff was eliminated. The 1986 checkoff produced 34000, 1987 about 10000, with 1988 figures not yet available.
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Pierre Dostert
State Supreme Court
U.S
Dennis Knapp
Dostert
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Adult Literacy Coalition
Virginia man drowns at Morgan County camp pond
Gregory Perrill aged 22 from Fredericksburg Virginia died after drowning in a pond at Camp Shenandoah in Morgan County. State police said divers from Paw Paw recovered his body Wednesday afternoon.
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Morgan County
Gregory Perrill
Fredericksburg
Shenandoah
Berkeley Springs
Paw Paw
Virginians Split on Women Admission to VMI
A Richmond AP report says a poll by Virginia Commonwealth University’s Survey Research Laboratory found 57 percent of Virginians favor admitting women to the Virginia Military Institute, with 34 percent opposing. The survey ran May 23 to June 21 among 616 voting-age Virginians. The Chesapeake Bay Local Assistance Board sent back two land use measures, preserving tidal vegetation buffers while leaving septic tank and non tidal wetland rules unsettled.
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Richmond
Virginia Military Institute
Virginia Commonwealth University
Survey Research Laboratory
Chesapeake Bay
Chicago approves cigarette tax to aid homeless shelters
The City Council unanimously OKs a 1 cent per pack tax increase, boosting proceeds to about 1.8 million dollars annually for shelter programs run by the Department of Human Services. About 35 of Chicago’s 53 shelters will benefit, funding beds food and services for an estimated 35 000 to 40 000 homeless people.
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Department of Human Services
Francis Tobin
Chicago Coalition For the Homeless
Tobin
Cash Receives Songwriters Guild Award in Nashville
Nashville AP Johnny Cash honored for songwriting achievements as the 18th recipient of the Songwriters Guild of America's award. He says songs are children and a core part of his life, while joining legends like Sammy Cahn and Henry Mancini in the list of honorees.
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Nashville, Tenn
Johnny Cash
Cash
Songwriters Guild of America
Sammy
Johnny Mercer
Henry Mancini
Former HUD official hid debt via delayed payments
In Buffalo a former Department of Housing and Urban Development broker with dely ments overbilled and siphoned self advances, leaving a debt near $73,000 at his 1987 death. His widow allegedly continued withdrawals from his HUD escrow account per a FOIA-released audit.
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Buffalo
N.Y
Bernard A. Brady
Soviet British space mission pact signs for Mir 1991 Briton
In Moscow officials signed the Soviet British space pact and named a search for Britain’s first in space to accompany two cosmonauts aboard Mir in 1991. AP reports RAF/NASA style details on this historic collaboration and crew selection.
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