Ohio banks open doors to flood of mortgage hopefuls
In Columbus and across Ohio hundreds queued outside banks and savings and loans for the state funded low interest mortgage program. With 449 banks participating, loans total 300 million dollars at 9.98 percent, first come first served. Applicants waited overnight and described staking out spots, while bankers expected to sign up more families than they could serve.
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Columbus, Ohio
Ohio
Buckeye Federal Savings & Loan Association
Trish Hendrickson
Mark
Cleveland
Ken
Frog leaps to 20 feet wow at Calaveras Jubilee
Johnny Jumper, owned by Bruce Hamilton of Sacramento, soared over 20 feet to win the 55th Calaveras County Frog Jumping Jubilee first prize of 1500 dollars. The record beating leap came amid cheers from about 2000 spectators as Hamilton’s team celebrated with beer, water and a trophy. Bozo Goes Jumping placed second with just under 19 feet 8 inches, while Pennywise and Pond Foolish followed in third with over 19 feet 3 inches.
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Angels
Hamilton
Angels Camp Fairground
Denny Matasci
E. Davey Crockett
Johnny Jumper
Matasci
Brent Bloom
Bill Guzules
Pennywise
Pond Foolish
Goldwater calls for troops to quell Central American Marxist rise
Sen. Barry Goldwater urges President Reagan to threaten and deploy U S forces to Central America to halt Marxist insurgency. He backs Lt. General Nutting on sending advisers with unlimited commitment and argues the no-troops policy should be abandoned to gain leverage in the region.
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Washington
Reagan
U.S
Central America
Senate Intelligence Committee
Caribbean
Cuba
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
Goldwater
Wallace H. Nutting
Latin America
United States
Solidarity Sunday rally for Soviet Jewry in New York
About 80,000 protesters gathered outside the United Nations in New York for Solidarity Sunday, urging freedom for Soviet Jews and exit visas. The demo, organized by the Greater New York Conference on Soviet Jewry, highlighted a sharp drop in emigration since 1979 and featured remarks by Jeane Kirkpatrick, Daniel Moynihan, and actors. Governor Cuomo proclaimed May 22 Solidarity Sunday, stressing state concern over anti Semitic repression and the plight of an estimated 500,000 Jews seeking to emigrate from the Soviet Union.
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NEW York
Soviet Union
Edward Koch
United Nations
Greater New York
Fifth Avenue
U.N
Jeane Kirkpatrick
Daniel Patrick Moynihan
D-N.y
Michael Moriarty
Colleen Dewhurst
Mandy Patimkin
Jerry Silver
Manhattan
United States
Israel
Mario Cuomo
Kremlin
Matilda
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Bank of
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Federal Savings & Loan
Lakewood
Savings and Loan
AmeriTrust
Marie Meehan
Wilma Townsend
James
First Investment Co
Columbus
Steve Broussard
Townsends
Broussard
John Boebinger
Akron Area
Gahanna, Ohio
Johnny
Los Banos
Sacramento
Brian Cummings
Mrs. Pearl Courtney
Azalee
Howard Griffin
Eldon
Donetta Courtney
Don
Barbara Courtney
Max
Ginger Courtney
T. Nagarajan
American Board of Internal Medicine
West 4Th St
Odessa
Tex
Andrews Hwy
E. Eighth St
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