Money Lenders Face Deluge Of Refinancing
As rates for 30 year fixed and adjustable mortgages fall below 10 percent, homeowners rush to refinance to cut payments. Banks report tripling refinancing inquiries while lenders weigh fees, payoff timelines, and whether lower rates recoup costs within a year and a half.
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New York
HSH Associates
Riverdale
N.J
Ronald F. Poe
Mortgage Bankers Association of America
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp
Poe
George Lopez
Heartland Mortgage
Whittier
Calif
Wolf Creek Leads U.S. In Output
Wolf Creek nuclear plant in Burlington Kansas produced 4.7 billion kilowatt hours in its first six months, the best among U.S. reactors. KG&E and KCPL, each owning 47 percent, said the plant ran 96.2 percent of the time with 134 straight days of no interruption and operated at 91.9 percent capacity.
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Burlington
Kan
Wolf Creek
United States
Kansas City Power & Light Co
Kansas Gas and Electric
Kg&e
Wichita
Sedgwick
Ronn Smith
Diablo Canyon I
California
Charles J. Ross
KCPL
Swedes Detain Two in Palme Killing Probe
Two Yugoslav men, one living in Hamburg and one in Los Angeles, were detained in Denmark after a Swedish advisory linked them to the assassination of Prime Minister Olof Palme. Danish authorities stopped the pair after they crossed from Sweden by ferry. Swedish officials later said the detainees were not believed to be involved and no charges were filed.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Denmark
Olof Palme
Tidningarnas Telegrambyra
Helsingborg
Helsingor
Hamburg
West Germany
Los Angeles
Swedish Radio
Roald Onsoe
Top-Level Panel Backs Death Penalty for Terrorists
President Reagan's Task Force on Combatting Terrorism urges the death penalty for the murder of American hostages worldwide and calls for expanded use of spies. Vice President Bush says retaliation should avoid wanton destruction while stressing stronger intelligence sharing and closing legal loopholes. The declassified report reviews 11 incidents from last year in which 23 Americans died and 160 were wounded.
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Washington
Reagan
George Bush
TWA
Kansas Senate approves mandatory seat belts measure
The Kansas Senate passed a bill 22 to 18 requiring front seat riders in cars to wear seat belts or face a 25 dollar fine. Exemptions cover trucks off road vehicles buses and certain carriers and looser warnings run until July 1 1987. Debate centered on personal liberty with supporters arguing belts save lives and opponents warning of government intrusion.
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Topeka
Kan
Senate
House
Kansas
Bill Morris
Wichita
Jim Allen
Ottawa
Edward Reilly Jr
R Leavenworth
James Francisco
D-Mulvane
Francisco
Morris
House rejects no smoking area bill in Kansas
Kansas House defeated a measure requiring larger restaurants to offer no smoking areas upon request by customers. The 53 to 69 vote cited opposition from the Kansas Restaurant Association and lawmakers who smoke. A second vote on a child custody bill was delayed as amendments awaited printing.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Sandy Duncan
Wichita
Duncan
House
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Bank of New England
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Hawthorne School
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Huay
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Kansas Restaurant Association
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