Friday, June 20, 1997
The following economic reports will be issued in Washington (all times EDT): ECONOMIC REPORTS
WEDNESDAY: Commerce Department releases May durable goods orders. 8:30 a.m.; National Association of Realtors releases May durable goods orders. 8:30 a.m.
THURSDAY: Labor Department releases weekly jobless claims. 8:30 a.m.
FRIDAY: Commerce Department releases 1st quarter GDP. 8:30 a.m.
SUNDAY, June 22:
Varna, Bulgaria -- International naval exercise under NATO Partnership for Peace program along Bulgaria's Black Sea coast. Through July 4.
Denver -- Final working session of Summit of Eight, followed by news conference. President Clinton leaves for San Francisco.
Bismarck, N.D. -- Three-day meeting of Western governors begins.
Miami -- Start of four-day Central Conference of American Rabbis 108th Annual Convention.
San Antonio -- Church of the Nazarene 24th quadrennial general assembly.
MONDAY, June 23:
London -- Queen Elizabeth II begins visit to Canada.
Paris -- Former U.N. chief Boutros Boutros-Ghali speaks to French press luncheon.
Johannesburg, South Africa -- Start of amnesty hearings for two men convicted in assassination of ANC and Communist Party leader Chris Hani in 1993.
Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia -- Geologists to check whether Southeast Asia's tallest mountain has grown.
Washington -- Supreme Court issues orders and decisions.
Washington -- Congress in session; Senate scheduled to take up spending bill and tax reconciliation.
Charleston, S.C. -- Scheduled federal court hearing for former Ku Klux Klan member who wants to withdraw guilty plea in church-burning conspiracy case.
Los Angeles -- President Clinton visits an elementary school and addresses fund-raiser.
Los Angeles -- Trial in a $20 million breach-of-contract lawsuit by the lead singer of the glam-rock group Poison against Capitol Records.
Santa Monica, Calif. -- Trial for Whitewater figure Susan McDougal, accused of embezzling money from conductor Zubin Meta.
Los Angeles -- Status conference in a lawsuit filed by Dustin Hoffman against the director of "City Hall" alleging he had a contract but was denied a role in the 1995 film.
Alexandria, Va. -- Sentencing scheduled for Earl Pitts, former FBI supervisor who admitted spying for Russia.
Seattle -- Opening of three-day American Association of Health Plans annual Institute and Display Forum.
Seattle -- One-day conference on international business in Russia.
Bowling Green, Ky. -- Sentencing in the Howard Johnson's hotel arson case.
TUESDAY, June 24:
Rome -- Trial of former Nazi officer Erich Priebke continues.
Geneva -- Simon Wiesenthal Center conference on Swiss banks and Nazi gold.
Tucson, Ariz. -- Tohono O'odham voters decide whether to give $2,000 in casino profits to each member of the tribe and accelerate spending on youth centers, new businesses and aid for the poor.
Port Washington, Wis. -- Sentencing for 18-year-old on charges of getting his 15-year-old girlfriend pregnant, labeling him a sex offender.
Jersey City, N.J. -- Runoff mayoral election.
Huntsville, Texas -- Execution of Brian Roberson, after 6 p.m., for a 1986 stabbing death in Dallas.
WEDNESDAY, June 25:
Paris -- World Bank press conference on aid to India.
Johannesburg, South Africa -- Sports minister Steve Tshwete launches a Sport against Crime campaign.
Durban, South Africa -- Court appearance by Bheka Norman Ndlovu, accused of threatening President Nelson Mandela if he attended an ANC funeral.
Kingston, Jamaica - Trial scheduled for singer Sade, indicted March 11 on charges of dangerous driving.
Washington -- Supreme Court issues orders and decisions.
Washington -- President Clinton scheduled to travel to Nashville, Tenn., Chicago and New York.
Nashville, Tenn. -- President Clinton to appear at Vice President Al Gore's 6th Annual Family Reunion, a policymaking conference to promote learning in family life.
Florence, Ariz. -- William Lyle Woratzeck scheduled for execution for murdering a mentally impaired woman 17 years ago.
Richmond, Va. -- American Medical Association meets.
Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. -- Dedication of memorial to 12 Eglin airmen killed year ago by terrorist truck bomb in Saudi Arabia.
Charlotte, N.C. -- NBA college draft.
THURSDAY, June 26:
Stockholm, Sweden -- Stockholm International Peace Research Institute releases its annual report on worldwide peace conditions
Dublin, Ireland -- Dail reconvenes to elect new prime minister.
Paris -- UNESCO peace prize awarded to Guatemala president Alvaro Arzu and guerrilla chief Ricardo Ramirez.
Bucharest, Romania -- Forum on Romania's environment. Through June 29.
Washington -- Supreme Court issues orders and decisions.
New York -- President Clinton scheduled to return to Washington.
Philadelphia -- Another hearing in appeal of Mumia Abu-Jamal, convicted of killing police officer. Court to hear testimony from former prostitute who claims police tried to get her to testify that she saw Abu-Jamal shoot police officer Daniel Faulkner.
Omaha, Neb. -- Arraignment scheduled for California man accused of raping University of Nebraska at Omaha teacher and tied to several other campus rapes.
FRIDAY, June 27:
Phoenix -- Preliminary hearing for former Arizona State and current Cardinals quarterback Jake Plummer on felony sex abuse charges.
Lancaster, Ohio -- Manny the Hippie, television personality serving time for violating probation on drug-trafficking conviction, is released from prison.
Richmond, Va. -- General Assembly of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship, organized in 1991 as an alternative for Southern Baptists who felt disenfranchised by the conservative leadership of the Southern Baptists. Through June 29.
Knoxville, Tenn. -- Custody hearing scheduled over 2-year-old boy whose parents and sister were killed by a gang of teen-agers at an Interstate 81 rest stop.
Nashville, Tenn. -- 82nd annual Kiwanis International convention. It is expected to draw 14,000 Kiwanis club members. Through July 1.
Los Angeles -- Status conference in a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of a doctor who died of a drug overdose at producer Don Simpson's home.
Santa Monica, Calif. -- Continuation of the so-called "debtor's examination" of O.J. Simpson in his wrongful death civil case.
San Francisco -- American Library Association 116th annual meeting.
Fresno, Calif. -- Promise Keepers convention. Through June 28.
Pittsburgh -- The Catholic Charismatic movement, which began in Pittsburgh in 1967, marks 30th anniversary at national conference.
SATURDAY: June 28:
Paris -- Gay pride march.
Bucharest, Romania -- President Emil Constantinescu reports on his first 200 days in office.
Las Vegas, Nev. -- Tyson-Holyfield heavyweight title fight.
Hardin, Mont. -- Re-enactment of Custer battle. Also June 29.
SUNDAY: June 29:
Rome -- The 17th-century Villa Borghese museum, renowned for its ancient sculpture, reopens to the public with fanfare and fireworks after 13 years of renovations with inauguration ceremony will be followed by a gala concert and a fireworks display.
Kingston, Jamaica -- 18th meeting of Caricom heads of government. Through July 4.
Tirana, Albania -- Parliamentary elections pitting President Sali Berisha's Democratic Party against the Socialists.