Friday, July 25, 1997
The following economic reports will be issued in Washington (all times EDT): ECONOMIC REPORTS
TUESDAY: Labor Department releases employment cost index, 2nd quarter. 8:30 a.m.
WEDNESDAY: Commerce Department releases June new home sales. 10 a.m.
THURSDAY: Labor releases unemployment claims. 8:30 a.m.; Commerce releases GDP for 2nd quarter, first estimate. 8:30 a.m.; Freddie Mac releases weekly mortgage rates. Time to be announced.
FRIDAY: Labor releases unemployment for July. 8:30 a.m.; Commerce releases personal income for June. 8:30 a.m.
SUNDAY, July 27:
Los Angeles -- President Clinton addresses meeting of Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.
Las Vegas -- National Governors' Association holds annual meeting.
MONDAY, July 28:
Johannesburg, South Africa -- Continuation of trial of Ntsika Dlamini, the grandson of President Nelson Mandela, on fraud and theft charges.
Germiston, South Africa -- Court hearing on illegal weapons charge against African National Congress leader Dan Mofokeng.
Washington -- Supreme Court in recess until October.
Washington -- Congress in session all week.
Las Vegas, Nev. -- President Clinton speaks to the National Governors' Association, later returns to Washington.
Los Angeles -- Trial for Rod Stewart, accused of assaulting a sound engineer.
Independence, Calif. -- First-ever federally sanctioned daily tours begin at the Manzanar World War II internment camp for Japanese-Americans.
Beverly Hills, Calif. -- Conference of U.S. and Russian business leaders to expand economic ties between two countries.
Cleveland -- Trial scheduled to begin in lawsuit of man who got in a late-night fight with NBA basketball star Charles Barkley.
Dallas -- Start of perjury trial for woman accused of fabricating sexual assault allegations against Dallas Cowboys players Erik Williams and Michael Irvin.
San Antonio -- Fred Goldman does radio talk show tryout at WOAI.
Fort A.P. Hill, Va. -- Weeklong "Boy Scout Jamboree," the quadrennial campout. Boy Scouts of America expect 33,000 scouts from across the U.S. and other countries. This is the fifth Jamboree at Fort A.P. Hill.
Little Rock, Ark. -- Federal court hearing on whether to grant a preliminary injunction against Arkansas partial-birth abortion ban. Law is to take effect Aug. 2.
Lincoln, Neb. -- Trial for Majed Al-Tamimy, one of two Iraqi refugees charged in the forced marriages of two teen-age girls.
Milwaukee -- American Association of Physicists in Medicine 39th Annual Meeting & Technical Exhibition. Through July 31.
TUESDAY, July 29:
Washington -- Senate Governmental Affairs Committee holds hearings on campaign finance abuses. Through July 31.
Alexandria, Va. -- Federal trial of man charged with firebombing an abortion clinic last February.
Toledo, Ohio -- Former president of First Federal Savings & Loan is sentenced in federal court for stealing millions of dollars from the thrift.
Huntsville, Texas -- Execution of Robert West for a 1982 beating and stabbing death of a woman in Houston.
Padre Island National Seashore, Texas -- Kemp's ridley turtle hatchlings scheduled for release.
Los Angeles -- Board of Police Commissioners to present three top candidates to replace outgoing Chief Willie Williams to Mayor Richard Riordan, who will select candidate for approval by City Council.
Richmond, Va. -- Meeting of the Special Advisory Commission on Mandated Health Insurance Benefits. One topic is requiring HMOs and insurers to pay for 48 hours of hospitalization for mastectomy patients.
Little Rock, Ark. -- Deadline for Paula Corbin Jones to respond to President Clinton's request to have her sexual harassment lawsuit dismissed.
Phoenix -- Trial date for William Ferguson, co-conspirator in murder of armored car driver and theft of more than half-million dollars from van. Tied to Timothy Ring, former prison guard and FBI informer.
WEDNESDAY, July 30:
Toledo, Ohio -- Louis Farrakhan holds rally.
Lincoln, Neb. -- Trial for Latif Al-Hussani, one of two Iraqi refugees charged in the forced marriages involving two teen-age girls.
New York -- Family Court appearance for Phoenix couple seeking custody of two adopted Russian girls they're accused of abusing on a flight from Moscow.
Los Angeles -- Hearing in suit filed against publishers of Hello! magazine by actor Kevin Costner, who claims the London-based publication printed an interview containing fabricated quotes.
THURSDAY, July 31:
Rome -- Preliminary meeting for donors' conference on Albania reconstruction.
Chincoteague, Va. -- Annual auction of ponies rounded up during Pony Swim.
Cambridge, Mass. -- Harvard Law School hosts daylong conference on proposed tobacco settlement.
San Antonio -- 1997 National Reunion of Adoptive Families of Romanian Children; about 200 adoptive families are to attend.
San Antonio -- 26th annual Texas Folklife Festival.
FRIDAY, Aug. 1:
Duxford, England -- Queen Elizabeth II opens American air museum.
Gaborone, Botswana -- Bail hearing for South African woman accused of murder who has been in custody for nine months.
San Diego -- Sentencing for former grad student who killed three professors. Victims' widows expected to address court.
St. Louis -- McDonnell Douglas-Boeing merger to close.
Columbia, Mo. -- Manuel Pacheco of the University of Arizona officially takes over as president of the University of Missouri.
Kenosha, Wis. -- Arraignment for 15-year-old accused along with his 13-year-old cousin of bludgeoning death of a 77-year-old Skokie, Ill., optometrist.
Milwaukee -- African World Festival. Through Aug. 3.