Word: alabama
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With the eye of the storm traversing two cities, property damage was high. Some estimates put it near $1 billion, far less than the $2.3 billion caused by Hurricane Frederic four years ago in Alabama and Mississippi, but still one of the most costly storms ever. At least 13 people were killed, including two who were crushed in cars by flying trees...
...primaries motivates a large number of the South's more than 2 million unregistered blacks to get on the rolls, it could affect a close election. The Joint Center for Political Studies, a black think tank, estimates that the number of unregistered voting-age blacks in Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and Mississippi is greater than Reagan's total margin of victory...
...force payment or arrange settlements. The Wall Street firm Carl Marks & Co. is still fighting a class-action suit against the People's Republic of China to recover losses from Hukuang Railroad bonds issued by the imperial Chinese government in 1911. Last year a U.S. district court in Alabama ordered China to cough up to U.S. bondholders the unpaid principal plus the interest that has been mounting at 5% annually, a total of $41.3 million. Marks also has two suits against the Soviet Union involving $75 million in dollar-denominated bonds issued by the imperial Russian government. The bonds...
Many farmers, however, are piqued with PIK. They cite poor administration, the possibility of getting paid with inferior grain and a timetable that sometimes forces farmers to sell at deflated prices. "The biggest concern I have is the quality of corn they are shipping in," says Alabama Farmer Bill Sanders. "Some of it is as much as two or three years old. I may have to buy hogs...
Monday. The Justice Department launched the Administration's first school-desegregation suit, charging that Alabama has maintained a system of racial discrimination at its public colleges and universities. In blunt language, the suit filed in U.S. District Court in Birmingham alleged that Governor George Wallace and state education officials "perpetuate an unlawful dual system of higher education based on race." The Justice Department will also soon file suits against two school districts...