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...also contributed to that attitude by creating a so-called wealth effect in which stockholders feel rich on paper. The catch is that home values and stock prices can fluctuate, often cruelly, even though their growth seems so dependable during some periods. Says John Godfrey, chief economist for Barnett Banks of Florida: "If the stock-market crash did anything, it showed us that we can't count on that value being there...
...uncle among former Mississippi Governors, was elected state auditor, replacing Mabus. Said Johnson: "This has been a mandate that Mississippians want to see our state move forward." In other rites of passage, John Stennis, 86, has announced his retirement after 40 years in the Senate. And Ross Barnett, the segregationist Governor who only under the guns of federal troops in 1962 admitted James Meredith as the first black student at the University of Mississippi, died last week...
John Kennedy likewise used a rudimentary recording system. The tapes from such dramatic conversations as his telephone showdown with Governor Ross Barnett during the Ole Miss desegregation crisis provide historians with raw data that is even more gripping than most old letters. But Richard Nixon spoiled it all by going too far, both in what he said and how he recorded...
...Palm Springs retreat. Some Pentecostals think Bakker could try to set up a clone of Heritage USA in California, or an independent Charismatic congregation somewhere. Indeed, one Chattanooga, Tenn., TV station has already offered to help Bakker launch a new gospel show. Says the Rev. Tommy Barnett, of the flourishing (15,000-member) Phoenix First Assembly of God: "I know the man has his drive and dreams, and you just don't hold a man like that back...
...time. A badly overburdened U.S. air-traffic system has pushed control tower errors and airborne near misses to record levels. In the first three months of 1987, midair close calls increased 13%, to about 215, while errors by overtaxed air controllers jumped 18%. The looming safety crisis prompted James Barnett, chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board, to recommend earlier this month that the FAA take "immediate action" to reduce air traffic at key airports before the anticipated summer air-travel crush...