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...believe the House banking conferees would sign a budget resolution if that provision was insisted on," Jerry McMurray, an aide to Rep. Fernand J. St. Germain (D-R.I.). chairman of the housing subcommittee of his chamber's banking committee, said yesterday...
...committee found that during May 1980 more than 60% of the commercial loans granted by large New York banks were made at rates below the prime, then 17%. The average rate charged: less than 13%. Chairman Fernand J. St Germain maintains that the posted prime rate has now become an excuse for banks to jack up interest rates...
Noted Philippine dissident Benigno A. Aquino, who was one of the first jailed when President Fernand E. Marcos imposed martial law in 1972, said yesterday he would accept a fellowship at the Center for International Affairs (CFIA) instead of returning as promised to incarceration in Manila...
Some of the sharpest criticism during last week's hearings was directed not at the Hunts but at Chairman Volcker. What was the man who was supposedly stopping speculation doing in a rescue operation to save the Hunts? Rhode Island Congressman Fernand St Germain complained that the Federal Reserve's role in the wings of the Hunts' search for bailout loans showed that when big speculators lose millions, "telephone calls come to Paul Volcker for a quick fix." This week St Germain and Senator William Proxmire plan to introduce new tough legislation that will change the rules...
...mother's backup in her struggles with the obstetrician. Male doctors are not exactly the heroes of this book. For all is not peaceful birthing rooms and tranquil, exultant deliveries, as older mothers once hoped. According to Cole, women who have placed their faith in the teachings of Fernand Lamaze, Frederick Leboyer, Elizabeth Bing and other advocates of natural childbirth will, almost automatically, find themselves in an adversary position when they enter the hospital. She writes: "The truth is that childbirth in America is getting more unnatural every day. A woman expecting her first baby today...