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Workers were busy last week restoring the roof of the Cabildo, New Orleans' 1795 landmark, when a fire apparently ignited by their soldering irons did the opposite. The blaze destroyed the mansard roof and cupola of the Louisiana State Museum, as the building is officially known, and its third floor. Fire fighters went inside while the roof was still burning to rescue portraits and historical artifacts. But historical furniture and some works of art were ruined. The Cabildo, where the Louisiana Purchase was completed in 1803, is regarded as one of America's most treasured landmarks. Fortunately, thanks...
Multimillion-dollar cases like Conlan's are suddenly proliferating, giving the banking industry a dreaded new buzz phrase: lender liability. Gone are the days, says Victor Roy, a Louisiana banking lawyer, when "suing a bank was ! like suing the Pope." While the increase in lawsuits can be attributed in part to growing litigiousness, some bankers have themselves to blame. In the early 1980s, lenders aggressively sought new borrowers in farming and oil, pushing generous loans under the presumption that the good times would keep on rolling. But when the bottom fell out of petroleum and commodity prices, many ventures were...
...majority leader, one who may have to counter another four years of a Republican White House by setting a more vigorous style of leadership in Congress. Anticipating that Byrd would resign or be pushed aside, Senators Daniel Inouye of Hawaii, George Mitchell of Maine and J. Bennett Johnston of Louisiana have been jockeying behind the scenes since last year...
...After a day and a half of deliberating, singing and praying at an emergency session in Springfield, Mo., 206 general presbyters of the Assemblies toughened a three-month suspension originally imposed by the local district council in Louisiana. They ruled that Swaggart must stay out of the pulpit and off TV for a year; even past tapes cannot be aired. Swaggart nonetheless announced that he would return to television on May 22, despite the risk of defrocking...
...blowout was in the air. In North Carolina, Missouri and Oklahoma, however, Dole still seemed to have a chance. Bush strategists added a modest $50,000 for more ads in those states to their already swollen TV budget of $1.8 million. They canceled live appearances in Alabama and Louisiana in favor of four more stops in Missouri, where the Senator from next-door Kansas is popular...