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Wanda: You don't mind arguing while I go on up to bed, do you, Ralph? I want to take a peek at my Howard Baker newspaper, set my Ronald Reagan alarm clock and get out the Eleanor Roosevelt margarine to soften overnight for tomorrow morning's unendorsed English muffins, all the while pondering your powerful arguments about Ferraro...
...institution. The panic then spread, because Home State's failure threatened to exhaust a private insurance fund of $130 million that covers deposits at 70 of Ohio's nearly 300 thrifts. Crowds of up to 1,000 people, some equipped with lawn chairs and portable TV sets, camped overnight in front of S and Ls, hoping to claim their money before it was all gone...
...Cincinnati, nervous depositors formed lines up to a block long and even slept on sidewalks overnight while waiting to withdraw their savings last week. Ohio Governor Richard Celeste finally stepped in and declared a three- day bank holiday for 71 savings and loan associations, probably the most extensive closure of U.S. financial institutions since the Great Depression. In Memphis, board of education officials were anxiously checking their investments. Elsewhere, communities from Beaumont, Texas, to Pompano Beach, Fla., were badly shaken...
...Morgenthau, who faces an election this year, the case has become a political snare. Those upset by the first grand jury's lenient treatment contend that the district attorney did not press the grand jury hard enough for an indictment for attempted homicide against Goetz, who had overnight become celebrated as a quirky urban hero, an Everyman who finally fought back. In New York, unlike some other states, prosecutors seeking a grand jury indictment are required to present a balanced case and must include exculpatory evidence. Even so Morgenthau was astonished by the original grand jury's finding. "We thought...
...service will use the airline's regular Airbus A300 passenger jets. Instead of carrying passengers' luggage, though, the cargo bellies will be packed with overnight-delivery packages. The travelers seated in the cabin above may either bring their baggage aboard or check it for an extra $10 a bag. Snacks will be available for $4. All the freight flights will have a middle-of-the-night layover of about one hour in Houston...