National & World Calendar
Here is a list of national and foreign events for this week compiled
by the Associated Press:
The following economic reports will be released in Washington (times
EST):
WEDNESDAY: Commerce Department releases February retail sales and
postponed report on January international trade. 8:30 a.m.
THURSDAY: Labor Department releases weekly jobless claims, at
8:30 a.m. Treasury Department releases February federal budget. 10 a.m.;
Commerce Department releases January business inventories and sales. 10
a.m.
WEDNESDAY, March 20:
Tunis, Tunisia - 40th anniversary of Tunisia's independence.
Washington - Supreme Court hears arguments.
Washington - Congress is in session.
Houston - National conference for breast-implant recipients. Organizers
say 18,000 women plan to attend.
Huntsville, Texas - Scheduled execution of Irieno Montoya, a Mexican
national, for the 1985 stabbing and robbery of a motorist who had picked
him up while he was hitchhiking in Cameron County.
Dallas - Grand jury scheduled to hear evidence against first Texan
licensed to carry a concealed weapon to be charged with murder.
Dallas - Hundreds of health professionals gather to review findings
on the causes, diagnosis, treatments and prevention strategies to fight
all forms of hepatitis.
Wichita, Kan. - Rescheduled sentencing date for Roe Messner.
Santa Fe, N.M. - Special session of legislature scheduled to consider
tax and budget matters.
THURSDAY, March 21:
Washington - Congress is in session.
New York - 20th anniversary ceremony and reception for the 1995 National
Book Critics Circle Awards.
Tucson, Ariz. - Sentencing for Robert Moody, who was convicted of killing
two women but claims his body was controlled by space aliens at the time.
Los Angeles - Hearing for rapper Tupac Shakur on probation violation
in connection with 1994 battery and gun possession convictions.
Cape Canaveral, Fla. - Scheduled launch of space shuttle Atlantis on
mission to link with the Soviet space station Mir.
Omaha, Neb. - Society of the Strategic Air Command's 50th Anniversary
Reunion.
Blair, Neb. - Preliminary hearing set for Clyde C. Noyes Jr., 27, accused
of shooting a 15-year-old boy who allegedly was vandalizing mailboxes.
FRIDAY, March 22:
Washington - Congress is in session.
Springfield, Mo. - Rescheduled sentencing for George Revelle, banker
convicted of killing his wife.
Roanoke, Va. - Legal briefs due in federal court on lawsuit involving
Virginia Tech football players, first rape case using Violence Against
Women Act of 1994.
SATURDAY, March 23:
Taipei, Taiwan - First-ever direct presidential election.
Little Rock, Ark. - Term of service expires for special Whitewater
grand jury.
SUNDAY, March 24:
Frankfurt, Germany - State elections in Rheinland Palatinate, Schleswig-Holstein
and Baden-Wuerttemberg.
Los Angeles - Annual Razzie worst-in-film awards.