Friday, January 24, 1997
The following economic reports will be issued in Washington (all times EDT): ECONOMIC REPORTS
MONDAY: National Association of Realtors releases December existing home sales. 10 a.m.
TUESDAY: Labor Department releases 4th quarter employment cost index. 8:30 a.m.; Commerce Department releases 3rd-quarter state personal income. Time uncertain.
WEDNESDAY: Commerce releases December durable goods. 8:30 a.m.
THURSDAY: Labor releases weekly jobless claims. 8:30 a.m.
FRIDAY: Commerce releases 4th quarter GDP. 8:30 a.m.; Commerce releases new home sales report for December. 10 a.m.
SUNDAY, Jan. 26:
Frankfurt, Germany - Opening of the exhibit "Photographs of Polish Jews before the Holocaust," consisting of personal photographs sent in by Poles throughout the country. At Frankfurt Jewish Museum. Through June 15.
Rome - Women's ready-to-wear fashion shows. Through Jan. 29.
New Orleans - Super Bowl XXXI.
MONDAY, Jan. 27:
Pretoria, South Africa - Trial resumes for confessed serial killer Moses Sithole.
Johannesburg, South Africa - Court appearances by three white extremists who escaped jail last year and were convicted in absentia of 1994 bombings that killed 21 people.
Bucharest, Romania - British Foreign Secretary Malcolm Rifkind arrives in Romania for two-day of talks on NATO and EU integration.
Stockholm, Sweden - Government investigator presents report on insurance compensation for survivors and relatives of victims of Estonia sinking.
Washington - Supreme Court in recess until Feb. 18
Washington - Senate in session; House in recess until Feb. 4
Monday, Jan. 27
Santa Monica, Calif. - Defense in O.J. Simpson wrongful-death case to conclude summations, plaintiffs to offer rebuttal, jury to receive instructions.
Los Angeles - 24th annual American Music Awards at Shrine auditorium.
Fort Myers, Fla. - Trial for two men in murder of German vacationer.
Jefferson City, Mo. - Oral arguments Missouri Supreme Court on three sex-abuse cases allegedly involving Catholic priests.
Manassas, Va. - Trial begins for former FBI agent Eugene Bennett, accused of abduction and attempted murder.
TUESDAY, Jan. 28:
Duesseldorf, Germany - Retrial continues for former East German spymaster Markus Wolf on charges including bribery, kidnapping and coercion.
Nancy, France - Appeals court rules on influence-peddling case involving former Lyon mayor and leading TV anchor.
Singapore - Forum on political change in Indonesia.
Sofia, Bulgaria - British Foreign Secretary Malcolm Rifkind arrives for visit. Through Jan. 29.
Sofia, Bulgaria - Bulgaria's new president, Petar Stoyanov, leaves for Brussels on his first official trip abroad.
Lyon, France - Golden Bocuse haute cuisine competition. Through Jan. 29.
Washington - Senate in session.
Washington - President Clinton to hold news conference.
San Luis Obispo, Calif. - Preliminary hearing in Satanic teen murder case.
Austin, Texas - State of the State address by Gov. George W. Bush.
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 29:
Bonn, Germany - Germany marks 100th birthday of Ludwig Erhard, architect of the "economic miracle" that rebuilt West Germany from the ruins of World War II.
Johannesburg, South Africa - Transport Minister Mac Maharaj addresses news conference on high accident rate.
Washington - Senate in session.
Santa Monica, Calif. - Planetary Society holds meeting on mobile planetary robots for exploration of Mars and other surfaces.
Los Angeles - Hearing in slander lawsuit against Hollywood Madam Heidi Fleiss.
Potosi, Mo. - Execution scheduled for Eric Schneider, convicted in killing of two St. Louis teachers in 1985.
Raleigh, N.C. - North Carolina General Assembly opens.
Arlington, Va. - Lunch and hardhat site tour of the Newseum, the Freedom Forum museum of the news business, which opens in April.
THURSDAY, Jan. 30:
Paris - Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma pays first official visit to France. Through Jan. 31.
Davos, Switzerland - Annual meeting of the World Economic Forum of government and business leaders. Through Feb 4.
Washington - Senate in session.
Raleigh, N.C. - Testimony expected to begin in federal trial of a Freemen leader and supporter charged with fraud, intimidating federal agents and other crimes.
FRIDAY, Jan. 31:
Paris - 20th anniversary of Pompidou Center museum.
Grand Canyon National Park, Ariz. - National Park Service hosts demonstration of light-rail and bus transportation options being considered for the park.
Cleveland - Cleveland Indians pitcher Jose Mesa is arraigned on rape and other charges.
Houston - Johnson Space Center briefings for upcoming shuttle mission, scheduled for Feb. 11 launch.
SATURDAY, Feb. 1:
Empangeni, South Africa - Bantu Holomisa, a former ANC leader who was expelled from the party, addresses a rally in KwaZulu-Natal province on possibility of setting up a new political party.
New Zealand - Speaking tour by Nobel Peace Prize co-winner Jose Ramos Horta, in Auckland, Christchurch and Wellington. Through Feb. 3.