Friday, January 31, 1997
The following economic reports will be issued in Washington (all times EDT): ECONOMIC REPORTS
MONDAY: Commerce Department releases December personal incomes-spending. 8:30 a.m.; Commerce releases December construction spending. 10 a.m.; National Association of Realtors releases 4th-quarter housing affordability, time uncertain.
TUESDAY: Commerce releases new home sales report. 10 a.m.'
WEDNESDAY: Commerce releases December factory orders. 10 a.m.
THURSDAY: Labor Department releases weekly jobless claims. 8:30 a.m.
FRIDAY: Labor releases January employment. 8:30 a.m.; Federal Reserve releases December consumer credit. 3 p.m.
SUNDAY, Feb. 2:
Moscow - Russian president Boris Yeltsin meets French president Jacques Chirac.
Toronto - World Winter Special Olympics opens. Through Feb. 8.
Albuquerque, N.M. - About 1,000 agriculturalists from around the country expected to attend 1997 North American Farmers' Direct Marketing Conference. Through Feb. 9.
MONDAY, Feb 3:
Paris - Visit by Georgian President Eduard Shevardnaze.
Ottawa - Canadian House of Commons returns from its winter break.
Bali, Indonesia - International Coffee Organization executive board meeting. Through Feb. 5.
Rome - Visit of Israeli Premier Benjamin Netanyahu
Hamilton, Bermuda - Sentencing of man who pleaded guilty to sexual assault and robbery in attack on Canadian senator.
Toronto - World Winter Special Olympics opens. Through Feb. 8.
Washington - Supreme Court is in recess until Feb. 18.
Washington - Senate is in session.
Wilsonville, Ore. - Hearing resumes for Oregon Supreme Court justice accused of sexual harassment.
Coquille, Ore. - Trial begins for Girley Crum, accused of cutting throats of family of five.
Sioux Falls, S.D. - Federal court sentencing scheduled for Roger Raether, a businessman convicted in connection with a scheme to resell surplus government equipment.
Raleigh, N.C. - Federal trial continues for two Freemen members charged with bank fraud, intimidating a federal IRS agent and transporting stolen property.
Wilmington, N.C. - Jimmy Green, former North Carolina lieutenant governor, is sentenced for tax evasion.
Rochester, N.Y. - Dr. Martha Hill, president-elect of the National Heart Asociation, discloses findings of a study of hypertension among black males.
El Paso, Texas - Deadline for Army to settle class-action harassment suit filed by female employees at Fort Bliss. If no settlement is reached, the case will be scheduled for trial.
Las Vegas - Jay Leno telecasts his TV show from MGM Grand.
Los Angeles - Trial in suit by Foodmaker restaurants against Vons Grocery Co. in connection with the 1993 E-coli infections in the Pacific Northwest that killed one and made hundreds ill.
TUESDAY, Feb. 4:
Colombo, Sri Lanka - Sri Lankan National Day.
Berlin - Chancellor Helmut Kohl breaks ground for new chancellery building.
Paris - Appeals court to rule on case against flamboyant former sports tycoon and politician Bernard Tapie, sentenced to eight months in prison for trying to fix soccer match.
Duesseldorf, Germany - Retrial continues for former East German spymaster Markus Wolf on charges including bribery, kidnapping and coercion.
Humansdorp, South Africa - Extradition hearing for alleged Australian pedophile.
Jakarta, Indonesia - Population to reach 200 million in world's fourth most populous nation.
Copenhagen, Denmark - Iranian opposition leader meets Danish lawmakers.
Washington - President Clinton delivers his State of the Union address.
Washington - House of Representatives reconvenes; Senate is in session.
Washington - Federal Open Market Committee meets. Through Feb. 5.
Rochester, N.Y. - Court hearing to decide whether man convicted of killing a woman in 1988 should get new trial because of evidence that Mark Christie, accused of killing 4-year-old Kali Poulton, is real killer.
Albuquerque, N.M. - Board of Governors of the U.S. Postal Service meeting.
Phoenix - Hearing on motion to approve settlement in one part of Gov. Fife Symington's bankruptcy case.
Williamsburg, Va. - Filmmaker Ken Burns previews his latest project, "Thomas Jefferson" during a news conference at the old House of Burgesses at Colonial Williamsburg.
Los Angeles - Actor Robert Wagner unveils U.S. Postal Service's 1997 Love Stamp.
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 5:
Pretoria, South Africa - Medicines Control Council completes its review of information on claims about a new AIDS drug.
Washington - President Clinton travels to Augusta, Ga.
Washington - Senate is in session.
San Luis Obispo, Calif. - Hearing for three teens accused in satanic ritual slaying of 15-year-old girl.
Los Angeles - Arraignment for actor Ken Wahl in assault on Beverly Hills bartender.
Los Angeles - Hearing in lawsuit by former Guns N' Roses guitarist Gilby Clarke against the band.
THURSDAY, Feb. 6:
Washington - President Clinton releases his budget.
Washington - Senate is in session.
Herkimer, N.Y. - Sentencing for Lewis Lent Jr. in the disappearance of Sara Anne Wood.
Arlington, Texas - School board scheduled to vote whether to subject all prom-goers to breath or saliva test to ensure they haven't been drinking.
Fort Worth, Texas - Boys & Girls Clubs of America hosts national youth gang symposium.
Columbia, S.C. - South Carolina Supreme Court to hear appeal by charities trying to get control of Shoeless Joe Jackson's will.
Anaheim. Calif. - American Heart Association stroke meeting.
Los Angeles - Hearing in a lawsuit filed by Sally Struthers in a contract dispute with a correspondence school.
Los Angeles - Status conference scheduled in a $75 million breach of contract lawsuit filed against rap star Dr. Dre and Death Row Records founder Marion Knight.
Los Angeles - Former President Ronald Reagan's 86th birthday.
FRIDAY, Feb. 7
Singapore - Lunar new year holiday. Through Feb. 8.
Cape Town, South Africa - President Nelson Mandela opens Parliament.
Bonn, Germany - Italian President Prodi meets with Chancellor Helmut Kohl.
Darmstadt, Germany - Britain's Prince Charles expected at funeral of Princess Margaret of Hesse.
Niagara Falls, N.Y. - Ultimate Fighting Championship scheduled.
Phoenix - State juvenile corrections department faces contempt hearing from federal judge for not abiding by his order to release some juvenile offenders.
Los Angeles - Nosotros Golden Eagle Awards for film and TV artists who convey positive Hispanic images.
SATURDAY, Feb. 8
Paris - 22nd Cesars awards, France's Oscars. Sharon Stone to be honored.
Berlin - G-7 nations' finance ministers meet to discuss the Euro, the planned new European single currency.
Washington - Board meeting of National Rifle Association, whose chief executive will defend his six-year record.
Wichita Falls, Texas - Republic of Texas advocates holding public meeting.
Williamsburg, Va. - Pulitzer Prize-winning historian David McCullough to be principal speaker at 1997 Charter Day ceremony at College of William and Mary.
SUNDAY, Feb. 9
Jakarta, Indonesia/Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia/Singapore - Hari Raya Puasa holiday marking end of Muslim fasting month. Through Feb. 10.
Los Angeles - 11th annual American Comedy Awards.