Friday, July 18, 1997
The following economic reports will be issued in Washington (all times EDT): ECONOMIC REPORTS
TUESDAY: Treasury Department releases budget statement for June. 2 p.m.
THURSDAY: Labor Department releases unemployment claims. 8:30 a.m.; Commerce Department releases personal income by state, first quarter. Time to be announced. Freddie Mac to release weekly mortgage rates. Time to be announced.
FRIDAY: Commerce releases durable goods report for June. 8:30 a.m.; National Realtors Association releases existing home sales for June. 10 a.m.
SUNDAY, July 20:
Timisoara, Romania -- Former King Michael arrives with wife for monthlong stay in his homeland.
Boston -- Meeting of the national Young Entrepreuneurs Organization.
New York -- Memorial service for victims of TWA Flight 800. Mayor Rudolph Giuliani takes part at Cathedral of St. John the Divine.
MONDAY, July 21:
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia -- Annual Association of Southeast Asian Nations foreign ministers meet, followed by ASEAN regional security forum and conferences with major trading partners. Through July 29.
Rome -- Final hearing in trial of former SS Capt. Erich Priebke, accused in World War II massacre of 335 civilians in German-occupied Rome. Verdict expected July 22 or July 23.
Washington -- Supreme Court in recess until October.
Washington -- Senate in session through July 25.
Media, Pa. -- Millionaire murderer John E. du Pont to undergo psychiatric evaluation in advance of trial deciding whether his family will gain control of his estate.
Boston -- USS Constitution sails in celebration of 200th birthday.
Manassas, Va. -- Start of trial for Andre Carter, accused in an I-95 rest stop killing last December.
Norfolk, Va. -- Start of trial of federal government's $125 million lawsuit against Smithfield Foods. The company allegedly dumped illegal pollutants into the Pagan River 5,000 times dating to 1991.
Los Angeles -- Trial for actor John Travolta, accused in a civil suit by Sony Pictures of reneging on a contract when he walked out on a movie.
TUESDAY, July 22:
London -- Annual UNICEF report issued.
Washington -- Senate Governmental Affairs Committee holds hearings on campaign finance abuses. Through July 24.
Salt Lake City -- End of re-enactment of Mormons' overland trek to Utah.
Boston -- National Association of Secondary School Principals holds meeting.
Boston -- Coastal Zone 97 meeting on oceanic issues.
Austin, Texas -- National experts discuss new heroin epidemic and other drug problems as part of 40th Institute of Alcohol and Drug Studies.
Wausau, Wis. -- Sentencing for Hmong immigrant, convicted of killing his estranged wife and her friend. He wants to be deported to save Wisconsin the cost of keeping him in prison for life.
WEDNESDAY, July 23:
Belgrade, Yugoslavia -- Serbia's President Slobodan Milosevic to be swron in as president of the Yugoslav federation.
Brussels -- European Commission decision expected on Boeing-McDonnell Douglas merger.
Jarratt, Va. -- Execution of convicted killer Joseph O'Dell.
Milwaukee -- Trial for 44-year-old man and his 30-year-old sister who are accused of incest for having three children together.
THURSDAY, July 24:
New Delhi, India -- Shanker Dayal Sharma's term as Indian president ends.
Washington -- Hearing resumes to determine whether Army's top enlisted man should face court-martial on charges of sexual misconduct.
Los Angeles -- 49th annual Prime Time Emmy Award nominations.
Brentwood, N.H. -- Arraignment of Seth Bader, lawyer accused of having accomplices harass and threaten his former wife before he murdered her.
Atchison, Kan. -- Start of four-day observance of Amelia Earhart's 100th birthday.
FRIDAY, July 25:
Monaco -- French President Jacques Chirac visits.
New Delhi -- K.R. Narayanan to be sworn in as President of India.
Seattle, St. Louis -- Meetings of Boeing and McDonnell-Douglas shareholders to vote on proposed merger.
London, Ky. -- Rescheduled sentencing for Chalmer "Chuck" Hayes, alleged CIA operative convicted of trying to have his son killed.
Los Angeles -- Status conference in case where Kelsey Grammer's former girlfriend claims actor defamed her when he said she lost his dog and told him to drive drunk.
SATURDAY, July 26:
Grisslehamn, Sweden -- Swedish opposition party leader Carl Bildt gives annual political assessment.