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Thelma Weasenforth Lunaas of Houston filed a lawsuit against the United States in July for nearly $100 billion, as repayment of a $450,000 loan that her ancestor, Jacob De Haven, made in cash and supplies to General George Washington in 1777, when the Continental Congress issued a call for assistance.
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Steven G. Rollins, already serving 32 years for killing a prison inmate in 1974 and charged with rape in July while on parole in Providence, Rhode Island, became dissatisfied with his lawyer’s defense tactics and began to beat him with his fists in the courtroom, causing a concussion before he was restrained.
Larry Nixon was the leading money-winner in the professional bass-fishing tour in 1988, earning $208,000.
Art accompanying story in printed newspaper (not available in this archive): illustration/Shawn Belschwender.
