12 news for October, December 1987
with the booksOctober 4, 1987sunday
Fouad Lahoud, deputee of North Metn and President of the Parliamentary Commission of Defense, dies.
October 6, 1987tuesday
A wild race starts between the Preliminary Reajustment of Salaries and an obvious inflation. The Lebanese, despite a minimum salary raised to 8.500 LBP, already seem to be paying an increase they haven't perceived yet.
October 12, 1987monday
The dollar goes up again, which leads to another rising of the price of fuel..
October 13, 1987tuesday
While the price of bread is following the rising of the price of fuel, its price going up to 50 LBP per bread bag, handicaps on crutches and in wheelchairs go from Akkar to Beirut to express their wish to live in peace.
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Hanf and de Clerck and Malsagne mention an undated peace march by war-disabled people, some on crutches or in wheelchairs: Tripoli to Beirut in Hanf, Halba to Tyre in de Clerck and Malsagne. Whether this is the October 1987 march is not established.
October 17, 1987saturday
Torrential rain provokes catastrophic floods in Baalbeck and Hermel. 24 villages are considered as disaster-stricken zones, and the Temple of Venus is drowned under a thick layer of mud.
October 19, 1987monday
Teachers call for an open and unlimited strike.
October 23, 1987friday
During his trip in the Middle-East, Richard Murphy, American Sub-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, transmits to President Gemayel ideas suggested by Damascus to stabilize the situation.
October 26, 1987monday
The dollar comes close to 500 LBP in Beirut. This staggering drop of the Lebanese Pound finds its explanation in the important drain of capitals out of Lebanon and the decrease of currency transfers into the country.
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With a budget deficit near 80 percent, the government leaned on central bank loans, then on printing money (Hanf). Inflation in 1987 was 450 or 620 percent depending on the index (de Clerck and Malsagne; Hanf), and close to one Lebanese in five was poor (Picard).
October 29, 1987thursday
Two French policemen are killed and a third one injured in a murder attempt in Dora. This incident represents a new challenge for France and a hard blow for Lebanon.
December 2, 1987wednesday
While credits are unblocked to buy fuel and service stations are reopened, Victor Cassir, Minister of Industry and Oil, authorizes private companies to import fuel subject to a previous authorization by the Ministry of Oil.
December 8, 1987tuesday
The storm is raging in the country. Floods provoke important damages and kill 5 persons. On the other hand, electric power becomes rare.
December 28, 1987monday
Charles Malek dies at the age of 82 ans following a long period of illness. The news of the death of the former Council's Vice-President and Minister of Foreign Affairs saddens the political, as well as the academic and intellectual sets. The American President Ronald Reagan addresses an emotional tribute to the memory of the academic, the philosopher and the politician.