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By The Associated Press
NEW YORK ? Nearly a decade
Scholastic Aptitude Test by fen
youngsters stalled during the last sc
tion's top education official terme
heartening."
Statistics presented by The Colle
day show a widening race and gen
1,088,223 high school students wh
1989:
White students in the high sc
gained 2 points on their combined
and now average 200 points higher
math-verbal scores were unchangec
year at 737.
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By The Associated Press
CHARLOTTE, N.C. ? With
testimony in the Jim Bakker trial
sounding like a script from Lifestyles
of the Rich and Famous,
witnesses described the PTL
founder's lavish homes, a $5,000
Christmas tree and a two-story,
air-conditioned tree house.
With a wooden pointer, convicted
former PTL interior decorator
James Taggart used enlarged
photographs of the Bakkers'
homes Monday as he
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Taggart's testimony came
three days after he was sentenced
to 17 years in prison and
fined $500,000 on tax evasion
convictions.
Taggart and his brother, David,
were convicted of evading
$525,000 in income taxes on money
they received from PTL.
Prosecutors have indicated they
might support a reduction in the
Taggarts' sentences in exchange
for testimony against Bakker.
Taggart, 35, said Bakker ordered
him to give his Highland
Beach, Fla., condominium "a
very glamorous look." PTL
bought and renovated the condo
in 1982 at a cost of $500,000.
Taggart said he sought to give
the oceanfront unit the "theatrical
presence" Bakker liked ?
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"The Bakkers had a
tendency to grow very
bored with what they
had. It was not unusual
to see something completely
replaced more
than once."
James Taggart
former interior decorator,
PTL
plenty of the mirrors and motorized
drapes with none of the visible
seams he hated.
Taggart said he decorated the
condo for Christmas 1982 with a
tree that cost $5,000 and featured
hand-blown glass ornaments.
He said he used a special hoist
to bring seamless, 25-foot cornices
into the condominium.
Draperies, bedspreads and headboards
were added to a bedroom
at a cost of $40,000. The master
bedroom draperies could be
opened and closed with a switch,
he said.
Bakker is charged with 24
counts of fraud and conspiracy
and faces 120 years and prison
and more than $5 million in
fines. Prosecutors say he used
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"The Bakkers had a tendency
to grow very bored with what
they had," Taggart testified. "It
was not unusual to see something
completely replaced more
than once."
Taggart continued his testimony
Tuesday, taking the jury
on a video tour of the presidential
suite at the Heritage Grand
Hotel, where the Bakkers stayed
at times. The fourth-floor suite
had 4,000 square feet, he said.
Taggart said he completed the
project within 12 working days.
Three PTL partners then testified,
including a mother of 13
who has 21 grandchildren.
Sarah Combs of Spanishburg,
W.Va., said she and her husband,
a disabled coal miner were living
on $400 a month. But they decided
to use $1,000 of a $19,000
"black lung fund" that her husband
received for medical compensation
to instead buy a partnership
in the Heritage Grand
Hotel.
But she was never able to stay
there, despite repeated attempts,
she said.
"Every time I called, I would
talk to someone else and they
would give me a different reason
why there wasn't any room," she
said.
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