A Washington Post article of 9 September 1987 reporting that Heritage USA, the PTL ministry theme park, sought Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection under Jerry Falwell's leadership with debts estimated at 72 million dollars, published during the PTL financial scandal that followed Jim Bakker's resignation.
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Tier 3: a Washington Post article of 9 September 1987 reporting the 72 million dollar Chapter 11 debt estimate for Heritage USA under Jerry Falwell's leadership. The Washington Post's own archive page for this article now sits behind a subscriber paywall and could not be read directly by this pass; the figure and its attribution are confirmed through the Wikipedia article on Heritage USA, which cites and quotes this article directly by footnote. Scored a tier lower for that access limitation, not for any doubt about the figure itself, the same treatment this program has given other paywalled contemporaneous press sources relayed through a direct quoting secondary source. Citation
PublisherThe Washington Post
Publication Year1987
URLhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1987/09/09/ptl-accuses-builder-of-conspiracy/ec40025b-2b25-48cf-9d35-89408bf2d356/
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