Lincoln Bondholders Support Group

For some of the people who kept their life savings with the failed Lincoln Savings & Loan, the meeting at Walter Reed Junior High School in North Hollywood on Saturday provided a rare glimmer of hope. Thousands of bondholders lost more than $250 million when the Irvine-based thrift closed. About 300 of those investors showed up for a midday rally to share their stories and hear about efforts under way to get their money back.

For some of the people who kept their life savings with the failed Lincoln Savings & Loan, the meeting at Walter Reed Junior High School in North Hollywood on Saturday provided a rare glimmer of hope. Thousands of bondholders lost more than $250 million when the Irvine-based thrift closed. About 300 of those investors showed up for a midday rally to share their stories and hear about efforts under way to get their money back.

Protesters Want Keating Trial Speedup: A support group for investors who lost $250 million in the collapse of Charles H. Keating Jr.'s Lincoln Savings & Loan held a rally in Los Angeles to plead for Keating's speedy prosecution. The rally by the Lincoln Bondholders Support Group was outside the Criminal Courts Building, where a hearing is to be held today on whether to dismiss charges against Keating. Half the case against Keating and two former officers of his companies has been tossed out.