April 09, 1998 (vol. 108, iss. 110) • Page Image 5
…-NATION/WORLD The Michigan Daily - Thursday, April 9, 1998 - 5A 'Americans help to slowly reduce the national debt WASHINGTON (AP) -- It's mostly checks for $10 or $15, but one man sent real gold, and an 84- year-old Minnesota woman chipped in $15,235 to help pay off the national debt. A few benevolent souls even tucked a little something extra in with their tax returns. The Minnesotan, retired librarian Gudrun Hertsgaard of Minneapolis, ma...…