NY -- Standard&Poor's CreditWire 7/9/97 -- Standard&Poor's today has assigned its single-`A'-plus rating to Tacoma, Wash.'s bonds as follows: -- $13.68 million limited tax G.O. bonds series 1997A dated July 15, 1997 due Dec. 1, 2022, -- $16.1 million (aggregate accreted maturity amount) limited tax G.O. bonds (deferred interest) series 1997B dated Aug. 5, 1997 due Dec. 1, 2018, and -- $3 million taxable limited tax G.O. refunding bonds series 1997C dated July 15, 1997 due June 1, 2007. At the same time, Standard&Poor's has affirmed its single-`A'-plus rating on the city's outstanding $59.5 million G.O. bonds. Tacoma's limited tax G.O. rating reflects the following credit strengths: -- The city's growing role as a
