August 3, 1996

New Government figures indicate that after several months in overdrive, the economy is showing signs of slowing to a more moderate pace that is generating no increases in inflation; Labor Department reports that the economy created jobs in July at a somewhat slower rate than during the spring and the upward pressure on wages ebbed; Commerce Department reports consumer spending fell in July for the first time since winter and factory orders fell in June for the first time in four months; charts (M)

Last article in The Clinton Record series discusses the President's economic successes and failures of the past four years as Clinton focuses his re-election campaign on a substantially improved economy and tries to convince middle-class voters that he has not forgotten them; excerpts from Clinton interview; charts; photo (L)

Jackie Joyner-Kersee ends her Olympic career with bronze medal in the long jump, while Chioma Ajunwa of Nigeria takes the gold and sets an African record; in tennis, Lindsay Davenport of the United States takes the gold, beating Arantxa Sanchez Vicario of Spain in women's singles; photos (M)

Mohammed Farah Aidid, Somali clan leader whose fighters humiliated United States forces trying to arrest him in 1993, has reportedly died from recent battle wounds; map; photos (M)

Photo of Omar Linares and Luis Ulacia of Cuba, which takes the Olympic gold medal in baseball in 13-9 victory overy Japan