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Survey conducted by New Jersey Health and Senior Services finds that minors in state are finding it more difficult to purchase cigarettes (New Jersey Daily Briefing) (S)
Commerce Dept says economy grew at annual rate of 5.6 percent during first quarter, its fastest pace since fourth quarter of 1987 and far above expectations of economists; Clinton Administration officials predict that surge will help drive down this year's Federal budget deficit to about $75 billion, its lowest level in over 20 years; good news on this year's deficit comes as Administration and Republicans seek to work out final details of bipartisan plan to balance budget by 2002 (M)
Angelo Luis Burgos Jr is arrested for murder-robbery of Robert Price, Lodi, NJ (New Jersey Daily Briefing) (S)
Pres Mobutu Sese Seko of Zaire and rebel leader Laurent Kabila agree to meet aboard South African ship off Atlantic coast on May 2; agreement comes after two days of shuttle diplomacy by Pres Clinton's special envoy Bill Richardson; he says there are no conditions and established agenda for talks; Mobutu resists Kabila's demand that he step down immediately, but military reality of situation, with rebel forces nearing Kinshasa, is forcing President to negotiate terms of his departure; map; photo (M)
Woodbridge, NJ, police are searching for man imposing as former football player John Brockington (New Jersey Daily Briefing) (S)
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of April 30, 1997, covering May 1, 1997.
The Notorious B.I.G.
Spice Girls
Soundtrack
The Wallflowers
Depeche Mode
1997Miles Sanders, American football player[†]
Miles Adam Sanders, nicknamed "Boobie Miles", is an American professional football running back for the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League (NFL). He was selected by the Philadelphia Eagles in the second round of the 2019 NFL draft after playing college football for the Penn State Nittany Lions.
1997Fernand Dumont, Canadian sociologist, philosopher, and poet (born 1927)[†]
Fernand Dumont was a Canadian sociologist, philosopher, theologian, and poet from Quebec. A longtime professor at Université Laval, he won the Governor General's Award for French-language non-fiction at the 1968 Governor General's Awards for Le lieu de l'homme.
1997Labour Party wins the 1997 General Election and Tony Blair is elected as Prime Minister[†]
The 1997 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday, 1 May 1997. The governing Conservative Party led by Prime Minister John Major was defeated in a landslide by the opposition Labour Party led by Tony Blair, achieving a 179-seat majority and a total of 418 seats.
In 1997, the world population was approximately 5,924,787,816 people[†]