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August 5, 1997

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Headlines from August 5, 1997

BUSINESS DIGEST

By Unknown Author

U.P.S. Strike Is Disruptive, But Vital Goods Arrive A strike by 185,000 members of the teamsters' union idled most of the trucks of the United Parcel Service, slowing the movement of millions of packages and inconveniencing businesses and their customers. The most essential goods -- food for grocery stores, medicine and medical supplies for hospitals -- appeared to be getting to their destinations. But the walkout came at a bad time for the book publishing industry, because this is the week that most trade publishers start shipping major titles for fall. $(Page A14.$)

Business/Financial Desk513 words

Ice-Cream Vending Restricted

By Tony Marcano

Long Beach places restrictions on ice cream trucks following complaints from residents that there are too many in township (New Jersey Daily Briefing) (S)

Metropolitan Desk120 words

INSIDE

By Unknown Author

New Israeli Weapon Using a harsh new economic tactic, Israel has suspended reimbursement of money it owes to the Palestinian Authority. Page A8. Getting Rid of Bad Teachers With better education high on the nation's agenda, more states are looking at how to change tenure for teachers who do not teach. Page A16.

Metropolitan Desk54 words

$270 Million HarperCollins Charge Is Set

By Doreen Carvajal

News Corp to take $270 million fiscal 1997 charge to revamp its HarperCollins unit; insists struggling unit is not for sale; says charge is largely for inventories of returned books and author advances for unprofitable books; plans to cut 420 jobs from work force of about 3,000, with over half of cuts already completed (M)

Business/Financial Desk615 words

Drug Companies' Sales Pitch: 'Ask Your Doctor'

By Abigail Zuger

Dozens of prescription drugs, hailing from all areas of medicine, are being marketed directly to consumers in escalating blitz of magazine, newspaper and television advertisements; campaigns have intrigued patients, startled doctors and left policy makers and regulatory agencies scrambling to catch up; pharmaceutical companies are betting that if they encourage patients to ask their doctors to prescribe particular drug, doctors will comply; several recent surveys found that doctors are willing to consider patients' requests for specific drugs; photo (M)

Science Desk1858 words

Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of July 30, 1997, covering August 5, 1997.

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Men In Black--The Album
Soundtrack
Last week
1
Peak
1
Weeks
3
2
Surfacing
Sarah McLachlan
Last week
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Peak
2
Weeks
1
3
Supa Dupa Fly
Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott
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Peak
3
Weeks
1
4
Spice
Spice Girls
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2
Peak
1
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24
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The Fat Of The Land
The Prodigy
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3
Peak
1
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3

Notable Births

1997Jack Cogger, Australian rugby league player^[†]

Jack Cogger is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a five-eighth and halfback for the Newcastle Knights in the National Rugby League (NRL).

1997Olivia Holt, American actress and singer^[†]

Olivia Hastings Holt is an American actress and singer. She starred in the Disney XD series Kickin' It, Disney Channel Original Movie Girl vs. Monster, and the Disney Channel Original Series I Didn't Do It. From 2018 to 2020, she portrayed Tandy Bowen / Dagger in the Freeform series Cloak & Dagger, the Disney XD series Spider-Man, and the Hulu series Runaways. In 2021, she portrayed Kate Wallis in Cruel Summer.

1997Wang Yibo, Chinese dancer, singer and actor^[†]

Wang Yibo is a Chinese actor, dancer, singer, professional road motorcycle racer and racing driver. He debuted as a member of South Korean-Chinese boyband Uniq in 2014. As an actor, he is best known for his roles in television series Love Actually (2017), Gank Your Heart (2019), The Untamed (2019), Legend of Fei (2020), Luoyang (2021), Being a Hero (2022) and War of Faith (2024). He made his big screen lead role debut in 2023, starring in Hidden Blade, Born to Fly and One and Only. His performances have earned him multiple acting nominations at various film awards, including the Golden Rooster Awards, Huabiao Awards and Asian Film Awards.

1997Yungblud, English musician and actor^[†]

Dominic Richard Harrison, known professionally as Yungblud, is an English singer, songwriter and actor. In 2018, he released his debut EP Yungblud, followed by his first full-length album 21st Century Liability. In 2019, he released his second EP, The Underrated Youth, and the following year, he released his second studio album, Weird!, which peaked at the top of the UK Albums Chart and reached number 75 on the US Billboard 200. His third album, titled Yungblud like his first EP, was released in 2022 and reached number 1 on the UK Album Charts, as well as number 45 on the Billboard 200 and number 7 on the U.S. Top Rock Albums chart.

Historical Context for August 5, 1997

In 1997, the world population was approximately 5,924,787,816 people^[†]

Headlines from August 5, 1997

BUSINESS DIGEST

Ice-Cream Vending Restricted

INSIDE

$270 Million HarperCollins Charge Is Set

Drug Companies' Sales Pitch: 'Ask Your Doctor'

Men In Black--The Album

Surfacing

Supa Dupa Fly

Spice

The Fat Of The Land

Notable Births

Historical Context for August 5, 1997