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Interview with composer Anthony Payne, who completed Sir Edward Elgar's Third Symphony; he discusses Elgar family's decision to authorize move, despite Elgar's dying wish that work not be tinkered with; photos (M)
Clinton Administration decides to move up Pres Clinton's trip to China to late June, from Nov, in effort to avoid any deterioration of relations between US and China over human rights and other issues; senior Administration officials say that Chinese officials are enthusiastic over proposal for earlier meeting; rescheduled trip is likely to follow on heels of Paula Jones sexual misconduct trial against Clinton, which is to start on May 27 in Little Rock; Administration officials say trial has nothing to do with rescheduling China trip (M)
Mortgage brokers are playing increasingly large role in helping consumers get best rates on residential mortgages and complete paperwork; brokers now do much of work formerly done by bank officers, often taking their fees from lenders; drawings; table (M)
New York State Health Department officials, without warning, descended on 12 hospitals last week and spent weekend poring over charts and interviewing staff members in effort to determine whether young doctors are inadequately supervised and overworked in violation of state laws intended to protect patients; State Health Commissioner Barbara A DeBuono says that move was provoked by several recent cases in which hospitals were criticized for treatment of patients by residents and by article in New York Times last December that highlighted widespread flouting of laws imposed eight years ago by state to assure that novice doctors were properly rested and supervised (M)
Daphne Abdela, 15-year-old girl, admits to participating in murder of Michael McMorrow in Central Park and pleads guilty to manslaughter in first degree; Christopher Vasquez is charged with murder; photo (M)
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of March 11, 1998, covering March 12, 1998.
Soundtrack
Celine Dion
Silkk the Shocker
Savage Garden
Soundtrack
1998Carsen Edwards, American basketball player[†]
Carsen Cade Edwards is an American professional basketball player for Bayern Munich of the German Basketball Bundesliga (BBL) and the EuroLeague. He played college basketball for the Purdue Boilermakers, where he was twice named an All-American.
1998Mecole Hardman, American football player[†]
Carey Mecole Hardman is an American professional football wide receiver and return specialist for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Georgia Bulldogs and was selected by the Chiefs in the second round of the 2019 NFL draft. He has won Super Bowl LIV, Super Bowl LVII, and Super Bowl LVIII with the Chiefs. In Super Bowl LVIII, Hardman scored the game-winning touchdown in overtime. Hardman also had a brief stint with the New York Jets.
1998Daniel Samohin, Israeli figure skater[†]
Daniel Samohin is an Israeli figure skater who currently competes for the US. He is the 2016 World Junior champion, and has won two ISU Challenger Series medals, including a gold medal at the 2015 U.S. International Classic. Samohin is one of the few skaters to have landed two quad jumps in a short program, three quads in a free program, and five quads in one competition. He was a member of the Israeli delegation to the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea.
1998Elizaveta Ukolova, Czech figure skater[†]
Elizaveta Ukolova is a Czech figure skater. She has won three senior international medals and is a two-time Czech national silver medalist. She competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics and qualified for the free skate.
1998Beatrice Wood, American painter and potter (born 1893)[†]
Beatrice Wood was an American artist and studio potter involved in the Dada movement in the United States; she founded and edited The Blind Man and Rongwrong magazines in New York City with French artist Marcel Duchamp and writer Henri-Pierre Roché in 1917. She had earlier studied art and theater in Paris, and was working in New York as an actress. She later worked at sculpture and pottery. Wood was characterized as the "Mama of Dada".
In 1998, the world population was approximately 6,007,066,690 people[†]