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About New York column profiles Francisco Rivera Rosa, Puerto Rican artist who has been painting and sculpting with coffee for last three years; photo (M)
Harvey Araton comments on astronomical salaries being paid to top niche of basketball stars, and warns of dire consequences for their teams; photo of Stephon Marbury (Sports of The Times column) (M)
Cable News Network executives retract network's report that United States military used lethal sarin nerve gas in a secret 1970 mission in Laos, code-named Operation Tailwind, with intention of killing American defectors; retraction, broadcast and accompanied by apology, is based on independent assessment of evidence by Floyd Abrams at CNN's request; Time, which published slightly modified version of story a day after the broadcast, also makes retraction and an apology; Peter Arnett, perhaps CNN's most prominent correspondent, is reportedly reprimanded for his work on story; April Oliver and her colleague Jack Smith, producers who had led eight-month reporting effort, refuse to resign and are dismissed; Pamela Hill, senior executive producer of Newsstand, program that carried story, resigns; text of apology by Tom Johnson, CNN News Group chairman; photo (L)
Job growth slowed in June, as the unemployment rate edged up to 4.5 percent, the Government reported yesterday, in a sign that the hot economy was cooling somewhat. The slowdown, however, is from an exceptionally torrid pace. Payrolls grew by 205,000 last month, compared with more than 300,000 in each of the two previous months.
Hot United States economy is shows signs of cooling, but by only a few degrees; Labor Dept reports that unemployment edged up to 4.5 percent in June; there are other signs of moderation; total hours worked are virtually flat in June, clear indication that nation's output of goods and services is growing much more slowly than in recent quarters; hourly pay rises by mere penny, suggesting that wage inflation, while higher than year ago, is not accelerating; slowdown, however, is from exceptionaly torrid pace; payrolls grew by 205,000 last month, compared with more than 300,000 in each of two previous months; graphics (M)
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of July 1, 1998, covering July 3, 1998.
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Brandy
Master P
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1998Kim Dong-han, South Korean singer[†]
Kim Dong-han, also known mononymously as Donghan, is a South Korean singer, songwriter and actor. He first became known for competing in the reality survival show Produce 101 Season 2, and later debuted in the boy band JBJ. Kim made his solo debut with the release of his EP D-Day in June 2018. He is currently a member of South Korean boy band WEi.
1998Danielle Bunten Berry, American game designer and programmer (born 1949)[†]
Danielle Bunten Berry, formerly known as Dan Bunten, was an American game designer and programmer, known for the 1983 game M.U.L.E., one of the first influential multiplayer video games, and 1984's The Seven Cities of Gold.
In 1998, the world population was approximately 6,007,066,690 people[†]