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October 23, 1998

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Headlines from October 23, 1998

Campaign Funds at Center of Wisconsin Race

By R. W. Apple Jr

US Senate race in Wisconsin between Democratic incumbent Russell D Feingold and his Republican rival, Democratic Repr Mark W Neumann, discussed; Federal election financing reform is a major factor in race: Feingold is co-author of bill that would change campaign finance laws, in part by eliminating 'soft money' spent by local or national orgns on behalf of but supposedly independent of political candidates; Sen Mitch McConnell y of Kentucky is bill's arch enermy, and he also happens to be chmn of National Republican Senatorial Committee, which has plenty of money to spend; as result, at least a million senatorial committee dollars, and maybe twice as much, has cascaded into Wisconsin in recent months to buy television commercials promoting Neumann; if Feingold wins, cmapaign finance reform will get a lift; if he loses, reform cause will suffer major setback; photos of Feingold and Neumann (M)

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Griffith Joyner Died After Seizure in Sleep

By Jere Longman

Medical authorities say that Olympic sprint champion Florence Griffith Joyner died of suffocation month ago after suffering seizure while she slept; say seizure was caused by congenital abnormality of blood vessels in her brain (M)

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AUTOS ON FRIDAY/International; Ford Plays Midwife for Junior Jaguar

By Richard Feast

Jaguar unveils midsize luxury sedan, S-Type, which takes direct aim at BMW's 5-Series and Mercedes-Benz E-Class; photo; new model symbolizes Jaguar's turnaround under Ford and vindicates Ford's $2.5 billion purchase of Jaguar in late 1980's; Ford will produce new Jaguar's V-6 engine and automatic transmission (S)

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After Century of Baseball, How Do Yanks Stack Up?

By Buster Olney

Buster Olney comments on question of how 1998 New York Yankees stack up against other great baseball teams of the past; points out that if basic standard for being the greatest is winning baseball games, then perhaps 1998 Yankees are the best ever, for they won 125 games, 9 more than any other team that won World Series; notes that if another basic standard for being the best is dominating the competition--something that can be measured statistically--then 1998 Yanks are clearly the greatest; table shows teams with best winning percentages, for teams that won World Series; photos (L)

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of October 21, 1998, covering October 23, 1998.

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    Album cover for Vol. 2... Hard Knock Life by Jay-Z

    Vol. 2... Hard Knock Life

    Jay-Z

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    Album cover for The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill by Lauryn Hill

    The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill

    Lauryn Hill

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    Album cover for Heaven'z Movie by Bizzy Bone

    Heaven'z Movie

    Bizzy Bone

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    Album cover for 'N Sync by *NSYNC

    'N Sync

    *NSYNC

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    Album cover for Aquemini by OutKast

    Aquemini

    OutKast

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Notable Births

Amandla Stenberg

1998Amandla Stenberg, American actress[โ€ ]

Amandla Stenberg is an American actress. She began her career as a child and received recognition for playing Rue in the action film The Hunger Games (2012). As she grew older, she appeared in the supernatural series Sleepy Hollow (2013โ€“2014) and the romance film Everything, Everything (2017). She received praise for her performance as a teenager witnessing a police shooting in the drama film The Hate U Give (2018). She then starred in the comedy horror film Bodies Bodies Bodies (2022) and the Star Wars series The Acolyte (2024).

Jordan Goodwin

1998Jordan Goodwin, American basketball player[โ€ ]

Jordan Goodwin is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Saint Louis Billikens.

Notable Deaths

Barnett Slepian

1998Barnett Slepian, American physician (born 1946)[โ€ ]

Barnett Abba Slepian was an American physician and abortion provider who was assassinated in his home by James Charles Kopp, a militant member of the US anti-abortion movement.

Eric Ambler

1998Eric Ambler, English author, screenwriter, and producer (born 1909)[โ€ ]

Eric Clifford Ambler OBE was an English author of thrillers, in particular spy novels, who introduced a new realism to the genre. Also working as a screenwriter, Ambler used the pseudonym Eliot Reed for books written with Charles Rodda.

Historical Events

Israel

1998Israel and the Palestinian Authority sign the Wye River Memorandum.[โ€ ]

Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a country in West Asia. It shares borders with Lebanon to the north, Syria to the north-east, Jordan to the east, Egypt to the south-west and the Mediterranean Sea to the west. It occupies the Palestinian territories of the West Bank in the east and the Gaza Strip in the south-west. Israel also has a small coastline on the Red Sea at its southernmost point, and part of the Dead Sea lies along its eastern border. Its proclaimed capital is Jerusalem, while Tel Aviv is its largest urban area and economic centre.

Historical Context for October 23, 1998

In 1998, the world population was approximately 6,007,066,690 people[โ€ ]