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Surprising Jump in Sales Despite reminders of a slowdown, consumers have continued to spend, lifting retail sales 0.8 percent in April. A gauge of consumer sentiment also rose. PAGE C1 Linking Tax Cuts and Energy President Bush, in a wide-ranging news conference, said that the surest way to help Americans cope with rising gas and oil prices was to enact a sweeping tax cut. PAGE A13
Clyde Haberman NYC column draws parallel between Daily News Publisher Mortimer Zuckerman's request that laid off employees agree to be silent about newspaper, lest they lose severance benefits, and his being admonished to give up column he writes about Middle East and Israel for US News & World Report during his tenure as chair of Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations; says he resents idea of censorship, but, Haberman points out, it is tantamount to what he asks of his dismissed employees (M)
James J. Schiro, the chief executive of the accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers, announced unexpectedly in Paris yesterday that he planned to step down as soon as a successor was found. Mr. Schiro did not offer a reason and was unavailable for comment, the firm said.
Puerto Rican fans of junior middleweight champion Felix Trinidad are excited about his attempt to gain middleweight title as well, in bout against current champion, William Joppy, at Madison Square Garden; photos (L)
Eastern New York Correctional Facility in Napanoch, NY, is creating small museum on its grounds, which will display artifacts, photographs and records from prison's past and detail its role in New York State's penal history; David L Miller, superintendent of facility, says people are fascinated by criminaljustice and what goes on in prisons; photo (M)
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of May 9, 2001, covering May 12, 2001.
Janet
Tim McGraw
Various Artists
2Pac
Case
2001Issa Kaboré, Burkinabé footballer[†]
Issa Kaboré is a Burkinabé professional footballer who plays as a right-back or right wing-back for Bundesliga club Werder Bremen, on loan from Premier League club Manchester City, and the Burkina Faso national team.
2001Perry Como, American singer and television host (born 1912)[†]
Pierino Ronald "Perry" Como was an American singer, actor, and television personality. During a career spanning more than half a century, he recorded exclusively for RCA Victor for 44 years, from 1943 until 1987.
2001Didi, Brazilian footballer (born 1928)[†]
Waldyr Pereira, also known as Didi, was a Brazilian footballer who played as a midfielder or as a forward. He played in three FIFA World Cups, winning the latter two.
2001Alexei Tupolev, Russian engineer, designed the Tupolev Tu-144 (born 1925)[†]
Aleksey Andreevich Tupolev was a Soviet and later Russian aircraft designer who led the development of the first supersonic passenger jet, the Tupolev Tu-144. He also helped design the Buran space shuttle and the long-range heavy bomber Tu-2000, both of which were suspended for lack of funding.
In 2001, the world population was approximately 6,254,936,459 people[†]