Week of July 1-4, 1998
Japan unveils a blueprint for solving its banking woes. The country has lots of
failed banks.
President Clinton now plans a blitz of executive order because he’s frustrated by
the GOP-controlled Congress that has resisted him on most issues - in order to
get through his domestic agendas.
Brush fires galore - From near the Georgia border to the north perimeter of the
Kennedy Space Center - Florida’s fires continue to cause problems.
Linda Tripp - a witness for Kenneth W. Starr in the Monica Lewinsky
investigation - finishes a second day of grand jury testimony.
PepsiCo announces that will introduce a new diet soda - Pepsi One, this fall.
The Princess Di Museum is opened in Great Brington, England as hundreds
pass through the stone gates of her ancestral home.
Consumer confidence soars to its highest level in three decades.
Thousands of construction workers gridlock midtown Manhattan streets in a
demonstration protesting the hiring of nonunion labor.
First time - Scientists have found the stains of the AIDS virus resistant to protese
inhibitors and other used AIDS drugs can be transmitted from one person to
another.
Sports -
Red McCombs is the new Minnesota Vikings owner. He’s the former owner of the
San Antonio Spurs.
Quarterfinals at
Wimbledon - Venus
Williams throws a
tantrum over line calls
- and loses to
Jana
Novotna
of the Czech
Republic.
Soccer - Argentina
wins the world cup.
