The October 18, 1997 was a Saturday under the star sign of ♎. It was the 290 day of the year. President of the United States was William J. (Bill) Clinton.
If you were born on this day, you are 28 years old. Your last birthday was on the Saturday, October 18, 2025, 261 days ago. Your next birthday is on Sunday, October 18, 2026, in 103 days. You have lived for 10,488 days, or about 251,718 hours, or about 15,103,122 minutes, or about 906,187,320 seconds.
Date: 19 October 1997
By Judith H. Dobrzynski
Judith Dobrzynski
Bloomberg Television, carried in New York area on WPXN, offers all-news television screen that simultaneously provides top international and business news and data on stock and other financial markets, weather, time, sports, traffic and date; director Robert Leveroni discusses format, interview; photo (M)
Date: 18 October 1997
By Peter Steinfels
Peter Steinfels
Beliefs column on new WNET television program Religion and Ethics News Weekly, now broadcast nationally on PBS stations; host Bob Abernethy and executive producer Gerry Solomon comment on challenge of presenting news about religious issues (S)
Date: 19 October 1997
By Richard Severo
Richard Severo
Nancy Dickerson, former CBS and NBC television reporter who in 1960 was first woman hired as network correspondent by CBS, dies at age 70; obituary article recalls her dual role as reporter and Washington hostess starting in Kennedy era; photo (M)
Date: 19 October 1997
By Iver Peterson
Iver Peterson
Murder trial in California is turning into first test of newspaper's right to shield its readers' E-mail and Internet use from defense lawyer's claim that electronic coverage of case can taint jury pool; defense lawyer James Farley has subpoenaed Ventura County Star to determine whether its electronic coverage of crime may have influenced potential jurors beyond paper's circulation area; his client, Michael Dally, is charged with conspiring with his girlfriend, Diana Haun, to murder his wife, Sherri Dally; Haun was convicted of murder on Sept 28 (M)
Date: 18 October 1997
Editorial on Pres Clinton's visit to Argentina; says he erred by not plainly telling Argentine political leaders they must not condone attacks on journalists
Date: 18 October 1997
By Maureen Dowd
Maureen Dowd
Maureen Dowd Op-Ed column on trying to publish family newspaper when 'news' revolves around such matters as Paula Jones suit against Bill Clinton, and lurid speculations about his anatomy and sex life; finds American culture more and more obsessed with fame and prurience, regrets lost dignity of Presidency and citizenry, says President of US ought not to be publicly strip-searched, and fears sexual harassment law is driving us where we really do not want to go (S)
Date: 18 October 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Kellogg Co to close three European plants and dismiss 400 workers, about 10 percent of its European work force, resulting in pretax charge of up to $150 million in fourth quarter (S)
Date: 18 October 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Hartford Financial Services Group to pay $187 million cash for Omni Insurance Group (S)
Date: 18 October 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
CPC International Inc to change its name to Bestfoods after it spins off corn-refining business in Jan (S)
Date: 18 October 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Spiegel Inc's catalogue division to dismiss 775 full- and part-time workers when it closes its Bensalem, Pa, and Reno, Nev, sales centers in late Dec (S)1