5. октобар 1998. је био понедељак под знаком звездице ♎. Био је 277 дан у години. Председник Сједињених Држава је био William J. (Bill) Clinton.
Ако сте рођени на данашњи дан, имате 27 година. Ваш последњи рођендан је био недеља, 5. октобар 2025., пре 250 дана. Ваш следећи рођендан је понедељак, 5. октобар 2026., за 114 дана. Живели сте 10.112 дана, или око 242.704 сати, или око 14.562.272 минута, или око 873.736.320 секунди.
Date: 06 October 1998
By Caryn James
Caryn James
Critics Notebook column says lack of surprise at House Judiciary Committe's impeachment hearing on Pres Clinton reveals how central television has become in White House sex scandal, shaping its every turn; says exchanges between committee members made it seem as if transcripts of previous television news programs were being read into Congressional Record (M)
Date: 05 October 1998
By Bernard Stamler
Bernard Stamler
DARE America, anti-drug group, has filed suit against Stephen Glass, associate editor dismissed by The New Republic; Glass has admitted making up people, quotes and situations in several articles he wrote, including critique of DARE that appeared in New Republic and Rolling Stone; DARE is not suing magazines involved; photo (S)
Date: 05 October 1998
By Melinda Henneberger
Melinda Henneberger
Interview with Joseph Lockhart, Pres Clinton's new press secretary; photo (M)
Date: 06 October 1998
By Linda Greenhouse
Linda Greenhouse
Supreme Court will clarify law on leniency for refugees who seek to remain in US despite having committed crimes in their home countries; will resolve dispute among lower Federal courts over relationship between Americans With Disabilities Act and receipt of Social Security disability benefits; turns dow appeal from coalition of news organizations, including New York Times, challenging denial of public access to court hearings and legal motions connected to investigation of White House sex scandal and to assertions of privileges raised by grand jury witnesses; refuses to hear challenge to Indiana school district's drug testing policy, under which any student who wants to participate in any extracurricular activity must agree to be subject to random testing; agrees to decide whether two Los Angeles prosecutors who violated defense lawyers due process by having him held and searched in separate room of courthouse before client was scheduled to testify before grand jury (M)
Date: 05 October 1998
By Christian Berthelsen
Christian Berthelsen
Gov Pete Wilson of California signs bill intended to allow celebrities to sue paparazzi for invasion of privacy; law will allow photographers to be found liable for invasion of privacy if they trespass or use telephoto lenses to capture images of people engaging in personal or familial activity; it provides for hefty damage awards against photographers and their organizations (S)
Date: 06 October 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
National Semiconductor Corp will close part of plant in Scotland and dismiss 600 of 1,000 workers there because of slumping demand for computer chips; company will take $25 million charge in its second quarter for cutback (S)
Date: 06 October 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Cendant Corp ends plans to buy Providian Auto and Home Insurance Co, American unit of Aegon NV of Netherlands; Cendant spokesman says performance of Providian 'deteriorated substantially' since Cendant's predecessor, HFS Inc, agreed in December to buy company for $219 million in cash (S)
Date: 06 October 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Shares of Global Industrial Technologies Inc jump 20 percent after investors learn company could be takeover target for WHX Corp; Global has said it is not for sale (S)
Date: 06 October 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Pep Boys-Manny, Moe & Jack, says it will sell 100 of its Express auto parts stores to larger rival, Autozone Inc, for $108 million and will close nine others as it focuses more on supercenters that offer services and tires (S)
Date: 06 October 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Philippine Airlines Inc says it agreed to surrender eight Airbus Industrie jets to its creditors as it prepares to resume operations with smaller fleet; airline has been grounded since Sept 23 because of heavy losses and labor problems (S)