US GDP (1998 dollars): $982.2 billion

Federal spending: $183.64 billion

Federal debt $365.8 billion

Median Household Income(current dollars): $8,389 billion

Consumer Price Index: $36.7

Unemployment: 3.6%

Cost of a first-class stamp: $0.06

NY Jets d. Baltimore

NY Mets d. Baltimore (4-1)

Boston d. LA Lakers

Montreal d. St. Louis

Rod Laver d. J. Newcombe (6-4 5-7 6-4 6-4)

Majestic Prince

UCLA d. Purdue

Texas (11-0-0)

Entertainment Awards

Fiction: House Made of Dawn, N. Scott Momaday

Music: String Quartet No. 3, Karel Husa

Drama: The Great White Hope, Howard Sackler

Academy Award, Best Picture: Oliver!, John Woolf, producer (Columbia)

Nobel Prize for Literature: Samuel Beckett (Ireland)

Record of the Year: "Mrs. Robinson," Simon and Garfunkel

Album of the Year: By the Time I Get to Phoenix, Glen Campbell (Capitol)

Song of the Year: "Little Green Apples," Bobby Russell, songwriter