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Date: 05 July 1997
By ROBIN FINN
Pete Sampras advances to final at Wimbledon with defeat of Todd Woodbridge in straight sets; Cedric Pioline, 44th-ranked Frenchman, gains final against Sampras by defeating Michael Stich; photos; Stich makes last appearance at Wimbledon after year in which he has fallen to 88th in rankings because of chronic shoulder pain (M)
Date: 05 July 1997
Debbie McCabe, 20-year-old Bronx woman, is charged in slaying of Brian Fasack, off-duty New York City police officer who was shot while driving home to Westchester County; photo; man is also being questioned (S)
Date: 05 July 1997
Unidentified young man is shot to death on Boardwalk in Coney Island, Brooklyn, in midst of Fourth of July crowds (S)
Date: 05 July 1997
By MICHAEL SPECTER
Pres Boris N Yeltsin tells Russian people that country's economy has finally ended its five-year decline and is poised for recovery; gross domestic product rises by 1 percent in first half of year, and even skeptics are inclined to believe that if economy is not moving forward, its precipitous decline has come to and end, at least for now; Yeltsin also implies that his own personal suffering has abated following end of Chechen war and defeat of Communists in last election; photo (M)
Date: 05 July 1997
Jamal Joseph, Bronx man on parole for rape, is charged with murdering unidentified girl whose decomposed body was found in Seton Falls Park (S)
Date: 05 July 1997
By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF
Date: 05 July 1997
By FRANK LITSKY
NHL Comr Gary Bettman agrees to arbitrate bizarre and bitter dispute over sale of New York Islanders; Newsweek reports that John Spano, who agreed on April 7 to buy team from John Pickett, failed to make an initial payment of $16.8 million due April 7; Pickett lawyer contends that Spano has made five false starts on payment (M)
Date: 05 July 1997
Canal Plus SA says it will record one-time gain of $508 million from sale of its stake in German pay-TV channel Premiere; sale is to Kirch Group of Germany (S)