The Monitor From The Week Of January 18-24, 1998

IN PASSING

Carl Perkins, the pioneering rockabilly singer, songwriter and guitarist who wrote “Blue Suede Shoes,” died Monday in Jackson, Tenn., where he lived. He was 65.

Israeli Education Minister Zevulun Hammer, a founder of the Jewish settlement movement in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, died Tuesday of cancer. He was 62.

Jack Lord, the no-nonsense “Hawaii Five-O” detective whose “Book ‘em, Danno!” ended most episodes of TV’s longest-running crime show, died Wednesday in Honolulu at age 77.

Art Freeborg, one of the last members of the 1931 Washington State Rose Bowl team, died Monday. He was 87.

MILESTONE

Scientists for the first time have cloned genetically engineered calves, a feat they said would help them create herds of identical cows that make medicines in their milk.

THIS WEEK

Tuesday: Congress reconvenes.

President Clinton delivers State of Union speech.

, DataTimes