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February 4, 1987

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LEAD: Economic Indicator Soars The Government reported the best advance in years for December, but analysts said one-time factors made the report too optimistic. Page D1.

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U.S. IS CONSIDERING MUCH WIDER TESTS FOR AIDS INFECTION

By Lawrence K. Altman, Special To the New York Times

LEAD: Federal health officials said today that they were considering recommending much wider blood testing for infection by the AIDS virus, including tests for all applicants for marriage licenses and for everyone who is hospitalized or who is treated for pregnancy or for sexually transmitted diseases.

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EX-WEDTECH AIDES SAID TO IMPLICATE BIAGGI AND SIMON

By Josh Barbanel

LEAD: Former top executives of the Wedtech Corporation, a South Bronx military contractor, told Federal investigators last week that they had made payoffs to 20 government officials, including two Bronx Congressmen and Borough President Stanley Simon, law-enforcement officials said yesterday.

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AMERICAN MEDICAL GETS OFFER

By Robert J. Cole

LEAD: A Chicago doctor, Leroy A. Pesch, offered yesterday to pay $1.7 billion in cash for American Medical International Inc. of Beverly Hills, Calif., one of the nation's biggest hospital companies.

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HITTING THE TASTE JACKPOT TAKES PRACTICE AND AN EAGER PALATE

By Erik Eckholm

LEAD: CREATING a splendid new dish, spicing a familiar one to perfection or simply savoring another's cooking with the culinary equivalent of a jeweler's eye: These are hallmarks of a great palate. Such gustatory distinction is within the reach of all who dare, according to leading chefs, taste researchers and eaters.

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of February 4, 1987, covering February 4, 1987.

  1. 1
    Album cover for Slippery When Wet by Bon Jovi

    Slippery When Wet

    Bon Jovi

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    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    22
  2. 2
    Album cover for Different Light by The Bangles

    Different Light

    The Bangles

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    2
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    54
  3. 3
    Album cover for Night Songs by Cinderella

    Night Songs

    Cinderella

    Last week
    4
    Peak
    3
    Weeks
    30
  4. 4
    Album cover for Licensed To Ill by Beastie Boys

    Licensed To Ill

    Beastie Boys

    Last week
    7
    Peak
    4
    Weeks
    11
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    Album cover for The Way It Is by Bruce Hornsby & The Range

    The Way It Is

    Bruce Hornsby & The Range

    Last week
    5
    Peak
    4
    Weeks
    34

Notable Births

1987Darren O'Dea, Irish footballer[†]

Darren O'Dea is an Irish retired professional football player, who is the assistant head coach of Swansea City. O'Dea has played as a centre back for clubs in Scotland, England, Canada, Ukraine and India, and represented the Republic of Ireland internationally.

Lucie Šafářová

1987Lucie Šafářová, Czech tennis player[†]

Lucie Šafářová is a Czech professional tennis player who was ranked world No. 1 in doubles, and No. 5 in singles.

Notable Deaths

Liberace

1987Liberace, American singer-songwriter and pianist, (born 1919)[†]

Władziu Valentino Liberace was an American pianist, singer and actor. He was born in Wisconsin to parents of Italian and Polish origin and enjoyed a career spanning four decades of concerts, recordings, television, motion pictures and endorsements. At the height of his fame from the 1950s to 1970s, he was the highest-paid entertainer in the world with established concert residencies in Las Vegas and an international touring schedule. He embraced a lifestyle of flamboyant excess both on and off stage, and never publicly acknowledged his homosexuality.

Meena Keshwar Kamal

1987Meena Keshwar Kamal, Afghan activist, founded the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (born 1956)[†]

Meena Keshwar Kamal, commonly known as Meena, was an Afghan revolutionary political activist, women's rights activist and founder of Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA), who was assassinated in 1987.

Carl Rogers

1987Carl Rogers, American psychologist and academic (born 1902)[†]

Carl Ransom Rogers was an American psychologist who was one of the founders of humanistic psychology and was known especially for his person-centered psychotherapy. Rogers is widely considered one of the founding fathers of psychotherapy research and was honored for his research with the Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions by the American Psychological Association (APA) in 1956.

Historical Context for February 4, 1987

In 1987, the world population was approximately 5,049,746,397 people[†]