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LEAD: In a move that could signal a major shift away from this nation's tight-spending policies, Japan's ruling party today outlined a $34 billion plan to stimulate the economy and ease trade frictions with the United States.
LEAD: Less than 30 miles from here, just north of the skyscrapers and the traffic jams and the high-tech sales offices, two outsized armies are poised to resume the Korean War. Many people think the possibility is remote. A few think it is just a matter of time.
LEAD: Sitting at the kitchen table of her gray-shingled ranch home three miles from the Atlantic Ocean, Mary Beth Whitehead spoke often today about about the baby's ''coming home,'' her euphemism for ultimate triumph in the court struggle with William Stern and his wife, Elizabeth, over the child known as Baby M.
LEAD: The former leader of the liberal white opposition in the South African Parliament, Frederik van Zyl Slabbert, is to be charged with possessing the writings of Nelson Mandela, the jailed leader of the outlawed African National Congress.
LEAD: Officials said today that they now believe at least 10 people might have been killed after a bridge on the Gov. Thomas E. Dewey Thruway collapsed Sunday and their vehicles tumbled into a flooded creek 40 miles northwest of here.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of April 8, 1987, covering April 8, 1987.
Beastie Boys
Bon Jovi
U2
Paul Simon
Bruce Hornsby & The Range
1987Royston Drenthe, Dutch footballer[†]
Royston Ricky Drenthe is a Dutch former professional footballer. Although primarily a left winger, he has also played as a left-back.
1987Jeremy Hellickson, American baseball player[†]
Jeremy Robert Hellickson is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Tampa Bay Rays, Arizona Diamondbacks, Philadelphia Phillies, Baltimore Orioles, and Washington Nationals. Following the 2011 season, Hellickson was named American League Rookie of the Year. In Tampa Bay, Hellickson was nicknamed "Hellboy" by local fans and media.
1987Elton John, Trinidadian footballer[†]
Elton David Wallace John is a Trinidadian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder.
1987Sam Rapira, New Zealand rugby league player[†]
Sam Rapira is a New Zealand former professional rugby league footballer who last played for Toulouse Olympique in the Championship. He played as a prop.
In 1987, the world population was approximately 5,049,746,397 people[†]