LEAD: It is not ''Miami Vice,'' the driving instructors at the New York City Police Academy warned the recruits. So forget about wild chases that leave cars split in half, fruit stands toppled and grandmothers barely escaping with their lives.

AT ACADEMY, POLICE LEARN LIFE ISN'T TV

LEAD: Master Gunnery Sgt. Michael Hakim was succinct about the accusations against Marine Corps guards who served in Moscow: ''It hurts.''

MARINES STUNG WHERE IT HURTS: PRIDE IN CORPS

LEAD: The Wedtech Corporation, a Bronx military contractor that is at the center of several investigations into public corruption, sued two accounting concerns yesterday, charging that they had failed in their responsibilities to disclose ''pervasive fraud'' by Wedtech's former management.

WEDTECH SUES ITS AUDITORS FOR DAMAGES

LEAD: The wind was down and the sea was calm before midnight 75 years ago as the Titanic ran at a good, but not record-breaking, speed through the ice fields. The danger was reported but, following the habit of many shipmasters, was not handled in more than the most routine manner.

FASCINATION OF TITANIC ENDURES AT 75

LEAD: A doctor becomes established in the suburbs, builds a lucrative practice, finds he has free time. What to do? One suburban cosmetic surgeon has hired a public relations outfit and made himself available to discuss advances in permanent eyeliner, for ''today's physically active women whose makeup smudges.

Our Towns; On Volunteering: Doctors Balance Rich and Poor

LEAD: The Dow Jones industrial average plunged 51.71 points yesterday as a wave of selling battered a stock market already reeling from a weaker dollar, worry over inflation and a sharp rise in interest rates.

DOW PLUNGES BY 51.71 ON RATE FEARS

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LEAD: It is easy to see, at first glance, just how far blacks have come since Jackie Robinson shattered baseball's color barrier four decades ago. The proof is on the playing fields and in the arenas.

FOR BLACKS, LOCKER ROOM DOESN'T LEAD TO BOARD ROOM

LEAD: The troubled Mellon Bank Corporation said yesterday that J. David Barnes, its chairman and chief executive, had resigned.

Mellon's Chairman Resigns

LEAD: The stock price of Texaco Inc. fell in very heavy trading yesterday as the large oil company tried to soothe the frazzled nerves of investors, lenders, suppliers and business partners in the wake of its bankruptcy filing on Sunday.

BOTH STOCKS IN OIL FEUD ARE DOWN

LEAD: Showing more strength than many on Wall Street had expected, the International Business Machines Corporation yesterday reported a surprising 5.5 percent rise in its first-quarter revenues, though net income dropped 23 percent.

I.B.M. REVENUE UP 5.5%, BUT PROFIT DECLINES 23%

LEAD: New York State's highest court, the Court of Appeals, may be drafting a decision that could bring about extraordinary changes in the way municipalities can use zoning powers, legal and planning experts say.

COURT RULING MAY RESHAPE L.I. HOUSING

LEAD: PHYSICISTS often probe the workings of nature on a cosmic scale, but Prof. Alan H. Guth and his colleagues at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology may have set themselves the ultimate research goal. They are seeking a mechanism by which humans might create a new universe from scratch.

PHYSICIST AIMS TO CREATE A UNIVERSE, LITERALLY

LEAD: In even the most tranquil times, the first night of Passover is full of turbulent emotions for the Jews who have been trying to emigrate from the Soviet Union. The words ''next year in Jerusalem,'' pronounced during the traditional seder, have both a hopeful and a hollow sound.

SHULTZ VISITS EMBASSY SEDER FOR NOTED SOVIET DISSIDENTS

LEAD: Fears of terrorism caused John and Mildred McLaughlin of Clark, N.J., to cancel their trip to Italy and France last year.

A SURGE IN U.S. TRAVEL TO EUROPE IS EXPECTED DESPITE DOLLAR'S DROP

LEAD: LASER surgery, which has revolutionized the treatment of several sight-threatening eye disorders, now promises to do the same for many common gynecological problems, including one - abnormally heavy uterine bleeding -that is usually treated by hysterectomy.

LASER LESSENS THE TRAUMA OF SURGERY IN UTERUS

LEAD: Not many people ever have the chance to accept a peace offering of $2 billion from an embittered, implacable foe - let alone turn such a deal down.

PENNZOIL'S CHANCES UNCLEAR

LEAD: Officials around the nation are concerned that over the next decade more than half a million low- and moderate-income families may be ousted from federally subsidized apartments built in the 1960's and 1970's. Hundreds of families already have lost their homes and the numbers are likely to increase rapidly.

THREAT TO TENANTS' SUBSIDIES STIRS CONCERN OF U.S. OFFICIALS

LEAD: The Borg-Warner Corporation last Friday acted like any other company under siege by an unwanted suitor: It turned to a major investment bank for help, in this case Merrill Lynch & Company.

DEEP-POCKETED DEAL MAKERS

LEAD: A recent Federal appeals court decision has weakened the impact of a landmark 1982 ruling that led to the hiring of the first women in the New York City Fire Department, making it unlikely more women will be hired, according to legal experts.

RULING COULD CURTAIL HIRING MORE WOMEN IN FIRE DEPARTMENT

LEAD: COMPANIES  Texaco's stock price fell in very heavy trading as the large oil company moved to reassure the business community in the wake of its bankruptcy filing. Texaco stock was the day's most-active issue, dropping $3.375, to $28.50, on volume of 12.6 million shares, and Texaco bonds fell in lighter trading.

BUSINESS DIGEST: TUESDAY, APRIL 14, 1987

LEAD: The Government appeared to retreat somewhat today from a complete ban on protests against detention without trial, saying that it would not apply to religious services.

RETREAT IS SEEN BY SOUTH AFRICA ON PROTEST BAN

LEAD: WHEN the discovery of the provocative ''black skull'' was announced last summer, the small, contentious fraternity of paleoanthropology was stunned into a rare state of unanimity. Everyone agreed that the skull was the most significant early humanlike fossil to be found in more than a decade. Everyone agreed it would necessitate a major rethinking of the human family tree.

NEW FOSSIL IS FORCING FAMILY TREE REVISIONS

LEAD: Secretary of State George P. Shultz met today with the Soviet Foreign Minister for more than seven hours in an effort to prepare the way for a treaty curbing medium-range missiles.

SHULTZ, IN SOVIET, PRESSES FOR PACT ON MID-RANGE ARMS

LEAD: AN awkward and unexpected obstacle to the Government's proposed $4 billion supercollider, a giant particle accelerator meant to extend the experimental reach of modern high-energy physics, has emerged from a recent series of scientific breakthroughs.

ADVANCES POSE OBSTACLE TO ATOM SMASHER PLAN

Michael Carl Baze was an American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey.

Michael Baze, American jockey (died 2011)

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Erwin "Jimmy" Hoffer is an Austrian former professional footballer who played as a striker. He represented the Austria national football team at UEFA Euro 2008, and his 17-year playing career spanned several clubs in Austria, Italy, Germany and Belgium.

Erwin Hoffer, Austrian footballer

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April 14, 1987

Headlines from April 14, 1987

AT ACADEMY, POLICE LEARN LIFE ISN'T TV

MARINES STUNG WHERE IT HURTS: PRIDE IN CORPS

WEDTECH SUES ITS AUDITORS FOR DAMAGES

FASCINATION OF TITANIC ENDURES AT 75

Our Towns; On Volunteering: Doctors Balance Rich and Poor

Billboard 200

Licensed To Ill

Slippery When Wet

The Joshua Tree

Graceland

The Way It Is

Notable Births

Historical Context for April 14, 1987