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LEAD: THE Long Island Power Authority, charged by state law to displace the Long Island Lighting Company and shut down the Shoreham nuclear power plant if rate savings would result, has begun the search for an investment banking firm to engineer what would be the largest public takeover ever of a privately owned company.
LEAD: THE WASHINGTON, a $4 million reconstruction of a small 1861 hotel destroyed by fire four years ago, is scheduled to open here this month on the its original site in the Strand, where $75 million has been privately invested to restore the landmark commercial district dating from the 1850's.
LEAD: COCAINE has become a fixture on the American sports scene.
LEAD: Decades of bitter debate over the vexing problem of controlling American borders will come to a historic climax Tuesday. That is the day when the first of an expected 3.9 million illegal aliens all across the country are expected to emerge from the legal and social shadows to claim amnesty under the new immigration law.
LEAD: FIVE years ago, builders reached an accord with officials in this Orange County seat on a system that requires them to pay impact fees to help offset the costs of public improvements and services made necessary by development.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of April 29, 1987, covering May 3, 1987.
U2
Beastie Boys
Bon Jovi
Poison
Paul Simon
1987Damla Sönmez, Turkish actress[â ]
Tilya Damla Sönmez is a Turkish actress and voiceover artist. She gained worldwide recognition for her movies Sibel and I Am You. Her prominent TV roles include Ceylan in Bir AĆk Hikayesi, GĂŒlru in GĂŒllerin SavaĆı, and Efsun in Ăukur.
1987Dalida, Italian singer, actress, dancer, and model (born 1933)[â ]
Iolanda Cristina Gigliotti, professionally known as Dalida, was an Italian naturalized French singer and actress. Leading an international career, Dalida has sold over 140 million records worldwide. Some of her best known songs include "Bambino", "Gigi l'amoroso", "Il venait d'avoir 18 ans", "Laissez-moi danser", "Salma ya salama", "Helwa ya baladi", "Mourir sur scĂšne", and "Paroles, paroles" featuring spoken word by Alain Delon.
1987A crash by Bobby Allison at the Talladega Superspeedway, Alabama fencing at the start-finish line would lead NASCAR to develop the restrictor plate for the following season both at Daytona International Speedway and Talladega.[â ]
Robert Arthur Allison was an American professional stock car racing driver and owner. Allison was the founder of the Alabama Gang, a group of drivers based in Hueytown, Alabama, where there were abundant short tracks with high purses. Allison raced competitively in the NASCAR Cup Series from 1961 to 1988, while regularly competing in short track events throughout his career. He also raced in IndyCar, Trans-Am, and Can-Am. Named one of NASCAR's 50 greatest drivers and a member of the NASCAR Hall of Fame, he was the 1983 Winston Cup champion and won the Daytona 500 in 1978, 1982, and 1988.
In 1987, the world population was approximately 5,049,746,397 people[â ]