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LEAD: Richard V. Secord testified today that Government officials including William J. Casey, then Director of Central Intelligence, helped to supply weapons to the Nicaraguan rebels after Congress had prohibited such aid.
LEAD: FOR children, coming down with the flu used to mean a day off from school to read comic books, watch reruns of ''My Little Margie'' and be the happy beneficiary of undivided maternal attention. But for some children, all that has changed. Today - when nearly half of the women with children 14 and under are working outside the home - many children with colds are spending the day in places like Chicken Soup, Rainbow Retreat and Grandma's House.
LEAD: Gary Hart, seeking to quell the controversy that has engulfed his bid for the Presidency, declared yesterday that he had done nothing immoral and said, ''My campaign has just begun.''
LEAD: YOU should be thinking about Star Wars, or your work or your mother, but no. You're pouring M & M's into your hand, and as you watch them settle into your sweaty palm you realize that there are more important matters in the world. Such as, how do they get that perfect little M on each M & M?
LEAD: Interest rates declined modestly yesterday as the Treasury sold $10 billion of three-year notes, the first of three note and bond auctions this week.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of May 6, 1987, covering May 6, 1987.
U2
Beastie Boys
Bon Jovi
Poison
Paul Simon
1987Dries Mertens, Belgian footballer[†]
Dries "Ciro" Mertens is a free agent Belgian professional footballer who last played as a forward or winger for Süper Lig club Galatasaray.
1987Meek Mill, American rapper[†]
Robert Rihmeek Williams, known professionally as Meek Mill, is an American rapper. Born and raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he embarked on his career as a battle rapper, and later formed a short-lived rap group the Bloodhoundz. He signed with T.I.'s Grand Hustle Records as a solo act in 2008, but parted ways with the label in 2011 without any releases. He signed with Rick Ross' Maybach Music Group (MMG) later that year, and rose to mainstream recognition following his performances on the label's Self Made Vol. 1 (2011) compilation album; his song "Tupac Back" served as the album's lead single, while its follow-up, "Ima Boss", became his first entry on the Billboard Hot 100.
1987Gerardo Parra, Venezuelan baseball player and coach[†]
Gerardo Enrique Parra is a Venezuelan former professional baseball outfielder and current first base coach for the Washington Nationals. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Arizona Diamondbacks, Milwaukee Brewers, Baltimore Orioles, Colorado Rockies, San Francisco Giants and Washington Nationals, as well for the Yomiuri Giants of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). Parra is a two-time Gold Glove Award winner and won the 2019 World Series as a member of the Nationals.
1987Adrienne Warren, American actress[†]
Adrienne Warren is an American actress, singer and dancer. She made her Broadway debut in the 2012 musical Bring It On, and in 2016 received a Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical nomination for her performance in Shuffle Along, or, the Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed. She was also praised for her role as Tina Turner in the West End production of Tina in 2018, and for the same role in the Broadway production, for which she received the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical in 2020.
1987William J. Casey, American politician, 13th Director of Central Intelligence (born 1913)[†]
William Joseph Casey was an American lawyer who was the Director of Central Intelligence from 1981 to 1987. In this capacity he oversaw the entire United States Intelligence Community and personally directed the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) throughout much of the Reagan administration.
In 1987, the world population was approximately 5,049,746,397 people[†]