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LEAD: To survive in a world market increasingly dominated by the Japanese, such American semiconductor manufacturers as the Intel Corporation and Advanced Micro Devices Inc. have withdrawn to segments they think they can still defend. Others, including Motorola Inc. and the Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation, are teaming up with their
LEAD: TRANSCONTINENTAL travelers have often remarked on the homogeneous nature of America's culinary landscape: Every town has its golden arches, surrounded by purveyors of fried chicken, tacos, pizza and fish nuggets. Fortunately, even as the blandness of franchised fast-food outlets replaced the distinctiveness of local fare, the faithful hung on - loyal and appreciative audiences remained for those luncheonettes, diners and drugstore counters that continued preparing their specialties, like Pepe's Pizzeria in New Haven, famous for its white clam topping, and Central Grocery in New
LEAD: THIS Friday, July 3, M. F. K. Fisher will celebrate her 79th birthday. She is particularly happy about the date of her birth because, for one thing, it leads directly to one of her favorite stories.
LEAD: The Senate overwhelmingly approved import penalties tonight for the Japanese and Norwegian companies that diverted sophisticated propeller-milling equipment to the Soviet Union, enabling the Russians to make quieter submarines.
LEAD: His relatives told him he needed a trade to emigrate from Hungary to America, so Louis Lichtman decided to become a baker. His first cake, a spongecake, was an epiphany.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of July 1, 1987, covering July 1, 1987.
Whitney Houston
U2
Motley Crue
Whitesnake
Heart
1987Michael Schrader, German decathlete[†]
Michael Schrader is a German decathlete. He finished tenth at the 2008 Olympic Games. His personal best score is 8670 points, winning him the silver medal at the 2013 World Championships in Moscow.
1987The American radio station WFAN in New York City is launched as the world's first all-sports radio station.[†]
WFAN is a commercial radio station licensed to New York, New York, with a sports radio format, branded "Sports Radio 66 AM and 101.9 FM" or "The Fan". Owned by Audacy, Inc., the station serves the New York metropolitan area, while its 50,000-watt clear channel signal can be heard at night throughout much of the eastern United States and Canada. WFAN's studios are located in the Hudson Square neighborhood of lower Manhattan and its transmitter is located on High Island in the Bronx.
In 1987, the world population was approximately 5,049,746,397 people[†]