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LEAD: An Iranian who was linked to the revelation of the American arms deals with Iran was executed today by firing squad in Teheran, the Iranian radio reported.
LEAD: An American export control blunder has let a Soviet-owned company in West Germany obtain a powerful computer that Defense Department officials insist is a risk to American security.
LEAD: Sunday afternoon, the two sisters, in their 80's, were driving north on the Bronx River Parkway toward Pleasantville. As cars whizzed by, Elizabeth Morse kept the Dodge to a steady 45 and described the cemeteries along the way. Her older sister - a nun - Sister Mary Basil Hayes, doesn't get out often and was enjoying the ride on such a lovely fall day.
LEAD: Ronald O. Perelman, the chairman of Revlon Inc., offered yesterday to outbid Warren Buffett, the Omaha billionaire, for a substantial minority stake in Salomon Inc., the parent company of Salomon Brothers, Wall Street's biggest investment banking house.
LEAD: After the Bank of New York announced it would take over the Long Island Trust Company late last year, it said a third of the employees would be dismissed. In protest, workers pinned pink slips on office Christmas trees. And the severance pay offered by the Bank of New York was considered so meager that the seller, the Banca Commerciale Italiana of
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of September 23, 1987, covering September 29, 1987.
Michael Jackson
Soundtrack
Whitney Houston
Whitesnake
Def Leppard
1987Josh Farro, American musician[†]
Joshua Neil Farro is an American musician, best known as co-founder, former guitarist and backing vocalist for the rock band Paramore. Since leaving Paramore in 2010, he has pursued a solo career as the lead vocalist and guitarist of his self-named band Farro. His debut solo album, Walkways, was released in 2016.
1987Henry Ford II, American businessman (born 1917)[†]
Henry Ford II, commonly known as Hank the Deuce, was an American businessman in the automotive industry. He was the oldest son of Edsel Ford I and oldest grandson of Henry Ford. He served as president of the Ford Motor Company from 1945 to 1960, chief executive officer (CEO) from 1947 to 1979, and chairman of the board of directors from 1960 to 1980. Under his leadership, Ford Motor Company became a publicly traded corporation in 1956. From 1943 to 1950, he also served as president of the Ford Foundation.
In 1987, the world population was approximately 5,049,746,397 people[†]