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LEAD: AS its potential uses proliferate, scientists, government agencies and private interests are wrestling anew with the problem of husbanding an irreplaceable but widely wasted resource: helium.
LEAD: The worst thing about being a U.F.O. photographer is it's a full-time job and you don't make a cent. ''It's ridiculous,'' said Ellen Crystall. ''I've got over 500 pictures of U.F.O.'s - I spend thousands on developing - and I get no funding at all.''
LEAD: Almost every major takeover deal that was in the works before the stock market began its slide has been drastically revamped or canceled. Several other major deals still alive are regarded as all but dead. But arbitragers and others emphasize that, on the flip side, lower stock prices present some unusual opportunities for new deals.
LEAD: A new wave of pessimism overwhelmed Wall Street yesterday, prompting another big selloff in stocks.
LEAD: President Reagan and Congressional leaders reached a basic agreement today to pursue measures designed to reduce the Federal budget deficit by at least $23 billion. They left the details of such a package to a negotiating team that will begin work Tuesday afternoon.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of October 21, 1987, covering October 27, 1987.
Michael Jackson
Whitesnake
Pink Floyd
Soundtrack
Def Leppard
1987Thelma Aoyama, Japanese singer[†]
Thelma Aoyama is a Japanese pop and R&B singer. She is part Afro-Trinidadian and Japanese.
1987Björn Barrefors, Swedish decathlete and heptathlete[†]
Björn Barrefors is a Swedish decathlete and heptathlete. He attended and competed for the University of Nebraska in Lincoln, Nebraska. Barrefors was a four time first team NCAA All-America athlete, gaining the honor twice in the outdoor decathlon and twice for the indoor heptathlon.
1987Andrew Bynum, American basketball player[†]
Andrew Bynum is an American former professional basketball player. He played the majority of his career with the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). After they selected him in the first round of the 2005 NBA draft with the 10th overall pick, the 7-foot (2.1 m) center won two NBA championships with the team in 2009 and 2010. He was named an All-Star and selected to the All-NBA Team in 2012.
1987Guillaume Franke, French-German rugby player[†]
Guillaume Franke is a German international rugby union player, playing for RC Orléans in the Fédérale 1 and the German national rugby union team. He is the brother of Matthieu Franke, who has also played for Germany.
In 1987, the world population was approximately 5,049,746,397 people[†]