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LEAD: The relationship between President Reagan and Jim Wright, the Speaker of the House, has deteriorated so badly that it is complicating efforts to arrange compromises on domestic and foreign policy, officials in the White House and on Capitol Hill say.
LEAD: Trailing Boston College by 17-0 early in the second quarter today, the undefeated Syracuse football team gave its fans, its coaches and the Sugar Bowl officials something to worry about. But not for long.
LEAD: Covert Action Curb The Congressional Iran-contra committees' report will recommend new rules for reporting covert operations, Congressional officials say. Page 20. Role for Afghan King After 14 years of exile, the Afghan King is being mentioned as a possible key figure in a pact to end the Soviet presence in his country.
LEAD: Most anywhere in Manhattan, a 180-unit condominium project would likely climb 30 or 40 stories high. But not in Battery Park City. A few days ago, construction crews began excavating a one-acre foundation for a building that will rise only nine stories - in accordance with design guidelines established by the Battery Park City
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of November 11, 1987, covering November 15, 1987.
Soundtrack
Bruce Springsteen
Michael Jackson
Whitesnake
Pink Floyd
1987Sergio Llull, Spanish basketball player[†]
Sergio Llull Melià is a Spanish professional basketball player and the team captain for Real Madrid of the Spanish Liga ACB and the EuroLeague. He is a 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) combo guard.
1987In Brașov, Romania, workers rebel against the communist regime of Nicolae Ceaușescu.[†]
Brașov is a city in Transylvania, Romania and the county seat of Brașov County.
1987Continental Airlines Flight 1713 crashes during takeoff from Stapleton International Airport in Denver, Colorado, killing 25.[†]
Continental Airlines Flight 1713 was a commercial airline flight that crashed while taking off in a snowstorm from Stapleton International Airport in Denver, Colorado, on November 15, 1987. The Douglas DC-9 airliner, operated by Continental Airlines, was making a scheduled flight to Boise, Idaho. Twenty-five passengers and three crew members died in the crash.
In 1987, the world population was approximately 5,049,746,397 people[†]