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LEAD: Likening the incident to a tale out of Kafka, Mayor Koch said yesterday that the New York City Police Department would investigate accusations that four transit police officers made scores of false or improper arrests on the Lexington Avenue subway and other lines during 1983 and 1984.
LEAD: Representative Dan Rostenkowski, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, today complicated the task of piecing together a $9 billion package of tax increases by setting new ground rules for the negotiations.
LEAD: Thanksgiving is tomorrow and closings vary. Following are holiday schedules. NEW YORK Parade: Begins at 9 A.M. at 77th Street and Central Park West. Proceeds down Central Park West to Columbus Circle and then down Broadway to 34th Street. Parking: Sunday rules in effect.
LEAD: John Jensen called Bruce Babbitt one day to give the Democratic Presidential candidate some advice. Mr. Jensen thought Mr. Babbitt, the former Governor of Arizona, was good on the issues, but he was worried about the candidate's pig-holding policy.
LEAD: THE large sculpture with the full lips and prominent nose that sits in front of 3500 Market Street here is a good tip to the activities inside.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of November 25, 1987, covering November 25, 1987.
Soundtrack
Michael Jackson
Bruce Springsteen
Whitesnake
Pink Floyd
1987Trevor Booker, American basketball player[†]
Trevor Fitzgerald Booker is an American former professional basketball player who played eight seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was drafted 23rd overall by the Minnesota Timberwolves in the 2010 NBA draft, but was immediately traded to the Washington Wizards. Booker primarily played the power forward position.
1987Harold Washington, American lawyer and politician, 51st Mayor of Chicago (born 1922)[†]
Harold Lee Washington was an American lawyer and politician who was the 51st mayor of Chicago. In April 1983, Washington became the first African American to be elected as the city’s mayor at the age of 60. He served as mayor from April 29, 1983, until his untimely death in 1987. Born in Chicago and raised in the Bronzeville neighborhood, Washington became involved in local 3rd Ward politics under Chicago Alderman and future Congressman Ralph Metcalfe after graduating from Roosevelt University and Northwestern University School of Law. Washington was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1981 to 1983, representing Illinois's first district. Washington had previously served in the Illinois State Senate and the Illinois House of Representatives from 1965 until 1976.
1987Typhoon Nina pummels the Philippines with category 5 winds of 265 km/h (165 mph) and a surge that destroys entire villages. At least 1,036 deaths are attributed to the storm.[†]
Typhoon Nina, known in the Philippines as Super Typhoon Sisang, was the most intense typhoon to strike the Philippines since Typhoon Irma in 1981. Typhoon Nina originated from an area of convection near the Marshall Islands in mid-November 1987. It gradually became better organized, and on November 19, was first classified as a tropical cyclone. Moving west-northwest, Nina attained tropical storm intensity that evening. Late on November 20, Nina passed through the Chuuk Lagoon in the Federated States of Micronesia. After a brief pause in intensification, Nina intensified into a typhoon on November 22. Two days later, the typhoon intensified suddenly, before attaining its peak 10 minute intensity of 165 km/h. During the afternoon of November 25, Nina moved ashore in Southern Luzon at the same intensity. It gradually weakened over land, before entering the South China Sea and turning to the north. By November 30, Nina dissipated.
In 1987, the world population was approximately 5,049,746,397 people[†]