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LEAD: Chinese organized crime's involvement in extortion, prostitution, loan sharking, gun smuggling and murder is sharply on the rise in the New York area, law-enforcement officials say.
LEAD: The profits of American corporations are likely to rise again this year, aided by growing exports that have been made more competitive by the weak dollar. But, at this point, it looks like consumers will not buy enough in 1988 to give corporations a year of strong income growth.
LEAD: The Houston Oilers, the team their fans and the rest of the National Football League forgot, produced a rare but spectacular playoff victory today - their first since 1979.
LEAD: THE building was erected in 1928 as a grand equestrian stable. Ten years later, it was converted to its present form, a skating rink, when the owner felt like watching some hockey. For his horses, he built another stable across the street.
LEAD: The nation's industrial economy expanded briskly in December, significantly outshining November in new orders and production, the National Association of Purchasing Management said in its monthly report scheduled to be released today.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of December 30, 1987, covering January 4, 1988.
Soundtrack
Michael Jackson
George Michael
Whitesnake
Tiffany
1988Lily Laskine, French harp player (born 1893)[†]
Lily Laskine was one of the most prominent harpists of the twentieth century who was born and died in Paris. Born Lily Aimée Laskine to Jewish parents in Paris, she studied at the Conservatoire de Paris with Alphonse Hasselmans and became a frequent performing partner of several distinguished French flautists, including Marcel Moyse and Jean-Pierre Rampal. Laskine also served as professor of harp at the Conservatoire de Paris from 1948 to 1958. She was awarded the Legion of Honour in 1958. She died in Paris.
In 1988, the world population was approximately 5,141,992,542 people[†]
