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LEAD: Herbert Schmertz, whose combative responses to critics of the Mobil Corporation and the oil industry made him the nation's best-known corporate public relations executive during the 1970's, is said to be preparing to leave the company to set up his own business.
LEAD: President Reagan said tonight he would remain a vigorous, aggressive President ''right to the finish line'' of his Administration a year from now.
LEAD: When operators lost control of the Unit 2 reactor at Three Mile Island on March 28, 1979, it was widely feared that Pennsylvania, or even the United States, might be bathed in radioactive material. This did not happen. The reactor had evidently remained intact.
LEAD: President Reagan's influence is continuing to recede as the 1988 election year commences, and the nation's political mood is one of drift and uncertainty, the latest New York Times/CBS News Poll shows.
LEAD: A senior Foreign Ministry official said today that Japan's booming trade with South Africa was an embarrassment to the Government, and he expressed fear that it might undermine the credibility of Japan's anti-apartheid policy.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of January 20, 1988, covering January 26, 1988.
Tiffany
George Michael
Soundtrack
Michael Jackson
Whitesnake
1988Dan Bailey, American football player[†]
Dan Bailey is an American former professional football player who was a placekicker in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Oklahoma State Cowboys and signed with the Dallas Cowboys as an undrafted free agent in 2011. Bailey spent seven years in Dallas, where he became the franchise's all-time leader in field goals made. Bailey also played for the Minnesota Vikings.
1988Dimitrios Chondrokoukis, Greek high jumper[†]
Dimítrios Chondrokoúkis is a Greek-Cypriot high jumper who competes internationally for Cyprus, since 2013. He won the gold medal at the 2012 Word Indoor Championships in Istanbul with a personal best of 2.33 meters representing Greece at the time. His personal best in the outdoor track is 2.32 m, achieved twice in İzmir in June 2011 and in the final at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics in Daegu, South Korea on 1 September 2011.
In 1988, the world population was approximately 5,141,992,542 people[†]