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January 28, 1988

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Historical Context for January 28, 1988

In 1988, the world population was approximately 5,141,992,542 people^[†]

Notable Births

1988Paul Henry, English footballer^[†]

Paul Nicholas Henry is an English footballer who plays for Marine. He previously played in the Football League for Tranmere Rovers.

1988Alexandra Krosney, American actress^[†]

Alexandra Krosney is an American actress and voice actor. She is best known for her role as Kristin Baxter on the ABC sitcom Last Man Standing during the show's first season.

1988Sanada, Japanese wrestler^[†]

Seiya Sanada , better known by his mononymous ring name Sanada, is a Japanese professional wrestler. He is signed to New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), where he is a member of House of Torture and a former member of Bullet Club. He is a former and longest-reigning IWGP World Heavyweight Champion.

Notable Deaths

1988Klaus Fuchs, German physicist, politician, and atomic spy (born 1911)^[†]

Klaus Emil Julius Fuchs was a German theoretical physicist and atomic spy who supplied information from the American, British, and Canadian Manhattan Project to the Soviet Union during and shortly after World War II. While at the Los Alamos Laboratory, Fuchs was responsible for many significant theoretical calculations relating to the first nuclear weapons and, later, early models of the hydrogen bomb. After his conviction in 1950, he served nine years in prison in the United Kingdom, then migrated to East Germany where he resumed his career as a physicist and scientific leader.

Historical Events

1988In R v Morgentaler the Supreme Court of Canada strikes down all anti-abortion laws.^[†]

R v Morgentaler, [1988] 1 SCR 30 was a decision of the Supreme Court of Canada which held that the abortion provision in the Criminal Code was unconstitutional because it violated women's rights under section 7 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms ("Charter") to security of the person. Since this ruling, there have been no criminal laws regulating abortion in Canada.

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Headlines from January 28, 1988

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LEAD: Judge Kennedy Advances

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BUSINESS DIGEST: THURSDAY, JANUARY 28, 1988

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LEAD: The Economy

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Hospitals' Medicare Profits Drop; Decline May Curb Access to Care

By Robert Pear, Special To the New York Times

LEAD: Profits earned by hospitals for the treatment of Medicare patients declined significantly in 1986-87, the Department of Health and Human Services reported today.

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Battling Obscurity, Babbitt Leads With Chin

By Wayne King, Special To the New York Times

LEAD: When Bruce Babbitt got off a plane at La Guardia Airport in New York the other day, tired and hoarse from campaigning in Iowa and New Hampshire, he looked around for the driver who was taking him to his next appearance.

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More Fund Fees Tied To Results, Not Assets

By Anise C. Wallace

LEAD: After paying out hundreds of millions of dollars a year to money mangers whose results have been mediocre on average, corporate pension fund executives are turning the tables.

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Texaco Increases Estimate Of 1987 Loss to $4.9 Billion

By Stephen Labaton, Special To the New York Times

LEAD: Texaco Inc. said today that it would report a loss of more than $4.9 billion for 1987 as a result of its restructuring and the settlement of its legal dispute with the Pennzoil Company.

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Rates Fall To Lowest Since July

By Michael Quint

LEAD: Bond prices rose sharply yesterday and interest rates fell to their lowest level since July as signs accumulated that the economy is heading for a period of much slower growth.

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Medical Guardians; Aspirin Report Illustrates the Control of New England Journal on Data Flow

By Lawrence K. Altman

LEAD: For weeks the results of a major new study on aspirin's ability to prevent heart disease were known by many scientists, government officials, business leaders and journalists.

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New York's Home Health-Care System Facing a Labor Crisis

By Esther Iverem

LEAD: New York's home health-care system, because of low pay and difficult working conditions, is having problems attracting and keeping workers, according to health and labor experts and officials of agencies that provide the care.

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Chrysler Sets Plant Closing In Wisconsin

By Philip E. Ross, Special To the New York Times

LEAD: The Chrysler Corporation said today that it would close its assembly plant in Kenosha, Wis., putting 5,500 of the 6,500 employees there out of work.

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Quilts: New Esthetic, New Craftsmen, New Collectors

By Carol Lawson

LEAD: SINCE the early days of the Republic the American spirit has served as a powerful tonic for the age-old craft of quilting. Here more than anywhere else in the world quilting has flourished, inspired by homespun innovation. Today that innovation is propelling quilt making into new territory.Contemporary quilt makers are transforming the craft.

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It's Lights, Camera, Recess for Crew At Studio in Ozone Park Junior High

By George James

LEAD: Since completing her solo, around-the-world voyage Nov. 7, Tania Aebi has appeared on television about 15 times, the usual network news and talk programs -''ABC News Night Line,'' David Letterman, etc., - and at stations in Washington, Philadelphia, Seattle, Toronto and elsewhere.

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