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LEAD: More than half a million new jobs were created last month and the nation's unemployment rate eased one-tenth of a point, to 5.6 percent, the lowest level in eight and a half years.
LEAD: Despite data showing unemployment in the New York region at its lowest level in almost 18 years, Mayor Koch warned yesterday that the consequences of the stock market plunge in October might yet undermine the city's economy.
LEAD: A new Federal regulation that classifies women as members of a minority group in the awarding of highway construction contracts has touched off a bitter protest here and threatens to pit women against minority contractors nationwide.
LEAD: The Panamanian Government today ordered all banks here to close ''until the supply of dollar bills can be regularized.'' The move was intended to avoid a run on deposits that would force banks into insolvency and touch off a general financial collapse.
LEAD: Warnings, disclaimers and disclosure statements surround the American consumer.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of March 2, 1988, covering March 5, 1988.
George Michael
Soundtrack
INXS
Tiffany
Michael Jackson
1988Jovana Brakočević, Serbian volleyball player[†]
Jovana Brakočević Canzian is a Serbian volleyball player, who was a member of the Serbia women's national volleyball team that won the silver medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics, and also the silver medal at the 2007 European Championship in Belgium and Luxembourg. There she was named Best server of the tournament. She was also a member of the Serbia women's national volleyball team that won the gold medal at the 2011 European Championship in Serbia and Italy. There she was voted MVP of the tournament.
1988Liassine Cadamuro-Bentaïba, Algerian footballer[†]
Liassine Cadamuro-Bentaïba is a professional footballer who plays for Berre SPC. A versatile defender, he can operate as a right back, central defender or left back.
1988Alberto Olmedo, Argentine comedian and actor (born 1933)[†]
Alberto Olmedo was an Argentine comedian and actor, popularly regarded as one of the most important comedians in the history of his country, for his outstanding work in television, cinema and theater.
In 1988, the world population was approximately 5,141,992,542 people[†]