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April 5, 1988

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Headlines from April 5, 1988

BUSINESS DIGEST: TUESDAY, APRIL 5, 1988

By Unknown Author

LEAD: COMPANIES Dart Group has expressed interest in F. W. Woolworth. The disclosure pushed Woolworth's stock up $8.875, to $54.125. Woolworth responded by adopting a ''poison pill,'' giving existing shareholders the right to buy additional shares at half price. The Dart Group in the last three years has bid unsuccessfully for Beatrice, May Department Stores, Jack Eckerd, Safeway, Federated Department Stores, Supermarkets General, Dayton Hudson and Stop and Shop.

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India Judge Tells Carbide To Pay Relief

By Steven R. Weisman, Special To the New York Times

LEAD: An Indian appeals judge today ordered the Union Carbide Corporation to pay $195 million in immediate compensation for victims of the 1984 Bhopal gas disaster, apparently ruling that the company's liability had been adequately established without a trial.

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Bonds Tumble on Strong Jobs Data

By Kenneth N. Gilpin

LEAD: Prices of Treasury notes and bonds tumbled by a point or more yesterday as bond traders reacted to last Friday's unexpectedly strong employment figures by selling fixed-income securities.

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By Stephen Labaton

LEAD: The 11-week battle for control of Federated Department Stores Inc. will produce one of the biggest paydays Wall Street has ever seen. Investment banks and law firms expect to collect at least $200 million.

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Our Towns; Nimby Views On People With AIDS

By Michael Winerip

LEAD: With Easter on their minds, residents and leaders of this suburb gathered Good Friday to stop the state from moving 120 AIDS patients to a nursing home here. Children on vacation protested, too. Carin Olson, 8 years old, handed out fliers titled ''Keep AIDS Out of Wanaque.'' Her father, Ed, a carpenter, was up all night making signs: ''Don't Bring the City to the Suburbs'' ''We Need State Aid, Not AIDS From the State.

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of March 30, 1988, covering April 5, 1988.

1
Dirty Dancing
Soundtrack
Last week
1
Peak
1
Weeks
29
2
Faith
George Michael
Last week
2
Peak
1
Weeks
20
3
Bad
Michael Jackson
Last week
3
Peak
1
Weeks
28
4
Kick
INXS
Last week
4
Peak
3
Weeks
21
5
Tiffany
Tiffany
Last week
5
Peak
1
Weeks
28

Notable Births

1988Gerson Acevedo, Chilean footballer^[†]

Gerson Elías Acevedo Rojas is a Chilean footballer who plays as a midfielder for Real San Joaquín.

1988Teresa Almeida, Angolan handball player^[†]

Teresa Patricia De Almeida nicknamed Bá is an Angolan handball player for Petro de Luanda and the Angolan national team.

1988Quade Cooper, New Zealand-Australian rugby player and boxer^[†]

Quade Santini Cooper is a professional rugby union player and occasional boxer. Although born in New Zealand, he has represented Australia in rugby at international level. He currently plays for Hanazono Liners in Japan, and is a former player for the Queensland Reds and the Melbourne Rebels in the Super Rugby competition in Australia. His preferred position is fly-half.

1988Jonathan Davies, Welsh rugby union player^[†]

Jonathan Davies is a former Welsh professional rugby union player who played at centre for the Scarlets and the Wales national team. His brother is James Davies, who also played professional rugby for Wales as a flanker.

1988Gevorg Ghazaryan, Armenian footballer^[†]

Gevorg Ghazaryan is an Armenian former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder or forward.

1988Alisha Glass, American ex-indoor volleyball player^[†]

Alisha Rebecca Glass Childress is an American professional volleyball player who plays as a setter for the Vegas Thrill of the Pro Volleyball Federation. Glass played collegiate volleyball for Penn State, where she led Penn State to three NCAA consecutive championships. Glass won gold with the national team at the 2014 World Championship, and bronze at the 2015 World Cup and 2016 Rio Olympic Games.

1988Vurğun Hüseynov, Azerbaijani footballer^[†]

Vurgun Huseynov is an Azerbaijani professional footballer.

1988Matthias Jaissle, German footballer and manager^[†]

Matthias Jaissle is a German professional football manager and former player who is the manager of Saudi Pro League club Al-Ahli.

1988Christopher Papamichalopoulos, Cypriot skier^[†]

Christopher Papamichalopoulos is an alpine skier from Cyprus. He competed for Cyprus at the 2010 Winter Olympics in the slalom and giant slalom. Christopher was Cyprus's flag bearer during the 2010 Winter Olympics opening ceremony.

1988Zack Smith, Canadian ice hockey player^[†]

Zachary Smith is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. He played for the Ottawa Senators, who drafted him 79th overall in the 2008 NHL Entry Draft, and the Chicago Blackhawks of the National Hockey League (NHL).

1988Pape Sy, French basketball player^[†]

Pape Ousseynou Sy is a French former professional basketball player. A versatile guard/forward, Sy was drafted by the Hawks as the 53rd overall pick in the second round of the 2010 NBA draft after spending five seasons with STB Le Havre.

1988Alexey Volkov, Russian biathlete^[†]

Alexey Anatolyevich Volkov is a Russian former biathlete.

Notable Deaths

1988Alf Kjellin, Swedish actor and director (born 1920)^[†]

Alf Kjellin was a Swedish film actor and director, who also appeared on some television shows.

Historical Context for April 5, 1988

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

Headlines from April 5, 1988

BUSINESS DIGEST: TUESDAY, APRIL 5, 1988

India Judge Tells Carbide To Pay Relief

Bonds Tumble on Strong Jobs Data

Article 626188 -- No Title

Our Towns; Nimby Views On People With AIDS

Dirty Dancing

Faith

Bad

Kick

Tiffany

Notable Births

Notable Deaths

Historical Context for April 5, 1988