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LEAD: A FEW nice Jewish boys from the Harvard Square neighborhood will make their mothers very happy when their kosher delicatessen opens here.
LEAD: Attorney General Edwin Meese 3d today recommended the nomination of John C. Shepherd, a former president of the American Bar Association, to replace Deputy Attorney General Arnold I. Burns, who resigned last week in an apparent protest over Mr. Meese's leadership of the Justice Department.
LEAD: There were signs at the Afghan peace talks today that the United States and the Soviet Union had removed major obstacles and were moving toward an understanding on military supplies for Afghanistan after a peace treaty is signed.
LEAD: Four years ago Monday, Roy Fox and Mary DeRoss were married on the radio in Pittsburgh. Mr. Fox had a show there on KDKA, a talk program called ''The Fox's Den.'' This week, on their anniversary, they were living in Brooklyn, looking for work from the Foxes' kitchen.
LEAD: RJR Nabisco Inc., the giant producer of tobacco and food products and the nation's fourth-largest advertiser, has taken all United States assignments away from one of its longtime advertising agencies, apparently because the agency created a television commercial announcing Northwest Airlines' new smoking ban.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of April 6, 1988, covering April 6, 1988.
Soundtrack
George Michael
Michael Jackson
INXS
Tiffany
1988Jucilei, Brazilian footballer[†]
Jucilei da Silva, known simply as Jucilei, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a central or defensive midfielder.
1988Leigh Adams, Australian footballer[†]
Leigh Adams is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played with the North Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).
1988Daniele Gasparetto, Italian footballer[†]
Daniele Gasparetto is an Italian footballer who plays as a defender for ASD Sant'Agostino.
1988Carlton Mitchell, American football player[†]
Carlton Lorange Mitchell is an American former professional football wide receiver. He was selected by the Cleveland Browns of the National Football League (NFL) in the sixth round of the 2010 NFL draft. He played college football at South Florida.
1988Fabrice Muamba, Congolese-English footballer[†]
Fabrice Ndala Muamba is a Congolese-born English former professional footballer who played for Arsenal, Birmingham City and Bolton Wanderers as a central midfielder. Born in Zaire, Muamba moved to England at the age of 11 and subsequently played for England up to under-21 level.
1988Ivonne Orsini, Puerto Rican model and television host, Miss World Puerto Rico 2008[†]
Ivonne Marie Orsini López is a Puerto Rican actress, model, tv host and beauty pageant titleholder. Her career began in the pageantry industry, but she has moved into other media. Orsini was one of the hosts of WAPA-TV show ¡Viva la tarde!. Currently, she is now the co-host of the Puerto Rican version of Hoy Día on Telemundo station WKAQ-TV.
In 1988, the world population was approximately 5,141,992,542 people[†]