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LEAD: Because of the second day of Shabuoth, the Jewish Feast of Weeks, alternate-side parking rules will be suspended in New York City today. Other regulations remain in effect.
LEAD: A divisive struggle is unfolding in the International Brotherhood of Teamsters over who will succeed Jackie Presser as head of the nation's largest union.
LEAD: ''Sometimes, when I'm playing music, I can see another healthy person being formed - there's a light ahead,'' said Richie, a stocky, gentle man of 48 years. At an unusual and struggling Manhattan clinic, Richie has found a kind of peace from his chronic depression through art therapy.
LEAD: Zaire: Potential Unfulfilled Zaire has immense potential and natural resources - as well as a reputation for being one of the world's most egregious examples of economic mismanagement. Page A8. New Wall Street Worry The low trading volume of recent weeks has resulted in a stock market that lacks liquidity, which could make stocks even more volatile.
LEAD: With the wave of retailing mergers beginning to subside, their effect is now being felt hard by those who work in this people-intensive industry. The number of people displaced from jobs is expected to be the largest in a long time because of the concurrent mergers, divestitures and internal restructurings at some of the nation's largest retailing companies.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of May 18, 1988, covering May 23, 1988.
George Michael
Soundtrack
Soundtrack
Michael Jackson
Terence Trent D'Arby
1988Rosanna Crawford, Canadian biathlete[†]
Rosanna Crawford is a Canadian biathlete.
1988Angelo Ogbonna, Italian footballer[†]
Obinze Angelo Ogbonna is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a centre back for EFL Championship club Watford.
1988Morgan Pressel, American golfer[†]
Morgan Pressel is an American professional golfer and golf commentator who played on the LPGA Tour. In 2001, as a 12-year-old, she became the youngest player to qualify for the U.S. Women's Open. She was the 2005 American Junior Golf Association (AJGA) Player of the Year, and won the 2006 AJGA Nancy Lopez Award. She turned pro at age 17, and is the youngest-ever winner of a modern LPGA major championship, when at age 18 she won the 2007 Kraft Nabisco Championship and vaulted to a career-high fourth in the world rankings. In early March 2021, she announced she had joined the Golf Channel and NBC Sports to be an analyst and on-course reporter in the 2021 season, while continuing to compete.
In 1988, the world population was approximately 5,141,992,542 people[†]