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LEAD: Thursday is novice day at Orchard Hills public golf course. ''You're on your own now,'' the cashier, John Rogers, says after taking the golfers' money. ''Wear a helmet and goggles.''
LEAD: The Pentagon today restored all contract payments that were blocked 10 days ago by Defense Secretary Frank C. Carlucci after several military programs were named in a broad inquiry into possible bribery and fraud in weapons procurement.
LEAD: The chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the United States Attorney for Manhattan disagreed today over whether laws should be passed permitting the Government to pay rewards, or bounties, to people who alert Federal prosecutors to insider trading and other securities fraud.
LEAD: Carlos Salinas de Gortari of the ruling party took a commanding lead today as the first official returns from Mexico's presidential election were announced, five days after the Federal Electoral Commission initially said they would be made public.
LEAD: An appeals board of the General Services Administration yesterday denied the United States Postal Service's request for reinstatement of its contract with the Texas entrepreneur H. Ross Perot.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of July 6, 1988, covering July 12, 1988.
Van Halen
Def Leppard
George Michael
Soundtrack
Bruce Hornsby & The Range
1988Patrick Beverley, American basketball player[†]
Patrick Beverley is an American professional basketball player who last played for Hapoel Tel Aviv of the Ligat HaAl and the EuroCup. Originally from Chicago's West Side, Beverley played college basketball for the Arkansas Razorbacks. He spent the first five years of his pro career overseas, playing in Ukraine, Greece, and Russia. In January 2013, he joined the NBA, signing with the Houston Rockets.
1988LeSean McCoy, American football player[†]
LeSean Kamel McCoy, nicknamed "Shady", is an American former professional football player who was a running back in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Pittsburgh Panthers and was selected by the Philadelphia Eagles in the second round of the 2009 NFL draft. McCoy attended Bishop McDevitt High School from 2002 to 2006. In his senior year of high school, McCoy suffered a major ankle injury, which threatened his career. In his first year at Pittsburgh in 2007, he rushed for over 1,300 yards and recorded 14 touchdowns. In 2008, McCoy was selected as a second-team All-American. His 21 rushing touchdowns were third in the nation, only one behind the two leaders.
1988Inbee Park, South Korean golfer[†]
Inbee Park is a South Korean professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour and the LPGA of Japan Tour. She has been the number one ranked player in the Women's World Golf Rankings for four separate runs: April 2013 to June 2014, October 2014 to February 2015, June 2015 to October 2015, and from April to July 2018.
In 1988, the world population was approximately 5,141,992,542 people[†]