LEAD: Five years ago Dallas and its suburbs approved an ambitious transit plan, based around a proposed 147-mile rail system.

Moving Cities' People by Rail: Systems Spread, Doubts Rise

LEAD: Growing up in Morocco 35 years ago, Shaul Amor said, he ''lived with Arabs as neighbors from the day I was born.''

For Jews From Arab Lands, New Views of Israel's Future

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LEAD: After meeting here this morning with the Rev. Jesse Jackson's supporters, Michael S. Dukakis and his running mate, Lloyd Bentsen, set out to do battle with Vice President Bush.

DUKAKIS SETS OUT TO PARLAY UNITY INTO FALL VICTORY

LEAD: In the latest, most drastic action to reduce its size, Eastern Airlines announced yesterday that it would lay off 4,000 employees, sharply cut back flights from its hub in Kansas City, Mo., and end service to 14 cities.

EASTERN AIRLINES WILL SHARPLY CUT STAFF AND SERVICE

LEAD: The United States has barred eight Soviet officials from entering the country to inspect missile sites under the new arms treaty because they are spies, American officials said today.

U.S. Bars 8 Russians as Inspectors Under Arms Treaty, Citing Spying

LEAD: In a report that allayed some fears about a resurgence of inflation, the Labor Department said today that the Consumer Price Index rose three-tenths of 1 percent in June, the same as in May and less than the rises in March and April.

Consumer Prices Rise 0.3%, Easing Inflation Fear

LEAD: Iraq launched an offensive on a broad front against Iran today. At the same time, the two countries said they would send their Foreign Ministers to the United Nations next week to negotiate an end to the eight-year-old Persian Gulf war.

Iraq Mounts New Drive on Border To Gain Edge in Talks With Iran

LEAD:  International 2-5  Iraq began an offensive against Iran, and at the same time, the two countries said they would send their Foreign Ministers to the United Nations next week to negotiate an end to the Persian Gulf war. Page 1  A report of protests in Mecca was broadcast by the Teheran radio, which said that hundreds of pilgrims demonstrated in the Saudi Arabian city and that some of them were attacked by the police.

NEWS SUMMARY

LEAD: ''I want to be close enough to serve and far enough away to challenge.'' - The Rev. Jesse Jackson, on the Dukakis-Bentsen campaign.  [ 8:4. ]

Quotation of the Day

LEAD: The Soviet Union is willing to dismantle equipment at a radar complex in Siberia, but not the station itself, the official press agency Tass said today in a correction of an earlier report.

Moscow Corrects Offer On Siberia Radar Post

LEAD: The old center of this hillside city rises from the banks of the Neris River in a maze of narrow streets and intimate, ivy-covered courtyards.

In Lithuania Too, Nationalism Surges

LEAD: An article in Science Times on Tuesday about the greenhouse effect misstated the amount of carbon dioxide being released to the atmosphere by human activity. About 20 billion tons, containing 5.5 billion tons of carbon, is currently being released annually.

Corrections

LEAD: A news analysis article on Wednesday, about the image of the Democratic Party, characterized Garrison Keillor's appearance at the Democratic National Convention incorrectly. Mr. Keillor accepted the invitation of party officials to lead the singing of the national anthem; he was not paid for his appearance.

LEAD: A listing in the Finance Briefs column of Business Day yesterday about an initial public stock offering by the Emerald Mortgage Investments Corporation misstated the price. It is $10 a share.

LEAD: An article on Thursday about the ABC News program ''20/20'' misidentified Meredith White; she is senior editor. The number of viewers estimated to be watching the program was also misstated; it is 18 million.

LEAD: A Company News report in Business Day on July 14 about the Toshiba Corporation and Go-Video Inc. misstated the terms of a settlement between the two companies. Toshiba agreed to refrain from interfering with a possible business transaction between Go-Video and its potential manufacturing partner.

LEAD: A car bomb killed 10 people and wounded 50 today in West Beirut, the predominantly Moslem part of the capital, the police said.

Car Bomb Explodes Near Syrian Station In Beirut, Killing 10

LEAD: Todor Zhivkov, the Communist Party chief of Bulgaria, has bolstered his position by ousting a proponent of changes similar to those of Mikhail S. Gorbachev, the Soviet leader, Western diplomats said today.

Bulgarian Party Chief Ousts A Key Proponent of Change

LEAD: Accusing Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher of an obsession with secrecy, political opponents unleashed a furious campaign today against Mrs. Thatcher's legal efforts to thwart the publication of classified material.

Thatcher and Foes Battle Over Secrets

LEAD: The champagne was flowing recently as an elegant party of movie stars, business leaders and politicians inaugurated a new restaurant here. Everyone just loved the way its sculpted stone pillars and tapestries evoked the perfumed romance of a royal Mogul court.

Bombay Journal; A City Where Stark Contrast Is King

LEAD: Troops killed an Israeli Arab teen-ager, the first Israeli Arab killed in the seven-month-old Palestinian uprising, during clashes Thursday in the occupied West Bank, the army said.

Soldiers Kill an Israeli Arab, First to Be Slain in Uprising

LEAD: The Foreign Ministers of Iran and Iraq plan to meet Secretary General Javier Perez de Cuellar at the United Nations next week for talks on how to carry out a Security Council plan for ending the eight-year-long Persian Gulf war, representatives of the two countries announced today.

Iran and Iraq Will Send Key Negotiators to U.N.

LEAD: Following are excerpts from a statement by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the Iranian leader, as read by an announcer on the Teheran radio Wednesday and made available in translation by the United States Government:

Words of Khomeini: On Islam, the Revolution and a Cease-Fire

LEAD: Hundreds of pilgrims demonstrated in Mecca today against the deaths last year of more than 400 people there, the Government-controlled radio in Teheran reported tonight. The radio said the police in Mecca attacked some of the protesters as they demonstrated during the annual pilgrimage to the holiest site in

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Ne Win, born Shu Maung, was a Burmese army general, politician and Prime Minister of Burma from 1958 to 1960 and 1962 to 1974, and also President of Burma from 1962 to 1981. Ne Win was Burma's military dictator during the Socialist Burma period of 1962 to 1988.

General Ne Win, effective ruler of Burma since 1962, resigns after pro-democracy protests.

July 23, 1988

Headlines from July 23, 1988

Moving Cities' People by Rail: Systems Spread, Doubts Rise

For Jews From Arab Lands, New Views of Israel's Future

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DUKAKIS SETS OUT TO PARLAY UNITY INTO FALL VICTORY

EASTERN AIRLINES WILL SHARPLY CUT STAFF AND SERVICE

Billboard 200

Hysteria

OU812

Dirty Dancing

Appetite For Destruction

Faith

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Historical Context for July 23, 1988