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LEAD: Using the threat of bankrupting New York's fourth-largest city over its opposition to a court-ordered desegregation plan, a Federal judge found the City of Yonkers and three Councilmen in contempt yesterday. He ordered them to begin paying fines and repeated his threat to jail the officials.
LEAD: A military investigation of the shooting down of an Iranian airliner by an American warship last month has blamed crew error arising from the psychological stress of being in combat for the first time, Defense Department officials familiar with the inquiry said today.
LEAD: With Republicans increasingly alarmed about their political prospects this fall, President Reagan today bowed to the appeals of Vice President Bush and his party's Congressional leaders and said he would not veto a bill requiring companies to provide 60 days' notice of major layoffs or factory closings.
LEAD: King Hussein's announcement that he is severing Jordan's ties with the Israeli-occupied West Bank has presented the Palestine Liberation Organization and its often enigmatic leader, Yasir Arafat, with opportunities and quandaries.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of August 3, 1988, covering August 3, 1988.
Guns N' Roses
Def Leppard
Steve Winwood
Tracy Chapman
Soundtrack
1988Denny Cardin, Italian footballer[†]
Denny Cardin is an Italian footballer who plays for ACD Portomansuè.
1988Leigh Tiffin, American football player[†]
Van Leigh Tiffin Jr. is an American former college football player who was a kicker for the Alabama Crimson Tide. He was signed by the Cleveland Browns of the National Football League (NFL) as an undrafted free agent in 2010. Named for his father, Tiffin is called Leigh to distinguish him from Van Tiffin.
1988Sven Ulreich, German footballer[†]
Sven Ulreich is a German professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Bundesliga club Bayern Munich.
In 1988, the world population was approximately 5,141,992,542 people[†]