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LEAD: The Environmental Protection Agency today proposed the first Federal regulations to help prevent contamination of the environment by municipal garbage landfills.
LEAD: Last summer was a golden age for Wall Street. The Dow Jones industrial average was at 2,700, and there was widespread belief it was headed for 3,000. Some even predicted 3,300.
LEAD: THE ECONOMY Washington and Moscow will soon complete a huge grain deal involving millions of tons of wheat, corn, soybeans and soybean meal. The deal will make American farmers happy. Whether it will raise domestic food prices - as overseas grain sales did in the 1970's - is not clear. Despite the drought, the Agriculture Department said, U.S.
LEAD: A Federal grand jury indicted three agents today, finding that improper payments and threats of violence were used to induce dozens of athletes to sign professional management contracts while they were in college.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of August 24, 1988, covering August 25, 1988.
Tracy Chapman
Def Leppard
Steve Winwood
Guns N' Roses
D.J. Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince
1988Angela Park, Brazilian-American golfer[†]
Angela Park is a Brazilian-American professional golfer who played on the LPGA Tour. She holds dual citizenship in Brazil and the United States.
1988Giga Chikadze, Georgian mixed martial artist and kickboxer[†]
Giga Chikadze is a Georgian professional mixed martial artist and former kickboxer. He currently competes in the Featherweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). Chikadze formerly competed in the Featherweight division for GLORY.
1988Art Rooney, American businessman, founded the Pittsburgh Steelers (born 1901)[†]
Arthur Joseph Rooney Sr., often referred to as "the Chief", was an American professional football executive. He was the founding owner of the Pittsburgh Steelers, an American football franchise in the National Football League (NFL), from 1933 until his death. Rooney is a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, was an Olympic qualifying boxer, and was part or whole owner in several track sport venues and Pittsburgh area pro teams. He was the first president of the Pittsburgh Steelers from 1933 to 1974, and the first chairman of the team from 1933 until his death in 1988.
In 1988, the world population was approximately 5,141,992,542 people[†]