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LEAD: A Dukakis administration would probably combine a Republican reliance on the private sector with a Democratic reliance on government to promote social and economic change. Page 34.
LEAD: Officials at Yellowstone National Park hope that this summer's devastating fires will have the beneficial effect of drawing more tourists to the nation's oldest national park.
LEAD: With the Presidency vacant, a Christian-led Cabinet and a Moslem-led Cabinet each claimed to be the legitimate government of Lebanon today.
LEAD: SWIMMING: Matt Biondi of the U.S. picked up his third gold medal and fifth medal of the Games, but he was being overshadowed by Kristin Otto of East Germany, who ran her gold total to four. In the 100-meter backstroke, David Berkoff of the United States bettered his world record in his qualifying heat.
LEAD: Secretary of State George P. Shultz and the Soviet Foreign Minister, Eduard A. Shevardnadze, said today that they had made some progress toward resolving differences that are holding up new talks on reducing conventional weapons.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of September 21, 1988, covering September 24, 1988.
Guns N' Roses
Def Leppard
Tracy Chapman
D.J. Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince
Steve Winwood
1988Karl Alzner, Canadian ice hockey player[†]
Karl Alexander Alzner is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman. He was selected in the first round, fifth overall, by the Washington Capitals of the National Hockey League (NHL) in the 2007 NHL Entry Draft, and has also played for the Montreal Canadiens.
1988Steven Kampfer, American ice hockey player[†]
Steven Allan Kampfer is an American professional ice hockey defenseman for Traktor Chelyabinsk in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). He was selected by the Anaheim Ducks of the National Hockey League (NHL) in the fourth round, 93rd overall, of the 2007 NHL entry draft. He has previously played for the Boston Bruins, Minnesota Wild, Florida Panthers, and New York Rangers of the NHL and Ak Bars Kazan of the KHL. Kampfer was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, but grew up in Jackson, Michigan.
1988Kyle Sullivan, American actor[†]
Kyle Sullivan is a former child actor, known for appearing on the Nickelodeon TV series All That and the Fox sitcom The War at Home.
In 1988, the world population was approximately 5,141,992,542 people[†]