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LEAD: Daniel Feld believed that New York City deserved its own potato chip and that his company, Saratoga Potato Chips, just starting up, deserved to save some money on the millions of cubic feet of gas it would take to cook them.
LEAD: Nestled in the Pocono Mountains on a wooded site as peaceful as this little village's name stands Cranberry Creek Estates, part of a development surge transforming this area from a vacation refuge to an exurban residential community.
LEAD: A study panel of the Defense Science Board last week urged the Pentagon to take the lead in the battle to keep American industry competitive. The panel, which will release its report next month, called for linking the nation's economic policies with its military strategies, particularly in research and technological development.
LEAD: In a self-congratulatory mood, Congress early today passed comprehensive legislation aimed at curbing the supply of illicit drugs and the public's demand for them, approving the measure as its final act before adjournment.
LEAD: NEW apartment buildings with above-average rents are making this city's downtown commercial and industrial center a fashionable address. In the last year, three buildings with a total of 628 apartments have been completed and are more than 80 percent leased, ending two decades of little residential construction.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of October 19, 1988, covering October 23, 1988.
Bon Jovi
Guns N' Roses
Def Leppard
Soundtrack
Bobby McFerrin
1988Jordan Crawford, American basketball player[â ]
Jordan Lee Crawford is an American former professional basketball player. He played college basketball for the Indiana Hoosiers and the Xavier Musketeers. His brother is Joe Crawford, who has also played in the NBA.
1988Aleksandr Salugin, Russian footballer[â ]
Aleksandr Sergeyevich Salugin is a Russian former footballer who played as a forward.
1988Carolin Schiewe, German footballer[â ]
Carolin Schiewe is a German football midfielder. She played for SC Freiburg.
1988Asashio TarÅ III, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 46th Yokozuna (born 1929)[â ]
Asashio TarÅ was a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Tokunoshima in the Amami Islands. He was the sport's 46th yokozuna. He was also a sumo coach and head of Takasago stable.
In 1988, the world population was approximately 5,141,992,542 people[â ]