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LEAD: In a move that stunned the proponents of a woman's right to choose an abortion, a French company that developed a revolutionary drug to induce abortion early in pregancy announced today that it was suspending distribution of the drug because of pressure from anti-abortion groups.
LEAD: Three New York City Buildings Department inspectors who were followed by auditors from the New York State Comptroller's office conducted only ''perfunctory inspections'' and falsified records of buildings they checked, according to an audit the Comptroller released yesterday.
LEAD: Three major opponents of the Shoreham nuclear power plant reversed themselves today and endorsed Governor Cuomo's plan to close Shoreham. The move appeared to be the opening round of a series of compromises that will most likely lead to legislative approval of the accord.
LEAD: Restrained by the drought and a worsening trade situation, economic growth slackened in the third quarter to an annual rate of 2.2 percent, the Commerce Department said today.
LEAD: Citing ''massive increases'' in borrowing to finance multibillion-dollar corporate takeovers, the chairman of the Federal Reserve, Alan Greenspan, asked the Senate today to consider changing the tax laws to discourage such borrowing.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of October 26, 1988, covering October 27, 1988.
Bon Jovi
Guns N' Roses
Soundtrack
Def Leppard
Bobby McFerrin
1988Brady Ellison, American archer[â ]
Brady Ellison is an American archer who competes in recurve archery. He holds the record for the longest continuous period as the world number-one-ranked men's recurve archer, from August 2011 to April 2013. He earned his nickname "The Prospector" during the 2015 world championships due to his proclivity for 'finding gold'.
1988Viktor Genev, Bulgarian footballer[â ]
Viktor Viktorov Genev is a Bulgarian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Slavia Sofia.
1988Illimar PĂ€rn, Estonian ski jumper[â ]
Illimar PĂ€rn is an Estonian ski jumper. PĂ€rn made his individual World Cup debut in Kuopio 2010. In 2005 he was a part of the Estonian World Cup team in Lahti.
1988Evan Turner, American basketball player[â ]
Evan Marcel Turner is an American professional basketball coach and former player. He was most recently an assistant coach for the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was drafted second overall by the Philadelphia 76ers in the 2010 NBA draft.
1988Charles Hawtrey, English actor, singer, and pianist (born 1914)[â ]
George Frederick Joffre Hartree, known as Charles Hawtrey, was an English actor, comedian, singer, pianist and theatre director.
1988Cold War: Ronald Reagan suspends construction of the new U.S. Embassy in Moscow due to Soviet listening devices in the building structure.[â ]
The Embassy of the United States of America in Moscow is the diplomatic mission of the United States of America in the Russian Federation. The current embassy compound is in the Presnensky District of Moscow, across the street from the Russian White House and near the Moscow Zoo.
In 1988, the world population was approximately 5,141,992,542 people[â ]