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LEAD: A new study has found that hundreds of thousands of people who are eligible for welfare or Medicaid benefits fail to get help because of problems with their applications.
LEAD: The Food and Drug Administration is expected to approve a drug developed to prevent ulcers in arthritis patients that can also induce abortion, industry analysts and the company that developed the drug said yesterday.
LEAD: The Soviet Union has deployed about 30 advanced ground attack planes in Afghanistan that are meant for offensive operations, State Department officials said today.
LEAD: Prodded by mounting public irritation with long lines and shoddy goods, the Soviet Union seems to have crossed an important threshold in its willingness to seek capitalist help in repairing its economy.
LEAD: Tribe's Debunkers Sued Members of a primitive tribe in the Philippines stepped into the 20th century by suing two anthropologists who say they are a hoax. Page 4. Big Contract for A.T.&T. A contract to supply minicomputers to the Air Force was awarded to A.T.&T., which valued the package at $4.5 billion over eight years.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of October 26, 1988, covering October 29, 1988.
Bon Jovi
Guns N' Roses
Soundtrack
Def Leppard
Bobby McFerrin
1988Florin Gardoș, Romanian footballer[†]
Florin Gardoș is a Romanian former professional footballer who played as a centre back.
1988Sam Hutsby, English golfer[†]
Samuel Michael Thomas Hutsby is an English professional golfer.
1988Janoris Jenkins, American football player[†]
Janoris Jenkins, nicknamed "Jackrabbit", is an American former professional football player who was a cornerback in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the North Alabama Lions and Florida Gators and was selected by the St. Louis Rams in the second round of the 2012 NFL draft. Jenkins had his most success as a member of the New York Giants, who he played four seasons with and made a Pro Bowl, and also had stints with the New Orleans Saints, Tennessee Titans and San Francisco 49ers.
1988Roman Van Uden, New Zealand cyclist[†]
Roman van Uden is a New Zealand professional cyclist.
1988Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay, Indian author and activist (born 1903)[†]
Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay was an Indian social reformer. She has worked for the promotion of Indian handicrafts, handlooms, and theatre in independent India to uplift the socio-economic standard of Indian women. She is the first woman in India to contest in elections from Madras Constituency, but lost.
In 1988, the world population was approximately 5,141,992,542 people[†]