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LEAD: THE ECONOMY Computerization may displace the supermarket coupon. Several large chains, including Pathmark, Vons and Giant Food, will begin testing a program that will track purchases and offer rebates to regular buyers of certain brand-name goods. [ Page A1. ] John A. Mulheren Jr.
LEAD: John A. Mulheren Jr., once one of Wall Street's top arbitragers, was indicted yesterday by a Federal grand jury in Manhattan on 42 counts of securities fraud and other charges stemming from his business relationship with Ivan F. Boesky.
LEAD: Mexico's most politically charged murder case, the 1984 shooting of the country's best-known journalist, appears to have been cracked with the arrest of a former security official who headed the initial investigation.
LEAD: With New York City's rent rules scheduled to expire on Thursday, state legislators agreed today to extend them for two years, leaving unresolved a sweeping series of competing demands from tenants and landlords to revise some rules.
LEAD: Smoking cigarettes with less nicotine and carbon monoxide than regular cigarettes does not reduce the risk of heart attack, a new study has found.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of June 14, 1989, covering June 15, 1989.
Fine Young Cannibals
Soundtrack
Madonna
Bobby Brown
Paula Abdul
1989Bayley, American wrestler[â ]
Pamela Rose Martinez is an American professional wrestler. She has been signed to WWE since December 2012, where she performs on the Raw brand under the ring name Bayley. Her second reign of 380 days with the WWE SmackDown Women's Championship is tied with Rhea Ripley as the longest in the championship's history.
1989VĂctor Cabedo, Spanish cyclist (died 2012)[â ]
VĂctor Cabedo Carda was a Spanish professional road racing cyclist. He rode for EuskaltelâEuskadi for one season. He died following a collision with a vehicle while on a training ride.
1989Bryan Clauson, American race car driver (died 2016)[â ]
Bryan Timothy Clauson was an American professional auto racing driver, best known for his achievements in dirt track open-wheel racing, such as USAC Silver Crown, Midget and Sprint cars. Clauson was increasingly seen competing with the World of Outlaws (WoO) sprint cars in his last couple of years. Clauson also competed in the NASCAR Nationwide Series, Indy Lights, and IndyCar Series and was a development driver for Chip Ganassi Racing.
1989Maurice Bellemare, Canadian lawyer and politician (born 1912)[â ]
Maurice Bellemare, was a politician in Quebec, Canada. He was known as Le Vieux Lion de la Politique Québécoise because of his colourful style and his many years of public office. Bellemare was one of the last survivors of the Union Nationale party.
1989Ray McAnally, Irish actor (born 1926)[â ]
Ray McAnally was an Irish actor. He was the recipient of three BAFTA Awards in the late 1980s: two BAFTA Film Awards for Best Supporting Actor, and a BAFTA Television Award for Best Actor for A Very British Coup in 1989. In 2020, he was ranked at number 34 on The Irish Times's list of Ireland's greatest film actors.
In 1989, the world population was approximately 5,234,431,732 people[â ]