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LEAD: After nearly a decade of feverish growth, the military research complex is entering a phase of contraction that could slow the pursuit of new weapons but open new opportunities for developing civilian technologies.
LEAD: When Luis Fernando Gomez Enriquez began growing coca leaves here five years ago, he could hardly wait for the riches that the cocaine-producing crop had already showered on neighboring villages.
LEAD: Regulations that dramatically change the way hospital staffs in New York State operate took effect this weekend, sharply reducing the grueling working hours of medical interns and residents and greatly increasing their supervision by senior doctors.
LEAD: A Cliffhanger at the Court The Supreme Court's delay in announcing its abortion decision has created an air of high drama around a normally austere body. Page 10. Defiance in the Pulpit A black Roman Catholic priest defied his church's hierarchy by establishing what he calls an African-American Catholic Congregation.
LEAD: Doyle W. Kemp has come to dread Fridays. That is when he receives court projections of how many new prisoners will come into Florida's overloaded state prison system the next week.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of June 28, 1989, covering July 3, 1989.
Fine Young Cannibals
Bobby Brown
Soundtrack
Tom Petty
Madonna
1989Danilo Cavalcante, Brazilian convicted murderer[†]
Danilo Souza Cavalcante is a Brazilian national accused of murder in the Brazilian state of Tocantins and a convicted murderer in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. After originally being wanted by Brazilian authorities for his alleged role in the shooting death of Valter Júnior Moreira dos Reis in 2017, Cavalcante fled to the United States. Four years later, in April 2021, Cavalcante was arrested for fatally stabbing his ex-girlfriend, Deborah Brandão.
1989Mitchell Dodds, Australian rugby league player[†]
Mitchell Dodds is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played as a prop for the Brisbane Broncos in the NRL and the Warrington Wolves in the Super League.
1989Elle King, American singer, songwriter, and actress[†]
Tanner Elle Schneider, known professionally as Elle King, is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. Her musical style is influenced by country, rock, and blues. She signed with RCA Records to release her debut extended play, The Elle King EP (2012); one of its tracks, "Playing for Keeps", became the theme song for VH1's Mob Wives Chicago series.
1989Jim Backus, American actor and voice artist (born 1913)[†]
James Gilmore Backus was an American actor. Among his most famous roles were Thurston Howell III on the 1960s sitcom Gilligan's Island, the father of James Dean's character in Rebel Without a Cause, the voice of the near-sighted cartoon character Mr. Magoo, the rich Hubert Updike III on the radio version of The Alan Young Show, and Joan Davis' character's husband on TV's I Married Joan. He also starred in his own show of one season, The Jim Backus Show, also known as Hot Off the Wire.
In 1989, the world population was approximately 5,234,431,732 people[†]