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LEAD: For politicians seeking support, crime plays. Each of the six major party candidates for mayor of New York City has made crime prevention and punishment the cornerstone of his campaign, although some of their siren songs may be more apt to capture votes than criminals.
LEAD: Frank Lorenzo, the chairman of the Texas Air Corporation, has met privately several times over the last month with Donald J. Trump in an effort to persuade him to buy Continental Airlines, executives from both sides said yesterday.
LEAD: In a widely expected upward revision, the Commerce Department reported today that the economy grew at a 2.7 percent annual rate in the second quarter, considerably higher than the 1.7 percent rate estimated last month.
LEAD: VINE-RIPENED tomatoes, bursting with flavor and succulence, are at their peak around about now, but many gardeners have more fresh tomatoes than they know what to do with.
LEAD: NOT long ago, skyscrapers sprouted on the Columbus horizon, finally dwarfing the double Ferris wheel at the Ohio State Fair. Sprawling below, the midway that was once rutted and dusty was given a wide swath of asphalt. Thirty-two acres of corrals were roofed; most were air-conditioned. ''The fair doesn't smell the same as it did,'' said Dorthea Burkhardt, who at age 78 has been going to the Ohio State
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of August 30, 1989, covering August 30, 1989.
Richard Marx
New Kids on the Block
Prince
Paula Abdul
Milli Vanilli
1989Simone Guerra, Italian footballer[†]
Simone Guerra is an Italian footballer who plays as a forward for Serie C Group C club Juventus Next Gen.
1989Ronald Huth, Paraguayan footballer[†]
Ronald Renato Huth Candia is a Paraguayan football defender of Italian descent, who plays for Rubio Ñu in the Paraguayan División Intermedia. Huth holds Italian citizenship.
1989Bebe Rexha, American singer-songwriter[†]
Bleta "Bebe" Rexha is an American singer and songwriter. She signed with Warner Records in 2013, and was credited with co-writing releases of other artists—such as Eminem's Grammy Award-winning single "The Monster"—before furthering her career as a recording artist. Her debut extended play (EP), I Don't Wanna Grow Up (2015), did not chart domestically, although its single "I'm Gonna Show You Crazy" entered several international charts.
1989Seymour Krim, American journalist and critic (born 1922)[†]
Seymour Krim was an American author, editor and literary critic. He is often categorized with the writers of the Beat Generation. He wrote for the Village Voice, Playboy, New York Element and International Times, among many other publications. He worked for a time at The New Yorker, where Brendan Gill recalled he was often "stripped to the waist."
In 1989, the world population was approximately 5,234,431,732 people[†]