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LEAD: Responding to a hostile bid from McCaw Cellular Communications Inc., the Lin Broadcasting Corporation said yesterday that it would merge its cellular-telephone operations with those of the BellSouth Corporation, the largest of the seven regional ''Baby Bell'' companies.
LEAD: THE human body was meant to have a midafternoon nap, according to a new consensus among sleep researchers who are studying the biological rhythms of sleep and alertness.
LEAD: In the largest Japanese move yet into the American banking market, the Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank, the world's biggest, is discussing the $1.5 billion purchase of a controlling interest in the CIT Group, a business lending unit of the Manufacturers Hanover Corporation.
LEAD: Inspectors from the Food and Drug Administration said today that they had found irregularities in manufacturing practices and record-keeping at 11 of the 13 generic drug makers that were part of a special review.
LEAD: New York City Democrats and Republicans select their mayoral nominees today. Polling places will be open from 6 A.M. to 9 P.M. Democrats will also select candidates for City Council president, city comptroller, Manhattan borough president, Brooklyn district attorney, 10 City Council offices and 2 Civil Court positions.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of September 6, 1989, covering September 12, 1989.
New Kids on the Block
Richard Marx
Paula Abdul
Milli Vanilli
Prince
1989Freddie Freeman, American-Canadian baseball player[†]
Frederick Charles Freeman is a Canadian and American professional baseball first baseman for the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball (MLB). Freeman made his MLB debut with the Atlanta Braves in 2010 and played with them for 12 seasons. After the Braves won the 2021 World Series over the Houston Astros, Freeman entered free agency and signed a six-year, $162 million contract with the Dodgers.
1989Andrew Luck, American football player[†]
Andrew Austen Luck is an American football executive and former professional quarterback who is the football general manager for Stanford University, his alma matter. He previously played in the National Football League (NFL) for seven seasons with the Indianapolis Colts. One of the most highly touted amateur prospects during his collegiate playing career with Stanford, Luck won the Maxwell, Walter Camp, and Johnny Unitas Golden Arm awards as a senior before being selected by the Colts first overall in the 2012 NFL draft.
In 1989, the world population was approximately 5,234,431,732 people[†]