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LEAD: The use of smokable methamphetamine, which produces a much longer period of euphoria than crack and is followed by a more disturbing psychological reaction, has reached major proportions here and has begun to appear in several cities on the mainland as well.
LEAD: The McDonnell Douglas Corporation, manufacturer of the DC-10 jet, said yesterday that it would modify the plane with a simple device that could enable it to be landed safely if all hydraulic lines are severed. The modifications, to be completed over the next 21 months, stem from the July crash of a United Airlines DC-10 in Sioux City, Iowa, that killed 112 people.
LEAD: The prospect of huge profits from the sale of the AIDS drug AZT is bringing a wave of protests against the Burroughs Wellcome Company, the drug's manufacturer.
LEAD: Nicaragua Plan Shelved The Bush Administration announced that it had given up the widely criticized notion of supporting the Nicaraguan opposition's presidential candidate with money from the National Endowment for Democracy. Page 3. Salvadorans Agree to Talk Meeting in Mexico, representatives of the Salvadoran Government and leftist guerrillas agreed to monthly meetings for negotiations to end the country's 10-year civil war.
LEAD: Robert Penn Warren, whose complex poetry and novels drawn from Southern life formed an intricate mirror of the human experience, died of cancer yesterday at his summer home in Stratton, Vt. He was 84 years old and lived in Fairfield, Conn.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of September 13, 1989, covering September 16, 1989.
New Kids on the Block
Milli Vanilli
Richard Marx
Paula Abdul
Prince
1989Bailey De Young, American actress[†]
Bailey De Young is an American actress. She is known for playing Ginny Thompson on Bunheads, Lauren Cooper on Faking It, and Imogene Cleary on The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.
1989Robbie Grossman, American baseball player[†]
Robert Edward Grossman is an American professional baseball outfielder who is a free agent. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Houston Astros, Minnesota Twins, Oakland Athletics, Detroit Tigers, Atlanta Braves, Texas Rangers, Chicago White Sox and Kansas City Royals. After attending high school in Texas, Grossman was drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the sixth round in 2008. He made his MLB debut with the Astros in 2013. He won the 2023 World Series with the Rangers.
1989Braden Holtby, Canadian ice hockey player[†]
Braden Holtby is a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender. He previously played for the Washington Capitals, Vancouver Canucks and Dallas Stars of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was selected in the fourth round, 93rd overall, of the 2008 NHL entry draft by the Capitals, with whom he spent the first ten seasons of his career.
1989Salomón Rondón, Venezuelan footballer[†]
José Salomón Rondón Giménez is a Venezuelan professional footballer who plays as a striker for Liga MX club Pachuca and captains the Venezuela national team.
1989Dustin Tokarski, Canadian ice hockey player[†]
Dustin Michael Tokarski is a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender for the Chicago Wolves of the American Hockey League (AHL) while under contract to the Carolina Hurricanes of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was born in Humboldt, Saskatchewan, but grew up in neighbouring Watson, which he considers his hometown.
In 1989, the world population was approximately 5,234,431,732 people[†]