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LEAD: In a possible shift that could remove a major obstacle to an accord on strategic nuclear weapons, the Soviet Union appears to have dropped its demand that an arms agreement be held in abeyance until a separate accord is reached on space weapons, a senior American official announced tonight.
LEAD: J. P. Morgan & Company's surprise decision Thursday to drastically increase its financial cushion against bad loans to third world countries raises new questions about how those countries will escape their severe economic problems.
LEAD: The military commander of the Lebanese Christians, Gen. Michel Aoun, today formally accepted an Arab League plan for a cease-fire in the civil war, setting the stage for discussions on national reconciliation.
LEAD: Charleston, S.C., was reeling yesterday from the devastation left by the most powerful hurricane to hit the United States in two decades. Bridges were twisted, buildings leveled and television towers toppled as the storm raced ashore, then swept northward through the Carolinas.
LEAD: AIDS Drug Not for Children Hundreds of children with AIDS are dying prematurely because they cannot get the drug AZT. Page 8. Pierce Bars TV Coverage A House rule has allowed the former Secretary to bar television cameras when he testifies next week. Page 8. World's Biggest Tire Maker
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of September 20, 1989, covering September 23, 1989.
Milli Vanilli
New Kids on the Block
Paula Abdul
Richard Marx
Tom Petty
1989Brandon Jennings, American basketball player[†]
Brandon Byron Jennings is an American former professional basketball player who played nine seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is known for being the first American high school prospect to bypass college basketball to play professionally in Europe.
1989Taniela Lasalo, Australian rugby league player[†]
Taniela Lasalo is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a lock, second-row forward or as a centre for the Hills District Bulls in the Ron Massey Cup.
In 1989, the world population was approximately 5,234,431,732 people[†]