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LEAD: A combination of fiscal pressures, union shakeups, management changes and political realities has reinvigorated one of the oldest disputes in New York City government: should the nation's largest city have a single police force?
LEAD: Urged by state attorneys general, the Supreme Court agreed to decide if states can bring Federal antitrust suits charging energy producers with illegal price-fixing. Page D1.
LEAD: Pledging leadership that is ''disciplined, tough, persistent and honest,'' James Joseph Florio took the oath of office as the 49th governor of New Jersey today and immediately called for a special session of the Legislature next Monday to solve the problem of high automobile insurance rates.
LEAD: The Soviet Government airlifted 11,000 army and internal police troops today to the embattled regions of Azerbaijan, where armed bands of Armenian and Azerbaijani militants were reported still locked in conflict.
LEAD: Sales of cars made in the United States jumped by 29.8 percent in early January compared with a sluggish period a year ago, as buyers took advantage of factory incentives and flocked to showrooms after an absence of several months. Light-truck sales also surged, rising by 22.8 percent.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of January 17, 1990, covering January 17, 1990.
Phil Collins
Milli Vanilli
Paula Abdul
Billy Joel
Janet Jackson
1990Santiago Tréllez, Colombian footballer[†]
Santiago Tréllez Vivero is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Brazilian club Operário-PR.
1990Tyler Zeller, American basketball player[†]
Tyler Paul Zeller is an American former professional basketball player. He played college basketball for the North Carolina Tar Heels. As a freshman, he played on their 2009 national championship team and as a senior was an All-American and the Atlantic Coast Conference Player of the Year. He is the nephew of former NBA player Al Eberhard, and the brother of fellow NBA players Cody Zeller and Luke Zeller.
In 1990, the world population was approximately 5,327,803,110 people[†]