World population tops 5 billion as births rise
Population Reference Bureau reports world population reaching 5.026 billion on July 1 1987 with births at 28 per 1000, aided by China relaxing birth limits which could undo prior slowdown. Africa remains highest birth rate at 44 per 1000, while Europe reports 13 per 1000. The United States and Canada total 270 million.
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Washington
Population Reference Bureau
China
Bureau
United Nations
The
Population Institute
Beijing
Carl Haub
Mary Kent
Kent
United States
U.S
United Nations Fund For Population
Africa
Haub
Asia
Soviet Union
North America
Canada
Europe
Buffalo Returns Home After Suburban Stir in Maryland
A buffalo that wandered into a Rockville housing development was loaded onto a horse trailer and returned to a Poolesville farm. Police and animal control tracked it after it escaped during a breakdown on the Capital Beltway. The animal had been sold by Catoctin Mountain Zoo to Eric Mogensen of Natural Bridge Virginia, who was transporting it home. No charges were filed.
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Rockville
Capital Beltway
Mogensen
Luddington
Zoo
Poolesville
Sailboat Sinks in Port au Prince Bay Killing Eighteen
Report says a chartered fishing boat with 26 people aboard sank in Port-au-Prince Bay. Eighteen died, including four of six Jamaican tourists. the remaining passengers and crew were Haitians. Navy Lt. Elias Saint said only one body had been found as patrol boats continued the search.
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Port-Au-Prince, Haiti
Port-au-Prince Bay
Radio Haiti Iater
Navy
Elias Saint
Cable car lurch injures four in San Francisco
A cable car packed with tourists slipped backward several feet at a hilltop safety stop injuring four people. The car lurched 3 feet to trigger a safety latch as investigators probe the 12 30 p.m. accident. Officials said the cause was under investigation.
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San Francisco
George Newkirk
San Francisco Municipal Railway
Newkirk
No defect found in Chrysler engine fire probe
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration ended a two year investigation into engine fires in 1978 to 1984 Chrysler cars and vans with no defect found. The Center for Auto Safety had urged the inquiry citing over a thousand reports and several deaths.
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Washington
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Center For Auto Safety
The
Highway Safety Agency
Coup plan fails in Philippines near International School
About 400 enlisted soldiers plotted to seize the International School in Manila and hold 2,500 students and staff, to topple President Aquino. The plan collapsed when officers learned of it and confined troops to base. no arrests reported.
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Manila
Philippines
Corazon Aquino
Aquino
Ferdinand Marcos
Luzon
Samar Island
Visayas
Mindanao
Alexander Aguirre
International School
Honesto Isleta
Marcos
Hawaii
Official
India
Pakistan
South Korea
Australia
Amelia Ramos
Fidel Ramos
Ramos
FAA probes four near collisions over 10 hours
The FAA investigates four near collisions involving United, Trans World, Northwest, and American jets in a 10 hour span. Incidents occurred 3,500 to 9,000 feet near Chicago Newark Saginaw and Burbank with two aircraft within 500 feet. One case had no radar contact for the smaller plane.
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Washington
Federal Aviation Administration
United Airlines
Trans World Airlines
Northwest Airlines
American Airlines
FAA
Fred Farrar
Chicago
Newark
Saginaw
Mich
Burbank
Calif
Farrar
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Atsuko
Suzuki
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Abu Nidal
Algiers
Yasser Arafat
Palestine Liberation Organization
Khalil Wazir
Wazir
Abu Jihad
Arafat
Fatah
the Revolutionary Council
Middle East
London
Rome
Vienna
Libya
Syria
Israel
King Hussein
Jordan
Hosni Mubarak
Egypt
Hassan II
Morocco
ST. Luke’s
Sue Noreuil
Sue
Jees Hospital
Guy Molinari
R-N.y
IRA Opportunities
Treasury and Corporate
Limited Partnerships Mutual Funds
Perpetual Financial Group
Downtown
Lindale
Westdale
Iowa City
Perpetual Investment Associates
Jim Miller
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