What happened on August 24, 1986

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The Ideological Education of William Bennett Richard Eder, Richard Eder is a Times staff writer based in Boston.
Mideast Policy Is Snagged on Semantics JEROME SEGAL, Jerome Segal is a research associate at the Center for Philosophy and Public Policy at the University of Maryland.
'Sharing the Blame'
'Sharing the Blame'
'Sharing the Blame'
Arms Control : THE LINE BETWEEN STEADFAST AND STUBBORN Charles William Maynes, Charles William Maynes is the editor of Foreign Policy magazine.
Crusade on the Cheap
Smog Smugness
What We Call 'the Left' Is a Timid Distortion JEFF COHEN and LINDA VALENTINO, Jeff Cohen is the director of Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting, based in New York. Linda Valentino is on FAIR's national advisory board and lives in Los Angeles.
'Sharing the Blame'
A U.S Policy Cornerstone Is Made Rubble in Africa PAUL L. MONTGOMERY, Paul L. Montgomery is an American correspondent based in Brussels.
Penny Power
America's Poor Millions Need Not Live in Squalor JAMES W. ROUSE, James W. Rouse is chairman of the Enterprise Foundation, based in Columbia, Md
What Is It With the Catholics? : Vatican Authoritarianism Collides With American Values DANIEL C. MAGUIRE, Daniel C. Maguire is a professor of theology at Marquette University. He is author of "The Moral Revolution," scheduled to be published in October by Harper & Row.
California's Legislature: More Than a Floor Show Robert Conot, Robert Conot is a political journalist and author who has spent seven months studying the legislative process
'A Settlement That's All Wet'
Nonsense on AIDS
Soldier of Fortune Loses Love, Freedom in Vietnam David DeVoss, David DeVoss, a Los Angeles Times Magazine writer, was a correspondent in Saigon and has made seven trips to Vietnam since the end of the war
Mars Mission: The Unwise in Pursuit of the Unknown Gregg Easterbrook, Gregg Easterbrook is a Newsweek contributing editor. His book, "This Magic Moment," will be published in December.

TRAVEL

Bargain Traveler's Tips for Independent Types LUCY IZON, Izon is a Canadian travel journalist covering youth budget routes.
Navigating the Maze of Hotel Room Ratings TONI TAYLOR, Taylor, an authority on the travel industry, lives in Los Angeles.
Good Tours Start With Homework BILL HUGHES, Hughes is a 30-year veteran travel writer living in Sherman Oaks.
Pint-Sized Collection Fills Big Need JUDITH MORGAN, Morgan, of La Jolla, is a nationally known magazine and newspaper writer
Clean Little Hotel
Good Deals on Wheels JACK ADLER
Dubrovnik's Appeal
Dubrovnik's Appeal
Baja Road Is Good
Welcome to a Dutch City in the Bloom of Life BEVERLY BEYER and ED RABEY, Beyer and Rabey are Los Angeles travel writers.
San Francisco B&B
Grand Estates of Tahoe LORAINE JUVELIN, Juvelin is a Mesa, Ariz., free-lance writer. and
It's All Aboard the Johann Strauss BROOK HILL SNOW, Snow is an Orlando, Fla., free-lance writer
Town Shares Its Sea-Blessed History CHARLANNE F. HERRING, Herring is a Winston-Salem, N.C., free-lance writer.
Joy in Cotswolds
Dubrovnik's Appeal
Visit With Mrs. Astor Is a Theatrical Event GORDON E. ROWLEY, Rowley is an Esmond, R.I., free-lance writer. and
Peggy's Cove Is a Beacon Along Lighthouse Route FRANK RILEY, Riley is travel columnist for Los Angeles magazine and a regular contributor to this section
YALTA : Russia's Riveria JEAN GILLETTE, Gillette is a Sunnyvale, Calif., free-lance writer.
Strolling Around the U.S. Coast Guard Campus EDGAR J. BRACCO, Bracco is a Lyndhurst, N.J., free-lance writer.
Big Apple Ripe for Sophisticated Bargain Hunts JENNIFER MERIN, Merin is a New York City free-lance writer.
Carnival Launches Its Latest Jewel SHIRLEY SLATER and HARRY BASCH, Slater and Basch are Los Angeles free-lance writers.
Good Old Days Return to San Diego MICHELE GRIMM and TOM GRIMM, The Grimms of Laguna Beach are authors of "Away for the Weekend," a travel guide to Southern California.
Tickets Offer a Square Deal on Circling the Globe PETER S. GREENBERG, Greenberg is a Los Angeles free-lance writer.
Gold Dust Days Were Rough on Chilkoot Trail LADISLAW REDAY, Reday is a Newport Beach free-lance writer

What happened on August 24, 1986

BOOKS

The Serpent and the Rope by Raja Rao (Overlook: $18.95; 407 pp.) Pratapaditya Pal, Pal is senior curator Indian and Southeast Asian Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art. and

FICTION : NO EARTHLY NOTION by Susan Dodd (Viking: $15.95; 224 pp.). Mary Rourke

NONFICTION : THE FALL TO EDEN: LANDSCAPES AND IMAGINATION IN CALIFORNIA by David Wyatt (Cambridge University: $29.95, illustrated; 268 pp.). Bonnie Loyd

Card-Carrying Americans: PRIVACY, SECURITY AND THE NATIONAL ID CARD DEBATEby Joseph W. Eaton (Rowman & Littlefield: $35; 240 pp.) Tracy Westen, Westen is assistant professor for communications law and policy at the USC-Annenberg School of Communications. and

Nonfiction Robert Shogan

Leave of Absence by Ralph McInerny (Atheneum: $14.95; 256 pp.) Carol A. Crotta, Crotta is a Los Angeles-based free - lance writer

NONFICTION : HOW MEN FEEL: THEIR RESPONSE TO WOMEN'S DEMANDS FOR EQUALITY AND POWER by Anthony Astrachan (Anchor: $19.95; 444 pp.). Jim Sanderson

The Cabalist by Amanda Prantera (Atheneum: $12.95; 184 pp.) Roberta Smoodin, Smoodin's most recent novel is "Inventing Ivanov" (Atheneum). and

The Year's Best Science Fiction : (Third Annual), edited by Gardner Dozois (Bluejay: $10.95, paperback; 624 pp.) Gregory Benford, Benford's latest novel is "Heart of the Comet" (Boutorn) with David Brin. and

FICTION : SCIENCE FICTION: THE 100 BEST NOVELS by David Pringle (Carroll & Graf: $14.95; 220 pp.). John G. Cramer

THE DRAGONS OF NORTH CHITTENDON by Susan Fromberg Schaeffer (Little Simon: $2.95; 208 pp.; ages 8-12). KRISTIANA GREGORY

Oedipus Untold JACK MILES, Times Book Editor

Kara Kush by Idries Shah (Stein & Day: $17.95; 575 pp.) M.E. Hirsh, Hirsh's novel, "Kabul" (Atheneum) treats events in Afghanistan from the end of the monarchy in 1973 until the Soviet invasion. and

Regrets Only by Sally Quinn (Simon & Schuster: $18.95; 556 pp.) Mary Louise Oates, Oates writes The Times' column "On the Circuit." and

The Triumph of Democracy in Spain by Paul Preston (Methuen: $32; 274 pp.) Peter Wyden, Wyden's narrative history, "The Passionate War," is available in Simon & Schuster/Touchstone paperback. and

Men's Lives: THE SURFMEN AND BAYMEN OF THE SOUTH FORK by Peter Matthiessen (Random House: $29.95; 340 pp.) Peter I. Rose, Rose reviews for The Christian Science Monitor, where this review first appeared. and

NONFICTION : THE MOTION PICTURE GUIDE by Jay Robert Nash, Stanley Ralph Ross and Robert B. Connelly (Cinebooks/Bowker; 12 volumes, $750; 4,400 pp.). Charles Champlin

Dioxin, Agent Orange: THE FACTS by Michael Gough (Plenum: $17.95; 300 pp.) Samuel S. Epstein, Epstein is the author of "The Politics of Cancer" and of "Hazardous Wastes in America."

Lifestyle by Peter Warner (Viking: $16.95; 212 pp.) Anne Thompson, Thompson, a former New Yorker, is the West Coast editor of Film Comment magazine. and

NEWS

A Year Can't Ease Anxieties of Attack by Night Stalker KRISTINA LINDGREN, Times Staff Writer

Second Purported Image of Christ Draws Throngs to Soybean Oil Tank United Press International

Lights Go On Again All Over El Royale Zan Thompson

Watergate Figure Also Has Real-Life "A-Team" : New Liddy Academy Teaches Counterterrorism BILL LOHMANN, United Press International

Synthetic Bone Makes Dentures Seem Natural CARRICK LEAVITT, United Press International

Booming Business : Making War for Fun: It's a Direct Hit DENNIS McLELLAN, Times Staff Writer

Enigma of the Desert : Jordan's Ancient City of Jawa Poses Mystery JOHN RICE, Associated Press

Sexual Revolution's Tide Ebbing in the World Capital of Permissiveness BENGT LJUNG, Associated Press

Video Program to Spotlight Scientists JANICE MALL

These Ohio Kids Are Jumping With Joy DOUG FISHER, Associated Press

Alaska Cruise Ship Rams Skagway Dock United Press International

Two's a Crowd : Store Owner Sues to Halt Competitor's Sale of Collectibles KAREN ROEBUCK, Times Staff Writer

The Love Match That Rocked China : French Diplomat, Chinese Artist Find Respite at Stanford MICHAEL STROUD, Stroud lives in Portola Valley. and

Convent Building Will Be Only a Memory JEFFREY MILLER, Times Staff Writer

'Pay Radio' Tunes In Charities, Turns Off Some Consumer Groups DAVID JOHNSTON, Times Staff Writer

Chinese Opera Dulls Musicians' Hearing Associated Press

60 Boats Boarded in Harbor Drug Raid; 1 Suspect Held United Press International

Teacher's Story of Scuffle, and Bid for Benefits WILLIAM NOTTINGHAM, Times Staff Writer

Reagan Urges Other Nations to Cut Tax Rates ELEANOR CLIFT, Times Staff Writer

'A Political Wash' : Neither Party Seen Gaining From Tax Bill JACK NELSON, Times Washington Bureau Chief

Hanoi's Role in Cambodia Remains Stumbling Block to Improved Ties With China NICK B. WILLIAMS Jr., Times Staff Writer

Boston Nurses Return After 24-Hour Walkout Associated Press

Philippine Guerrillas Murder 11 Members of Religious Sect Associated Press

Three Key Players DAVID FERRELL

Military Tests Satellite Weapon Against Far Star Associated Press

Hyping a Slow-Paced Pastime : Chess Boosters Bank on New 'King' to Lift Image TYLER MARSHALL, Times Staff Writer

Possibility of Attack by U.S. Grows, Ortega Says From Reuters

Expectant Mother Appeals to Gorbachev : American Links Visa for Soviet Spouse to Summit WILLIAM J. EATON, Times Staff Writer

Thiokol Cuts 11 Posts in Reorganization United Press International

Man Kills Wife, Son, Self United Press International

5 Turkish Children Die in Military Shell Blast Associated Press

Thatcher to Visit Moscow Associated Press

Soviets Held Eager for Weapons Pact : Kremlin Fears Arms Race Would Harm Economy, U.S. Planners Say NORMAN KEMPSTER, Times Staff Writer

Sapphire Can Be Any Hue but Red : September Gemstone Is Not True to Blue Associated Press

New Delhi Phone Workers Strike to Protest Ex-Official's Intrusion Associated Press

China Convicts American of Spying for Taiwan JIM MANN, Times Staff Writer

Reminder of Hiroshima : Japanese Tourists Shun Europe After Chernobyl MAGGIE JACKSON, Associated Press

Peace Talks to Resume Sept. 19 in El Salvador : Government, Rebels Select War-Battered Town for Long-Delayed Third Round of Negotiations DAN WILLIAMS, Times Staff Writer

Anti-Nuclear Japanese Protest Battleship Arrival From Times Wire Services

Fatal Rooming House Fire United Press International

Soviets Took Korea Jet for U.S. Plane, Magazine Says From a Times Staff Writer

Soviet, U.S. Influence Wanes : Japan Flexes Muscle as U.N.'s No. 2 Bankroller NICK LUDINGTON, Associated Press

Racism Has a Hand at the Ballot Box : State's Minority Candidates Hindered by Bias, Studies Indicate GEORGE SKELTON and BILL BOYARSKY, Times Staff Writers

Sunset for RALPH: Alice Declines a Trip to the Moon JAMES MARNELL

Suicides Increasing in Hard-Hit Oklahoma Oil Town SCOTT McCARTNEY, Associated Press

A Tale of a True-Blue Terrier : Statue of Famous Dog in Scotland Was Knocked Down--But Not Out GRAHAM HEATHCOTE, Associated Press

Torture a Frequent Companion in Cuba Prisons, Ex-Inmates Say ROBERT BARR, Associated Press

Governors Offer Five-Year Plan for Upgrading Schools ROBERT SHOGAN, Times Political Writer

The Chronology DAVID FERRELL

Silence Over Alleged Israeli Plot Could Lead to Trial From Times Wire Services

'We're Fighting Against the Rest of Manhattan' : N.Y. Chinatown: Victim or Beneficiary of Modern Times? JOHN POMFRET, Associated Press

Chess Title Match : Kasparov and Karpov Draw in 10th Game United Press International

Three-Dimensional Look at Style Changes : Computer Has Design for Home Buyers Associated Press

Stress Given as Reason for Chief's Leave MIKE WARD, Times Staff Writer

Fights W. Hollywood Ruling : Landlady Files Suit to Double Rents STEPHEN BRAUN, Times Staff Writer

U.S. Judges Disagree on Whether to Strive for Closer Press Ties WILLIAM OVEREND, Times Staff Writer

Salmonella Poisoning Hits Hard in Poland From Reuters

50-Year Tradition Ends as Pioneering Jewish Congregation Disbands CARMEN VALENCIA, Times Staff Writer