What happened on August 24, 1986

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San Francisco B&B
Joy in Cotswolds
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
It's All Aboard the Johann Strauss BROOK HILL SNOW, Snow is an Orlando, Fla., free-lance writer
Dubrovnik's Appeal
Grand Estates of Tahoe LORAINE JUVELIN, Juvelin is a Mesa, Ariz., free-lance writer. and
Dubrovnik's Appeal
Welcome to a Dutch City in the Bloom of Life BEVERLY BEYER and ED RABEY, Beyer and Rabey are Los Angeles travel writers.
Baja Road Is Good
Strolling Around the U.S. Coast Guard Campus EDGAR J. BRACCO, Bracco is a Lyndhurst, N.J., free-lance writer.
Gold Dust Days Were Rough on Chilkoot Trail LADISLAW REDAY, Reday is a Newport Beach free-lance writer
Big Apple Ripe for Sophisticated Bargain Hunts JENNIFER MERIN, Merin is a New York City free-lance writer.
Visit With Mrs. Astor Is a Theatrical Event GORDON E. ROWLEY, Rowley is an Esmond, R.I., free-lance writer. and
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.
YALTA : Russia's Riveria JEAN GILLETTE, Gillette is a Sunnyvale, Calif., free-lance writer.
Carnival Launches Its Latest Jewel SHIRLEY SLATER and HARRY BASCH, Slater and Basch are Los Angeles free-lance writers.
Dubrovnik's Appeal
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
Town Shares Its Sea-Blessed History CHARLANNE F. HERRING, Herring is a Winston-Salem, N.C., free-lance writer.

OPINION

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'
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
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
Penny Power
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.
The Ideological Education of William Bennett Richard Eder, Richard Eder is a Times staff writer based in Boston.
'A Settlement That's All Wet'
Smog Smugness
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
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'
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
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.
Nonsense on AIDS
A U.S Policy Cornerstone Is Made Rubble in Africa PAUL L. MONTGOMERY, Paul L. Montgomery is an American correspondent based in Brussels.

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

Oedipus Untold JACK MILES, Times Book Editor

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."

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Nonfiction Robert Shogan

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

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

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

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

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

MAGAZINE

Karhu of Kyoto : Clifton Karhu, a Former American Missionary, Has Become One of Japan's Most Famous Artists--to Some, 'More Japanese Than a Japanese' ANDREW HORVAT, Andrew Horvat is a Times staff writer based in Tokyo

The Ultimate Red-Eye : Two Pilots Steel Themselves for Their Round-the-World Endurance Test LEE DYE

In a Good Light GEORGE HARMON SCOTT and BILL SIDNAM

In the Swim KATHERINE HOLDEN, Katherine Holden is a free - lance writer living in Santa Barbara.

Walking Home With Danny : 'There Were No Signs of Life, Except for Us' REBECCA FOX, Rebecca Fox is a Los Angeles-area writer.

The Good Seed TEDDY COLBERT, Teddy Colbert is working on her first book, "Magic in My Garden."

Cabinet Reshuffle : How Four Masterworks of Victorian Furniture Were Reunited After More Than 80 Years of Travels BEVIS HILLIER

A Marriage of Art and Architecture VIRGINIA GRAY, Virginia Gray is an associate editor of Los Angeles Times Magazine

Where There's Smoke : On the Front Line With the Tobacco Lobby BELLA STUMBO, Bella Stumbo is a Times staff writer.

Off the Pedestal : Los Angeles Doesn't Have Many Statues. And Now One of Them Is AWOL. JACK SMITH

ENTERTAINMENT

The Funkiest Place In Town PHIL TRACY, Tracy has spent more time than most in dark, quiet restaurants while covering politics for the Village Voice, New West and other publications

Commentary : How 'Aliens' Mirrors Feminine Fears NANCY WEBBER, The writer is an artist, photographer and professor of art at Los Angeles Harbor College, where she teaches film appreciation. and

The Return Of Sibelius HERBERT GLASS

Don Johnson: Yes, He Can Really Sing ROBERT HILBURN

Commentary : Television This Bad Is Really A Sin GREGG BARRIOS, Barrios is a Los Angeles teacher, poet, critic and journalist who is a longtime contributor to Calendar

Popping Out Daniel Perez

Bad Boy Donna Rosenthal

Field Duty Bill Steigerwald

The Real Neil Lands CHRIS WILLMAN

Lewis Cries 'Fore' DENNIS HUNT

R&b's Love Couple CONNIE JOHNSON

The Hollywood Closet George Hadley-Garcia

The Stones' Latest In A Minor Key PATRICK GOLDSTEIN

Simon Rolls With A South African Rock CHRIS WILLMAN

Paul Simon's State Of 'Graceland' STEPHEN WILLIAMS, Williams reports on pop music for Newsday

Grave Robbers Marc Shapiro

Trivia Fatigue John Voland and TRIVIAL ANSWERS and 1--Three--James Coburn, Charles Bronson and James Leyton. and 2--John. and 3--Wolverines. and 4--Maverick. and 5--Napalm.

Poised Among The Good, The Bad And The Arty WILLIAM WILSON

Royal Literary Fund: Not By Bread Alone MARY BLUME

5 Rules And Some Tips On Tipping COLMAN ANDREWS

Brice Retrospective, Tokyo Design Exhibits JOSINE IANCO-STARRELS

A Mini-course In Japanese Culture MAX JACOBSON

LANGUID DAYS IN TINSELTOWN : But Those Cashmere-Covered Noodles Are No Slouches JAY SHARBUTT

'Manhunter' Resounds With The Mark Of Mann SHEILA BENSON

Redlands Bowl Rolls On And On MARC SHULGOLD

Class Clown Makes Good LEWIS BEALE

Little French Restaurants Compiled by Jane Greenstein

Tasting The Produce Revolution RUTH REICHL

Glug Craig Modderno

Censorship Donna Rosenthal

Muse, Museum In The Park SUSAN REITER

It's Rambo To The Rescue . . . In Afghanistan Pat H. Broeske

Sequel Materializes Morgan Gendel

Railroad Ties Donald Chase

Unhooked On Boy Bill Steigerwald

A Gross-out Play From The Jacobean Theater LAWRENCE CHRISTON

SUSANNAH McCORKLE HAS HER OWN WAY WITH WORDS LEONARD FEATHER

Dear Abby Craig Modderno

Peter Sellars: Boy Wonder Grows Up DAN SULLIVAN

Can Rap Survive Gang War? PATRICK GOLDSTEIN

Bidu Sayao Played It Straight WALTER PRICE, Price lives in New York, loves opera and writes about the arts. and

REAL ESTATE

Safety Glass Law to Affect Escrows : City Will Require Sliding Doors to Be in Compliance on Home Resales DAVID W. MYERS, David W. Myers specializes in business aspects of real estate. and

Huntington: Need for City Action SAM HALL KAPLAN

EPA Offers Some Tips for Homeowners DALE BALDWIN

Census Official Sees Strong Growth in State : California Expected to Have Population of 29 Million During Next Count in 1990 EVELYN De WOLFE, Times Staff Writer

'Securitization' Seen Making Progress JERRY DeMUTH, Special to The Times and DeMuth is a Chicago free-lance writer. and