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What happened on January 01, 1986

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Rick Nelson Killed in Plane Crash : Singer Became Teen-Age Idol on 'Ozzie and Harriet' Show JACK JONES, Times Staff Writer

'We Must Resist Force With Force' : Pretoria Project Angers 'Peaceful' S. Africa Tribe MICHAEL PARKS, Times Staff Writer

Stereotype of Cigar-Chewing Movie Big Shot : Prolific Producer Sam Spiegel Dies at 82 JACK JONES, Times Staff Writer

'Comparable Worth' Case Settlement OKd : Union and Washington State Agree to Terms Distributing $482 Million to 34,000 Workers SARA FRITZ, Times Staff Writer

Reflections on a Watershed Year : At 40, a Baby Boomer Is on the Brink of Middle Age ALLAN PARACHINI, Times Staff Writer

Social Welfare Spending Hit $641 Billion in Fiscal 1983 Associated Press

GOP Governor Picks Democratic Spokesman Associated Press

U.S. Calls for Libyan Sanctions : Urges West to Halt Oil Equipment Sale Over Terrorism NORMAN KEMPSTER and MICHAEL WINES, Times Staff Writers

Reagan to Assist Rockwell Museum Associated Press

Vatican Envoy in Iraq Associated Press

NRC Intensifies Probe of Power Loss, Radioactive Spill at Rancho Seco Plant United Press International

Curb Says He's 'Likely' to Seek Old State Office JOHN BALZAR, Times Staff Writer

Numbers of the Present Take Peak Into Future I. A. LEWIS, Lewis is director of the Los Angeles Times Poll. and

Man Holds Up Store; Schnapps Brings Him Down Associated Press

'Sesame Street' for Grown-Ups Needed THOMAS H. MIDDLETON

Benefits Going Up Only 3.1% : New Year Will Mean Hike in Social Security Taxes BOB SECTER, Times Staff Writer

Parties, Dances Part of New Year Fireworks From Times Wire Services

New Orleans Orders Artist to Cover Up the Bare Facts JENNINGS PARROTT

Violence Rocks Beirut After Bid to Kill Gemayel CHARLES P. WALLACE, Times Staff Writer

U.S.-Soviet New Year's Eve Party Gets Signals Crossed MARK A. STEIN, Times Staff Writer

Mexico's Shifts in Oil Policy Seen as Way to Protect Its Share of Changing Market DAN WILLIAMS, Times Staff Writer

That's No Hangover! Associated Press

A New Year, a New Season of State Law JERRY GILLAM and LEO WOLINSKY, Times Staff Writers

RTD Held Liable for Riders' Safety : But State High Court Sees No Need for Guards on Buses MYRNA OLIVER, Times Staff Writer

On Lookout for Fakes : Gumshoeing Counterfeit Products THOMAS OMESTAD, Times Staff Writer

Think Tank Helps Shape Relations : Mexico's Listening Post on the Border GORDON SMITH

Family of Man Killed at Construction Site Files Suit DOROTHY TOWNSEND, Times Staff Writer

Winnie Mandela Freed on Bail; Ponders Next Move on Court Order MICHAEL PARKS, Times Staff Writer

Court Reverses 11 More Death Penalty Cases DAN MORAIN and MYRNA OLIVER, Times Staff Writers

Fifth Deserted PCP Lab Found in Kern County From a Times Staff Writer

Soviet Ship Off Hawaii United Press International

State Tests Taiwan-Made Dolls, Says They Pose No Toxic Threat From a Times Staff Writer

Security Tighter at U.S. Moscow Embassy WILLIAM J. EATON, Times Staff Writer

Jordan-Syria Talks End; 'Ice Broken' on Reconciliation Associated Press

Major Networks to Air Reagan, Gorbachev Talks Associated Press

Quiet City Greeted Two on Lonely Yule Vigil MIKE GRANBERRY, Times Staff Writer

Starting out the New Year with a shot of inspiration from a Santa Monica think tank's quote-a-month calendar Jack Smith

What's in Store for the Family? DOUG BROWN and DENNIS McLELLAN and LYNN SMITH and LIZ MULLEN, Times staff writers

Hawkeyes Hope to Master UCLA, 'Farm Boy' Image LYNN SIMROSS, Times Staff Writer

Corona del Mar Woman Hurt in Rome Terrorist Attack Returns GARY JARLSON and JEFFREY TYLICKI, Times Staff Writers

Man Killed for 8 Cents Associated Press

Reputed Mob Leader Enters Guilty Plea United Press International

Man Dies Awaiting 6-Organ Transplant Associated Press

Hail to the Chefs at an Annual Gourmet Get-Together MARYLOUISE OATES, Times Staff Writer

Blast Kills Prison Guard Associated Press

Bombs Blamed for Glenn Miller's Death From Times Wire Services

Woman, 74, Decides Enough Is Enough, Kills Would-Be Bandit Associated Press

Michigan Flooding Forces Scores to Flee Homes : Scores Flee Michigan Flooding; Oregon Braces as Ice Jam Grows From Times Wire Services

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Theatrical Agent Audrey Wood Dies at 80 BURT A. FOLKART, Times Staff Writer

U.S. Sues Boiler Repair Firm Over Funds Paid by Pentagon JIM SCHACHTER, Times Staff Writer

The Murderous Abu Nidal : His Viciousness Should Lead Us to Try to Deal With Arafat HOWARD KAPLAN, Howard Kaplan teaches comparative Arabic and Israeli fiction at UCLA and is completing a novel about Abu Nidal and the Middle East, "The Bullets of Palestine."

Nestande Says He'd Welcome Head-On Race With Curb for Lieutenant Governor LANIE JONES, Times Political Writer

Countywide : General Phone Levies Charge for Information Dina L. Heredia \f7

Irvine Citizen Group Loses Its Appeal to Block Freeway Fees KIM MURPHY, Times Staff Writer

Pomona Mayor Feels Pressured by Stress Test PAT BRENNAN, Times Staff Writer

Block Hits Courts for Not Helping Cut Jail Crowding DAVID FREED, Times Staff Writer

The New Me Is a Terrific Guy--With a Problem JIM COMER, Jim Comer is a writer in Los Angeles.

Westminster : Special School Board Election Slated April 8 Bill Billiter \f7

Woman, 81, Loses Court Bid to Cut Off Life Support DOROTHY TOWNSEND, Times Staff Writer

Santa Ana : $40-Million Bond Issue Sold to E.F. Hutton Andy Rose \f7

Broke and Being Evicted : A Homeless New Year Facing Ailing Woman KEITH A. OWENS, Times Staff Writer

Airport Terrorist Victim Flies Home JEFFREY TYLICKI and GARY JARLSON, Times Staff Writers

County In For Rain, Fog as the New Year Begins NANCY REED, Times Staff Writer

Politics, Not Morality, Rules the War Against Terrorism GEOFFREY KEMP, Geoffrey Kemp, a former special assistant for national-security affairs to President Reagan from 1981 to 1985, is a senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies at Georgetown University.

Hammes Named to Superior Court From a Times Staff Writer

Dream of School Alive for Big Lottery Winner LEONARD BERNSTEIN, Staff Times Writer

Delays, Poor Planning in Jail Building Caused Woes DANIEL M. WEINTRAUB, Times Staff Writer

Bid to Turn Santa Clarita Valley Into City to Begin MAYERENE BARKER, Times Staff Writer

Evening Comet Watching to End in Mid-January LEE DYE, Times Science Writer

Stanton : Driver, 90, Is Killed in 4-Vehicle Collision Mark Landsbaum \f7

For Many, January Is Cruelest Month : 'Tis the Season to Sweat Out Resolutions for 1986 PATRICIA WARD BIEDERMAN, Times Staff Writer

The Valley remains a place to be passing through. DOUG SMITH

La Palma : Former Councilman Released From Jail Mark Landsbaum \f7

Countywide : 1985 Was a Good Year, Most Charities Report Jeffrey Tylicki \f7

More Jails Not the Only Answer : Support Programs Needed to Cure Criminals, Critics Say JIM SCHACHTER, Times Staff Writer

L.a. '85 STEVE HARVEY, Times Staff Writer

Supervisors Act : Fund-Raising Foundation for Olive View OKd STEPHANIE CHAVEZ, Times Staff Writer