What happened on March 16, 1986

MAGAZINE

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SPORTS

TRAVEL

Driving Away a Myth of Germany's Black Forest HARLAN HAGUE, Hague teaches U.S. history at San Joaquin Delta College in Stockton.
Free Attractions in the Big Apple
Vacation Memories : Visitor Receives a Warm Welcome in Iceland SUE MARTIN, Martin is a Times editorial employee.
Traveling in Style Magazine and International Issue
Taking the B&B Route on Your Aussie Holiday ROGER COX, Cox is a New York travel writer.
Holiday Accommodations: Colleges LUCY IZON, Izon is a Canadian travel journalist covering youth budget routes.
Rain Memories
Chamula Welcome
Africa Safari Delightful
Study Tours in Spain
Cancun Celebrates 12th Birthday as Tourist Stop FRANK RILEY, Riley is travel columnist for Los Angeles magazine and a regular contributor to this section
Seniors Count On Special Discounts BILL HUGHES, Hughes is a 25-year veteran travel writer living in Sherman Oaks.
The Shortest Route in Capitol Is Underground HORACE SUTTON, Sutton is editor of Signature magazine.
Tourists and Swallows Meet Again in Capistrano MICHELE GRIMM and TOM GRIMM, The Grimms are writ ers/ photographers based in Laguna Beach.
A Visit to an English Country Town BEVERLY BEYER and ED RABEY, Beyer and Rabey are Los Angeles travel writers.
A Day In The Country JERRY HULSE, Times Travel Editor
First-Aid Kits Must Be Fuller TONI TAYLOR, Taylor, an authority on the travel industry, lives in Los Angeles.
Waterfront Eateries LYNN WEITZEL, Weitzel is a Ventura free-lance writer.
Smooth Sailing With Sundance SHIRLEY SLATER and HARRY BASCH, Slater and Basch are Los Angeles free-lance writers.
California Jewel
Filling Up With Philly JENNIFER MERIN, Merin is a New York City free-lance writer.
Look for a Good Laugh CARL PURCELL, Purcell is an author of photography books.
Hushed Magnificence of Alhambra EDGAR J. BRACCO, Bracco is a Lyndhurst, N.J., free-lance writer.
Drive Up to a Discount JACK ADLER
Touring in China
Tours of Cave Art Offered United Press International
Tracking Lions and Tigers in Game Parks of Asia ARNIE WEISSMANN, Weissmann is an Austin, Tex., free-lance writer.
Mining Town Closed but Pit Is Open JUDITH MORGAN, Morgan, of La Jolla, is a nationally known magazine and newspaper writer
Touring the Greek Islands by Yacht CHARLOTTE GREEN, Green is a Flushing, N.Y., free-lance writer.
Martha's Vineyard Attracts the Upwardly Mobile SANFORD KREISBERG, Kreisberg is a Somerville, Mass., free-lance writer.
Mammoth--Place Where Skiers Take a Powder MIKE YORKEY, Yorkey is a newspaper editor in Mammoth Lakes.
Swiss Detour to a Rose PAMELA LECHTMAN, Lechtman, of Thousand Oaks, is travel editor of Shape magazine.
Hit the Tables at Las Vegas, Then Hit the Slopes MURRAY HERTZ, Hertz is a Las Vegas free-lance writer.

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For a CIA Man, It's 1954 Again PHILIP C. ROETTINGER, Philip C. Roettinger is a retired Marine Corps colonel living in Mexico.
Back to Public Service
Chief Justice Bird on Voters and the Court Lee Dembart, Lee Dembart is a Times editorial writer.
'Family Disease'
Kissinger and Nixon
Phone Calls
Kissinger and Nixon
Kissinger and Nixon
Kissinger and Nixon
Kissinger and Nixon
Prediction
A Commitment to the U.N.
All Aboard Halley's Time Machine DONALD K. YEOMANS, Donald K. Yeomans, a research astronomer at Jet Propulsion Lab, is a discipline specialist for astrometry within the International Halley Watch.
Bobbi Fiedler Campaign Ad
California: To Grow On? : An uncertain future beneath the surface of America's finest farmlands Bill Stall, Bill Stall is a Times editorial writer.
Signs of Spring
A Bigger City Council for Better L.A. Governance DEREK SHEARER, Derek Shearer is director of urban studies at Occidental College and recently completed a Guggenheim Fellowship on planning in U.S. cities
Central America's Untried Answer: Why a Contadora Treaty Will Work Jefferson Morley, Jefferson Morley is associate editor of the New Republic
Kissinger and Nixon
A Life Defined by Losses and Delights Nancy Mairs, This is an excerpt from author Nancy Mairs' "Plaintext , " to be published in April by the University of Arizona Press
Political Gamesmanship: Blame-Mongering Over Nicaragua Kevin Phillips, Kevin Phillips is publisher of American Political Report and Business and Public Affairs Fortnightly
Philippine Reconciliation--With Justice Carl H. Lande, Carl H. Lande is professor of political science and East Asian studies at the University of Kansas
Reform Tax Reform
After Riots, Egypt Faces Future Woe : Troubles With Trade, Tourism Michael Ross, Michael Ross is The Times' correspondent in Cairo.
Hostages of an Ancient Way of War : Modern France Vs. Middle Ages William Pfaff, William Pfaff is an American journalist based in Paris.

BUSINESS

BOOKS

What happened on March 16, 1986

MAGAZINE

THE FOUNTAIN : In Santa Barbara by the Sea, Even Symbolic Dolphins Can Cause a Lot of Trouble MICHAEL FESSIER JR., Michael Fessier Jr.'s "In Search of the Chicken Cackler and Other Unlikely Missions" (Capra Press) is due out this fall.

Salud! Cheers! Na Zdrowie! : Times Writers' Concise Correspondents Course in Cosmopolitan Conviviality Nick B. Williams Jr.

The Adrenaline Junkies : Movie Stunt Men and Women Get Paid to Leap From Buildings and Crash Cars. Some People Call Them Daredevils. They Call Themselves Professionals CHARLES CHAMPLIN, Charles Champlin is The Times' arts editor

Salud! Cheers! Na Zdrowie! : Times Writers' Concise Correspondents Course in Cosmopolitan Conviviality Dan Williams

Traveling With Style Jerry Hulse

Salud! Cheers! Na Zdrowie! : Times Writers' Concise Correspondents Course in Cosmopolitan Conviviality William Tuohy

Salud! Cheers! Na Zdrowie! : Times Writers' Concise Correspondents Course in Cosmopolitan Conviviality William D. Montalbano

Ordinary Wonders VICKI HEARNE

Salud! Cheers! Na Zdrowie! : Times Writers' Concise Correspondents Course in Cosmopolitan Conviviality Tyler Marshall

Salud! Cheers! Na Zdrowie! : Times Writers' Concise Correspondents Course in Cosmopolitan Conviviality Don A. Schanche

Himalayan Odyssey MELVIN M. BELLI, Attorney Belli is based in San Francisco.

Salud! Cheers! Na Zdrowie! : Times Writers' Concise Correspondents Course in Cosmopolitan Conviviality Michael Ross

BUSINESS BEFORE PLEASURE : Worker's Compensation for a Peripatetic Editor Can Be More Trial Than Tour PAIGE RENSE, Paige Rense is the editor of Architectural Digest

Salud! Cheers! Na Zdrowie! : Times Writers' Concise Correspondents Course in Cosmopolitan Conviviality Sam Jameson

Salud! Cheers! Na Zdrowie! : Times Writers' Concise Correspondents Course in Cosmopolitan Conviviality Jim Mann

Salud! Cheers! Na Zdrowie! : Times Writers' Concise Correspondents Course in Cosmopolitan Conviviality Stanley Meisler

NAILS: Pointers for Spring SARVAT HASAN

The Importance Of Loafing BILL STOUT, Stout is an anchorman for KCBS-TV, Channel 2. and

WITH A LITTLE BIT 'O PLUCK : Perseverance Is a Prerequisite for a Discovery Tour of Europe's Lesser-Known Cultural Attractions BARBARA ISENBERG, Isenberg writes about the arts for The Times.

SALUD! CHEERS! NA ZDROWIE! : Times Writers' Concise Correspondents Course in Cosmopolitan Conviviality Juan de Onis

Salud! Cheers! Na Zdrowie! : Times Writers' Concise Correspondents Course in Cosmopolitan Conviviality Robert Gillette

Salud! Cheers! Na Zdrowie! : Times Writers' Concise Correspondents Course in Cosmopolitan Conviviality William J. Eaton

Salud! Cheers! Na Zdrowie! : Times Writers' Concise Correspondents Course in Cosmopolitan Conviviality Rone Tempest

Affairs Of The Heart JERRY HULSE, Hulse is the editor of Traveling in Style.

The Changing Scenery : The Most Beautiful Gardens Don't Grow According to Plan but Evolve and Develop Over Time ROBERT SMAUS, Robert Smaus is an associate editor of Los Angeles Times Magazine.

Skate of the Art : Design Moves Fast-Forward on Wheels BEVIS HILLIER

The Sade Look for Proms: Pretty in Slink MARYLOU LUTHER

An Unkind Fate : For an Author, Giving Autographed Books to Friends Can Be Hazardous to the Ego JACK SMITH

That Confounding Color : Yellow, Blue, Red Have Long Been Considered the Primaries. And Then There Is Green JANET DUCKWORTH, Green used to be Janet Duckworth's favorite color.

THE VIEW FROM ATOP : An Airline Pilot's Round-the-World Survey of the Fascination and Follies of Planet Earth BARRY SCHIFF, Schiff flies for a major airline out of LAX.

ANGEL FOOD : Homemade Biscuits With a Southern Accent BETSY BALSLEY, Betsy Balsley is food editor of The Times.

Going for the Bronze : An Oscar-Winning Screenwriter Breaks Out of His Mold and Into Sculpting MICHAEL KANIN, Bronzes by screenwriter and dramatist Michael Kanin will be exhibited through March 29 at the Heritage Gallery in Los Angeles

WRITER'S GUIDE : Freighter Fancier Alex Haley's Penchant for Unconventional Cruising ALEX HALEY, Alex Haley is completing a new book, "Henning, Tennessee," to be published by Doubleday this fall.

NEWS

An Eye-Catching Lung Cancer Slogan JANICE MALL

Training for Maritime Jobs : Hawaii Students Can Ship Out to Shape Up STEWART TAGGART, Associated Press Writer

A Lasting Legacy : Merritt Adamson Jr.'s Land Dealings Changed Malibu Forever JUDY PASTERNAK and JILL STEWART, Times Staff Writers

Scores of World Leaders Attend Funeral for Palme From Times Wire Services

Rinks Are Skating on Thin Ice : Spiraling Insurance Premiums Worry Operators MIKE EBERTS, Eberts lives in Hollywood. and

'The ordinary people rallied around us and restored our faith in human nature.'--Cmdr. Joseph McGuire, Ship's builder and captain : Bounty Sails, Leaving Portside Squall Astern DARYL KELLEY, Times Staff Writer

Executioners : Secrecy Shrouds Disquieting Duty JOHN BARBOUR, Associated Press

Church, Government Discourage Belief : Argentine 'Miracle' Cult Is Big Business KEVIN NOBLET, Associated Press

Remembering Frontier Man From Erin THOMAS R. LYNCH

Drugs, Fear Are Project's Unwelcome Tenants JULIO MORAN, Times Staff Writer

This Stowaway Is an Albatross in Name Only Associated Press

Cranston Says Reagan Now Agrees With Him KEITH LOVE, Times Political Writer

TWA Reports Busiest Day of Strike From Times Wire Services

Watson Named to Transport Panel United Press International

Port Officials Say They'd Give Up Ocean View : Harbor Department May Get More Time to Develop Lot Near Headquarters TIM WATERS, Times Staff Writer

Cosmonauts Conduct TV Tour of New Space Station WILLIAM J. EATON, Times Staff Writer

Shultz, Soviet Premier Differ on Summit Date NORMAN KEMPSTER, Times Staff Writer

Castro Completes Trip Associated Press

Bars on Third World Farm Imports Hit Associated Press

Tale of Wayward Dog's Missing Mate Ends Well With Reunion, New Home United Press International

Official Says Probe May Lead to NASA Exodus, Cripple Space Program MAURA DOLAN, Times Staff Writer

Navy Tanker Aground United Press International

Five Years of Trouble Seen for Space Program : Payload Backlog to Soar in Time It Takes U.S. to Replace Shuttle, Build Expendable Launchers RUDY ABRAMSON, Times Staff Writer

Local Elections : 2 Challengers Seek to Pry Loose Sato's Grip on L.B. Council Seat ERIC BAILEY, Times Staff Writer

In the Office by Day, in the Club by Night : U.S. Executive in Japan Tries Hand at Country Music SAM JAMESON, Times Staff Writer

Marcos Reportedly Seeks Haven Elsewhere Associated Press

TMI Nuclear Reactor Shut Off by Valve Malfunction United Press International

House Panel Aids Hunt for Marcos Funds Associated Press

Montana to Get Flood Aid United Press International

75 and Feisty, She Parks Where She Darn Well Pleases GEORGE STEIN, Times Staff Writer

Aquino Aide Expects Access to Marcos Papers MICHAEL WINES, Times Staff Writer

Free Lunch in Air Fare War Associated Press

Portugal, China Plan Talks on Macao Future United Press International

Blacks Defy S. Africa Regime at Funerals : 45,000 Turn Services for Eight Into Rallies for Outlawed Group MICHAEL PARKS, Times Staff Writer

Developer Says Profit is City's Motive : Torrance Countersued Over Marsh Deed JULIO MORAN, Times Staff Writer

Virtually Unnoticed : Japan--It's Now Banker to the World SAM JAMESON, Times Staff Writer

Norwalk Schools to Take New Look at Pupil Shift Plan CARMEN VALENCIA, Times Staff Writer

93 Vehicles Pile Up in Fog on French Highway Associated Press

Oil Price Crisis Hits Home for Beverly Hills Schools MATHIS CHAZANOV, Times Staff Writer

Ongoing Fascination With the Dinosaur BETTY ANN KEVLES

New A-Test Proposal Sent to Gorbachev United Press International

Trade Official Named Associated Press

Meese to Deliver Reagan's Message to Afghan Rebels Associated Press

14 Marcos Political Allies Assail Him, Form New Party MARK FINEMAN, Times Staff Writer