What happened on February 14, 1988

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The Times Shopper: Tokyo : Go to the Source When Buying High-Quality Japanese Pearls JENNIFER MERIN, Merin is a New York City free-lance writer
Summer at the Bottom of the Earth JUDITH MORGAN
Town Grows Gracefully Into Its 2nd Century BEVERLY BEYER and ED RABEY, Beyer and Rabey are Los Angeles travel writers
Ad Reforms Questioned TONI TAYLOR, Taylor, an authority on the travel industry, lives in Los Angeles.
Traveling Back 50 Years
Back to an Earlier Aspen
View From the Library
From B&B to Movie Star
Lovely Christmas
An Exchange of Adults
To Be Safe Abroad--Keep Money in Your Mouth BOB O'SULLIVAN, O'Sullivan is a travel writer based in Canoga Park
The Bargain Corner : Free Ticket Offered on Europe Fares JACK ADLER
A 'Natural' Vacation
Hotel Chain Offers Discounts HANK KOVELL, Kovell is a veteran journalist in seniors' interest. and
Austria Underground NINO LO BELLO, Lo Bello is a free-lance writer living in Vienna
The Seychelles : A Hundred Little Islands Scattered Over the Indian Ocean SHARON DIRLAM, Times Staff Writer
Skiing in Cacti Country FRANK RILEY, Riley is travel columnist for Los Angeles magazine and a regular contributor to this section
Inexpensive Bangkok LUCY IZON, Izon is a Canadian travel journalist covering youth budget routes.
Rites of Easter in Greece BETTY LOWRY, Lowry is a free-lance writer living in Wayland, Mass. and
Time Changes All, So Sample the New Tijuana MICHELE GRIMM and TOM GRIMM, The Grimms of Laguna Beach are authors of "Away for the Weekend," a travel guide to Southern California.
Hearts Were Not So Gay
Dining in Brisbane : Throw Another 'Bug' on the Barbie PAUL LASLEY and ELIZABETH HARRYMAN, Lasley and Harryman are Beverly Hills free-lance writers
Picturesque Gelderland Is a Real Dutch Treat AL GOLDFARB, Goldfarb is a Los Angeles free-lance writer. and
A Fresh Look at the Islands Off Baja California SHIRLEY SLATER and HARRY BASCH, Slater and Basch are Los Angeles free-lance writers.

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Front-Runners, Also-Runners and Flops : Dole or Bush: A Battle for First Robert G. Beckel, Robert G. Beckel, a political analyst, served as Walter F. Mondale's 1984 campaign manager
When Doing Nothing Is Healthier Than What Deficit-Doctors Order Charles R. Morris, Charles R. Morris, author of "The Cost of Good Intentions" (McGraw-Hill), an analysis of the New York fiscal crisis, is writing a book about the arms race.
Protecting the Baubles
NATO Sits to Summit Amid Time of Disarray Tad Szulc, Tad Szulc is a foreign-affairs specialist based in Washington.
Front-Runners, Also-Runners and Flops : Gephardt's Win Blurred the Field Stuart K. Spencer, Stuart K. Spencer served as senior campaign adviser to Ronald Reagan in 1980 and 1984.
'What's Wrong With Congress'
Uncivil Liberties
'What's Wrong With Congress'
'What's Wrong With Congress'
The Robertson Pitch
'What's Wrong With Congress'
WHEN CITIZENS CHOOSE Change William Schneider, William Schneider is a contributing editor to Opinion.
U.S., France Dim Hopes for Ban on Chemical Weapons Enrico Jacchia, Enrico Jacchia, director of the Center for Strategic Studies at the Free University of Rome, is a member of the international Pugwash Study Group on Chemical Warfare.
U.S. Has Played Its Cards; Panama Must Reform Itself RICHARD N. HAASS, Richard N. Haass, lecturer in public policy at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government, just returned from Panama.
Of Dragons and Babies
George Deukmejian, Meet George Babbitt Sherry Bebitch Jeffe, Sherry Bebitch Jeffe directs the Study of State Legislative Leadership at the Institute of Government and Politics at USC.
Help From LAPD Detective
'What's Wrong With Congress'
The Symbiosis of Drugs and Crime : Breaking the Connection Takes More Than Police Work JEROME H. SKOLNICK, Jerome K. Skolnick is a professor of law at University of California, Berkeley. His most recent book is "The New Blue Line" (Free Press-Macmillan, 1986), which deals with problems of community policing and drugs

What happened on February 14, 1988

BOOKS

To an Actor Dying Young : FINAL PERFORMANCE by James Brown (William Morrow: $17.95; 335 pp.) David Thomson, Thomson is the author of the novel "Suspects" and of "Warren Beatty and Desert Eyes." He is now working on a biography of David O. Selznick. and

Zeros Nika Turbina

The Impossibility of Being Oscar : OSCAR WILDE by Richard Ellmann (Alfred A. Knopf: $24.95; 630 pp.) RICHARD EDER

The Despair of a Historian, Surely : THE TENANTS OF TIME by Thomas Flanagan (E. P. Dutton/A William Abrahams Book : $21.95; 820 pp.) Digby Diehl, Diehl is the president of the Los Angeles Center of P.E.N., International

Talk About Your Hemingway : THE TRUE GEN by Denis Brian (Grove Press: $19.95; 228 pp., illustrated) Barnaby Conrad, Conrad is the author of the 1952 best-seller "Matador," soon to be re-published, and "Hemingway in Spain," due in the fall from Chronicle Books

Some Chose Drudgery, Others Vice : UNEASY VIRTUE : The Politics of Prostitution and the American Reform Tradition by Barbara Meil Hobson (Basic Books: $19.95; 256 pp., illustrated) Elinor Lenz, Lenz is the co-author of "The Feminization of America."

Battling the Natives Along the Mississippi : RED PROPHET : The Tales of Alvin Maker II by Orson Scott Card (Tor Books: $17.95 ; 320 pp . ) Sue Martin, Martin frequently reviews science fiction for The Times

An Ode to the Urn Man : ARTS AND SCIENCES by Thomas Mallon (Ticknor & Fields: $16.95; 210 pp.) Georgia Jones-Davis, Jones-Davis is The Times' assistant Book Review editor

The Epic Poet of Rock Criticism : PSYCHOTIC REACTIONS AND CARBURETOR DUNG by Lester Bangs (Alfred A. Knopf: $19.95; 377 pp.) Kristine McKenna, McKenna writes about popular culture for the Los Angeles Times Calendar. and

Yuppie With a Yippie Girlfriend : MYSTIC LAKES by Damian Musello (Donald I. Fine: $17.95; 290 pp.) Taffy Cannon, Cannon is the author of "Convictions: A Novel of the Sixties" (Morrow). and

Perished in His Pride : CHATTERTON by Peter Ackroyd (Grove Press: $17.95; 234 pp.) : THE FAMILY ROMANCE OF THE IMPOSTER POET THOMAS CHATTERTON by Louise J. Kaplan (Atheneum: $22.95; 291 pp. , illustrated) Paul D. Sheats, Sheats is a professor of English at UCLA.

And Along the Chico : RICE WINE by Barry Came (Weidenfeld & Nicolson: $17.95; 320 pp.) David Devoss, Devoss covered the Philippines for Time magazine from 1977 to 1981. and

Improving Madison by 'Constitutional Economics' : ECONOMICS : Between Predictive Science and Moral Philosophy by James M. Buchanan (Texas A & M University Press: $48.50; 448 pp.) Alexander Rosenberg, Rosenberg writes on economics and philosophy. He teaches at UC Riverside. and

Goering Took Poison Too : THE TRIAL OF SOCRATES by I. F. Stone (Little, Brown: $18.95; 288 pp.) Fred S. Holley, Holley is the compiler of "The Los Angeles Times Stylebook." and

A Spy Thriller, Money Games and Assorted Celebrities CHARLES CHAMPLIN

Black Prizes, Black Prospects RICHARD EDER, Times Book Critic

Bad and Special Brothers : NO CEILING BUT HEAVEN by Mykal Banta (St. Martin's Press: $13.95; 192 pp.) Lewis Stone, Stone is a free-lance writer, critic and award-poet living in Newport, R.I

What if the Big One Hit at Rush Hour? : SUPERQUAKE! The Last Days of Los Angeles by David Ritchie (Crown Publishers: $18.95; 224 pp.) Ted Rohrlich, Rohrlich, a reporter on The Times' metropolitan staff, has written about the state of preparations for the Big One. and

NEWS

Male, Female Fat Cells Differ --in Case You Hadn't Noticed DANIEL Q. HANEY, Associated Press

Fatal Plunge From Cruise Ship Probed GREGORY CROUCH, Times Staff Writer

Art Deco Rivival : Miami Beach Comes Back Into Vogue BARRY BEARAK, Times Staff Writer

Court Halted Dime Edition of 'Mein Kampf' : Cranston Tells How Hitler Sued Him and Won ANTHONY O. MILLER, United Press International

Jarvis-Gann: Odd Couple Gained Strength Together United Press International

Nuclear Bomber Crews Train for Assignment They Don't Want to Do Associated Press

Old-Timers Drop Anchor at the Nantucket Cribbage Club CHARLES HILLINGER, Times Staff Writer

Set for Battle With Israelis : Palestinian Street Teams Well-Drilled for Combat MICHAEL ROSS, Times Staff Writer

GOP Throws Script Away for Frenzied N. H. Finale FRANK CLIFFORD, Times Staff Writer

Plan to Charge Boaters for Routine Tows OKd JAY GOLDMAN, Times Staff Writer

Science Adviser Urged for White House THOMAS H. MAUGH II, Times Science Writer

Court Draws Fine Legal Line in Army-Gay Ruling, Experts Say ROBERT W. STEWART, Times Staff Writer

Defense Aide to Make Pacific, Asia Swing Associated Press

Saudis Behead 5 Convicts From Reuters

Changes Urged in Shuttle Part to Eliminate Erosion From the Washington Post

Official's Arrest Raises Query on Equal Treatment ROXANA KOPETMAN, Times Staff Writer

Aid for Fishermen Also Voted : L. A. Acts to Fix San Pedro Wharf SHERYL STOLBERG, Times Staff Writer

Waldheim Admits Silence on War Crimes, Paper Says United Press International

Mitterrand's Silence on Election Plans Unnerves Political Rivals STANLEY MEISLER, Times Staff Writer

Biden Awake After Surgery to Artery Beneath His Brain From Times Wire Services

Austrian 'Silent' Majority Backs Him, Waldheim Says Associated Press

Probe Urged in Missile Firing Near U.S. Warship NORMAN KEMPSTER, Times Staff Writer

Times Wins Award for Excellence From Associated Press

Memo to Meese Is Called Damaging : Pipeline Note Clearly 'Conspiratorial' in Tone, Government Sources Say RONALD J. OSTROW, Times Staff Writer

U.S., Soviets to Prepare for Joint Nuclear Tests Likely This Summer From Times Wire Services

Hopes for Pomona Trade Center Fade : Promoter Faces Deadline With Partner Gone, City Council Skeptical JEFFREY MILLER, Times Staff Writer

Monterey Park Eases Curbs on RVs in Yards BERKLEY HUDSON, Times Staff Writer

Protest Rally Broken Up on Eve of Paraguay Vote Associated Press

Sandinistas Warn Foes of Military Draft RICHARD BOUDREAUX, Times Staff Writer

Modern World Beams Into Harsh Solitude of the Canadian Arctic HERBERT H. DENTON, The Washington Post

Princes and Paupers Live the Good Life Together in Sweden MORT ROSENBLUM, Associated Press

Jetliner Lands Safely After Geese Encounter Associated Press

Proposition 13 Paved Way for Tax Revolts Across U.S. REBECCA LaVALLY and RUSSELL SNYDER, United Press International

Boy Scouts' About-Face Is Hailed as a Step Forward DAVE JOHNSON

Robertson Finds Success Means Increased Scrutiny : His Prayer Diverted Hurricane, He Insists JACK NELSON, Times Washington Bureau Chief

U.S. Fears Soviets Winning Battle of Classroom : Caribbean Youths Get Scholarships to East Bloc Schools, Take Marxism Home DAN SEWELL, Associated Press

School Fund-Raisers Expand Role, Aim at Balancing Budget JOHN L. MITCHELL, Times Staff Writer

Foul-Tasting Stuff Praised for Warding Off Heart Disease : Nutritionists Rediscover Cod Liver Oil THORIR GUDMUNDSON, Reuters

Noriega Aid to Contras at Behest of U.S. Reported DOYLE McMANUS, Times Staff Writer

ABC District Pushes Beyond Alphabet as Volunteers Share Adventures in Reading LEE HARRIS, Times Staff Writer

Tuned to Sound Track of Rails, Listener Averts Certain Disaster Associated Press

'Yanquis' Denounced : Noriega Taps Support at Grass Roots DAN WILLIAMS, Times Staff Writer

Brown U. Won't Divest S. Africa Investments United Press International

Havoc on Senate Floor: Tiles Replaced LAWRENCE L. KNUTSON, Associated Press

Jailed in Error, Plaintiff Told He Must Pay Associated Press

Drug Tests for 50,000 State Employees Near, Governor Says CARL INGRAM, Times Staff Writer

Residents Step Up Protests Against Project at Airport TRACY WILKINSON, Times Staff Writer

Socialist System Ineffectual : Private Enterprise Thrives in Exotic Burma DENIS D. GRAY, Associated Press

$600,000 Reward for Stolen Artwork Posted Associated Press

Serene Site for Reagan Library : Scenic Ventura County Tract Offers Sanctuary from Acrimony at Stanford SAM ENRIQUEZ, Times Staff Writer

Robertson Finds Success Means Increased Scrutiny : Iowa Finish Puts Focus on Church, State Views LEE MAY, Times Staff Writer

Soviets Bump 2 Navy Ships in Black Sea : U.S. Says Act Was Unprovoked, Lodges Protest With Envoy Associated Press

Sydney's Traffic Flows on High Tech MARK FINEMAN, Times Staff Writer

Tentative Settlement Reached in Repair of Seawalls at Las Tunas Beach KENNETH J. GARCIA, Times Staff Writer

New Breed of Bounty Hunter to Hit Polluters RICHARD C. PADDOCK, Times Staff Writer

Engine Fails on Takeoff Associated Press

Acting Bug : When Hollywood Scripts Call for Creepy Crawlies, This Entomologist Can Pick Up a Cast of Thousands PATRICIA WARD BIEDERMAN, Times Staff Writer

Shipping Pets: The Fur Flies : Air Travel for Animals Can Be Hazardous When Safety Guidelines Aren't Followed JEANNINE STEIN, Times Staff Writer

Anti-Regime Violence Spreads in Bangladesh From Times Wire Services