What happened on May 31, 1988

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The Strains of a Cowboy CHARLES CHAMPLIN, Times Arts Editor
Music DEBORAH CAULFIELD, Arts and entertainment reports from The Times, national and international news services and the nation's press
Pop/rock DEBORAH CAULFIELD, Arts and entertainment reports from The Times, national and international news services and the nation's press
Stage Arts and entertainment reports from The Times, national and international news services and the nation's press
'Sesame' Opens the Door to Fun LYNNE HEFFLEY
Honoraria DEBORAH CAULFIELD, Arts and entertainment reports from The Times, national and international news services and the nation's press
Honoraria DEBORAH CAULFIELD, Arts and entertainment reports from The Times, national and international news services and the nation's press
Agents Go Scouting for Another 'Jaws' : Hollywood Hunters Stalk the Game at Booksellers' Convention NINA J. EASTON and Times Staff Writer
Permit Hassle a 2-Ring Circus : U.S. and Japan in Standoff Over 3 Elephants
Art DEBORAH CAULFIELD, Arts and entertainment reports from The Times, national and international news services and the nation's press
Tip Sheets Give Video Stores the Industry Scoop DENNIS HUNT, Times Staff Writer
Stage DEBORAH CAULFIELD, Arts and entertainment reports from The Times, national and international news services and the nation's press
First Off . . . DEBORAH CAULFIELD, Arts and entertainment reports from The Times, national and international news services and the nation's press
Personality Plus Captured in California Portraits CATHY CURTIS, Times Staff Writer
Zuckerman Gives an '80s Sensibility to '30s 'Lifetime' JANICE ARKATOV
Fall Shows Sport Yupper-Class Look DIANE HAITHMAN and JAY SHARBUTT, Times Staff Writers
Gallery Is Former Eatery : Artist Cooks Up Memories in Diner Store LISA PERLMAN, Associated Press Writer
'Hilly Cohen'--a Life's Sum Is Less Than All Its Parts ROBERT KOEHLER
New Chief Wants Right Spin for the Recording Academy PAUL GREIN
Passion and Commitment Mark Films Slated for Israel Film Fest KEVIN THOMAS, Times Staff Writer
Bebe Miller's Crash Course: a Step Beyond EILEEN SONDAK
Exit Lines DEBORAH CAULFIELD, Arts and entertainment reports from The Times, national and international news services and the nation's press
2 KPBS-TV Shows Win Best Awards
Mad Magazine's Mort Drucker Named Cartoonist of the Year CHARLES SOLOMON
Hot Young Artist's Solo Exhibit Opens in La Jolla HILLIARD HARPER, San Diego County Arts Writer
THEATER : Grove Theatre's Supporting Cast: Enter the Philistines Jan Herman
Movies DEBORAH CAULFIELD, Arts and entertainment reports from The Times, national and international news services and the nation's press
STAGE REVIEW : More Light Needed on 'Deathwatch' DAN SULLIVAN, Times Theater Critic
POP MUSIC/JAZZ : Joe Pass Set for 3-Week Stay; Hancock, Corea to Play THOMAS K. ARNOLD
TV REVIEW : 'Sam' a Triple-Header for Liza Minnelli Fans DON SHIRLEY
Ringling Bros. Newest Act: Taking the Circus to Japan MARI TAKETA, Associated Press Writer
Movies DEBORAH CAULFIELD, Arts and entertainment reports from The Times, national and international news services and the nation's press

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What happened on May 31, 1988

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He Flew to Tune of 'Blue Skies' SHIRLEY MARLOW

Japanese Student in U.S. to Defy Her Country's Rules for Koreans LAURIE BECKLUND, Times Staff Writer

Gorbachev Allies Fear Foes Will Pack Party Conference MICHAEL PARKS, Times Staff Writer

Gorbachev Shows Off Red Square : Chimes Atop Lenin Tomb Serenade Summit Stroll Associated Press

'Staggering, Staggering' : First Lady Marvels at Leningrad's Art Times Wire Services

Aid for Obsessive-Compulsives JOHN BRENNAN

'87 Shooting Victim Shot Again United Press International

S. Korea President Calls for New Era of Dialogue From Times Wire Services

Israeli Soldier Found Guilty in Slaying of Arab in Gaza Strip United Press International

Car Bomb in Beirut Kills 20, Wounds 78 : Bid to Frighten Christians Into Ceding Power to Muslims Seen CHARLES P. WALLACE, Times Staff Writer

New-Home Sales Up 4% in April Associated Press

4.6 Quake Shakes Nepal Associated Press

Soviet Armenians Stay Away From Jobs in Azerbaijan Area Associated Press

Book Review : A Beguiling Examination of Trusting ELAINE KENDALL

Bangladesh Boat Sinks Associated Press

100 Kurdish Civilians Reportedly Killed by Iraqi Troops From Reuters

Meese Leaves Door Ajar for Quitting Early Associated Press

Policies to Leave Wide Impact : Next President Must Cope With the Reagan Legacy ROBERT SHOGAN, Times Political Writer

Incidents of Anti-Semitism of Concern to Soviet Jews Associated Press

U.S. Backpedaling on Agreement to Clean Up Selenium at Kesterson RONALD B. TAYLOR, Times Staff Writer

Dissident Tells of Giant Rally by Armenians From Times Wire Services

Colombian Publisher Dead of Wounds, Kidnapers Say Associated Press

Jackson Hints at Vice Presidency Times Staff Writer

Prisoners Abused, Israeli Charges : Arab Youths Kicked, Beaten Routinely, Reservist Alleges WILLIAM D. MONTALBANO, Times Staff Writer

Progress Reported on Strategic Arms Issues : No Breakthrough Yet on START but Gorbachev Is 'Ready to Sign' Before Reagan Leaves Office JACK NELSON and JAMES GERSTENZANG, Times Staff Writers

1st Group of Inmates Released in Effort to Ease Jail Crowding PENELOPE McMILLAN, Times Staff Writer

Lottery Officials Now Hedge Bets on Striking a Bonanza ERIC MALNIC, Times Staff Writer

Duarte Reportedly Ill With Cancer, Plans U.S. Treatment United Press International

Jackson Urges Blacks, Jews to Find 'Common Ground' KAREN TUMULTY, Times Staff Writer

Americanizing Moscow : Nancy Goes to Class, but Flunks Vocabulary Times Wire Services

Dukakis, in a Bid for Black Votes, Says Jackson Can Take Major Convention Role DOUGLAS JEHL, Times Staff Writer

Disgraced Soviet Official Denounces Ligachev in Rare Airing of Conflict DAVID REMNICK, The Washington Post

Long--and Quiet--War Finally Over From Reuters

The Moscow Summit : Gorbachev Proposes Cut in NATO, Warsaw Pact Forces ROBERT C. TOTH, Times Staff Writer

Officials Upset by Book Saying U.S. Is Courting Decline JIM MANN, Times Staff Writer

Will Afghan Regime Remain or Fall? : Propaganda, Rumor Fuel Intrigue in Jittery Kabul RONE TEMPEST, Times Staff Writer

Polish Petition Seeks Freedom for Activists United Press International

The Moscow Summit : Long-Held War Fears Eased by Reagan Visit WILLIAM J. EATON, Times Staff Writer

Reagan Turns Monastery Into Symbol of Visit MICHAEL PARKS and JAMES GERSTENZANG, Times Staff Writers

2 Hurt, 15 Flee Fire at Residential Hotel ANN WIENER, Times Staff Writer

Importing of 'Gray Market' Goods Upheld : Decision Likely to Save Consumers Millions of Dollars Times Wire Services

Flights in Soviet Air Space Risky Tribute to 1987 Feat Reuters

Gorbachev Wins Reagan's Endorsement on Reforms : President Tours Red Sq., Says 'Evil Empire' Is Over Associated Press

The Moscow Summit : Reagans to Be Guests at a 'Country Cottage' NIKKI FINKE, Times Staff Writer

Blazes at Four Firms Owned by Viet Immigrants Investigated BORIS YARO and NIESON HIMMEL, Times Staff Writers

Reagan Treads Sensitive Turf on Indian Issue United Press International

Short or Heavy Women Most Likely to Have Difficult Labors KATHLEEN DOHENY

Historian Seeks Medal of Honor for 2 Blacks Associated Press

Reagan Urges Soviet Thaw on Solzhenitsyn, All Artists United Press International

California Elections : High-Tech Republicans Mobilize to Oust Conservative GOP Congressman Konnyu KEVIN RODERICK, Times Staff Writer

Americanizing Moscow : Reagan-Gorbachev Summit Triggers an Influx of Distinctly Western Flavorings NIKKI FINKE, Times Staff Writer

14 Hurt at River Festival as Rocket Lands in Crowd Associated Press

Diplomatic Tiff Painted Over; Portraits Go Up Associated Press

Traditional Kennebunkport Parade : Bush Has Neighborly Holiday CATHLEEN DECKER, Times Staff Writer

The Moscow Summit : Reporter's Notebook From Moscow : Marlin and Gennady Show a Rerun--and Gennady Gets Last Word STANLEY MEISLER, Times Staff Writer

Key Role on Court : Byron White: Color Him Constant DAVID G. SAVAGE, Times Staff Writer

Raisa Gorbachev Says She's No Stargazer From Reuters

Periled, Macmillan Splits Itself Reuters

Rocket Motor Burned to Test Demolition Site Associated Press

3 Stolen Masterpieces Recovered From Car at Amsterdam Hotel Associated Press

Reagan Meets 96 Soviet Dissidents : He Praises Their Courage, Says 'I Came to Give You Strength' ROBERT GILLETTE, Times Staff Writer

Editor's Release Tied to Lehder Associated Press

Mummy Just Spent 50 Years in Attic : At 3500, She's All Wrapped Up in California CHARLES HILLINGER, Times Staff Writer

More on the Eggheads in the Oval Office Jack Smith

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Leads Solid in Slaying of Woman RAY PEREZ, Times Staff Writer

Carlsbad Puts Brake to Truck Overloads ERIC BAILEY, Times Staff Writer

A Protest and Honor on a Day of Memorials RAY PEREZ and STEVE EMMONS, Times Staff Writers

A Health Crisis That Need Not Be : Blame Aplenty to Go Around, but All Can Rally to a Solution GERALDINE DALLEK, Geraldine Dallek is a health-policy consultant in Los Angeles who specializes in health care for the poor. and

Local Elections : Even in a Wheelchair, Hahn Is the Man to Beat VICTOR MERINA, Times Staff Writer

Everything in life is connected. PERRY C. RIDDLE

S. Africa Blacks Grow Cool to Sanctions, Divestitures THAMI MAZWAI, Thami Mazwai is the senior assistant editor of The Sowetan newspaper

Patrols Bolstered : Beef-Up Cuts Gang Crimes, Police Say RICHARD A. SERRANO, Times Staff Writer

Memorial Day Rite Honors Soldiers From Civil War to Vietnam BOB POOL, Times Staff Writer

Winds, Icy Water Chill Out the Holiday Beach-Goers STEVE EMMONS, Times Staff Writer

14 Airlifted Off Catalina After Wind Wrecks Boats DAVID FREED, Times Staff Writer

People and Events JACK JONES, From staff and wire reports

Dramatic Steps, but Going Where? : 'Radical' Soviet Moves Have Been Tried--and Rejected--Before ROBERT SHARLET, Robert Sharlet, a professor of political science at Union College in Schenectady, N.Y., is co-editor of "The Soviet Union Since Stalin" (Indiana University Press, 1980)