What happened on October 29, 1988

BUSINESS

NEWS

ENTERTAINMENT

CALIFORNIA | LOCAL

SPORTS

Terms of Service

Privacy Policy

What happened on October 29, 1988

BUSINESS

Morris Levy Gets 10-Year Sentence : Roulette Records Chief Fined $200,000 in Extortion Case WILLIAM K. KNOEDELSEDER Jr., Times Staff Writer

Suitor Claims RJR Nabisco Plans Asset Sale : Move Would Make It Less Attractive Target Associated Press

SCE Asks State to Approve Its Bid for SDG&E GREG JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer

Redesign of Stealth Wing Caused Long Delay, Higher Cost RALPH VARTABEDIAN, Times Staff Writer

Coniston Would Sell TW's Health-Service Operations Associated Press

Medical Leslie Berkman, Times staff writer

Gibraltar Financial Suffers $24-Million Loss in 3rd Quarter TOM FURLONG, Times Staff Writer

33.61 Net Loss for the Week : GM's Rise Helps Dow Climb 9.06 From Times Wire Services

Borrower Vs. Lender: Suit Highlights a Trend : S&L That Cut Off Loan Is Taken to Court by Financially Ruined Builder JAMES S. GRANELLI, Times Staff Writer

Second-Quarter Loss at Lorimar Hits $215 Million AL DELUGACH, Times Staff Writer

SEC, Drexel Spar Over Removal of Jurist in Fraud Case : Allowing 'Judge Shopping' Harmful, Government Claims PAUL RICHTER, Times Staff Writer

Retailers Shopping for Holiday Help : Low Unemployment, Early Start of Season Makes Task Difficult GEORGE WHITE, Times Staff Writer

Federal Contract Catapults AT&T Into Computer Major Leagues JOHN M. BRODER, Times Staff Writer

Federated Ad Account Goes to New Firm BRUCE HOROVITZ, Times Staff Writer

Executive Quits AT&T Post Almost Before He Arrives Associated Press

Prop. 90 Would Aid Some on Assessment of Homes Carla Lazzareschi

MEDICAL : Childrens Hospital in Orange Fills New Job of Chief Operating Officer Leslie Berkman, Times staff writer

Daum-Johnstown Sues Rival, 50 Workers for $1 Million Over Alleged Broker 'Raid' MICHAEL FLAGG, Times Staff Writer

NEWS

Jury Finds Hells Angels Leader Guilty in Plots Associated Press

Whales Finally on Their Way, Rescuers Say From Times Wire Services

Poisonous Mushroom Victim Gets New Liver Associated Press

Spotlight: Yorba Cemetery Clipboard researched by Susan Greene, Dallas Jamison and Rick VanderKnyff / Los Angeles Times. Graphics by Doris Shields / Los Angeles Times

Ranun culus asiaticus Ranunculus Perennial flowers grown from tubers JUDITH SIMS

Piano Tour Plays Tribute to Half a Million Steinways JULIE WHEELOCK

Dukakis Says Race Is Tightening, Decries Bush 'Cocoon' DAVID LAUTER, Times Staff Writer

Administration Denies Growers' Japan Rice Bid ART PINE, Times Staff Writer

MEDIA POLITICS : Questions About Accuracy Arise as Dukakis Denounces Media Polls THOMAS B. ROSENSTIEL, Times Staff Writer

Latin Nations Agree to Jointly Study Options for Easing Debt Load JAMES F. SMITH, Times Staff Writer

New Office to Prosecute State Aides Studied CARL INGRAM, Times Staff Writer

NATO Ministers Reaffirm Goal to Modernize A-Arms WILLIAM TUOHY, Times Staff Writer

Young Middle America Lags Under Reagan : Are You Better Off? Yes, if You're Female or Elderly TOM REDBURN, Times Staff Writer

Insurance Initiative Spending Climbs to Record $61 Million KENNETH REICH and DOUGLAS SHUIT, Times Staff Writers

French Publisher Drops Kennedy Book United Press International

Rail Mishap Shuts Busy London Junction Associated Press

Glasnost Spreads to Soviet Parliament as Lawmakers Cast Unheard-Of Vote: 'No' MICHAEL PARKS, Times Staff Writer

Prop. 81 Aimed at Aiding Agencies That Pipe Bad Water Into Homes DOUGLAS SHUIT, Times Staff Writer

Bentsen Returns to Texas in Effort to Carry Crucial State for Dukakis DOUGLAS JEHL, Times Staff Writer

FAA May Inspect All DC-9 Jetliners; Metal Cracks Are Cited Associated Press

Add Glamour to a Garden in 24 Hours MARGARET REDFIELD

1,000 British Travel Agents Won't Attend Israel Convention Associated Press

Will to Win Can Warp Some Parents JAN HOFMANN, Jan Hofmann is a regular contributor to Orange County Life

Pinochet Warns of Marxist Resurgence Associated Press

Sex Killings Suspect Admits Helping Dispose of Body Associated Press

Satisfaction With Performing Arts Clipboard researched by Susan Greene, Dallas Jamison and Rick VanderKnyff / Los Angeles Times. Graphics by Doris Shields / Los Angeles Times

U.S. Accused of Impeding Relief Effort for Nicaragua DOYLE McMANUS, Times Staff Writer

A Halloween Bag of Tricks ELLEN MELINKOFF

Season Ticket : Genuine Autumn--Complete With Changing Leaves, Pumpkins and Fresh Apple Cider--Is Just Over the Hill ROBERT H. KNIGHT, Times Staff Writer

Coldest Weather of Season Grips U.S. Midsection, Much of the East From Times Wire Services

Governor Opposes All Insurance Propositions : Stuns, Angers Experts by Backing Prop. 102, Calling for an End to Anonymous AIDS Tests GEORGE SKELTON, Times Sacramento Bureau Chief

Reagan Criticizes Soviets for Failing to Comply With Arms Pacts LEE MAY, Times Staff Writer

Czech Police Break Up Crowd of 5,000 Chanting Calls for Freedom From Times Wire Services

Currents of Controversy : 'Gold Coast' Erupts Along the Hudson JOHN J. GOLDMAN, Times Staff Writer

Amazon Indians Mobilize to Block Dams : 2 on Trial for Saying Projects Would Flood Tribal Lands in Brazil WILLIAM R. LONG, Times Staff Writer

President Signs $44.5-Million Anti-Radon Bill Associated Press

France Orders Company to Distribute Abortion Pill RONE TEMPEST, Times Staff Writer

Elected Officials Boost Donations to Aid Key Races Before Deadline PAUL JACOBS and JERRY GILLAM, Times Staff Writers

Charles Hawtrey; Star of British 'Carry On' Films From Staff and Wire Reports

Lebanese Family Asks for W. German Asylum From Reuters

Salvador War Intensifies as Rebels Kill 7 KENNETH FREED, Times Staff Writer

Soviet Space Shuttle Readied for 1st Unmanned Test Flight Associated Press

Soviets Delay Shuttle Launch Associated Press

Dressing Up Doesn't Have to Be Painful JOAN DRAKE, Times Staff Writer

Injuries Lead to Record Fine on Meatpacker HENRY WEINSTEIN, Times Labor Writer

Retirement of Ex-Ambassador to U.S. Reversed After a Month : Dobrynin Re-Emerges as Gorbachev Foreign Policy Aide MICHAEL PARKS, Times Staff Writer

A Bewildering Array of Bewitching Events LAURIE K. SCHENDEN

Hungary's Grosz to Resign as Premier but Keep Party Position Associated Press

Al Capone's Home Fails to Win Landmark Status Associated Press

Vanderbilt Family Member Slain; No Suspects in Case Associated Press

Budget Deficit Rises 3% in '88 to $155 Billion : Administration Points to Overall Downtrend, Smaller Gap Than in '86 Associated Press

Ortega Seeks More Aid for Storm-Ravaged Nicaragua RICHARD BOUDREAUX, Times Staff Writer

Imelda Marcos to Fly to N.Y. in Private Jet From Reuters

Horse Will Be Prize for Raffle's Winner DARLENE SORDILLO, Times Staff Writer

Academic Pressure on Youngsters May Not Be Beneficial, Study Says From Associated Press

San Bernardinos Offer a Course in Forest Ecology JOHN McKINNEY

Plenty of Options If You Do Halloween With Style JOAN DRAKE, Times Staff Writer

It's High Time to Be Out on the Briny SHEARLEAN DUKE, Shearlean Duke is a regular contributor to Orange County Life

Fragrant Plantings Enhance Gardens : Flowers That Make Scents MARY ELLEN GUFFEY, Mary Ellen Guffey tends a hillside flower garden in Malibu