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What happened on August 20, 1989
NEWS
Reviewing The Unthinkable
Star Wars
Information Sought
Summer Names
Marching To His Own Drummer
Information Sought
Making Waves Over a Sea Story
The Quest for Pastrami Paradise
The Quest for Pastrami Paradise
The Quest for Pastrami Paradise
Making Waves Over a Sea Story
No Yank
A Knockout Movie
Making Waves Over a Sea Story
A Station's Death
Feiffer Follow-up
Feiffer Follow-up
The Quest for Pastrami Paradise
The Quest for Pastrami Paradise
Ads at the Movies
Watching Watchers
The Quest for Pastrami Paradise
Making Waves Over a Sea Story
Who's Next When Rock 'n' Roll Votes to Induct New Artists to Its Hall of Fame? By Robert Hilburn
Smart & Final President's Stand on Labor Pact, Retiree Benefits Borders on Fantasy
Job Agency Story 'Biased'
Keep Beaches Sign-Free
Doctors, Technology and Medical Lasers
Water Officials Cheer Azusa Landfill Ruling By Mark Gladstone, Times Staff Writer
Proposed Cuts in City Benefits Fuel Rifts in Pomona By Irene Chang, Times Staff Writer
A Hot Time at the Ice House : Pasadena Comedy Club Prepares to Celebrate 30 Years of Providing Laughs By Edmund Newton, \o7 Times Staff Writer \f7
Pasadena to Hold Hearing on Plan to Change Water Rates
Aspirants Sign Up for School Board Races By Mike Ward, Times Staff Writer
Musicians to Visit Sister City Again
Water, Library Races Set
Impasse Over Police Overtime : Baldwin Park Officers Ask Council to End Stalemate By Elizabeth Lu, Times Staff Writer
Candidates Overcome New Limits : Ayala, Bader Raise More Than $250,000 Each for Senate Race By Mike Ward, Times Staff Writer
'Disaster Guy' Studies Quake Effects : Professor Is Interested in How Whittier Victims Are Faring By Tina Daunt, Times Staff Writer
Incumbent Quits, Leaving 12 to Run for Council By Lee Harris, Times Staff Writer
Cities Lavish Praise on 12-Year-Old Hero Who Saved 2 Boys From Fire By Lee Harris, Times Staff Writer
Activists Are Urging Low-Cost Housing at Auto Plaza Site By Michele Fuetsch, Times Staff Writer
Neighbors Object to Noise, Use of Sprays at Nursery By Chris Woodyard, Times Staff Writer
Christian Police Sergeant Sees Satan as an Adversary in Crime By Jesse Katz, Times Staff Writer
Seminar Gives Police Tools to Check on Occult Crimes By Jesse Katz, Times Staff Writer
Interpretive Center Is Trip Through Peninsula's Past By Gerald Faris, Times Staff Writer
'Youth at Risk' Program Offers Health Advice
Historic Glass Flasks Keep Him Looking By Herbert J. Vida, Times Staff Writer
Big Defection of Teachers Puts Squeeze on Compton By Michele Fuetsch, Times Staff Writer
The House
Outfall Fallout
Be Pro-Facts, Please
Disregard Hate Mail
Pulling Together
Publisher Chose an Odd Venue
Peninsula Golfers Need New Course
Dump Proposal for Gypsum Canyon
High-Speed Chases
Getting the Lead Out
Extended Length of Kraft Murder Trial
Bird Picture
Finding Lost Pets
Cutting Funds for Those Who Help Illegal Aliens
Cutting Funds for Those Who Help Illegal Aliens
Selection Process for Site for New Regional Airport
Selection Process for Site for New Regional Airport
Flea-Killing Sprays and Their Toxic Properties
Trucks Versus Autos on County's Freeways
Cutting Funds for Those Who Help Illegal Aliens
Cutting Funds for Those Who Help Illegal Aliens
Cutting Funds for Those Who Help Illegal Aliens
Dannemeyer on AIDS
Solidarity Editor to Lead Poland, Breaking Communist Control From Associated Press
Proud Farm Family Comes to Grips With a Bizarre Tragedy That Wiped Out 5 Men By Paige St. John, Associated Press
Colorado Site Called 'a Place of Power' : Spiritualists, Environmentalists Find Haven in the Baca By Julia Rubin, Associated Press
Personality Test Gets a New Face : Psychological Profile Survey Updated After 50 Years of Use By Rhonda Hillbery, Associated Press
'Culture of Violence' in Some Areas : Rural Murders Shatter Image of Country Life By David Foster, Associated Press
Matchmakers May Be Last Hope for Vanishing Species By Pam Schmid, Associated Press
Radio Host Tunes In on Stars for Advice on Earthlings' Woes By Carrick Leavitt, United Press International
Out of Closet, Into Kitchen : Witches Win Nonprofit Tax Status as a Religion, Hope to Shed Evil Image By Karen Schwartz, Associated Press
1973 Eruption Nearly Destroyed Town : Icelandic Isle, Grown Larger by 20%, Builds on Its Volcanic Past By Edith M. Lederer, Associated Press
Fire Started by TV Kills 4 Children from Associated Press
Guatemalan Teachers Get Pay Rise, End Strike From United Press International
Animals Killed in Ancient Rituals : Spanish Fiestas' Barbarity Decried, Defended as Cultural Affirmation By Susan Linnee, Associated Press
Sakharov to Attend Nobel Laureates Forum in Japan From United Press International
5 Ugandan Soldiers Killed from Reuters
Canadian Border Has Traffic Jams When Cheaper U.S. Bars Close : Foreign Trade Can't Get Much Freer Than in Two Towns Called 'Soo' By Paige St. John, Associated Press
Mayor Seeks to Divest on N. Ireland, Equal Job Issues from Associated Press
Teen-ager's Death Outrages Blacks in Toledo By Mitch Weiss, Associated Press
Brooklyn Prosecutor Calls It 'a Terrifying Social Phenomenon' : Abuse, Neglect of Dependent Elders Emerges as New 'National Pastime' By Barbara Metzler, Associated Press
Group Protests Study in Which Cats Are Shot from Associated Press
Police Who Arrested Him Lose Jobs : Having Paid Debt to Society, Prison-Educated Lawyer Gets Revenge By David Bauder, Associated Press
Dershowitz Baits the Powers That Be : Lawyer Specializes in Unpopular Causes By Arlene Levinson, Associated Press
Small Towns Dying as Railroads, Buses, Airlines Leave Them Behind By Strat Douthat, Associated Press
Mountaineer Targets 'Fly-By' of Mt. Everest By Jules Stewart, Reuters
Strong Couple : 'Mystical' and 'Manifester' Team Up By Julia Rubin, Associated Press
Outline for Villages, Retreats Allows for Future Participants From Associated Press
Coupons Make Up for Caffeine from Associated Press
Politics Takes a Back Seat : Presidential Museums: Popular Stops on Family Vacations By Lisa Perlman, Associated Press
Ex-Task Force Member's Ties to Slumlord Probed By Laurie Becklund, Times Staff Writer
NEWS ANALYSIS : Friendships May Tarnish Image : Cranston Struggles to Save Career Amid Controversy By Sara Fritz, Times Staff Writer
Solidarity Aide Nominated as Polish Premier By Charles T. Powers, Times Staff Writer
Rafsanjani Cuts Hard-Liners Out of Iran Cabinet By Nick B. Williams Jr., Times Staff Writer
The Times Poll : Mexico Likes Salinas but Is Split Over PRI By Marjorie Miller, Times Staff Writer
NEWS ANALYSIS : After 13 Years in Lebanon, Syria Will Not Budge By Nick B. Williams Jr., Times Staff Writer
Empty Houses, Dreams : Lynwood: Downhill on the Freeway By Dennis Mcdougal, Times Staff Writer
Bush Blasts Colombian Drug Lords : Condemns Murder of Candidate, Backs Extradition Treaty By James Gerstenzang and Jim Mann, Times Staff Writers
Access Issue Sets Off Fight in Stockton : Developer's Suit Seen as Bid to Discourage Opponents By William Trombley, Times Staff Writer
Viet Writer Once Friendly to Reds Is Shot in Fresno From Times Staff and Wire reports
Mammoth Lakes Faces a New Era : Sierra Getaway Learning to Handle Urban Woes, Politics, Redevelopment By Kevin Roderick, Times Staff Writer
Radio Bilingue Gives a Voice to Valley Farm Workers : Station Started by Harvard Graduate Is Staffed by Former Field Laborers By Miles Corwin, Times Staff Writer
President Gets in the Swim--for $11 From a Times Staff Writer
Yellowstone Mudslides Trap Several Cars, Rout Tourists From Associated Press
Cook County Sheriff's Dept. Corruption Alleged From Associated Press
Picnic Helps Flight of East Germans to West By William Tuohy, Times Staff Writer
Arabian Night to Remember: Forbes Turns 70 From Newsday
Troops in Tourist Garb Suspected in Arab Death By Daniel Williams, Times Staff Writer
Hezbollah Hints at New Attacks on U.S. Targets From Associated Press
Poland Is Big News in West but Not in East From Associated Press
Hungarian Party to Change Image From Reuters
Speaks at Young People's Festival in Spain : Pope Urges Youth to 'Shake Up' World By William D. Montalbano, Times Staff Writer
U.S. Curbs on S. African Products Reported Only Partially Enforced From The Washington Post
China's Defense Chief Attends Rites, Dispelling Report of His Detention From Reuters
S. Africa Police Drive Blacks From Beaches : Tutu in Anti-Apartheid Protest Broken Up With Gas, Whips, Helicopters By Scott Kraft, Times Staff Writer
Thames Cruise Boat Sinks; Several Drown From Times Wire Services
Blast Rips Open N.Y. Street, Killing 2 From Associated Press
Keep Alive Leland's Work on Hunger, Mourners Told From Times Wire Services
Party Turns Violent; Youth Is Slain : Pre-College Revelry Results in Arrest of Teen-Age Host By James Rainey, Times Staff Writer
Freight Derails; Passenger Trains Delayed From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Five Would Prove Their Work Is Not Vandalism : Graffiti 'Artists' Get a Serious Showcase By Victor Merina, Times Staff Writer
Power Failure Affects Compton Area
Rare Rhino, 100-Pound New Baby Doing Just Fine From United Press International
Accident Gridlocks Santa Clarita Area
Invitations to This Ohio Party Didn't Come Cheap From United Press International
Fear of AIDS Highlights Prejudice Against Blacks, Soviet Paper Says From United Press International
Azerbaijanis Pack Capital in Protest March From Reuters
The World
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The Nation
The World : Neo-Nazis, Leftists Clash
The Nation
The State
At Woodstock's 20-Year Curtain Call, a Lonely Stage By Dave Johnson
The Nation
The State : Drug Suspect, Bail Are Lost
The State
The Nation
The Nation : Alaskans Try to Halt Exxon Waste Burn
The Nation
The World
The State
The World
The Nation
Rural Furor in Orange County : Anger Greets Plans for Huge Church in Canyon By Steven R. Churm, Times Staff Writer
Church's Success Built on Blend of Yuppies, Marketing By Lynn Smith, Times Staff Writer
Catholicism and Latin America
L.A. County Bores
Firefighter Praise
Operation Rescue
Catholicism and Latin America
Operation Rescue
O, Canada
Catholicism and Latin America
Operation Rescue
Catholicism and Latin America
In Old Pasadena
In Old Pasadena
Which Way to Go on the Long Beach Freeway?
Which Way to Go on the Long Beach Freeway?
Which Way to Go on the Long Beach Freeway?
Which Way to Go on the Long Beach Freeway?
Brian Murphy
Australia
Brian Murphy
Brian Murphy
A Sound Scandal
All Sowed Up
Avoid China
Watch Words
All Sowed Up
War and Remembrance
Avoid China
Paper Moon (Channel 11 Sunday at 4 p.m.): Peter...
With television continuing to use actual news events as a...
Pennies From Heaven (Channel 5 Sunday at 6 p.m.) is the... By Kevin Thomas
Why is it when there finally comes a program that has some...
A recent Arsenio Hall show segment gave viewers an...
I was very disappointed with the George C. Scott character...
We've Reached Circuit Overload on the Issues By Alice Kahn
A Nightingale Sang in Los Feliz Square By Zan Thompson
Support for Fathers
Infantile Tendencies
Lessons for Students and Parents on Campus Violence
Suffering With Asthma
Lessons for Students and Parents on Campus Violence
Music Center Begins New Fund-Raising Round By Mary Lou Loper, Times Staff Writer
Got the Bread? Hire a Home Chef By Kevin Allman
Charleston: A City of Historical Firsts By Charles Hillinger, Times Staff Writer
Faith, Hope and Racial Disparity : As Multicultural Marriages Increase, Churches Confront a Call for Greater Sensitivity, Support By Itabari Njeri, Times Staff Writer
Gay South African Anti-Apartheid Activist to Speak at Unity Fellowship Church
Santa Monica Parents Want More Soccer Fields for Children By Julio Moran, Times Staff Writer
Casualties of war : Gang Members Here Follow the Same Code as Gang Members All Over, and Often Die in the Same Way Too. By Kenneth J. Garcia, Times Staff Writer
4 Seek 3 Seats in Culver City Schools Race : Lack of Opponents Precludes Election in Beverly Hills By Barbara Koh, Times Staff Writer
A Masculine Coming Together By Patricia Ward Biederman, Times Staff Writer
Training Seminar Offers Officers a Look at the Occult By Jesse Katz, Times Staff Writer
Tough D.A. Eases 13-Year-Old Girl's Grief With New Puppy By Lynn Steinberg, Times Staff Writer
The House
BOOKS
Daddy Huck Hits the '60s : THE HANGMAN'S CHILDREN \o7 by Donald Hays (A Morgan Entrekin Book/ Atlantic Monthly Press: $18.95; 444 pp.; 0-87113-309-1)\f7 By Jim Dodge, \f7 and \o7 Dodge is the author of "Fup" (City Miner Books/Simon & Schuster), "Not Fade Away" (Atlantic Monthly Press) and, due in January, 1990, "Stone Junction" (Atlantic Monthly Press).
The Japanese, by the Japanese : TRAVELERS OF A HUNDRED AGES The Japanese as Revealed Through 1,000 Years of Diaries \o7 by Donald Keene (Henry Holt: $35; 447 pp.; 0-8050-0751-2)\f7 By Steven D. Carter, \f7 and \o7 Carter is the author of "Waiting for the Wind: Thirty-Six Poets of Japan's Late Medieval Age" (Columbia University Press), co-winner of the 1989 Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission Prize for the Translation of Japanese Literature.
The Greatest Between Milton and Yeats : WILLIAM WORDSWORTH A Life \o7 by Stephen Gill (Oxford University Press: $29.95; 525 pp., illustrated; 0-19-812828-2) \f7 By Jack Stillinger, St\o7 illinger, who teaches English at the University of Illinois, has edited widely used texts of Wordsworth (Houghton Mifflin) and Keats (Harvard University Press)\f7
Carrion Conspiracy : SWANN \o7 by Carol Shields (Viking: $17.95; 313 pp.)\f7 By Ursula Hegi, \f7 and \o7 Hegi is the author of "Intrusions" and "Unearned Pleasures and Other Stories."
Baby Love : TAKE HEART \o7 by Molly Peacock (Random House: $16.95; 64 pp.; 0-394-57515-6)\f7 By Ian Gregson, \o7 Gregson will be a visiting professor this fall in the English department at Cal State Long Beach. and \f7
Ariel in Life and Death : BITTER FAME A Life of Sylvia Plath \o7 by Anne Stevenson (Houghton Mifflin: $19.95; 384 pp.) \f7 By Nancy Mairs, \f7 and \o7 Mairs, a poet and essayist, attended the School of Criticism and Theory at Dartmouth this summer.
The Prophet of Black Arts : VISIONS OF A LIBERATED FUTURE Black Arts Movement Writings \o7 by Larry Neal edited by Michael Schwartz (Thunder's Mouth Press: $19.95; 224 pp.)\f7 By Charles Johnson, \f7 and \o7 Johnson is director of the Creative Writing Program at the University of Washington. His most recent book is "Being and Race: Black Writing Since 1970."
CALIFORNIA GOLD \o7 by John Jakes (Random House: $19.95; 640 pp.)\f7 : PILLARS OF FIRE \o7 by Steve Shagan (Pocket Books: $18.95; 372 pp.)\f7 By Karen Stabiner
Flying Over Peoria: For Louis Simpson by Henry Taylor
LOVE LETTERS An Illustrated Anthology \o7 by Antonia Fraser (Contemporary Books: $19.95; 192 pp.)\f7 By Sonja Bolle
THE CULTURE AND POLITICS OF LITERACY \o7 by W. Ross Winterowd (Oxford University Press: $19.95; 226 pp.)\f7 By Sonja Bolle
MARGARET OF YORK Duchess of Burgundy 1446-1503 \o7 by Christine Weightman (St. Martin's Press: $35; 244 pp.)\f7 By Sonja Bolle
PROVENCAL TALES Stories From the Land of the Troubadours \o7 by Michael de Larrabeiti (St. Martin's Press: $17.95; 222 pp.)\f7 By Sonja Bolle
TRANSPLANT \o7 by William H. Frist, M.D. (Atlantic Monthly Press: $18.95; 267 pp.)\f7 By Sonja Bolle
How 'Uncle Joe' Helped Forge the NATO Shield : FORGING THE ALLIANCE The Birth of the NATO Treaty and the Dramatic Transformation of U.S. Foreign Policy Between 1945 and 1950 \o7 by Don Cook (Arbor House/ William Morrow: $22.50; 306 pp.)\f7 By Josef Joffe, \f7 and \o7 Joffe is foreign editor and columnist of the Suddeutsche Zeitung in Munich. He is the uthor of "The Limited Partnership: Europe, the United States and the Burdens of Alliance" (Ballinger).
Faulkner Befouled : WILLIAM FAULKNER American Writer \o7 by Frederick R. Karl (Weidenfeld & Nicolson: $37.50; 1,131 pp., illustrated; 1-55584-088-4) \f7 By Molly Giles, \f7 and \o7 Giles' collection of short stories, "Rough Translations" (University of Georgia Press), won the Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction.
The Generations of Abuse : AFFLICTION by Russell Banks \o7 (Harper & Row: $18.95; 354 pp.; 0-06-016142-6)\f7 By Eric Larsen, \o7 Larsen is a free-lance writer. and \f7
Varieties of Flight : WITHIN THE RIBBONS \o7 by Frank Manley (North Point Press: $16.95; 256 pp.; 0-86547-379-X) \f7 By Grace Edwards-yearwood, \o7 Edwards-Yearwood's novel, "In the Shadow of the Peacock," was recently issued in paper by Ballantine Books. and \f7
THE LAST FARMER \o7 by Howard Kohn Harper & Row: $8.95\f7 By Charles Solomon
RESONATING BODIES \o7 by Lynne Alexander (Atheneum: $18.95; 230 pp.)\f7 By Eric Larsen
THE MIDDLEMAN AND OTHER STORIES \o7 by Bharati Mukherjee Fawcett: $3.95 \f7 By Charles Solomon
SURVIVING THE SEASONS \o7 by Fern Kupfer Laurel: $7.95 \f7 By Charles Solomon
SHOW YOUR TONGUE \o7 by Gunter Grass (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich: $34.95; 214 pp., illustrate)\f7 By Sara Suleri
MR. BOFFO: UNCLEAR ON THE CONCEPT \o7 by Joe Martin Little, Brown: $6.95\f7 By Charles Solomon
IN SEARCH OF J. D. SALINGER \o7 by Ian Hamilton Vintage: $8.95\f7 By Charles Solomon
TIME OF THE TURTLE \o7 by Jack Rudloe Dutton: $9.95, illustrated\f7 By Charles Solomon
White Bread, White Dread : FEAR OF FALLING The Inner Life of the Middle Class \o7 by Barbara Ehrenreich (Pantheon: $18.95; 292 pp.)\f7 By David Rieff, \o7 Rieff is a free-lance writer. and \f7
Smart and Lucky, but He Lost : ADLAI STEVENSON His Life and Legacy \o7 by Porter McKeever (William Morrow: $25; 544 pp.) \f7 By Samuel Kernell, \f7 and \o7 Kernell teaches and writes on the presidency at UC San Diego.
Hearing the Heart of Darkness By Keith Love
Land-Cruising the Sahara : MALARIA DREAMS An African Adventure \o7 by Stuart Stevens (Atlantic Monthly Press: $18.95; 236 pp.; 0-87113-278-8) \f7 By Dervla Murphy, \f7 and \o7 Murphy's most recent publication is "Cameroon With Egbert" (John Murray, 1989).
ENTERTAINMENT
Arresting Interest By Pat H. Broeske \f7
Switching Channels By Sue Facter \f7
Having It Both Ways By George Hadley-garcia \f7
London Broil By Stacy Jenel Smith \f7
Corny but True By Steve Weinstein \f7
Quibbles & Bits
\o7 Films now going into production: \f7 By David Pecchia \f7
The Diaghilev-Stravinsky Collaboration By Herbert Glass
Elizabeth Hailey: Life With a Playwright By Janice Arkatov
'Connections' Opens Windows Into the Depths By Janice Arkatov
More Daughters for 'Everydad' : Actor who put family over his career stars in 'Aspirin and Elephants' By Janice Arkatov
'Blue Velvet' Director's Paintings Cut From the Same Eerie Cloth as His Films By Kevin Allman
At Il Tigullio, Italian Food Served Con Brio, With an Accent Almost French By Charles Perry
A Real Multi-Media Kind of Guy : David Lynch, artist in many forms, tells his tales of Hollywood after 'Blue Velvet' By Kristine Mckenna
Low Camp, High Art--and Vice Versa : Santa Fe Opera audiences willing to embrace novelty as well as luxuriate in safe, familiar pleasures By Martin Bernheimer
TALK IS HOT : Underdog talk station KFI joins the fray By Claudia Puig
Dick Ebersol's Back on the Fast Track : Suddenly, a one-time 'Saturday Night Live' executive is a force in NBC's sports and news departments By Jane Hall
THE NEW TV SEASON : Attention Shoppers: Fall TV Shows Are Here : Networks and retailers team up in cross-promotions to trumpet new season; but will viewers buy it? By Diane Haithman
Cultural Connections: Out of Africa : James Burks invests his enthusiasm and vision in L.A.'s African Market Place and Faire By Douglas Sadownick
Finding the Essence of Lord Byron : Derek Jacobi returns to Los Angeles to portray the wild and doomed poet By Hilary De Vries, \o7 Hilary de Vries is an arts writer who frequently reports from Britain. and \f7
There's Truth in the Fine Details : 'Sex, lies and videotape,' and 'The Abyss' prove once again that little things mean a lot By Sheila Benson
Ex-Actor Gets Laughs--as Playwright : Shelly Garrett's play has become a word-of-mouth smash; soon two companies will be taking it on the road By Greg Braxton
Love and Rockets: Agreeing to Disagree By Steve Hochman
The Report: Busy Days Ahead for Shorter By Leonard Feather
Warning Stickers Seem to Hype Albums' Appeal By Paul Grein
Azoff Update: By Paul Grein
News Notes: By Paul Grein
Photo Op: By Paul Grein
Pay-to-Play Protest Targets Rock Clubs By Steve Hochman and Janiss Garza
Surveying the Concept of 'Land Art' By Shauna Snow
L.A.'s Hot for Mongolian Barbecue : An exotic twist on the all-you-can-eat formula By Linda Burum
Hooray for Hollywood By Kathie Jenkins
Goodby L.A. Ole; Hello Atlas By Colman Andrews
Alive and Well in Encino By Richard Rouilard
'You Only Have 5 Minutes to Prove Yourself. . . . ' : 200 Show Up to Try Out for 13 Positions in Pacific Symphony's First Blind Audition By Chris Pasles
Symphony Is Only a Part-Time Job : But Musicians Find Many Paying Opportunities for the Rest of Their Time By Chris Pasles
Woodstock Promoters Shoot the Moon and Win : But 1969's Other Great Show, Man's First Lunar Landing, Is Lagging a Bit on the Nostalgia Circuit By Randy Lewis
Competition Enters the Soviet Market By Daniel Cariaga
BUSINESS
S&L Regulatory System Still Flawed By Allan H. Meltzer, \f7 and ALLAN H. MELTZER \o7 is J. M. Olin Professor of Political Economy and Public Policy at Carnegie Mellon University and a visiting scholar at the American Enterprise Institute.
VIEWPOINT : HOW SAFE ARE STOCKS? : Five analysts say the market may be a little overextended but none believe that a repeat of the 1987 crash is imminent.
"We're making this heavy investment because we believe the...
Rise in Savings for Retirement Not a Fluke By James Flanigan
JAPAN'S ODD MAN OUT : Real estate magnate Shigeru Kobayashi has built a reputation as a shrewd entrepreneur, but at home he is the perennial outsider. By Karl Schoenberger, \o7 Times Staff Writer\f7
Top 3 Phone Firms Again Reach Out to Consumers By Jonathan Weber, \o7 Times Staff Writer\f7
Takeover Fight Bruised Both Prime and MAI By David Olmos, \o7 Times Staff Writer \f7
Long-Distance Client 'Theft' Common By Jonathan Weber, \o7 Times Staff Writer\f7
Son Strives to Shine in His Father's Shadow By Nancy Yoshihara, \o7 Times Staff Writer\f7
MEDICAL : Fountain Valley-Based FHP to Sell Dental Coverage to Senior Citizens Compiled by Leslie Berkman, Times staff writer
July Tourism Shines in San Diego During an Otherwise Lackluster Year By Gene Yasuda, Times Staff Writer
Newsmakers
Newsmakers
Newsmakers
Newsmakers
Earnings
Medical Compiled by Leslie Berkman, Times staff writer
Earnings
Medical Compiled by Leslie Berkman, Times staff writer
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
Carlsbad Cliffs Continue to Test the Mettle, and Sanity, of Youth By John M. Glionna, Times Staff Writer
In Valdez's Wake: Where's Rest of Bay Oil Coming From? By Lori Grange, Times Staff Writer
Applications Hit Record Highs for U.S. Law Schools : Increase Attributed to Impact of Television Hit 'L.A. Law' By Alan Abrahamson, Times Staff Writer
Orangewood an Inspiration in Child-Abuse Fight By Judith Purvis, \o7 Judith Purvis was chairman of the Health and Social Services Committee of the 1988-89 San Diego County Grand Jury. On April 20, the jury issued a report on the Juvenile Dependency System, titled "Children in Crisis."\f7
Private Vote, Public Matter
USD Football Recruit Tied to Fatal Stabbing By James Rainey, Times Staff Writer
'You can play petanque at 80 years old if you can bend over, pick up and throw the ball' By \o7 Leslie Wolf\f7, \o7 Times staff writer\f7
Girl, 6, Killed as Car Flips on Roadway
Family Torn After Daughter Gives Child Up for Adoption By Carlos V. Lozano, Times Staff Writer
Tanker Overturns; Traffic Jams Tie Up Santa Clarita By Myron Levin, Times Staff Writer
Ventilator Patients Assail Medi-Cal : Critics Complain Policies Force Hospitalization By Lynn O'Shaughnessy and Richard Lee Colvin, Times Staff Writers
Go-Ahead for Ritchie Valens Star Is a Hit With His Fans By Esther Schrader, Times Staff Writer
Killing of a Porn Pioneer Still Baffles Police, Peers : Inquiry Affords Rare Peek at 'Playpen of the Damned' By John Johnson and Michael Connelly, Times Staff Writers
Trash Day : 2,400 Dispose of Hazardous Household Wastes at L. A.-Sponsored Roundup in Granada Hills By Greg Braxton, Times Staff Writer
Assailant Knifes Bonita Teen-Ager
Teen's Death Tied to Hit-Run Driver
Freeway Call Boxes: Help in a Variety of Languages By Charles Strouse, Times Staff Writer
Photographer Jailed in Belfast Freed on Bail, Told to Leave From Reuters
Greenpeace to Reopen Paris Office Closed After France Sunk Flagship From Reuters
Avalon's Cure for Its Growing Pains : 15-Year Redevelopment Plan Would Change Much of Town That's Bursting at the Seams By Adrianne Goodman, Times Staff Writer
Mobil Asked to Hold Refinery Open House Someplace Else By George Stein, Times Staff Writer
Torrance Considers Stricter Limits on the Size of Houses By Hugo Martin, Times Staff Writer
Forum to Discuss Hawthorne Blvd. Light-Rail Line By Tim Waters, Times Staff Writer
Going, going, gone: Torrance aircraft parts dealer says goodby after 30 years. By Bob Williams
If you haven't heard about putting the lawn back in... By Barbara Baird
Geissert Backs Police Investigators By James Rainey, Times Staff Writer
Redondo Will Pay $50,000 to Move House
Council Misses Deadline for Ballot Arguments By Barbara Baird, Times Staff Writer
Two Saudis Plan to Be First Muslims at S. Pole From Reuters
Shore Project for Wilmington Gains Backing
Survivors of 1987 Quake Still Jumpy, Study Finds By Tina Daunt, Times Staff Writer
Cornerstone of the Past : Time Capsule Found in Home Gives Families a Special Link By Alan C. Miller, Times Staff Writer
Idyllic Avalon : But Crowds, Housing Needs Hurt Santa Catalina Town By Adrianne Goodman, Times Staff Writer
237 Held in Sweep; Violence Continues By Sam Enriquez, Times Staff Writer
Car Hits Deputy in Malibu; 7 Held
Torrance Father Kills Daughter, Himself, Police Say By James Rainey, Times Staff Writer
Lottery Results Aug. 19
Kids Put Convention Day Care to the Test By Thomas Becher, Times Staff Writer
Sharing Herself : A changed, self-centered society is making it harder for Jean Forbath to help the needy. But she is able to find good even in the probable closing of SOS. By Lynn Smith, Times Staff Writer
Advocates of Patients Say Many Caught in Rules Trap By Lynn O'Shaughnessy and Richard Lee Colvin, Times Staff Writers
Sewage Woes Threaten to Soil Laguna's Good Name By Thomas Becher, Times Staff Writer
Environment : Notes about your surroundings.
Events in the news this week.
ROADS: Project : Road Project to Tie Up Traffic Near Airport By Jeffrey A. Perlman, Times Urban Affairs Writer
Krishnas' Laguna Beach Festival Falls in Step With 'Freedom' Walk By Mary Lou Fulton, Times Staff Writer
Huntington Beach Ready to Pick New Police Chief By Nancy Wride, Times Staff Writer
Suspect in Hostage-Taking Is Shot : Garden Grove Police Wound Shooting Suspect By Carla Rivera
Spirit of Adoption Reaches Into Africa By Thomas Becher, Times Staff Writer
Costa Mesa Should Jettison Alien Policy
A Suspect Telephone Call
Commentary : Acceptance of Homosexuals as 'Minorities' Is Common--but Wrong By Lou Sheldon, \o7 The Rev. Lou Sheldon is chairman of the Traditional Values Coalition in Anaheim. \f7
OPINION
POISONS AND PRECARIOUS BALANCE : One Pollution May Protect Against Another By Gregg Easterbrook, \o7 Gregg Easterbrook is a contributing editor to Newsweek\f7
New Man, Old Attitude Will Rule in South Africa By Karl S. Beck, \o7 Karl S. Beck, longtime resident of Southern Africa, is a senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace\f7
Words Make Agenda in Middle East By Howard R. Teicher, \o7 Howard R. Teicher was on the National Security Council staff, directing political-military and Middle Eastern affairs, from 1982 to 1987\f7
Cozying Up to Rafsanjani by the West May Just Undermine Iranian 'Moderate' By G.H. Jansen, \o7 G.H. Jansen, the author of "Militant Islam," has covered the Middle East for many years\f7
New Zealand: a Majestic Nation Suffering From Pacific Isolation By Kevin Starr, \o7 Kevin Starr teaches in the School of Urban and Regional Planning at the University of Southern California\f7
Pink Floyd Plays Venice, City Council Pays the Piper By George Armstrong, \o7 George Armstrong is the Rome correspondent for Britain's Guardian newspaper\f7
Prosecuting the U.S. Drug War: Hard Policy Versus Soft Politics By Patrick Thomas, \o7 Patrick Thomas writes on public-policy issues\f7
Cooking the Books Is a Bad Recipe to Cool Deficit By Charles A. Bowsher, \o7 Charles A. Bowsher is comptroller general of the United States and head of the General Accounting Office\f7
Now the Real Work Starts
Invading the Initiative Process
Waste Not . . .
Warsaw and Moscow Walk Onto Shaky Soil : For Both, Solidarity in Power is a Huge Risk By Michael Bernhard, \o7 Michael Bernhard is as assistant professor of political science at Pennsylvania State University\f7
It's Moscow's Weapons Fighting Lebanon's War, So Moscow Must Step In By John P. Hannah, \o7 John P. Hannah is deputy director of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy\f7
Asian Newcomers Who 'Get Ahead So Fast' May Be Far Behind Where They Started By Ronald Takaki, \o7 Ronald Takaki, a professor of ethnic studies at UC Berkeley, is the author "Strangers From a Different Shore: A History of Asian Americans," (1989)\f7
Transit? Or a Bike Path Fit for King? By Laura Lake, \o7 Laura Lake is a founder of the group Not Yet New York, president of Friends of Westwood and an assistant professor of environmental science and engineering at UCLA's School of Public Health\f7
REAL ESTATE
'Can We Talk?' Joan Rivers Sells By Ruth Ryon, Times Staff Writer
Man-Made Lakes: A Splash With Home Buyers By Joan Drake, \o7 Times Staff Writer\f7
Balancing Jobs, Parks, Homes in Orange County By John Charles Tighe, \o7 Times Staff Writer\f7
Irvine, Where Not Much Is Left to Chance : Orderly growth with consistent architecture, open space and lots of room to do business. By Russ Wiles, \o7 Wiles is a free-lance writer from Irvine. \f7
Save City West Plan From Deal Makers By Sam Hall Kaplan
Counseling Center Helps Home Buyers Get Loans
Don't Blame Cactus for Slow Sale of Home By Alan C. Miller, \o7 Times Staff Writer \f7
How to Spot Anxious Home Seller for Best Price and Financing Help By Robert J. Bruss
Uniformity Sought With Drapery-Color Rules By Jan Hickenbottom, \f7 and \o7 Hickenbottom is president of the Greater Los Angeles chapter of the Community Associations Institute (CAI), a national nonprofit research and educational organization. Readers with questions or comments can write to her in care of "Condo Q&A," CAI, P.O. Box 84303, Los Angeles 90073.
Gardening : Building a Durable Wood Planter Box, Step by Step By Jemi Reis Mcdonald
Home Improvement : Move Up in the World by Remodeling the Attic : When additional living space is created upstairs, insulation is the main concern. By Andy Lang, \o7 Associated Press \f7
Balcony Garden Yields Full Harvest of Pleasure By Jemi Reis Mcdonald, \o7 McDonald is a free-lance writer living in Los Angeles. \f7
Home Improvement : Don't Get Tied Up on Removing Sash Cords By Andy Lang, \o7 Associated Press and \f7
Los Angeles County
Commercial Scene : K-Line Air Service Buys Warehouse in El Segundo
Commercial Scene : Dunkel Brothers Acquire Industrial Building
Commercial Scene : Construction Begun on Jamboree Center High-Rise
Commercial Scene : Center Tower Cited as One of Best Projects
Commercial Scene : Fall Completion Slated in Industrial Complex
Commercial Scene : Santa Fe Springs Site to Have Industrial Center
L.A. Office Vacancies Lowest in 2 Years
Commercial Scene : Hotel Gets a $65-Million Face Lift
Commercial Scene : Sigma Enterprises Buys Walnut Office Building
Commercial Scene : Sorrento Mesa Office Building Opening Slated
Mortgage Firms By Linda Martini-posner
SPORTS
ROUGH ON THE ROOKIE : Jefferies Says High Expectations Have Hurt Him By Steve Jacobson, Newsday
A Clean Start for Oklahoma, Oklahoma St. By Owen Canfield, Associated Press
Real Mets Finally Show Up By Claire Smith, The Hartford Courant
For Surprising Orioles, the Kids Are All Right By Jim Henneman, The Baltimore Evening Sun
COMMENTARY : The Personal Choices, and the Tragedies By Michael Wilbon, The Washington Post
COMMENTARY : They Figure to Have the Write Stuff By Phil Jackman, The Baltimore Evening Sun
The World Basketball League Is Standing Tall By Hillel Italie, Associated Press
Johnson, Switzer, Sherrill, Dooley: How Do You Follow Success? By John Nelson, Associated Press
Schnellenberger Seeks Miracle in Louisville By Ted M. Natt Jr., Associated Press
They're Not All Kicking and Screaming Over the Absence of Tee By Jim Litke, Associated Press
Tettleton Can Feel Good in Bad Times By John Steadman, The Baltimore Evening Sun
Bailey Ready to Break Dorsett Rushing Mark By Joel Williams, Associated Press
COMMENTARY : Did the New York Rangers Blunder Again? Only Time Will Tell By Steve Jacobson, Newsday
Tolliver, Defense Steal Show : McMahon Debuts, but Charger Rookie Buries the Bears By Brian Hewitt, Times Staff Writer
Padres Long for Langston : Good News in Midst of 6-4 Loss Is That He Likes Them, Too By Bob Nightengale, Times Staff Writer
NFL Exhibition Roundup : Home Fans See Why 49ers Won the Title From Associated Press
'Old' Jeff Rohrer Hopes to Impress the New Cowboys : Ex-Mira Costa Star, 31, Says Injury Cost Him a Year But Revived Desire By Sam Marchiano, Times Staff Writer
REBEL WITH A CAUSE : Only a Bad Break Can Keep Softball Philanthropist Sawitx From His Flock By Jeff Meyers, \o7 Times Staff Writer \f7
HART STRINGS : Mike Herrington's Unwavering Allegiance to Indian Football in the '80s Finally Results in the Job of His Dreams: Head Coach By John Lynch, Times Staff Writer
6 West Players Suspended for Curfew Violation By Steve Elling, \o7 Times Staff Writer \f7
Johnson Captures Saugus Feature as Phipps Moves Up By Vince Kowalick, \o7 Times Staff Writer \f7
Prep Wrap-Up : Coast Christian Phenom Earl Rhodes May Switch to an 11-Man League By Rob Fernas
Rest of West Rallies, Then Loses, 12-8, to Vancouver By Steve Elling, \o7 Times Staff Writer \f7
San Pedro Advances to Little League Series With Win Over Hawaii By Paul Mcleod, Times Staff Writer
Surgery to Put Lindsay Out for Six Weeks
Track and Field : Injury Puts Crimp in Watts' Travel Plans By John Ortega
SDSU Football : New System Has Players on the Move By Jim Lindgren
San Diego Team Wins National Title in Boys' Baseball
4 Coaches Who Have Tough Acts to Follow By John Nelson, Associated Press
Streak Puts Ripken in Rightful Place : Oriole Makes His Mark in Baseball History Despite Criticism By Jim Henneman, The Baltimore Evening Sun
Wetteland Is Taught Lesson, 4-1 : Dodger Rookie, Back From Bullpen, Hit Early by Mets By Bill Plaschke, Times Staff Writer
Travers Won on Late Run by Easy Goer By Bill Christine, Times Staff Writer
REMEMBERING TIM RICHMOND : TOO FAST, TOO BRIEF : Driver's Controversial Life Ends in Seclusion, Mystery; Death Cause Remains Secret By Shav Glick, Times Staff Writer
Coaches Love Big Picture By Jim Murray
Beuerlein Can't Save Raiders : Quarterback Sparks Rally, but L.A. Falls Short, 27-20 By Mark Heisler, Times Staff Writer
Ben McDonald, the Louisiana State pitcher who was the No...
Outfielder Glenn Wilson was traded by the Pittsburgh...
Names in the News
Golf Roundup : Norman Reaches Final of International Tournament From Associated Press
Sixteen activists protesting the presence of an...
Names in the News
Tennis Roundup : Gilbert Upsets Top-Seeded Becker, Will Play Edberg From Associated Press
Former pro basketball player Marvin (Bad News) Barnes was...
Pitcher Charles Hudson of the Detroit Tigers was in...
These Guys Were in Fast Company
THEIR INSPIRATION : Aunese's Fight for Life Drives Colorado's Players By Tad Bartimus, Associated Press
Defending champion Arsenal was upset by Manchester United...
Argyros: Mariners' Sale Being Discussed
BEYOND REACH : Davis, Master of All He Surveys, Left Helpless by Recent Deaths By Michael Wilbon, The Washington Post
Steinbrenner a Man With Fire in Eyes By Mike Downey
Singles Are Fine, but Whitaker Has Become a Real Swinger This Season By Bill Glauber, The Baltimore Sun
Swimming and Diving Roundup : Evans Wins Third Gold; Barrowman Sets Record From Associated Press
Canseco Cited for Tinted Windows From Times Wire Services
Racing at Del Mar : Winning Ride Aboard Brown Bess in Ramona Speeds Recovery of Kaenel By Jay Hovdey, Special to The Times
Baseball Miscellany : Names And Numbers By Ross Newhan
Baseball : 5,000 (Strikeouts) Is One Number That Impresses Ryan By Ross Newhan
American League Roundup : Key Returns to Pitch Blue Jays Past Orioles, 5-1 By Dan Hafner
Tudor May Put Retirement on Hold By Bill Plaschke, Times Staff Writer
National League Roundup : Phillies' Mulholland Has Last Laugh on Giants By Dan Hafner
NFL Exhibition Roundup : As McMahon Watches, Rookie Leads Chargers From Associated Press
Trojans Ragged in First Full Scrimmage By Steve Springer
Rams : In Lion Offense, Tight End Became Left Out By Chris Dufresne, Times Staff Writer
World Cycling Championships : Longo, Golinelli Win Again Associated Press
Blyleven Is Best Medicine Again, 7-4 : Four Homers Help Him Stop Indians, Keeping Angels Atop West By John Weyler, Times Staff Writer
Chili Relishes His Three-Run Homer in First : Davis Proving to Be More Productive With Runners on Base This Season By Mike Reilley, Times Staff Writer
Far West Senior Tennis Championships : Tunstall of Irvine to Defend His Men's 30 Title Today
Q & A WITH Ann Meyers : Woman of Many Firsts Hopes Her Sports Endeavors Will Last By Donna Carter, Times Staff Writer
Leach in Doubles Final of USTA Grass Court Associated Press
GEARING UP : Hoffenberg and His Cycling Team Defend Their Masters Titles Today By Mike Reilley, Times Staff Writer
Fastpitch Softball : Local Teams Have Work Cut Out in Final Round By Dennis Kaiser
Sheff Has Two Hits as U.S. Defeats Australia
Solon Takes Over Lead in Race Across AMerica
Mission Viejo Invitational Soccer Tournament : Hawks Beat Just-United Orange United By Martin Beck
MAGAZINE
GARDENS : California Essence : Seventy Years Ago, Florence Yoch Brought Us European Landscape Design By Robert Smaus, \o7 Robert Smaus is an associate editor of Los Angeles Times Magazine\f7
The Man Behind the Camera By Patt Morrison, \o7 Patt Morrison is a Times staff writer\f7
Jungle Gyms By Kay Diehl
Around Home : Art Deco Furniture By Sam Burchell
Around Home : Vanities From the 1930s By Lois Gibson
Around Home : Christofle Flatware By David Lasker
Around Home : Rubber Stamps By Judith Sims
Around Home : Corn Stands By Janey Milstead
Around Home : Emyl Jenkins' Appraisal Book By Sam Hall Kaplan
Around Home : Designing Furniture From Concept to Shop Drawing: A Practical Guide : BY SETH STEM By Judith Sims
Tales From the Freeway : Babies Are Born. Pianists Perform. Kangaroos Cruise. And Stuff Spills. By Jack Jones and Elizabeth Venant, \o7 Jack Jones recently retired after 34 years as a Times staff writer. Elizabeth Venant writes for The Times' View section\f7
Courting Disaster : The Land of the Free Is Evolving Into the Home of the Lawsuit By Jack Smith
No Time for Passion : How Do I Love Thee? Let Me Count the Seconds By Margo Kaufman, \o7 Margo Kaufman is a contributing editor of this magazine. \f7
New Under the Sun : Protection From Ultraviolet Rays and Making Sure That Young Eyes Have It By Paddy Calistro
Not on Name Alone : The Success of a Wine These Days Is Determined in the Vineyards By Robert Lawrence Balzer
The Girl in the Photograph By Judith Coburn, \o7 Judith Coburn, a Berkeley screenwriter and journalist, covered the war in Indochina from 1970 to 1973 and has made three reporting trips back there since 1975\f7
TRAVEL
On Top of the World Among the White Mountains By Barry Zwick, \o7 Zwick is a Times assistant news editor\f7 .
Soon the leaf peepers will be out in force as the... By Jerry Hulse
Searching for the Essence of New England Spirit By Caskie Stinnett, \o7 Stinnett is a free-lance writer living in Brunswick, Me\f7 .
Connecticut River Offers Another View of Foliage By Ron Butler, \o7 Butler is a free-lance writer living in New York City\f7
Plimoth Rocked by Modern Pilgrims : PLIMOTH: Pilgrims By Kim Upton, Times Staff Writer
Cruising Rock-Bound Coast of Maine By Shirley Slater and Harry Basch, \o7 Slater and Basch are Los Angeles free-lance writers\f7
Quechee Is the Ideal Vermont Town By Beverly Beyer and Ed Rabey, \o7 Beyer and Rabey are Los Angeles travel writers\f7 .
'Free Wheels' Available as Part of Spain Offer By Jack Adler
A Plum for Visitors to the Big Apple By Don Wudke, \o7 Wudke is a Los Angeles free-lance writer\f7
One Kennebunkport Summer Visitor Always Gets Presidential Treatment By Bob Payne, \o7 Payne is a free-lance writer living in Milton, Mass\f7
Explaining the Barn Barrage By Judith Morgan, \o7 Morgan, of La Jolla, is a magazine and newspaper writer\f7
Catching Up With Kiwi on New Zealand Farm By Hank Kovell, \o7 Kovell is a veteran journalist in seniors' interests\f7
Turn-of-the-Century Charm Lingers in Lahaina By Jennifer Merin, \o7 Merin is a New York City free-lance writer\f7
A Roaring Ride Through Redwoods By Tom Grimm and Michele Grimm, \o7 The Grimms are Laguna Beach free-lance writers/photographers and authors of the updated "Away for a Weekend."\f7
Why Frequent Fliers Are Frequently Denied By Peter S. Greenberg, \o7 Greenberg is a Los Angeles free-lance writer\f7
Seeking Photographic Memories in Nova Scotia By Bob O'Sullivan, \o7 O'Sullivan is a travel writer based in Canoga Park\f7
How to Enjoy Fall Foliage and Miss the Crowds By William A. Davis, \o7 Davis is travel editor of the Boston Globe\f7
Reservations No Longer Essential on Cook Islands By Lucy Izon, \o7 Izon is a Canadian travel journalist covering youth budget routes. \f7
Autumn in New England By Jerry Hulse, \o7 Times Travel Editor\f7
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