What happened on May 16, 1989

NEWS

BUSINESS

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ENTERTAINMENT

Even the Lakers Are Only as Good as Their Last Game
Tv & Video ALEENE MacMINN, Arts and entertainment reports from The Times, national and international news services and the nation's press
TV REVIEW : 'Frontline' Examines Arms Ties Between U.S., Israel ROBERT KOEHLER
A benefit concert Sunday night for the Orange Coast...
Tv & Video ALEENE MacMINN, Arts and entertainment reports from The Times, national and international news services and the nation's press
Deficits Follow Years of Heady Growth : Most States in Northeast Paying Price of Prosperity KAREN TUMULTY and CHARLES HIRSHBERG, Times Staff Writers
Stage ALEENE MacMINN, Arts and entertainment reports from The Times, national and international news services and the nation's press
Music ALEENE MacMINN, Arts and entertainment reports from The Times, national and international news services and the nation's press
Tango Expert Piazzolla in Step With Modern Times DON HECKMAN
Stan Ridgway's Songs Depict a World of Harshness MIKE BOEHM, Times Staff Writer
Teachers Strike Prompts Changes on TV DANIEL CERONE
Knowing the Scores : Talmi Relies on Love of Music, Not on Terror HILLIARD HARPER, San Diego County Arts Writer

SPORTS

What happened on May 16, 1989

NEWS

LAPD Probing What Went Wrong With Ballistics Tests on Ross' Gun DAVID FREED, Times Staff Writer

30-Year Feud Ended by Gorbachev, Deng : Leaders Declare China-Soviet Ties Are Normalized MICHAEL PARKS and DAVID HOLLEY, Times Staff Writers

Slaying Charges Against Deputy Dropped : New Tests Fail to Link His Gun to Murders of 3 L.A. Prostitutes TRACY WOOD and ROBERT W. WELKOS, Times Staff Writers

State Readies Computer Job Match Service From a Times Staff Writer

A Kinder, Gentler Spate of Quayle Jokes SUSAN PAGE, Newsday

LOCAL : O.C. Posts Drop in Housing Sales From Times staff and wire service reports and

Smiling Soviets Upset Baker's Game Plan in Moscow DOYLE McMANUS, Times Staff Writer

Tv & Video ALEENE MacMINN, Arts and entertainment reports from The Times, national and international news services and the nation's press

U.S. Military Kin Move to Bases From United Press International

Deportations Blocked Until INS Gives New Interviews to 23,000 KIM MURPHY, Times Staff Writer

WORLD : S. Africa Apartheid Foe to Retire From Associated Press

Teachers Remain Out Amid Negotiations ELAINE WOO, Times Education Writer

No Outside Link : Time Flies for Isolation Researcher From Associated Press

THE LOS ANGELES TEACHERS' STRIKE : Sub Gets Lesson in How to Teach Amid Chaos of Strike's 1st Day JANNY SCOTT, Times Staff Writer

Commuters Jog, Hitchhike in London Walkout : Transport Strike Tests British Ingenuity DAN FISHER, Times Staff Writer

Peronists Now Must Face Argentina's Economic Ills JAMES F. SMITH, Times Staff Writer

WORLD : Freed W. German Hostages, 1 Other Kidnaped Again in Lebanese City From Times wire services

Cheney Urges Flexibility in Confronting Soviet Moves JACK NELSON, Times Washington Bureau Chief

Send Surplus to Schools, Senator Urges CARL INGRAM, Times Staff Writer

Soviet Viewers Get Glimpse of Beijing Protest From Associated Press

WORLD : Angry Workers Demand Divorces From Times wire services

GORBACHEV IN CHINA : Sino-Soviet Thaw Affects Progress on Accord : Summit's Shadow Falling on Cambodia CHARLES P. WALLACE, Times Staff Writer

Panel Votes Compromise on Assault Weapons Ban CARL INGRAM, Times Staff Writer

ENTERTAINMENT : 'Dallas' Turns Its Back on Dallas From Times wire services

Weapons Deliveries to Nicaragua Suspended, Gorbachev Tells Bush From Associated Press

LOCAL : Truck Overturns on I-5 On-Ramp From Times staff and wire service reports and

500,000 March in Beijing; China Promises Reforms : 'Like Our Hotheads': Gorbachev From Times Wire Services

U.S. Grants Asylum to Stranded Family From Associated Press

LOCAL : Composer Johnny Green Dies at 80 From Times staff and wire service reports and

Europeans Will Require Tobacco Warning Labels From Reuters

Czechoslovak Officials Assail Hungary for Stopping Work on Danube Project From Reuters

LOCAL : Psychiatric Test Ordered for Nurse Charged in 2 Mission Hills Deaths From Times staff and wire service reports and

12 Hurt in Plant Explosion From Associated Press

Voters Bolster Gorbachev's Reform Bid : Setback for Conservatives Seen in Runoff Balloting for Assembly MASHA HAMILTON, Times Staff Writer

THE LOS ANGELES TEACHERS' STRIKE : Amid Confusion, Education Is Supplanted by 'Baby-Sitting' MARITA HERNANDEZ, Times Staff Writer

ENTERTAINMENT : 'Roe Vs. Wade' Wins in TV Ratings From Times wire services

Aide to Wright Sought Money, Witness Says ROBERT L. JACKSON, Times Staff Writer

Rodriguez Sworn In as Paraguay's First Elected President From Reuters

Unveils $1-Billion Anti-Crime Package : Bush Vows Harsher Penalties for Gun Violence DAVID LAUTER, Times Staff Writer

Girl, 15, Needs Parents' OK for Abortion, Kennedy Says From Associated Press

Lebanese Car Bomb Kills Sunni Muslim Leader, 20 Others From Associated Press

U.S. Envoy Accuses Noriega of Order for Murder of Opposition Candidate KENNETH FREED, Times Staff Writer

WORLD : Vatican Wants New Anti-Porn Laws From Times wire services

Lost H-Bomb Leaked Radioactivity but Is Harmless, U.S. Tells Japan From Times Wire Services

First Off . . . Arts and entertainment reports from The Times, national and international news services and the nation's press

First Indictment Due in FBI Capitol Sting PAUL JACOBS, Times Staff Writer

Trainman Noticed Brakes Lost Pressure : Against Railroad's Rules, Emergency System Activation Was Delayed JENIFER WARREN, Times Staff Writer

WORLD : Clash May Signal Ethiopia Coup Bid From Times staff and wire service reports and

Free but Bored, Students Head for Beaches, Malls ELAINE WOO, Times Education Writer

Quayle's Chief of Staff Is Being Replaced From the Washington Post

Bush Plan May Weaken Gun-Ban Drive DOUGLAS JEHL, Times Staff Writer

WORLD : Ceramic Dish Sold for $2.82 Million From Times wire services

Adjustable Rates Haunt Homeowners : Many Are Feeling the Pinch as Monthly Payments Soar by Hundreds of Dollars BILL SING, Times Staff Writer

Ezell Says He Erred in Prayer at Marcos Party GEORGE RAMOS, Times Staff Writer

Kraft Prosecution to Cite 8 More Deaths in Next Phase JERRY HICKS, Times Staff Writer

Glory Redux : New Round of Honors for a Scholar-Athlete Who Built a Life Around Service, Not Plays NIKKI FINKE, Times Staff Writer

THE LOS ANGELES TEACHERS' STRIKE : Immigrant Students Call Strike Setback to Better Life GINGER THOMPSON, Times Staff Writer

Helicopter in Chuck Norris Movie Crashes; 4 Killed From Times Wire Services

Cowboys Owner's Loan Boosts Daughter on Job From Associated Press

Climber Seriously Hurt in 600-Foot Ice Plunge From United Press International

Moscow-Beijing Split Reshaped World Affairs : Rivalry Affected Ties With U.S., Africa, Asia MICHAEL PARKS, Times Staff Writer

1 Locomotive's Brakes Were Disconnected JENIFER WARREN, Times Staff Writer

Wardens Given Broad Powers Over Inmate Rights : Justices Let Prisons Curb Reading Materials, Visitors DAVID G. SAVAGE, Times Staff Writer

Perfume Puts Ad Industry in Bad Odor Jack Smith

Bush's Wealth at Least $3 Million : Personal Worth Primarily From Blind Trust, Maine Home JAMES GERSTENZANG, Times Staff Writer

Berkeley: Housing Kettle at Full Boil Robert A. Jones

BUSINESS

Dance Reviews : Peter Narbutas in Ashton's 'Illuminations' at Pavilion) LEWIS SEGAL

P.M. BRIEFING : Yankee Sells New England Business From Times wire services

Oak Industries : New Board Proposed in Proxy Fight GREG JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer

Knowing the Scores : The Tone Differs for Community Group's Leader HILLIARD HARPER, San Diego County Arts Writer

4-A Baseball Coaches to Skip Games : They Vote to Boycott Season Until Teachers' Strike Ends JOHN LYNCH and LONNIE WHITE, Times Staff Writers

Domestic Auto Sales Slump 9.8% Despite Incentives LESLIE ERINGAARD, Times Staff Writer

AT&T Ponders Entering Credit Card Business From Associated Press

P.M. BRIEFING : Sears Offered $104 Million to Stay From Times wire services

Exit Lines ALEENE MacMINN, Arts and entertainment reports from The Times, national and international news services and the nation's press

Stanley Cup Notebook : Kings Won't Decide on New Coach Until After the Playoffs TRACY DODDS, Times Staff Writer

Dance Reviews : A Pair of 'Twisted Spring' Collaborations at LACE CHRIS PASLES