What happened on April 25, 1993

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MIXED SIGNALS : And You Thought Educational Programming Was Just for Kids By Patt Morrison
STATE OF MIND : Zen and the Art of Executive Maintenance By Michelle Seipp
CLOSE-UP : Gardener of Eden By Alan Rider
SCENE OF THE CRIME : Superman's Dead, but . . .
L.a. Speak By Janey Milstead
DISMISSED! : The Purging of Gay and Lesbian Troops from the Armed Forces By Randy Shilts, \o7 This article is adapted from "Conduct Unbecoming: Gays and Lesbians in the U.S. Military," copyright 1993 by Randy Shilts, reprinted with permission from St. Martin's Press. Shilts' previous book was "And the Band Played On: Politics, People and the AIDS Epidemic." He lives in San Francisco. \f7
Sign Language By Richard Ross
The Conquest of Hate : By Turning Conflict Inside Out, a New Breed of Mediators Finds a Way of Bringing Peace to the City By Itabari Njeri, \o7 Itabari Njeri, a contributing editor of this magazine, won the American Book Award in 1990 for "Every Good-bye Ain't Gone." Her last article for this magazine concerned the scarred psychological landscape of Los Angeles after the riots\f7
LOSING FAITH : Iranians' Revolutionary Zeal Is Cooling As Hard Times Challenge the Islamic Ideals of the Republic By Robin Wright, \o7 Robin Wright, author of "In the Name of God: The Khomeini Decade" and a former Mideast correspondent, covers world affairs for The Times from Washington. \f7
STYLE: ARCHITECTURE : Room at the Top
STYLE: FASHION : Twisted By Stephanie Kennedy
SOUTHERN DISCOMFORT : Famous Faces, Infamous Noise, Candied Yams and Corn Pone. We Must Be in Georgia. By Ruth Reichl

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What happened on April 25, 1993

BOOKS

Private I : THE MAN WHO WASN'T MAIGRET: A Portrait of Georges Simenon, \o7 By Patrick Marnham (Farrar, Straus & Giroux: $25; 322 pp.)\f7 By John Banville, \o7 Banville is literary editor of the Irish Times\f7 .\o7 His latest novel, "Ghosts," will be published by Knopf later this year\f7

THE CUBAN BESTSELLER LIST : Hot Cakes in Havana By Tom Miller, \o7 Miller's newest book is "Trading With the Enemy: A Yankee Travels Through Castro's Cuba" (Atheneum). His other books include "The Panama Hat Trail" and "On the Border."\f7

The Demons Are Out : THE FURIES, \o7 By Janet Hobhouse (Doubleday; $22.50; 293 pp.)\f7 By Daphne Merkin, \o7 Merkin is a free-lance writer living in New York\f7

Where This Buck Stops : REBEL POWERS, \o7 By Richard Bausch (Houghton Mifflin/Seymour Lawrence: $21.95; 400 pp.)\f7 By Douglas Glover, \o7 Glover's most recent novel, "The Life and Times of Captain N." (Alfred A. Knopf), is just published\f7

Dance of the Marionettes : WHAT REMAINS And Other Stories, \o7 By Christa Wolf Translated from the German by Heike Schwarzbauer and Rick Takvorian (Farrar, Straus & Giroux: $25; 295 pp.)\f7 By Richard Eder

In Dixie's Land, He Took His Stand : STROM THURMOND AND THE POLITICS OF SOUTHERN CHANGE, \o7 By Nadine Cohodas (Simon and Schuster: $27.50; 498 pp.)\f7 By John Russell, \o7 John Russell practices law in Raleigh, N.C. His first novel "Favorite Sons" was recently published by Algonquin Books\f7

Nonfiction By Chris Goodrich

Nonfiction By Chris Goodrich

Nonfiction By Chris Goodrich

Nonfiction By Chris Goodrich

Nonfiction By Chris Goodrich

Nonfiction By Chris Goodrich

Nonfiction By Elizabeth Houghton

FAMILIAR CACTI: North America \o7 by Kenneth Heil;\f7... By Charles Solomon

A NEIL JORDAN READER: Night in Tunisia, The Dream of the... By Charles Solomon

THE CRUISE OF THE CORWIN \o7 by John Muir (Sierra Club... By Charles Solomon

MARTIN CHAMBI: Photographs, 1920-1950 \o7 Foreword by... By Charles Solomon

GREATER LOS ANGELES GREEN PAGES: The Local Handbook for... By Charles Solomon

What Has Happened to The New Yorker By Jack Miles

Barbie Lives! By Margo Kaufman

NEWS

A summary of selected City Hall actions affecting Central Los Angeles in the past week. : CITY COUNCIL By Lee Harris

Baseball Roundup By Mike Edwards

BASEBALL ROUNDUP : Chacon HR Lifts Lincoln to 5-4 Win Over Hollywood By Will Etheridge

Baseball Roundup By Veronica Barba

Baseball Roundup By Dechon Burns

Baseball Roundup By Michael Edwards

BASEBALL : Bell Ties for 2nd Place by Beating Roosevelt By Charles Smith, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES

VOLLEYBALL : Roosevelt Boys Win Eastern League Title By Charles Smith, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES

Volleyball By Enrique Lavin

TENNIS : Bell, South Gate Fall to Experience in Ojai Doubles Matches By David Coulson, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES

Officials Vow to Fight Crime, Push for Jobs By Greg Krikorian, This article was reported by Times staff writers Greg Krikorian, Robert J. Lopez, James Rainey and Lisa Richardson. It was written by Krikorian

'Life in a Day of Black L.A.' : New California Afro-American Museum Exhibit Offers Angelenos a Rare 'Mirror' By Erin J. Aubry, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES

Banking on Financial Horsepower : South-Central: New resource center expects to initially make 25 to 40 business loans. Credit and capital have long been needed in the area. By Robert J. Lopez, TIMES STAFF WRITER

WATTS : Job Skills Bloom at Garden Project By Sandra Hernandez

USC : University, Union Continue Talks By Jake Doherty

UNIVERSITY PARK : 11 Teachers to Be Honored for Work By Jake Doherty

WATTS : A Bridge-Building Cinco de Mayo Fest By Sandra Hernandez

CRENSHAW : Car-Repair Training Center to Open By Erin J. Aubry

CRENSHAW : Founders Delays Branch Openings By Erin J. Aubry

MID-WILSHIRE : Boys Voice Approval on Power of Song By Jake Doherty

KOREATOWN : CRA Moves Official to Speed Recovery By Mathis Chazanov and Jake Doherty

KOREATOWN : LAPD May Revamp Division Boundaries By Jake Doherty

LITTLE TOKYO : Family Fun for Children's Day By Iris Yokoi

DOWNTOWN : Russian Police Get a Taste of L.A. By Iris Yokoi

DOWNTOWN : Lobbying Saves Bullock's Store By Iris Yokoi

SOUTH GATE : Residents, Officials Discuss Crime Issues By Sandra Hernandez

COMMERCE : Dimas Plays Down Colleagues' Snub By Duke Helfand

EAST : Asians Must Unite for Clout, Panel Says By Iris Yokoi

COVER STORY : Hard Time : Charges of Poor Medical Care for Inmates Have Plagued the County Jail System for Years. And Treating Prisoners With AIDS Could Further Tax a System That's Overburdened. By Lucille Renwick

CITY ARTS : Revisiting the Flames By Mary Helen Berg

Groups Plan to Make Anniversary of Riots a Healing Event By Sandra Hernandez, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES

On the Fast Track : Speedster Michael Granville From Bell Gardens High Is Burning Up the Record Books By Kirby Lee, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES

Death After a 2 1/2-Year Coma Now Carries Murder Charge By Vicki Torres, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Coalition Geared to Averting Riot Not Eager to Disband : Community: We CARE says it wants to keep a good thing going, and it wants answers to the death of a man after a police pursuit. By Edmund Newton, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Produce Plant's Move Takes 450 Jobs : Business: Ready Pac will relocate and consolidate its operations at a larger site in Irwindale. The decision is a blow to northwest Pasadena and that city's 6-month-old enterprise zone. By Edmund Newton, TIMES STAFF WRITER

State Senate Race Viewed as a Toss-Up By Mark Gladstone, TIMES STAFF WRITER

It's the Jazz Age, the Roaring '20s. Hotcha! Twenty-three... By Anne Klarner

Couple Put Up a Big Sign of the Real Estate Slump : Housing: They write 'For Sale' in huge letters on their lawn, hoping to attract attention from passengers in planes and jets on flight path to LAX. By Dick Wagner, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Ex-Chief Insists He Didn't Steal but Admits He Knew Money Was Missing : Police: Ebert says he covered up the $5,000 loss from drug-buy fund to avoid disgracing the department. By Emily Adams, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES

Making a Schoolhouse Call : Doctor's Visits Benefit Young Patients and Their Parents By Kirsten Lee Swartz, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES

Flagpole Caught in Another Flap--This Time as Burial Site : Interment: Ski Demski wants his ashes entombed inside patriotic shrine, but state law may bar him from his final resting spot. By Rick Holguin, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Beach-Fest Goes to the Dogs--and Pigs By Emily Adams

Title of Mayor Unimportant--It's the Title to a House That Matters to Him : Politics: Councilman James B. Dimas Sr. says he can live without the ceremonial post. He was passed over because he's now living outside of town. By Duke Helfand, TIMES STAFF WRITER

THREESOMES? If you're feeling smug as you and your... By Jeffrey A. Perlman and Jerry Hicks and Terry Spencer

A COP'S TRIBUTE? Garden Grove businessman Bob Dalton has... By Jeffrey A. Perlman and Jerry Hicks and Terry Spencer

MIGHTY MOUSE: Even without expansion, Disneyland dwarfed... By Jerry Hicks and Jeffrey A. Perlman and Terry Spencer

PHONE ENGLISH: If you have no idea what the maze of... By Jeffrey A. Perlman and Jerry Hicks and Terry Spencer

Maine Island a School of Hard Knocks \o7 from Associated Press\f7

Women Work to Ensure That Girls' Self-Esteem Survives Adolescence : Lifestyle: This Wednesday is "Take Our Daughters to Work" day. Organizers hope to demonstrate that brains are more important than looks, combatting society's not so subtle message. By Leslie Dreyfous, ASSOCIATED PRESS

National Corn King Grows Ripe for Another Trophy By Ed White, ASSOCIATED PRESS

Rappers Find Rhythm of War in Liberia : Africa: Tens of thousands of teen-agers are experienced veterans of the three-year civil war. They escape reality with aid of music and marijuana and have no life apart from the militias. By Nicholas Kotch, REUTERS

Dutch Vigilant as Old Enemy Threatens : Disaster: Forty years after the sea breached dikes and killed nearly 2,000 people, experts warn that the tragedy could repeat itself. By Jerome Socolovsky, ASSOCIATED PRESS

Welsh Railroad Follows Narrow Track With Double Fairlie : Transportation: Sensible companies gave up on the Victorian absurdity a century ago, but not the Festiniog Railway. It has just built another one. By Robert Barr, ASSOCIATED PRESS

Chernobyl Fallout Evident in Russian Immigrants By Jennifer Buksbaum, COLUMBIA NEWS SERVICE

Jalapenos Cool Alongside Hot Cocaine Haul \o7 Associated Press\f7

Uganda Beckons, but Those Exiled Are Cautious : Africa: Some are invited to reclaim their property. But successful recovery has been mixed because of residents' resistance and an ailing economy. By Daniel J. Wakin, ASSOCIATED PRESS

Official in Hot Water Over Office Wine Sale \o7 Associated Press\f7