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What happened on April 29, 1996
ENTERTAINMENT
A Fine 'Mess of Plays' Sketches Out Laughs By Don Shirley, TIMES STAFF WRITER
A Voice of the Past, or Still a Contender? By Howard Rosenberg
'Big' Has Growing Pains on Broadway : Musical Based on 1988 Film Struggles to Find Youth's Magic By Laurie Winer, TIMES THEATER CRITIC
It's Hits and Misses for Stewart at Bowl By Richard Cromelin, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Struggling to Hook Up With Viewers By Richard Mahler, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Spanish Architect Captures Prestigious Design Honor By Suzanne Muchnic, TIMES ART WRITER
Arts and entertainment reports from The Times, national and international news services and the nation's press. By Beth Kleid
How to Make a Good Sketch Show By Jim Weissenbach, Jim Weissenbach is a partner in Karg/Weissenbach & Associates, a talent agency in Beverly Hills
Keita Breaks Language Barrier By Don Heckman, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
'Sweetening' Laughs Shouldn't Sour Viewers on Sitcoms By Eileen Heisler, Eileen Heisler is executive producer of "Ellen." She has been a writer-producer on "Murphy Brown" and a story editor on "Roseanne."
Remembering Arnold: This Pig Was a Trouper Long Before 'Babe' By Margaret Hehman-smith, Margaret Hehman-Smith, a freelance writer, was married to Donald Leon Smith, who died in 1985. He trained a wild bear to slam dunk and a koi fish to go through a hoop on cue. Hehman-Smith writes about animals and recently completed her first novel, "Mystories of the Savannah," about baboons in Africa
Levine's Silver Jubilee a Marathon at the Met By Martin Bernheimer, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Endellion Quartet Intense and Precise By Susan Bliss
Kronos Proves Adept at Recycling By Daniel Cariaga
Limon Troupe Seizes Inventive Spirit of Its Legacy By Lewis Segal, TIMES DANCE CRITIC
Goethe Institute to Screen Harrowing 'Murderers Are Among Us' By Kevin Thomas
Colvin Delivers Originality While Respecting the Past By Buddy Seigal
'Oregon Trail' Debunks Romantic Myths By Robert Koehler, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
In an Age of Affectation, Colvin's the Real Deal By Buddy Seigal, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Dahl's Scary 'The BFG' Is a Home Video Treat By Lynne Heffley, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Timeless 'Kokoro' Goes to Heart of Mother's Woes By F. Kathleen Foley, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
If Music Be the Food of Love, Says Grove, Play On By Mike Boehm, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Endellion's Approach Is Meticulous, No-Nonsense By Susan Bliss, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
NEWS
Some Are Not Amused by TV Laughter
Human Dramas in Their Own Voices By Kay Hwangbo, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Remembering Jack Smith
The Sleepless Society By Kathleen Kelleher, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
A House Where Death Is Not a Secret By Beverly Beyette, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Punch Lines
Just a Few Friends Going to the Movies By Mark Ehrman, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
BOOK REVIEW / NONFICTION : Crash and Burn in the White House : MADHOUSE: The Private Turmoil of Working for the President by Jeffrey H. Birnbaum; Times Books $25, 260 pages By Michael Harris, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Researching the Family Tree--to Fight Cancer By Ann Conway
Blaze Blackens 700 Acres in Los Padres Forest By David R. Baker, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Science Museum Planned
Immigrants in Hong Kong
Whitewater
Slaying of Lawyer Sharron Dean
Paying Higher Prices at the Gas Pump
Bernhard Goetz
Assembly Agenda
Tasteless Produce
Ignorance
Fiesta Proves a Tougher Sell With Crowds By J. Michael Kennedy and Greg Krikorian, TIMES STAFF WRITERS
Unraveling a Cruel Mystery of the Mind By Renee Tawa, TIMES STAFF WRITER
U.S., Israel to Develop Anti-Rocket Program By Norman Kempster, TIMES STAFF WRITER
For Las Vegas, a New Kind of High Roller By Carla Hall, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Rifleman Seized After Killing 32 in Australia From Associated Press
Rose Bowl Game Plan for Soccer Turnout Pays Off By John Cox and Shawn Hubler, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Riots' Effects Are Still Smoldering in Koreatown By K. Connie Kang, TIMES STAFF WRITER
The Worried Women Bloc Prefers Clinton By Bob Sipchen, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Bosnian Serb Leaders Seen as Barriers to Peace By Tracy Wilkinson, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Term Limits: They Also Limit Results By George Skelton
12 Killed in Fire at Tijuana Hotel for Transients By Chris Kraul, TIMES STAFF WRITER
San Diego, MWD Water War Heats Up By Tony Perry, TIMES STAFF WRITER
50 Killed as Bomb Blast Ignites Bus in Pakistan By John-thor Dahlburg, TIMES STAFF WRITER
As Indians Cast Ballots, the Powers That Be Look Shaky By John-thor Dahlburg, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Debate on Trade Benefits for China Usually Clouded by Myths, Excuses By Jim Mann
30 Killed, 20 Injured in Peruvian Bus Plunge Reuters
Mexico Quietly Extradites 2 to U.S. By Mary Beth Sheridan, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Funds for MIA Search Reported Unaccounted For From Associated Press
Clinton Testifies, Denies Role in Alleged Fraud By Sara Fritz, TIMES STAFF WRITER
N.M. Forest Fire Blackens 11,000 Acres From Associated Press
Nation IN BRIEF : NEW YORK : U.S. Seeks to Deport Aide to Jailed Cleric From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Army Revises Account of Black Regiment's Poor Record By Art Pine, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Nation IN BRIEF : WASHINGTON : Clinton Lifts Ban on Alaska Oil Exports From Times Wire Reports
Nation IN BRIEF : SOUTH CAROLINA : Expedition to Raise 1800s Submarine Set From Times Wire Reports
Nation IN BRIEF : OREGON : Lawmaker's Nuptials Secret, Paper Reports From Times Wire Reports
Gritz Ends Second Round of Talks at 'Freemen' Ranch From Associated Press
MACY'S ARRIVES: Shoppers at The Oaks mall in Thousand Oaks... By Greg Schneider
A Special Report: Beeper Blips By Jack Cheevers
Children's Rights Leader Sees His Painful Past in Clients By Timothy Williams, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Torch Relay Ignites Olympic Fever in O.C. By Lorenza Munoz and Len Hall, TIMES STAFF WRITERS
Unraveling a Cruel Mystery of the Mind By Renee Tawa, TIMES STAFF WRITER
BUSINESS
L.A. Hooks Up With 26,000 Cable Types
Don't Call Us By Greg Miller, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Act Now and Get This Ginzu Mouse Pad Free! By Leslie Helm, TIMES STAFF WRITER
HEARD ON THE BEAT : Subscribing to Idea of Charge for Net Edition
Ban Ends on Export of North Slope Crude From Bloomberg Business News
Autos Times Staff and Wire Reports
Other News Times Staff and Wire Reports
Other News Times Staff and Wire Reports
Media Times Staff and Wire Reports
Is Making Our Machines More Human Misguided? By Steve G. Steinberg
A Better Board : Success of Computer-Aided Design Stirs Surfing Controversy By Linda Berlin, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
PERSONAL TECHNOLOGY : Hints for Navigating Netscape DANIEL AKST
PERSONAL TECHNOLOGY : 'Toy Story,' 'Babe' Charm in Different Ways By Lawrence J. Magid
A SHOT IN THE ARM : Web Sites, CD-ROMs Give a Booster to Patients Seeking Medical Advice By Tom Linden, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
'Shocking' Technique May Keep Human Cells Alive By Kathleen Wiegner
Millennium Decides Its Time for IPO From Reuters
From Hog Farmer to Shippers Charmer By Karen Kaplan
GAMES : Set-Top Boxes Are Alive and Kicking PC Butt By Aaron Curtiss, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Postal Service: Out of Its 'Snail Mail' Shell? By Greg Miller, TIMES STAFF WRITER
What a Tangled Web By Greg Miller, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Students Go Global By Greg Miller, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Review: Graphics Board MULTIMEDIA WORLD
In the Player Piano Business, He Finds the Key Is Authenticity By Doug Willis, ASSOCIATED PRESS
Bozo's No Clown as a Businessman By Sue Manning, ASSOCIATED PRESS
Company Uses Computerized Labeling to Find a Niche By Michael Murphey, ASSOCIATED PRESS
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
Quiet Somis Seeking Bigger Voice in County Decisions By Jeff Mcdonald, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
TV Show Puts Barrio Life in Positive Light By Eric Wahlgren, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Driver Sees Turn for the Worse at Ventura Intersection By Jeff Mcdonald, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Checking It Out By Stephanie Simon, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Emigres Celebrate Israel's Independence Day Amid Tight Security By Timothy Williams, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Audit Critical of Inglewood School District Management By Eric Slater and Peter Y. Hong, TIMES STAFF WRITERS
3 Small Children Found Alone in Home Amid Squalid Conditions From a Times Staff Writer
Merit, Politics and the Courts
What's to Blame for Gas Cost? Well, Just About Everything
Salving a Raw Middle East
Weigh the Risk of Chasing Border Crossers By Claudia E. Smith, Claudia E. Smith is an attorney with the California Rural Legal Assistance office in Oceanside
It Isn't the Old Christian Right Anymore By Mark J. Rozell and Clyde Wilcox, Mark J. Rozell is a political scientist at the University of Virginia. Clyde Wilcox is associate professor of government at Georgetown University. They are coauthors of "Second Coming: The New Christian Right in Virginia Politics" (Johns Hopkins Press, 1996)
Would-Be Spy Feared Demise of Western Civ : Driven by a Tortured Psyche, Engineer John Charlton Sold U.S. Secrets to Save 'European, Christian' World By Henry Chu, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Israeli Bonds : Amid Tensions in Homeland, Emigres Gather to Toast Nation's 48th Birthday By Timothy Williams, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Professor Named to Humboldt State Post By Ealena Callender
Drain Project Expected to Snarl School Traffic By Kate Folmar
Business Group Holds Forum on Violence By Frank Manning
3 Area Residents Appointed to Panels By Timothy Williams
Santa Anas Return With Balmy Weather By Ed Bond
Chamber Declines to Back Tax Measure By Frank Manning
Construction to Begin on 2-Mile Bike Path By Frank Manning
Use of Tapes May Threaten Convictions By Stephanie Simon, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Oxnard Man Gave His Life to Save Village By Eric Wahlgren, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
200 Firefighters Battling Brush Fire By David R. Baker, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
College 'Survival' Classes Offered By Jennifer Kelley
Shots Disrupt Park Wedding Reception By Miguel Helft
Gunman Kills 1, Wounds 2 in Car Idling at Intersection
Police Arrest 2 in Carjacking at Motel By David R. Baker
Police Seek Suspects in Weekend Shooting By Miguel Helft
Man Injured When Car Runs Over Him By David R. Baker
Obituaries
Air Show Loyalists Hoping for '97 Encore By Deborah Schoch, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Will Carpool Lanes Lose Zip if Electric Cars Charge In? By David Haldane, TIMES STAFF WRITER
In Praise of Sacrifice : 10,000 Gather for Islamic Festival By Steve Emmons, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Nomadic Asian Gangs Present Growing Threat By Geoff Boucher, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Teaching Hebrew--and Lexicons of Mideast Violence By Russ Loar, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
PERSPECTIVE : Battling an Empty Feeling : Cities Trying to Counter Closing of Stores, Banks By Shelby Grad, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Agenda COMPILED BY SHELBY GRAD, MIMI KO CRUZ, RUSS LOAR AND JOHN POPE
Fund-Raiser Benefits Boys & Girls Club
Times Wins a Record 68 Press Club Awards From a Times Staff Writer
Man Critical After Santa Ana Shooting
Spring Brings Visit by Long-Awaited Santa By Ed Bond
Critics on Council Call Riordan's Budget a Reelection Ploy By Jodi Wilgoren, TIMES STAFF WRITER
A Subsidy for the Children : Thousand Oaks Helps Preschool Provide Child Care for Low-Income Families By David R. Baker, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Conejo Valley Days Rides Off Into the Sunset By Miguel Helft
SPORTS
On Derby Rail By Bill Christine, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Dodgers: No Offense, No Excuses By Chris Baker, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Lakers at Home on Road By Scott Howard-cooper, TIMES STAFF WRITER
It's All Roses for Galaxy By Grahame L. Jones, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Angels Do Everything Wrong, Lose By Mike Digiovanna, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Marlin Rallies, Holds Off Jarrett to Win at Talladega From Staff and Wire Reports
Dr. Frankenstein Couldn't Have Built It Better By Thomas Bonk
Richmond Scores 37 to Help Sacramento Steal One in Seattle From Associated Press
Shooting Accuracy Takes a Dive By Scott Howard-cooper, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Connors Owns His Own Tour By Julie Cart, TIMES STAFF WRITER
O'Meara Follows 62 With a 69, Wins Greensboro From Associated Press
Peterson Pulls Upset, Wins All-USC Final By Dana Haddad, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Amalfitano: The Eyes Have It By Chris Baker
Expos' Fletcher, Segui Slam Rockies, 21-9 From Associated Press
The Dodgers, looking for a veteran right-hander to help... By Bob Nightengale
Lachemann Not Worried About Arias By Mike Digiovanna
Reds Send Down Two, Call Up Two Associated Press
Carews Upset by Incident on Airplane By David Haldane, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Toronto's Viola Is Roughed Up in Debut From Associated Press
Incident That Changed the Course of Baseball By Mark Herrmann, NEWSDAY
Wynalda Bends, but Galaxy Won't Break By George Dohrmann, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Dallas Wins, 2-1, on Early Goals From Associated Press
Semoran Beats Rain and Clock By Bill Christine
Igotrhythm in Perfect Tune in the A Gleam Handicap By Bob Mieszerski, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Rangers' Experience Leads to Series Victory From Associated Press
So Far, a Perfect World for Galaxy By Grahame L. Jones, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Marlin Rallies Back to Win Winston Select 500 Race From Staff and Wire Reports
Crabtree Gives Northridge a Lift by Keeping SDSU Grounded By Steve Henson, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Semoran Beats the Rain and Clock in Workout By Bill Christine, TIMES STAFF WRITER
'Flare-Up' Puts Holan Back In the Hospital By Robyn Norwood
Lachemann Not Worried About Arias By Mike Digiovanna
El Toro Teammates Bury Hatchet, Then Bruise Opponents By Paul Mcleod, TIMES STAFF WRITER
On His Home Course, Woods Is Favored to Win Golf Title By Martin Beck
Meyer, Meyers Win Anaheim Golf Titles
Titans Get a Taste of Their Own Medicine By Lon Eubanks, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Former Pepperdine Pitcher Gaspar Blows Down JetHawks By Jeff Fletcher, TIMES STAFF WRITER
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