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What happened on August 20, 1996
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Radio Marti's Move to Miami Strains Credibility, Critics Say : Lawmakers, others warn against relocation to heart of Cuban American community. MIKE CLARY, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
The Panther's Tale : Johnny Spain Is Recounting the Story of His Life--From Unwanted Child to Convicted Killer to Political Activist CARLA HALL, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Beyond the Reach of the Law BARRY SIEGEL, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Part of Reagan's Legend Goes Up for Sale PAUL FELDMAN and BETTINA BOXALL, TIMES STAFF WRITERS
U.S. Considers 80% Increase in Sierra Logging FRANK CLIFFORD, TIMES ENVIRONMENTAL WRITER
Militants Reportedly Ambush, Massacre 63 From Times Wire Reports
Green Party Nominates Nader for President HECTOR TOBAR and BILL STALL, TIMES STAFF WRITERS
Destruction of Serb Ammunition Begins From Times Wire Reports
Wildfires in 9 States May Set Acreage Record From Associated Press
Wildfires Blazing in 9 States May Have Set Record for Acreage Burned From Associated Press
Children in Chronic Poverty, Census Says From Times staff and wire reports
Premier's Supporters Sweep Elections From Times Wire Reports
Dole Catching Up With Clinton, Polls Find Associated Press
U.S. Ousts Cuban After Havana Expels American From Reuters
Students Flee, Ending 7-Day Occupation From Times Wire Reports
Plant Asks to Reduce Kelp Revival Plan DEBORAH SCHOCH and DAVID HALDANE and ERIC BAILEY, TIMES STAFF WRITERS
Mexico Pulls Out of Its Recession MARY BETH SHERIDAN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Philippines Announces Settlement With Muslim Separatist Movement From Associated Press
British Monarchy Mulls Radical Change WILLIAM D. MONTALBANO, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Dole and Kemp Find Friendship on GOP Ticket EDWIN CHEN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Troops Deployed to End Bread Riots From Times Wire Reports
Tucker Gets Probation for Role in Whitewater SARA FRITZ, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Police Kill Ailing Anaheim Man, 71, in Standoff After Bank Holdup THAO HUA, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Key TWA Wreckage Still Missing From Times staff and wire reports
Sanyo Executive Freed After Firm Pays $2 Million CHRIS KRAUL, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Opponents of Prop. 209 Target Women Voters BETTINA BOXALL, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Clintons, Gores Help Rebuild Burned Church PAUL RICHTER, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Boy Rescued by Gorilla Recovering From Times staff and wire reports
Cubans on Left and Right Question the Revolution JUANITA DARLING, TIMES STAFF WRITER
No Disease Signs in Kevorkian Case From Times staff and wire reports
Clinton, Dole Trade Charges on Tax Hikes JOSH GREENBERG, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Suspect, 71, Shot Dead After O.C. Robbery THAO HUA, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Another Mexican Official Is Slain ANNE-MARIE O'CONNOR, TIMES STAFF WRITER
1 Killed, 2 Wounded in Attack on Police From Times Wire Reports
Another Mexican Official Is Slain ANNE-MARIE O'CONNOR, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Suspect Pleads Not Guilty in Triple Slaying TONY PERRY, TIMES STAFF WRITER
2 Convicted in Slaying at Fallbrook Mall DADE HAYES, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Owners of San Onofre Plant Seek to Ease Mitigation Plan DEBORAH SCHOCH and DAVID HALDANE and ERIC BAILEY, TIMES STAFF WRITERS
Miles Goodman; Record Producer, Film Composer MYRNA OLIVER, TIMES STAFF WRITER
O.C. Grand Jury Heard Parker Admit 6 Killings ANNA CEKOLA and H.G. REZA, TIMES STAFF WRITERS
Looking Into the Origins of the Online Universe DAVID COLKER, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Riding On the Superhighway CONNIE KOENENN
Derided and adored, used and abused, plastic has managed to bend but never break. Now a new book looks at love-hate affair with the material that can fondly be called . . . : Old Reliable CONNIE KOENENN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
The Issues Brought On by Divorce DENNIS ROMERO, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Handling the Driver's Seat
Defective Paint Jobs Can Never Be Entirely Fixed RALPH VARTABEDIAN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
America's Treasure Chest KEN RINGLE, THE WASHINGTON POST
A Tony Affair KATHRYN BOLD
Punch Lines
Patrolling a Landmark for Troubled Souls MICHAEL J. YBARRA, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
Dimensional Drama : Exacting Dispute Over Distance Around Balboa Island Is Finally Settled ENRIQUE LAVIN, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Olympians Take the Spotlight in Simi Valley DAVID R. BAKER, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
'Pillowcase Rapist' Charged With 6 Felonies in Indiana TINA DAUNT, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Triple-Slaying Suspect Enters Not Guilty Plea TONY PERRY, TIMES STAFF WRITER
English as Our Common Language
L.A. District to Hire More Music Teachers AMY PYLE, TIMES EDUCATION WRITER
Program for Gifted Won't Be Established HOPE HAMASHIGE and JOHN POPE and LORI HAYCOX
City Planners OK Disney Expansion GREG HERNANDEZ, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Teen Killers Abused by Stepfather, Mother Says MARY F. POLS, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Republican, Democratic Conventions on TV
Miles Goodman; Record Producer, Film Composer MYRNA OLIVER, TIMES STAFF WRITER
State Grant Received for Special Program HOPE HAMASHIGE and JOHN POPE and LORI HAYCOX
2 Groups Back Creation of Day Laborer Organization LESLIE EARNEST
Victims Too Need Protection : Education code provisions on campus rape cases require reform
Grand Jury Indicts Man in Mall Slaying SCOTT HADLY
Use It and Lose It
VFW Doing Monumental Redesign at Park CATHY WERBLIN
Economist Laffer to Speak at Diabetes Fund-Raiser
Auditions Set for Children's Choruses
L.A. Is Tired of Standing : A compromise could add 6,000 benches along bus routes
Hearing Set for Drug Treatment Center
School Board Agrees to Name Superintendent Search Panel
Moorlach Objects to Partial Fund Transfer SHELBY GRAD, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Leaders of Fight Against Crime Honored
School Reduces Class Sizes for Four Grades LUCILLE RENWICK
Restaurant Manager Robbed of Receipts JASON TERADA
Is Light Rail the Road to Better Transit? ED BOND, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
GOP Convention
California Flux
A Complex Problem in Division DAVID FERRELL, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Property Assessments Rise in Valley-Area Cities TIMOTHY WILLIAMS, TIMES STAFF WRITER
CSUN Moves Hearing About North Campus DAVID E. BRADY
Couple Sentenced in Pyramid Scheme DAVID E. BRADY
Haun's Lawyers Suggest Grand Jury Pressured MACK REED, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Ex-Police Officer Files Claim Against City JEFF McDONALD
Davis Breaks Tie, Backs Domestic Partners Registry CARL INGRAM, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Supervisors Hear Pleas for Hospital JEFFREY L. RABIN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Some Cities Would Win, Some Lose in Library Plan SHELBY GRAD and RUSS LOAR, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
So Far, Fair Attendance Is 5% Over Last Year LORENZA MUNOZ, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Fallen Rock Slab Keeps Tunnel Machine Idle JON D. MARKMAN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Abortion Debate
An Old Soldier With A Lot on His Mind : Al Haig worries about the China situation. Tom Plate, Times columnist Tom Plate also teaches at UCLA. His e-mail address is
Culling Mexico's Bad Apples : Mass firing of corrupt cops is a brave action, but only a first step
To Put Spark in Ho-Hum Election, Just Add Water LORENZA MUN~OZ, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Church Rally to Focus on Anti-Gang Message DARRELL SATZMAN
City Considers Clearer Adult Business Rules MIMI KO CRUZ
Battle for Cable High Ground Begins Underground MIGUEL HELFT, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Hazmobile to Accept Toxic Waste at CSUN DAVID E. BRADY
4 O.C. Teachers Pass Prestigious National Exam TINA NGUYEN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Defense Questions Officers' Persistence at Tuffree Home MACK REED, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Bookkeeping Closes Heritage Park Library
Jury Convicts 2 Men in Killing at San Fernando Valley Mall DADE HAYES, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
12 Illegal Immigrants Discovered in Van
Man Dies After Car Hits Telephone Pole THAO HUA
Photos Explore State of Nature, Technology BILL BILLITER
Opponents of Golf Course File Suit JASON TERADA
L.A. Observed
Rethink the Aptitude Excuse DAVID E. DREW, David E. Drew is professor of education and chair of the education faculty at the Claremont Graduate School. His book, "Aptitude Revisited: Rethinking Math and Science Education for America's Next Century" has just been published by Johns Hopkins University Press
Declassifying CIA Documents
Suspicious Death May Be Illness-Related SYLVIA L. OLIANDE
Councilman Sues to Get Onto Ballot LESLIE WRIGHT and JEFF KASS
Longtime Principal Eileen Moore Retires HOPE HAMASHIGE and JOHN POPE and LORI HAYCOX
Cyclist Goes Distance So Others Can JOHN POPE
Teacher Files Suit Over Being Fired ERIC WAHLGREN
Obituaries : Knox H. Takasugi; Sunkist Employee, War Vet
Judge Upholds Ruling Against Youth Service Agency Official
Bah Humbug to Public Service : Government isn't a growth industry, and Generation X knows it. Joe Rodota, Joe Rodota is deputy chief of staff to Gov. Pete Wilson
Suspect Arrested in Hate Crimes
Mariners and South Coast: A Marriage Made in Heaven Jerry Hicks
Spur of the Moment Hero Catches Robbery Suspect DUKE HELFAND, TIMES STAFF WRITER
2 Armed Men Sought in Holdup of Bank SCOTT HADLY
Newborn Girl Found on Doorstep
July Restaurant Closures
Officer Questioned on Events at Tuffree Home MACK REED, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Welfare Reform
Finalists to Be Named for Fernando Award ED BOND
3 Campuses Bustling on 1st Day of Class KATE FOLMAR
Obituaries
Salton Sea Pelican Botulism Spreading to Other Birds MARLA CONE, TIMES ENVIRONMENTAL WRITER
Model Hobby : Valley Sailors Launch Their Miniature Yachts in Weekly Races on the Tranquil Waters of Lake Balboa
MTA Tunneling Machine Beset by New Mishap JON D. MARKMAN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Ross Perot
It's a Tough Job--and No One Wants to Do It LESLIE EARNEST, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Hearing Planned on Drug Center HUGO MARTIN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Perot Reassumes the Mantle of Political Spoiler : The GOP again stands to be hurt most by his candidacy
Hiker, 58, Suffers Fatal Heart Attack MIGUEL BUSTILLO
Teen's Killers Were Abused by Stepfather, Mother Says MARY F. POLS, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Children's Health Fair Offers Free Immunizations
Condor Program Officials Fear Loss of Camp to Fire SCOTT STEEPLETON, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
District Considers Proposal to Create Facility for Truants JEFF KASS
A Widow's Poignant Souvenirs MAKI BECKER, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
First Demolition, Next New Shopping DEBRA CANO
Salton Sea Pelican Botulism Spreading to Other Birds MARLA CONE, TIMES ENVIRONMENTAL WRITER
Chiropractor, Wife Arraigned in Tax, Kickback Scheme
ALAMEDA CORRIDOR / TRADE ROUTE ON TRACK : $1.8-Billion Rail and Truck Route Along Alameda Street From Downtown to Seaports Is Viewed as the Future of Global Commerce for Los Angeles JEFF LEEDS, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Man Arrested After River Accident Kills 2
Parolee Is Sentenced Under 3-Strikes Law ANNA CEKOLA
SPORTS
He Was Quite Long in the Tooth, but He Still Left the Field Behind BILL CHRISTINE, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Gold Medalist Huish Has Arrest Record DARYL KELLEY and DAVID R. BAKER, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Jennings to Coach Tustin Baseball
Quarterback Update
Moorpark Enjoys Comfort Zone STEVE HENSON
Sanders Pitches Padres Back into First From Associated Press
Frerotte, Miller Will Get the Starting Call LONNIE WHITE, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Storm Causes JetHawks to Slip Staff Reports
BASEBALL DAILY REPORT : Phillies Show Williams Door Associated Press
Williams Happy in New Defense JIM HODGES
McNamara Is Culprit in 10-9 Angel Loss MIKE DiGIOVANNA, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Freshman Claridge Likely to Start EARL GUSTKEY
Moorpark Loses, 5-1 STEVE HENSON, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Williams Happy in New Defense JIM HODGES
Woods in Perfect Position for Third U.S. Amateur Title
BASEBALL DAILY REPORT : Grimsley Proves Coleman Wrong MIKE DiGIOVANNA
Miami Deals Kirby to San Francisco Associated Press
Two Chargers Have Knee Surgery Associated Press
'Distracted' Moorpark Team Loses First Game of Little League Series STEVE HENSON
Not Forgotten : Burchfield's Memory Inspires Moorpark, Which Calls Him an 'Angel In The Outfield' STEVE HENSON, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Tactic by Some Owners Could Lead to a Breakdown in Baseball Talks ROSS NEWHAN
Bullfrogs Frustrate Blades PAUL McLEOD, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Woods in Perfect Position for Third U.S. Amateur Title
New York Lights Up Seattle, Torre, 10-4 From Associated Press
Not Forgotten : Burchfield's Memory Inspires Moorpark, Which Calls Him an 'Angel In The Outfield' STEVE HENSON, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Woods in Perfect Position for Third U.S. Amateur Title
Bears' Zorich Out for Season Associated Press
There's No Harm Done by Bolting BILL PLASCHKE
Not Forgotten : Burchfield's Memory Inspires Moorpark, Which Calls Him an 'Angel in the Outfield' STEVE HENSON, TIMES STAFF WRITER
BASEBALL DAILY REPORT : Grimsley Proves Coleman Wrong MIKE DiGIOVANNA
Stengel's Mets Were Always In Over Their Heads SHAV GLICK
Bears' Zorich Out for Season Associated Press
Miami (and the NFL) brace for the return of... : HURRICANE JIMMY : With Johnson at Helm, Dolphins Had Best Not Ignore Storm Warnings BILL PLASCHKE, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Freshman Claridge Likely to Start EARL GUSTKEY
ENTERTAINMENT
Muffled 'Drums' CATHY CURTIS, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Uncovering Rosenquist's Imprint in 'Time Dust' WILLIAM WILSON, TIMES ART CRITIC
Sidemen Serve Up Their Own Main Courses MIKE BOEHM
Randy Newman Converts the Bowl Into a Cornucopia DON HECKMAN, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Arts and entertainment reports from The Times, national and international news services and the nation's press. ART BERMAN
Sting's Relaxed Fit : Singer Has Loosened Up in Concert, Giving an Inviting and Poetic Performance ROBERT HILBURN, TIMES POP MUSIC CRITIC
Just for the Joy of It MATTHEW GUREWITSCH, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Hayes Shows Style Beyond Doing Just His Funky Thing CHEO HODARI COKER
'Tin Cup' Tops the Leader Board ELAINE DUTKA
Violinists Give Recital Series Impressive Start SUSAN BLISS
Gospel Music Benefit Planned for Saturday
BARBIE AGLIO "Stories of My Life" One Up (**) MIKE BOEHM
Silent Movie Pays Tribute to Valentino KEVIN THOMAS, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Lullabies, Jazz, Show Tunes for the Little Ones LYNNE HEFFLEY, TIMES STAFF WRITER
BUSINESS
Things to Consider in a Merger CHARLES A. JAFFE, Charles A. Jaffe is mutual funds columnist at the Boston Globe
Other News Times Staff and Wire Reports
Camarillo Firm to Provide On-Site Services for Olivetti BARBARA MURPHY
Plans for Office Complexes Raise Hopes Skyline-High JILL LEOVY, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Dole Food Chief to Sell More Shares Than Expected BARBARA MURPHY
SEC Clears Simi Firm to Trade on Web Site BARBARA MURPHY
Amwest Insurance Agrees to Rollback of Rates
Leslie's Poolmart Posts 45% Rise in Net Income
California Amplifier Expects 2nd-Quarter Loss BARBARA MURPHY
Stocks Are Mixed Ahead of Fed Meeting From Times Wire Services
Ventura Company Provides Electronic Appraisals BARBARA MURPHY
HemaCare Completes Placement of Stock
Banking & Finance Times Staff and Wire Reports
Executive Travel
Florist Says Academy Helped Business Blossom LEO SMITH, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Flamemaster's Profit Triples in 3rd Quarter
Levitt Faults Lawmaker's Nasdaq Demands SCOT J. PALTROW, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Levitt Faults Lawmaker's Nasdaq Demands SCOT J. PALTROW, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Amwest Posts $1.3-Million Loss in Its 2nd Quarter
Other News Times Staff and Wire Reports
Yocam Named to Board of Thousand Oaks' Xircom BARBARA MURPHY
ICN Discloses Loan to Its Chairman BARBARA MARSH, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Domestic Market Share
Real Estate Times Staff and Wire Reports
Health Times Staff and Wire Reports
Jerry's Deli Reports 54% Drop in Net Income
Westlake Village Company Marks 40th Anniversary BARBARA MURPHY
Environmental Business Incubator Hatches 1st Fledgling Firm LEO SMITH, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Gaming Times Staff and Wire Reports
Korean Bank Deal OKd
Health Times Staff and Wire Reports
Antediluvian Anxieties : Can Small Firms Handle Welfare Flood? VICKI TORRES, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Aluminum Firm CasTech to Be Bought by Rival From Bloomberg Business News
U.S. to Warn Mexican Firm on Its Cuba Investments From Associated Press
Stocks Are Mixed Ahead of Fed Meeting From Times Wire Services
Trade Times Staff and Wire Reports
New Target Store Reports High Opening Day Volume BARBARA MURPHY
MPTV Directors Double Capital Stock
AT&T's Mandl Resigns to Head Wireless Venture JUBE SHIVER Jr., TIMES STAFF WRITER
More Than the Conversation Is Animated CLAUDIA ELLER
Property Manager Koll Returning to Wall Street DEBORA VRANA, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Breier Named VP at Buena Vista
Santa Anita Rethinks Future, Will Sell Stake JAMES F. PELTZ, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Teamwork Holds Key to Organization Success GARY IZUMO, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES; Gary Izumo is an instructor in the Moorpark College business department and has managed his own consulting practice. He is a former McKinsey & Company consultant and practice leader for the Strategic Management Consulting Practice of Price Waterhouse
Reno Air to Offer 4 Daily San Francisco Flights MARLA DICKERSON
Anti-Snore Aids Score Big in Super Bowl of Marketing From Bloomberg Business News
Human Trial of Amgen Parkinson's Drug Begins BARBARA MURPHY
Marketers Lobby for Movie Customers MARLA MATZER, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
FDA Approves Biopool Kit to Gauge Enzyme in Blood BARBARA MURPHY
Domestic Market Share
Advance Man : Planning Smooths Business' Expansion Michael Gross, who was born without a right hand or a left foot, had so much trouble finding his ideal job that he decided to start his own business, Alternate Transportation Wheelchair. When the business got too big to run from home, he prepared for the financial burden of moving out by making as many changes as possible ahead of time. Gross was interviewed by Karen Kaplan
Airlines Boost Fares 10% as Renewed Tax Looms From Reuters
Isgro Payola Case Thrown Out CHUCK PHILIPS
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