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What happened on December 23, 1996
NEWS
Soldier Acquitted of Espionage Charges From Times Staff and Wire Reports
With Holidays Comes Rise in Abductions by Parents TONY PERRY, TIMES STAFF WRITER
How DNC Got Caught in a Donor Dilemma Richard T. Cooper, This story was reported by Times staff writers Glenn F. Bunting, Sara Fritz and Alan C. Miller in Washington; Rich Connell, Evelyn Iritani, K. Connie Kang and David Rosenzweig in Los Angeles; and Maggie Farley in Hong Kong. It was written by Richard T. Cooper in Washington
Officials' Alleged Bonuses Anger Mexicans MARK FINEMAN and MARY BETH SHERIDAN, TIMES STAFF WRITERS
LAPD Officer, Gunman Killed in Shootout DAN WEIKEL and NICHOLAS RICCARDI, TIMES STAFF WRITERS
Jackson Criticizes Oakland Schools' 'Ebonics' Decision From Times Wire Services
Plane Hits Mountain, Killing 6 in a Family From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Wilson Won't Play Scrooge to Immigrants GEORGE SKELTON
State Slammed by Deadly Winter Storm NICHOLAS RICCARDI and JULIE TAMAKI, TIMES STAFF WRITERS
Ocean--and FBI--Yield Token of Love From Newsday
Serb Opposition Forms Municipal Group From Associated Press
Survey: Welfare Will Stay Same for Many From Times Staff and Wire Reports
A Special Report: Holiday Countdown Steve Ryfle
Divergent Political Styles, Same Political Destination SHELBY GRAD, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Peruvians March in Support of Hostages SEBASTIAN ROTELLA and MARY BETH SHERIDAN, TIMES STAFF WRITERS
Ex-Presidents Won't Appeal Convictions From Times Wire Reports
CIA Reopens Probe of Abuse in Honduras WALTER PINCUS, THE WASHINGTON POST
Couple Fear for Safety in Church Music Feud From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Bomb Jettisoned Off Japan Believed Found From Times Wire Services
Report Quotes Rebel Saying Hostages in Kashmir Dead From Associated Press
50 Feared Dead on Barge Reported Sunk From Times Wire Reports
250 Massacred by Army, Travelers Say From Times Wire Reports
Punch Lines
No One Hurt After Bomb Blast Outside Columbia Newspaper From Associated Press
Teens' Efforts Give Soccer Balls the Boot LUCILLE RENWICK, TIMES STAFF WRITER
'Vital Center' Key to Clinton Scenario RONALD BROWNSTEIN
Criminals Relocated to U.S., Papers Say From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Chechnya Land Mine Said to Kill 5 Boys From Times Wire Reports
President Undergoes Surgical Procedure From Times Wire Reports
Peru Terrorists Free 225 Captives; Scores Still Held SEBASTIAN ROTELLA and MARY BETH SHERIDAN, TIMES STAFF WRITERS
Doubts Fester About Guatemalan Peace JUANITA DARLING, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Feinstein Raps Shift of Funds by Own Party MAX VANZI, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Blast Implies End of Loyalist Truce in N. Ireland From Associated Press
Bomb Kills Student at High School From Times Wire Reports
Hanging Up Her White Hat--for Now JENIFER WARREN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Bankrupt Anti-Cult Group Gets Reprieve LAURIE GOODSTEIN, THE WASHINGTON POST
Board's Fiscal Expert, Saltarelli Found Term His Most Exciting Year SHELBY GRAD, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Gingrich Allies Predict His Easy Reelection as Speaker MARLENE CIMONS and DAVID WILLMAN, TIMES STAFF WRITERS
Efforts to Protect Witnesses Fall Short in L.A. County TED ROHRLICH and FREDRIC N. TULSKY, TIMES STAFF WRITERS
Closer U.S. Role Seen on Bosnia-Iran Arms Pipeline JAMES RISEN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Guilt, Humankind's Painful Inheritance : HIGH LONESOME by Barry Hannah; Atlantic Monthly $22, 240 pages MICHAEL HARRIS, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
SPORTS
Cavaliers, Brandon Spoil Malone's Day From Associated Press
Nonconference FERNANDO DOMINGUEZ
Clippers Tonight CHRIS BAKER
Rucchin Becomes More Assertive ELLIOTT TEAFORD
He's Here to State His Case Mike Downey
Nonconference TIM KAWAKAMI
Fitch Tinkers With Second-Half Lineup CHRIS BAKER
Two More Marks for Messier From Associated Press
Kings Have No Cure For Their Own Blues LONNIE WHITE, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Stevens, Laperriere Stand Out in Loss LONNIE WHITE
Nonconference CHRIS FOSTER
Barring Upsets, It'll Be Cowboys Against Broncos T.J. SIMERS
Mighty Ducks Tonight ELLIOTT TEAFORD
Clippers Find a Way to Gift Wrap Game CHRIS BAKER, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Gentlemen Starts His Engines, Then Demolishes Track Record BILL CHRISTINE, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Van Exel Finds Groove After Slow Start SCOTT HOWARD-COOPER
Snyder: At Least the Band Was Good EARL GUSTKEY
Panthers Show Steelers How West Was Won From Associated Press
Pro Football Spotlight
Two Years and Out for Brooks From Associated Press
Tonight's Game T.J. SIMERS
Nonconference ROB FERNAS
Cuesta Tops Fullerton in Holiday Final STEVE KRESAL, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Princeton Scares Another From Associated Press
Track's Allred Sees Better Days Ahead PAUL McLEOD
Devil to Pay : Ohio State Will Find Arizona State's Once-Ignored Pat Tillman an Angry--and Talented--Opponent EARL GUSTKEY, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Futagaki Has Proven to Be Worth Waiting For DAVE McKIBBEN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Dashing Folly Wins at Los Alamitos PAUL McLEOD
Mater Dei in Line for National Title MIKE TERRY
Unser's Ordeal Is Over From Associated Press
A consumer's guide to the best and worst of sports media and merchandise. Ground rules: If it can be read, played, heard, observed, worn, viewed, dialed or downloaded, it's in play here. LARRY STEWART
Packers Are Home for Holidays, Playoffs From Associated Press
Redskins Fare Well in Finale From Associated Press
Von Gruenigen Leads 1-2 Swiss World Cup Finish From Staff and Wire Reports
It's a Miserable Ending for Jets, Kotite as Dolphins Rally, 31-28 From Associated Press
Seau Spurs Chargers to Winning Conclusion From Associated Press
Torretta Rallies Seattle to Win Over Mistake-Prone Oakland From Associated Press
Colts' Playoff Home Is on Road From Associated Press
For Team-Record Sixth Time, Oilers Have Won for the Road From Associated Press
Bills Get Their Wish; Chiefs Will Be Home for Christmas From Associated Press
Buccaneers Give Sneak Preview From Associated Press
Andersen's Slip Kicks Jaguars Into Playoffs From Associated Press
Eagles Defeat Cardinals, Prepare for the 49ers From Associated Press
Nuggets Don't Measure Up Off the Floor Either MAL FLORENCE
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
Air Quality Dramatically Improved, Agency Says DAVID HALDANE, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Teaching a Big Lesson --How to Be a Family RUSS LOAR, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Witness Describes Joining Prison Gang GEORGE RAMOS, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Man Shot in Head Left in Critical Condition
Gang-Related Shooting Kills 2 in Highland Park
Opportunities for Volunteering
Pawnshops Are the Ticket for Some Shoppers MIGUEL HELFT, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Truth Takes a Bow
The Winds of Freedom
Q & A
Camarillo Has a Clear Vision for '97 JEFF McDONALD, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Holidays
Ramp Meter Helps Prevent Congestion Down the Road JEFF McDONALD, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Water District Names New Facilities Chief SYLVIA L. OLIANDE
2 Hurt When Car Overturns SCOTT STEEPLETON
Putting Down American Roots SHARON BERNSTEIN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
A Time of Peace, Joy and Loaves JAMES RICCI, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Funds Sought for Retrofit as Church Nears 100-Year Mark LORENZA MUNOZ, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Garcetti's Revenge Seen in Transfer of Top Prosecutor ANN W. O'NEILL, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Teachers Aren't Nurses
Man Held in Girlfriend's Fatal Stabbing JULIE TAMAKI
Village Chef Creates Sweet Smell of Excess JASON TERADA
Next Time, MTA May Get More Than a Spanking
Today's Shops No Longer Mere Pawns in Retail Game MIGUEL HELFT, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Boy Scouts' Local Branches DARRELL SATZMAN, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Plane Headed to John Wayne Crashes; 4 Killed PETER M. WARREN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Paramedic Aids Injured Driver SCOTT STEEPLETON
Christmas Forecast: Clear, Sunny Skies ED BOND
Obituaries
Heavy Rains Strand 3 Hikers Near River SCOTT STEEPLETON
Repair Shop Owner Robbed, Badly Beaten JASON TERADA
Racist, Gang-Style Graffiti Found at High School Gym SCOTT STEEPLETON
50 Homeless After Rainfall Collapses Roof H.G. REZA and JEFF KASS, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Resident Losing His Fight to Save Trees DADE HAYES
San Clemente Feels Winds of Change Blowing Downtown LEN HALL, TIMES STAFF WRITER
City Acts to Save Old Theater
Growth of Interest in Civil Society
Despite Concerns, More High Schools Test for Alcohol SHELBY GRAD, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Same-Sex Marriage
Abuse of Citadel Female Cadets
Lawsuit Threats Over Handgun Bans
Funds Sought to Fix Historic Church LORENZA MUNOZ, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Man May Have Been Slain Before His Home Burned SHARON MOESER and FRANK B. WILLIAMS, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Netanyahu Is Not the Demon YOSSI KLEIN HALEVI, Yossi Klein Halevi is a senior writer for the Jerusalem Report
Catching the Spirit LILY DIZON, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Aerospace Merger
Olympian Cooks Up Culinary Prizewinner SUSAN ABRAM
Woman Killed When Disabled Car Struck
Plane on Route to John Wayne Crashes; 4 Killed PETER M. WARREN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Group Objects to Youth Mural Projects DADE HAYES
Prejudice Called Main Cause of Housing Segregation LARRY GORDON, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Man Gives an Old Friend a Royal Tour of L.A. JOHN M. GLIONNA, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Freeway Forecast
Racist Gang-Style Graffiti Found at High School Gym SCOTT STEEPLETON
A Pioneer of Black Los Angeles Cecilia Rasmussen
Kingston Bonus
Rain Doesn't Dampen the Spirit of Giving ED BOND
Girl, 8, Saves Family From Fire JOHN M. GONZALES, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Sailor Dies After Motorcycle Crash in Parking Lot SCOTT STEEPLETON
Cutting Corners Can Be Dangerous, but It's Not Illegal DAVID HALDANE, TIMES STAFF WRITER
1 Killed, 4 Wounded as Gang Truce Party Erupts in Violence
Male Beauty Contests
ENTERTAINMENT
'Nueva' Spotlights Emerging Talent LEWIS SEGAL, TIMES DANCE CRITIC
Peek Inside Strange 'Whole Wide World' JACK MATHEWS, FOR THE TIMES
Forging Ahead, Rock Solid SANDY MASUO, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
A Night of Mostly G Flat and B Sharp MIKE BOEHM, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Deck the Columnist Who Wrote This Folly HOWARD ROSENBERG
Stars Shine Bright in 'Colors of Christmas' BILL KOHLHAASE, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Where Are Positive Images?
Another 'Riverdance' Fan
Mariachis for All Seasons (and Ages) CHRIS PASLES, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Why a Major Revival of Modest 'Mattress'? LINDA WINER-BERNHEIMER, NEWSDAY
Not Coming to a Stage Near You
A Night of Mostly G Flat and B Sharp MIKE BOEHM, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Whatever Happened to Hail to the Chief ? STEVE HAMMEL, Steve Hammel is a writer and producer of radio commercials at Dick Orkin's Radio Ranch in Hollywood
Cast Gets a Reason to Stay 'Friends' a While Longer BRIAN LOWRY, TIMES STAFF WRITER
TV Content Rating, Censorship: They Can Go Hand-in-Hand
'Revolucion '96': So Many Bands, So Little Time ENRIQUE LOPETEGUI, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
'Love! Valour!' Deserves Compassion MICHAEL FRYM, Michael Frym is a member and past-president of the Los Angeles Drama Critic's Assn. and former theater editor for the now-defunct L.A. Reader. He is managing editor and co-publisher of "It's Showtime!"
'Beavis' and Pal Have Last Chortle JUDY BRENNAN, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Let Film Find Its Own Level
New Year's: a Multiple-Choice Fest ZAN DUBIN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
'In the Life' Challenges Gay Stereotypes PATRICIA BRENNAN, THE WASHINGTON POST
ABC Will Move 'Lois & Clark' to Earlier Time Slot
'Highlander' Carves Out a Loyal Fan Base With the Help of Technology ABIGAIL GOLDMAN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
BUSINESS
Just 2 Shoplifting Days Remain in Busiest Season GEORGE WHITE, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Gateway's Pentium Pro Delivers LAWRENCE J. MAGID
Chevron Unveils Capital Program Times Staff and Wire Reports
Going for Super Hits GREG MILLER, TIMES STAFF WRITER
ValuJet Cancels Holiday Flights Times Staff and Wire Reports
And to All a Good Byte GREG MILLER, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Pacific Gateway Homes Appoints Lamkin President MELINDA FULMER
Wonderware to Take $1.3-Million Charge
Rain Fails to Deter Last-Minute Shoppers CHRIS KRAUL, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Chief of Marketing Is Named by Vans
Interplay's Latest Ain't Shipped Till It's Shipped GREG MILLER, TIMES STAFF WRITER
The (Technical) Write Stuff KAREN AXELROD, Karen Axelrod is a freelance writer based in Redondo Beach
AT&T Replaces Consumer Unit Chief From Associated Press
St. Nick Has a Hip Pick for Jingling All the Way: Global Positioning Device PAUL KARON
Getting on the Same Page as Web Designers KRISSY HARRIS
Extra RAM Can Make a Memorable Addition KIM KOMANDO
New Guitar in a Chord With Players MARY PURPURA and PAOLO PONTONIERE
Netting the Mainstream KAREN KAPLAN, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Take a Peak at Ovitz's Hot Deal
Interweb Mall Still Trying to Sell the Public on Concept GEORGE WHITE, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Practice Art of Waiting as the World Wide Web Expands TERRY SCHWADRON
Unlikely Apple Exec Behind Jobs' Return JULIE PITTA, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Redwoods Offer a Surprising Lesson in the Diversity of Nature LEE DYE
Internet 'Cookies' Raise a Batch of Privacy Concerns STEVE G. STEINBERG
Where High Tech and History Meet JESUS SANCHEZ, TIMES STAFF WRITER
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