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What happened on February 26, 1996
NEWS
Man Who Took Justice in Own Hands Seeks Parole TONY PERRY, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Minus Humans, Wildlife Thrives in Chernobyl Area MARY MYCIO, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Satellite Is Lost as Space Shuttle Tether Breaks From Times Staff and Wire Services
U.S. Warns Cuba, Weighs Retaliation ELIZABETH SHOGREN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
The Horrors of a Brutal Regime That Continue to Haunt : ALL SOULS' RISING by Madison Smartt Bell; Pantheon $29.95, 530 pages MICHAEL HARRIS, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Nation IN BRIEF : GEORGIA : Study Cites Value of Seat Belts, Helmets From Times Wire Reports
Bombs' Political Fallout Imperils Peres' Support MARY CURTIUS, TIMES STAFF WRITER
A Primary Drawback for Buchanan GEORGE SKELTON
World IN BRIEF : EL SALVADOR : Christopher Begins Latin America Visit From Times Wire Reports
NEWS ANALYSIS : Turmoil in GOP Ranks Tied to Misreading of '94 Vote ROBERT SHOGAN, TIMES POLITICAL WRITER
GOP Presidential Race Is Forced to Confront Economic Insecurity Issue RONALD BROWNSTEIN
Nation IN BRIEF : ILLINOIS : Farrakhan Issues Challenge to Critics From Times Wire Reports
World IN BRIEF : SIERRA LEONE : Poll Organizers Say Election Is On From Times Wire Reports
CAMPAIGN '96 : Dole, Alexander Prospects Dimming in Arizona LOUIS SAHAGUN and STEPHEN BRAUN, TIMES STAFF WRITERS
World IN BRIEF : BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA : U.S. Medical Aid Offered to President From Times Wire Reports
Thousands in Ireland Rally for Peace as Britain OKs New Talks With Sinn Fein From Times Wire Services
World IN BRIEF : RUSSIA : Troops Reportedly to Leave Ingushetia From Times Wire Reports
Brothers Among Boldest of Exile Groups MIKE CLARY, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Jet Stream Brings a Bit of Canada to California RICHARD C. PADDOCK and GREG KRIKORIAN, TIMES STAFF WRITERS
Mexico City Hit by Strong Aftershocks Reuters
Voter Deadline Nears NONA YATES
Perot Voters in State Courted for Buchanan BILL STALL and CATHLEEN DECKER, TIMES POLITICAL WRITERS
Legislators Spend Millions on Remodeling MARK GLADSTONE, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Southern California Careers Section
Swift Approval Seen for Drug Czar RONALD J. OSTROW, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Aide Whom Asch Blamed in UCI Case to Tell Her Side MICHAEL GRANBERRY, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Pacific Fleet Begins Safety Stand-Down TONY PERRY, TIMES STAFF WRITER
The 411 on L.A.
U.S. Warns Cuba, Weighs Retaliation ELIZABETH SHOGREN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
From the Start, It Was All Music to His Ears OSCAR GARZA, TIMES STAFF WRITER
City May Pay Big in Latest La Tuna Death HUGO MARTIN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Bias Issue in L.A. Drug Cases Goes to Supreme Court DAVID G. SAVAGE, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Front-Line Fighter for Children JANE GROSS, TIMES URBAN AFFAIRS WRITER
Second Snowboarder Dies at Lake Tahoe Associated Press
World IN BRIEF : SOUTH KOREA : Chun Goes on Trial on Bribery Charges From Times Wire Reports
Perot Voters in State Courted for Buchanan BILL STALL and CATHLEEN DECKER, TIMES POLITICAL WRITERS
With Fries as Hors D'Oeuvres, It Was a Black-Tie McBenefit ANN CONWAY
Family Grieves O.C. Pilot's Loss in Navy Crash MATT LAIT, TIMES STAFF WRITER
CAMPAIGN '96 : Dole Said to Fire Pollster, Demote Top Strategist SAM FULWOOD III
Bombs' Political Fallout Imperils Peres' Support MARY CURTIUS, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Experts Find Lax Control by City Over Holden Legal Bill JODI WILGOREN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Satellite Is Lost as Space Shuttle Tether Breaks MIKE CLARY and LIANNE HART, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
For a Night, It Was a Party Train BETTY GOODWIN, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
A Line That Could Get Him Hung Out to Dry CHRIS ERSKINE, TIMES STAFF WRITER
LAUGH LINES : Punch Lines
The Search for Self LYNELL GEORGE, TIMES STAFF WRITER
At Peace With Themselves BEVERLY BEYETTE, TIMES STAFF WRITER
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
3 Arrested in Fatal Cafe Shooting TINA NGUYEN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
The Old Rugged Cross of the Cahuenga Pass Cecilia Rasmussen
Law Firm's Office Cat Really Clicks on Internet TRACY WILSON, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Mainstreaming Can Hold Everybody Back : Consider all children--able as well as mentally and physically disabled--before changing school policy. ROMY WYLLIE, Romy Wyllie is an interior designer in Pasadena
Mothers and Daughters Anonymous LESLIE BERGER, TIMES STAFF WRITER
L.A. Schools Ease Fears on Closures for Disabled AMY PYLE, TIMES EDUCATION WRITER
Proposed Fee Hikes to Get More Study
Colleges to Get High-Tech Labs, if Not the Equipment KELLY DAVID, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
2 Held as Tip Leads to Cache of Allegedly Stolen Equipment FRANK B. WILLIAMS, TIMES STAFF WRITER
'Reform' Bills for the Round File : Environmental legislation is a cover for reckless land-grabs
Last Day to Register
Agenda: * Issues Coming Up
Social Security for Future Generations
Banning Cameras in Court Won't Cure What's Wrong : Revisions would harm public's right to open proceedings : A state task force's recommendations would do nothing to address more fundamental problems with gathering evidence, police work and prosecutorial strategy.
Affirmative Action Debate
Suspected Drunk Driver Crashes Into Police Car TIMOTHY WILLIAMS, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Farrakhan Quote
Funds Stop Short of Letting County Apply Seizure Law DAVID HALDANE, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Plan to Add 300 Students a Big Plus for Ventura High MIGUEL HELFT, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Program to Showcase Blacks in History, Arts JOSE CARDENAS
Community Colleges to Get High-Tech Labs, if Not Equipment KELLY DAVID, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Mercury Takes a Dive With Arctic Blast NICK GREEN, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Staying a Big Fish EALENA CALLENDER, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Bill About Custody Battle
Kids Do Good Deeds in 'Mitzvathon' ED BOND
Students Campaign to Save Riding School
Eat the Beetles : Will Insect Cuisine Become the Latest Buzz? SARAH A. KLEIN, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Venice High Wins Regional Science Bowl Title KATE FOLMAR, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Public Hearings Set on Parking, Antenna KAY HWANGBO
Mother of 2 Is Identified as Victim of Gang Gunfire EMI ENDO, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Big Chill Brings Snow to Valley RICHARD C. PADDOCK and FRANK B. WILLIAMS, TIMES STAFF WRITERS
Suit Threatened on Laguna Merger Vote ZAN DUBIN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Ann Louise Copeland; Co-Founder of Group for Women With AIDS
Residents Win Round in Carwash Battle KAY HWANGBO
Children in 'Mitzvathon' Learn the Art of Doing Good JOHN L. MITCHELL and ED BOND, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
1 Killed, 1 Injured in Separate Shootings LEN HALL, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Teens to Get Glimpse of Working World KATE FOLMAR
Literacy for the 21st Century : Education: The new science teaching standards are designed to improve everybody's ability. ROBERTO PECCEI and FRED EISERLING, Roberto Peccei is dean of physical sciences and Fred Eiserling is dean of life sciences at UCLA's College of Letters and Science
Lessons of a School Boycott : Latino parents finally get district's attention
Obituaries : * Nicholas A. Bucci; Ventura County Silversmith
Unions to Protest Wilson's Proposal to Change Pay Rules PAUL H. JOHNSON, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Obstacles Remain for Landfill Sale Proposal SHELBY GRAD, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
6 Injured in 4-Car Collision at Thousand Oaks Intersection
P. Marion Sims; Ex-Pastor of First Presbyterian in Santa Monica
Here's Chance to Wear Raincoat--or Overcoat DIANE SEO, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Unequal Prosecution Means Unequal Justice : Crime: A $3,100 crack sale doesn't merit the same sentence as a $37,000 cocaine sale. Yet that's the effect of skewed federal priorities. ERIC SCHNAPPER, Eric Schnapper teaches at the University of Washington School of Law
Pat Buchanan
Priscilla Bonner; '20s Star of Silent Film MYRNA OLIVER, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Red Cross to Collect Blood at New Site JOSE CARDENAS
Speaking in Favor of Bilingual Classes RUSS LOAR, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Girl, 12, Drowns in a Hot Tub
Seeking a New Ending DUKE HELFAND, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Lottery's Contribution to State Schools
To the Ticketed, the 'Real' Crime Is Always Elsewhere JEFF McDONALD, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
'Leave It to Beaver' Film Tryout Draws 1,000 Boys MARGARET RAMIREZ, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Many Popular Public Spaces Are Privately Owned SHELBY GRAD, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Police Nab Suspect in '95 Slaying of Irvine Man RENE LYNCH, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Westminster Clears Deficit of $1.9 Million JOHN POPE, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Michael David Eilert; Dancer, Model for Armani and Horse Trainer
SPORTS
Olympic Scene / Atlanta 1996 : Lewis' 'Challenge' Aids Other Hopefuls RANDY HARVEY, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Flyers Bank on Narrow Victory Over Blackhawks From Associated Press
Nissan Open at Riviera : Thrills Aplenty for First-Timer Mike Riedel SHAV GLICK, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Loyola Gets Another Shot at San Diego PETE THOMAS
Georgia Tech First After 1,000th Win Associated Press
Mighty Ducks' Sillinger Ends His Goal Drought CHRIS FOSTER, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Knicks Find Suns' Bite Is for Real From Associated Press
Tomba's Promise Doubles in Value After Slalom Win From Staff and Wire Reports
Cold and Hail Don't Bother Fullerton in Victory Over USC LON EUBANKS, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Cigar Would Have Been Heavyweight BILL CHRISTINE, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Maxson Formulating Plans to Replace O'Brien JASON REID, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Notes on a Scorecard ALLAN MALAMUD
Nissan Open at Riviera : NOTES : Tradition Doesn't Help Pay Bills, Sponsor Does MARYANN HUDSON and SHAV GLICK, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Daytona Reversal: Earnhardt Beats Jarrett in North Carolina From Associated Press
BASEBALL DAILY REPORT : Davis, Focused on '96, Reports ELLIOTT TEAFORD
There's No Slowing Selanne ROBYN NORWOOD, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Long Beach State Routs Washington State
Something Borrowed, Nothing Blue for Stadler THOMAS BONK, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Los Alamitos' Sievers Gets Help, Cheers From No. 1 Fan WENDY WITHERSPOON, TIMES STAFF WRITER
BASEBALL DAILY REPORT : Yankees' Rogers Hit by Line Drive Associated Press
Orange Changes Attitude, Finds Success DAVE McKIBBEN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Clippers Falter at Free-Throw Line, Lose CHRIS BAKER, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Selanne Gives Birth to Victory ROBYN NORWOOD, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Connecticut Defeats Kittles-less Villanova From Associated Press
Next Thing You Know, NFL Will Take Out Personal Ads MAL FLORENCE
Three From Long Beach Qualify for NCAA Track
Fullerton Feasts on the Trojans' Pitching Staff LON EUBANKS, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Ice Dogs Lose in Peoria, 5-3 Associated Press
O'Bannon Sits Half; UCLA Duked Out TIM KAWAKAMI, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Going to Bat for Designated Hitter : American League Feature at Risk, but Players Will Lobby to Keep It ROSS NEWHAN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Bulls Beat Pants Off the Magic, O'Neal, 111-91 MARK HEISLER, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Tomba's Promise Doubles in Value After Slalom Win From Associated Press
BASEBALL DAILY REPORT : Correa's Sport Collides With Life BOB NIGHTENGALE
Calvary Chapel Gets Its Share of Qualifiers ERIK HAMILTON, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Nissan Open at Riviera : Riviera Absolved : It's Shown Club Can Still Draw a Crowd and Stage a Respectable Tournament MARYANN HUDSON, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Nissan Open at Riviera : By the Numbers
Gretzky Deal Hinges on Financial Details HELENE ELLIOTT, TIMES STAFF WRITER
ENTERTAINMENT
Finding Out What 'Friends' Can Do for You GREG BRAXTON, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Ziggy's Reggae Is Eclectic, but in a Family Way JON MATSUMOTO, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Quick Takes SHAUNA SNOW, Arts and entertainment reports from The Times, national and international news services and the nation's press
V-Chip Proposal Triggers Apprehension
Credit Where Credit's Due
Turtle Island Quartet, Fisk Excel on Their Own Turf BILL KOHLHAASE, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
A Vision of Japan's Past and Beyond CHRISTOPHER KNIGHT, TIMES ART CRITIC
In Praise of Actors Getting Paid LYNN REDGRAVE, Lynn Redgrave has been teaching a free Shakespeare master class at the Motion Picture and Television Fund's Louis B. Mayer Theater in Woodland Hills every Monday, and will be seen in the motion picture "Shine," which is scheduled for a fall release. She is now appearing on Broadway in "Moon Over Buffalo."
Review of 'Drawings' Draws Anger
ABT's Jaffe and Malakhov Find Chemistry Elusive CHRIS PASLES, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Lingering Over the Lessons of 'Babe' JERRY COLBURN, Jerry Colburn is a Laguna Beach writer and consultant on culture. He is finishing a nonfiction book on the jury foreman in a politically controversial 1973 serial killer trial
Cage, Sarandon Capture Top Screen Actor Awards SCOTT COLLINS, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Herrera Brings Speed, Strength to Juliet LEWIS SEGAL, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Movies SHAUNA SNOW, Arts and entertainment reports from The Times, national and international news services and the nation's press
In the End, All Build Up, No Execution HOWARD ROSENBERG
'Heat Wave' Did It First
Andre Watts, Imaginative and Distracted HERBERT GLASS, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Organist Preller Launches 67th L.A. Bach Festival TIMOTHY MANGAN, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
'Sense' Director Lauded
Magical k.d. lang Has Best Moments With Others' Songs ROBERT HILBURN, TIMES POP MUSIC CRITIC
Another 'Hacksaw' Story
Inventive Sounds by Vinko Globokar TIMOTHY MANGAN
Tv & Radio SHAUNA SNOW, Arts and entertainment reports from The Times, national and international news services and the nation's press
James Tenney Makes a Pitch for Reinventing Harmony MARK SWED, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Willie and Leon Know the Drill: Haul Out the Crowd-Pleasers BUDDY SEIGAL, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
BUSINESS
Straying From the Herd DEBORA VRANA, TIMES STAFF WRITER
A Sure Cure for Cyber-Phobia CAROL SMITH, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Managing Care for Latinos : Network Focuses on Group It Sees as Misunderstood by Mainstream Medicine DAVID R. OLMOS, TIMES STAFF WRITER
The New Way We Work : Rapidly changing technology is forcing individuals to alter the way they think about their careers and how to manage them. MARTHA GROVES, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Southland Times Staff Reports
An Out for Celebrities JAMES BATES
Gish Biomedical Reports Lower Earnings
Technology Times Staff and Wire Reports
Los Angeles County Times Staff Reports
Orange County Times Staff Reports
Coalition Expected to File Suit to End Internet Indecency Ban JESUS SANCHEZ, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Investment Strategy Changes After Retirement RUSS WILES, RUSS WILES, a financial writer for the Arizona Republic, specializes in mutual funds
SGI Expected to Make a Bid for Troubled Cray Research JULIE PITTA, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Push for Logging in Russia Sparks Debate CAROL J. WILLIAMS, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Computer Databases Give Resumes More Than a Scan SCOTT COLLINS, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Growing Multimedia Industry Takes Root in Southern California AMY HARMON, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Technology Times Staff and Wire Reports
Technology Redefines Work Roles ROBIN GREENE, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
NEWS ANALYSIS : In U.S., Hashimoto Trades In Tough Image for One of Global Statesman EVELYN IRITANI, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Resource Guide : Where to Find Tips, Testing and Training at Little or No Cost
How I Got the Job : GIS Specialist
How I Got the Job : Web Page Designer
Entrepreneurial Firms Go Hollywood, Thanks to Cheap Computers From Times Wire Services
Laptop Users Lap Up Flexibility ROBIN GREENE, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Tech's Top 10 KAREN KAPLAN, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Older Workers Flock to Computer Training Programs From Reuters
Job Hunters Cast Wide Net Online LAWRENCE J. MAGID, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
New Resume Software Offers Job Hunters a Template for Success LAWRENCE J. MAGID, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Real Lessons at Virtual Schools : Online colleges can have you earning a degree from home. The programs are especially attractive to busy professionals. DENISE HAMILTON, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Lies in Personnel Files? How Much Is the Truth Worth? : Also . . . Figuring Hours on an Oil Rig . . . What's the Best Way to Offer Tuition Reimbursement?
Life at the Top : For workers at Microsoft, the base salary is low, the hours are long and the demands are large. So why are thousands of applicants turned away? LESLIE HELM, TIMES STAFF WRITER
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