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What happened on May 21, 1996
NEWS
Sex Offender Held in Stabbing Death of Yuba City Boy Associated Press
Over-85 Population in U.S. to Double by 2020, Study Says ROBERT A. ROSENBLATT, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Justices Reject Size of Punitive Damage Verdict DAVID G. SAVAGE, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Educators Ready With Needs to Fill LESLEY WRIGHT and FRANK MESSINA, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Push to Oust Karadzic Increases Serbs' Resolve TRACY WILKINSON, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Mixed Vote in St. Petersburg Could Bode Ill for Yeltsin CAROL J. WILLIAMS, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Grizzly Population in Park Bears More Study DAN WHIPPLE, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Wilson Budgets $50,000 Grants to Public Schools RICHARD LEE COLVIN and DIANE SEO, TIMES STAFF WRITERS
Sicily Times Staff and Wire Reports
Wilson Budgets $50,000 Grants to Public Schools RICHARD LEE COLVIN and DIANE SEO, TIMES STAFF WRITERS
Texas From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Wilson Budgets $50,000 Grants to Public Schools : School Spending RICHARD LEE COLVIN and DIANE SEO, TIMES STAFF WRITERS
Central African Republic From Times Wire Reports
Bangladeshi President Fires Army Chief JOHN-THOR DAHLBURG, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Putting the Accent on World Wide Access DAVID COLKER, TIMES STAFF WRITER
The Little School District That Could BETTIJANE LEVINE, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Clinton Extends AIDS Support Services Law From Associated Press
Palates for Palettes KATHRYN BOLD
Track and Field Top Times & Marks : Boys' Track and Field
Road to Secession Long and Full of Turns AARON CURTISS, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Lithuania Times Staff and Wire Reports
Northern Ireland Times Staff and Wire Reports
Speaker to Give Coast Panel Its First Republican Majority DAN MORAIN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Presidential Debate Planners Study San Diego Campus TONY PERRY, TIMES STAFF WRITER
It's No Game : Sports a Lower Priority for Three Girls Once They Take More Demanding Position of Mother MARTIN HENDERSON, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Spotlight
You Missed a Spot
Washington, D.c. Times Staff and Wire Reports
Indy 500: Revving Up for War DONALD W. NAUSS, TIMES STAFF WRITER
The Little School District That Could BETTIJANE LEVINE, TIMES STAFF WRITER
U.N. Will Let Iraq Sell Oil for Humanitarian Supplies ROBIN WRIGHT, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Walesa Hails Reagan at Daylong Seminar MACK REED, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Track and Field Top Times & Marks : Girls' Track and Field
Around the Horn in Playoffs Chris Foster
Assembly OKs GOP-Backed Welfare Cuts MAX VANZI, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Supreme Court Strikes Down Law Targeting Gays DAVID G. SAVAGE, TIMES STAFF WRITER
2 Girls Face Charges in Apartment Fire From a Times Staff Writer
Season Over, but Caffrey Is Still Setting Records MIKE TERRY, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Virginia From Times Staff and Wire Reports
The Comforts of Home LIBBY SLATE, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
GOP Tries Moderation on Oregon Trail KIM MURPHY, TIMES STAFF WRITER
The Game of Life
Clinton's Efforts to Preempt GOP Give His Foes Pause RONALD BROWNSTEIN, TIMES POLITICAL WRITER
Movie Magic
Terrorist Risk to Americans in Croatia Is Linked to Iran JAMES RISEN and DOYLE McMANUS, TIMES STAFF WRITERS
Red-Legged Frog Is Added to List of Threatened Species MARLA CONE, TIMES ENVIRONMENTAL WRITER
Wilson Budgets $50,000 Grants to Public Schools RICHARD LEE COLVIN and DIANE SEO, TIMES STAFF WRITERS
Explosion Damages Building in Texas Housing FBI Office From Associated Press
Clinton Renews Favorable Trading Status for China NORMAN KEMPSTER, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Endeavour Astronauts Test Large, Inflatable Antenna From Associated Press
Years of Hard Jail Duty Take Toll on Deputies ERIC LICHTBLAU, TIMES STAFF WRITER
32 Arrested in Motorcycle Fraud Scheme TOM GORMAN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Ex-Tijuana Prosecutor Killed; Drug Cartel Suspected MARK FINEMAN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Punch Lines
BeoSound 9000, a Sleek CD Player Art Oddity LYNN SIMROSS, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
In a Techno Tizzy ERIC BILLITZER, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Reforms, Funds Urged to Ease Crowding PAUL FELDMAN and ERIC LICHTBLAU, TIMES STAFF WRITERS
In Celebration of Spirituality and Simplicity BERKLEY HUDSON, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
The Delicate Reminders of a Tortured Past BEVERLY BEYETTE, TIMES STAFF WRITER
BUSINESS
Sterling Healthcare to Be Sold to FPA Medical for $208.4 Million From Bloomberg Business News
UTA Still Struggles With Internal Discord CLAUDIA ELLER
Most Suits on Stock Declines Valid, Study Says From Bloomberg Business News
Taitron Cites Soft Demand for 1st-Quarter Sales Drop
First National of Ventura's Assets Leap 41% in Quarter BARBARA MURPHY
News of Iraqi Oil Deal Sends Dow Back Into Record Books From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Unlisted Lines Won't Get Automatic Caller ID Block From Times Wire Services
Other News Times Staff and Wire Reports
Retailing Times Staff and Wire Reports
Dental Care Is Headed for a Brush With High-Tech Barbara Marsh
International Remote Posts 48% Sales Increase
Other News Times Staff and Wire Reports
Hamburger Hamlet Names New Chairman PATRICE APODACA, TIMES STAFF WRITER
BioLase Technology Reports 1st-Quarter Loss
BioSource Acquires In-Vitro Product Line BARBARA MURPHY
News of Iraq Oil Deal Sends Dow Back Into Record Books From Times Staff and Wire Reports
15 Foreign Markets OK Xircom Modem Upgrade BARBARA MURPHY
Whittaker Corp. Expects Division to Lose at Least $3.3 Million LEO SMITH, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Company Town : DOMESTIC MARKET SHARE
Magazines Tout Oxnard as Tourist Destination BARBARA MURPHY
Mobile Companies Expand Travel Plans Barbara Marsh
Workshop to Offer Small-Business Owners Advice on Marketing LEO SMITH, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Health Times Staff and Wire Reports
Probe Is Bearing Down on Nasdaq SCOT J. PALTROW, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Company Town
Orman Chosen to Boost Lending at American Commercial Bank LEO SMITH, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
For the Record
ICN to Sell Prozac in Eastern Europe
Camera Platforms' Losses Show Increase
Xylan Agrees to Settle Patent Infringement Suit
Rival Firms' Cancer Drugs Show Promise BARRY STAVRO, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Technology Times Staff and Wire Reports
Banking & Finance Times Staff and Wire Reports
'Internet PCs' Find Major Backers, but Intel and Microsoft Remain Unsold JULIE PITTA, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Toys R Us Puts $18.7 Million in Its Piggy Bank From Times Wire Services
Executive Gets Multimillion-Dollar Send-Off Barbara Marsh
Banking & Finance Times Staff and Wire Reports
Iraqi Deal Good, but Not Dramatic, News for Drivers PATRICK LEE, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Education Council Honors 5 for Nursing Excellence BARBARA MURPHY
O.C. Ruling Keeps Ex-Spouses From Sharing Buyout Pay JAMES S. GRANELLI, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Carl's Jr. Drops Its Drippy Mystery House TV Ad GREG JOHNSON, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Landmark Bank Founder New TransWorld President BARBARA MURPHY
Sale of Coco's, Carrows Chains Nearly Complete GREG JOHNSON
U.S. Singles Out Big Retailers on Clothing Sales : Labor: J.C. Penney, Macy's among those rebuked for links to alleged sweatshops, including a Los Angeles knitwear firm. STUART SILVERSTEIN and GEORGE WHITE, TIMES STAFF WRITERS
What's Up, Dock? : Trucking Dispute Prompts Changes at Local Ports JEFF LEEDS, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Boyds Wheels Stock Rolls to 2nd Offering JOHN O'DELL, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Briefly
Mishap Keeps Sony in the Dark JAMES BATES
Judge Delays Deposition of Whistle-Blower in Tobacco Case MYRON LEVIN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Embracing Change Key to Successful Strategy 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 & Co. consultant and practice leader for the Strategic Management Consulting Practice of Price Waterhouse
Warner Bros., 2 Others Plan Spain Theater Chain
Miramax Reigns as the Grand Artiste of Cannes MARK SAYLOR, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Carl's Jr. Drops Drippy TV Spot Called Bad Taste GREG JOHNSON, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Ruling Prevents Ex-Spouse From Sharing Buyout JAMES S. GRANELLI, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Birtcher Returns to Commercial Construction JOHN O'DELL, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Camarillo PR Firm to Push People Magazine on Web BARBARA MURPHY
Lighting Company Hoping for Brighter 2nd Quarter
Doubletree Hotels Cited for Aid to Bomb Victims BARBARA MURPHY
Modern Scribe : Oral Historian Records Family Stories
ENTERTAINMENT
Ex-Tomboy Is a Hit in Several Mediums VIC EVERETT, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Mike Leigh Film Takes Top Festival Honors, Again KENNETH TURAN, TIMES FILM CRITIC
All-Pointers Bulletin : Singing Sisters Open With Their Version of 'Ain't Misbehavin' ' Tonight at Arts Center JON MATSUMOTO, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Choosing to Accept Just Part of TV's Original 'Mission' DANNY BIEDERMAN, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES; Danny Biederman is an author and screenwriter specializing in 1960s pop spy fiction. He wrote "The Best of James Bond" for EMI Publishing
At Benefit Meal, He Served Them Right MAX JACOBSON, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Fox's Fall Shuffle May Move 2 Top Shows to New Nights BRIAN LOWRY, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Lewitzky Presents Four Familiar Favorites VICTORIA LOOSELEAF, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
'Forgotten People' Shows Island of Cruelty ROBERT KOEHLER, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Weekend Box Office ELAINE DUTKA and SOURCE: Exhibitor Relations Co.
'Mission': Hang Tight : Superb Stunts and Suspense Star in an 'Impossible' Story KEVIN THOMAS, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Les Brown Still Commands a Band of Renown ZAN STEWART, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
'Valley Song' Takes Uneven Look at Post-Apartheid World LAURIE WINER, TIMES THEATER CRITIC
Arts and entertainment reports from The Times, national and international news services and the nation's press. ART BERMAN
'Cable,' 'Rock' in Disputes on Writing Credits ROBERT W. WELKOS, TIMES STAFF WRITER
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
Walesa Pays Tribute to Reagan's Legacy MACK REED, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Amgen Awards Two 4-Year Scholarships MIGUEL BUSTILLO
Task Force to Present Ormond Beach Plan ERIC WAHLGREN
Drug Arrest Prompts Revocation of License JOSE CARDENAS
Metrolink's Lethal Stretch of Railway to Be Fenced NICHOLAS RICCARDI, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Wilson Wants Crime Labs Upgraded DEXTER FILKINS, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Distinguished Poets Will Give Readings NICK GREEN
Council to Review City Budget Tonight JULIE FATE SULLIVAN
Volunteers / Helping hands ALAN EYERLY and DEBRA CANO and BILL BILLITER
Cities Share Costs, Boons of Economic Plan JEFF McDONALD, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Plan to Resume 5-Day Workweek Earns Praise MIGUEL BUSTILLO, TIMES STAFF WRITER
A Little Less Suffering in Iraq
Planners Object to Design of Apartments FRANK MANNING
Council OKs City Role in Government Group BILL BILLITER
New Library Tied to OK on Home Project TRACY WILSON, TIMES STAFF WRITER
$520,000 in Federal Funds Comes Through ENRIQUE LAVIN
More Enforcement at Risky Intersection ANDREW D. BLECHMAN
Roads to Be Resurfaced Near Kennedy High BILL BILLITER
Hearings Scheduled on New City Budget MIMI KO CRUZ
Community Center--and Good News--Are Unveiled BOB POOL, TIMES STAFF WRITER
School Board to Name Panel in Search for Superintendent
Man Robs Glendale Bank After Scaring Teller
Nominations Sought for Triunfo Awards NICK GREEN
Artists Sought for Fall Tour of Studios NICK GREEN
Informed Opinions on Today's Topics : Wage Plan Has Both Fans and Opponents ED BOND, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Medical Magnet School Will Get Permanent Home AMY PYLE, TIMES STAFF WRITER
It Couldn't Happen Here, Could It? Tom Plate, Tom Plate's column runs Tuesdays. His e-mail address is
Police Union Protests City's Cost-Conscious Plans DEBRA CANO
Making Inroads on Fractious L.A. Freeways SCOTT HARRIS
Volunteers / Helping hands : Heart Association Honors Officers ALAN EYERLY and DEBRA CANO and BILL BILLITER
UCI Medical Will Shut Down Laguna Beach Clinic, Lay Off 23 MICHAEL GRANBERRY, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Volunteers / Helping hands : City Needs Help With Annual Run ALAN EYERLY and DEBRA CANO and BILL BILLITER
Simpson Calls Himself a Victim of the Media ERIC SLATER and STEPHANIE SIMON, TIMES STAFF WRITERS
10 Years Ago Today . . .
The Contradiction That Isn't
IRS to Delay Tax for Woman, 71, Accused of Attempted Robbery
Prosecutors to Oppose Pratt's Bid for Hearing
Teachers Assail Plan to Withhold Raises, Vow to Seek Mediator
Plan to Add Planes at Base Focus of Forum KENNETH R. WEISS
Help Available for Those With Sight Loss
2 Teens Held in Fire Probe : Girls Suspected of Firing Rocket Onto Apartment Roof; Residents Sift Ruins THAO HUA and LORI HAYCOX, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Volunteers / Helping hands : Olympians Sought to Ride in Parade ALAN EYERLY and DEBRA CANO and BILL BILLITER
Tax Positions
Valley Secession
One More Song AL MARTINEZ
O.C. GOP Delays Ethics Action DAVID HALDANE, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Man Gets 65 Days for Threatening Daughter NICHOLAS RICCARDI
5 Schools Will Have Portables Installed ALAN EYERLY
School Proposals Raise Hopes and Questions JOANNA M. MILLER and ERIC WAHLGREN, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
LAPD Opens 60-Officer Substation in Chinatown
Metamorphosis
Democratic Leader Toledano Avoids Ouster LEN HALL, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Council Deletes Airport Funds From Budget JODI WILGOREN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Leaf Blowers
Metrolink to Erect Fences Along Tracks
Rape Suspect Denied Access to Police File PAUL ELIAS
Entrepreneurs Named Finalists in Contest TIM MAY
Conflict Between China and Taiwan
Prosecution of Cocaine Offenses
An L.A.-Valley Divorce Won't Hold Water ANTONIO ROSSMANN, Antonio Rossmann is a lecturer in water resources law at the UC Berkeley School of Law and legal counsel to Inyo County
Marrow Donor Drive Conducted at School KIMBERLY BROWER
Toland Road Landfill Gets Council Support TRACY WILSON
U.S. Sues Ranch Over Mudslide Damage PAUL ELIAS
More Bankruptcy Legal Fees Weighed SHELBY GRAD
Obituaries
Advanced Placement Students Celebrate TIM MAY
Anthony Corrente; Veteran, Retired Glazer
Johnny Watson, Pioneering R&B Guitarist, Dies MYRNA OLIVER, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Don't Force Lawyers to Join the State Bar SHAWN STEEL and PATRICK MANSHARDT, Shawn Steel is an attorney in Beverly Hills and treasurer of the California Republican Party. Patrick Manshardt is a staff attorney with the Individual Rights Foundation, a law project of the Los Angeles-based Center for the Study of Popular Culture
Turning Teaching Toward L.A.'s Global Future
Pinochle Players Can Bet on Fame
Board to Discuss Musick Jail Expansion SHELBY GRAD, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Curfew Measure OKd for Teens Under 18 MACK REED
$1-Million Gift Boosts Chapman's Growth Plans LESLEY WRIGHT
Anti-Gang Priest to Speak at High School ERIC WAHLGREN
Woman Held in Case of Missing Mom ANDREW D. BLECHMAN and SCOTT HADLY, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
District May Don Uniform Policy RUSS LOAR
Foundation's Grants Go to Schools, District DEBRA CANO
Disabled Students Flock to Cockatiel FRANK MESSINA
Overcrowded, Inefficient Jails a Top L.A. County Problem
Obituaries
FBI Seizes 2 Parcels of Land Owned by Russian Banker
Simpson Takes a Run at Media : He Levels Charges of Bias in College Speech That Ignores Details of Case ERIC SLATER and STEPHANIE SIMON, TIMES STAFF WRITERS
Radio Host's Death Linked to Equipment Dispute FRANK B. WILLIAMS, TIMES STAFF WRITER
CSUN Students Study Empathy Through Art KATE FOLMAR
Conversion to Metric System Inching Along SHELBY GRAD, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Red Line Construction
Opera Gives Discount to Subscribers of Failed Company
From Boys to Admen KATE FOLMAR, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Moorpark Gadfly Gets Probation in Attempted Assault PAUL ELIAS, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
2 Youths Who Battled Cancer Are Winners Indeed Jerry Hicks
Math Teachers Lauded for Inspiring Students ERIN TEXEIRA
Virtual Life
L.A. Blue Cross Names New Medical Director JOSE CARDENAS
Obituaries : Barton Heyman; 3 Words Won Character Actor Fame
Why Should Gays Have All the Fun? ROBERT SCHEER, Robert Scheer is a Times contributing editor. He can be reached via e-mail at
Family of Slain Record Executive Can Sue Lender GEOFF BOUCHER, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Suit Says MTA Was Overbilled $20 Million JON D. MARKMAN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
City Attorney Spells Out Who Can Act for L.A. in Legal Affairs
'American Experience' Means a Better Resume EMI ENDO, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Hollywood Success Story JOSEPH HANANIA, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
SPORTS
IOC Members Aren't Delighted by $200-Million Gift to Turner RANDY HARVEY, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Lemieux, Barrasso Return Pittsburgh to Health, Lead 3-2 Victory in Game 2 From Associated Press
Humiliation in the Humidity for the Angels MIKE DiGIOVANNA, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Boston's Bats Rout Oakland From Associated Press
Marlins Put Brown on the Disabled List Associated Press
This Day Just Wasn't What Lukas Had in Mind JOHN EISENBERG, THE BALTIMORE SUN
Candiotti: Dodgers Are Bad, Bad, Bad BOB NIGHTENGALE, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Youth Served on Pole Sunday SHAV GLICK
The 'Drummer' Marched to Different Beat Thomas Bonk
Fullerton's Slump Pays Off for Big West GEORGE DOHRMANN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Price Is Right--If It's $36 Million MARK HEISLER, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Magic's Grant Is Out for Game 2 MARK HEISLER
Seeding Has Northridge Taking the Fifth STEVE HENSON, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Ordonez Could Scoop Up Rookie Award BOB NIGHTENGALE
UCLA Men Reach Finals, but Women Fall to Florida From Associated Press
Utah Lets Victory Slip Away Against Seattle SCOTT HOWARD-COOPER, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Nostalgia Not in Boskie's Vocabulary MIKE DiGIOVANNA
Ramsey Hopes His Last Shot at Cup Isn't Blocked Helene Elliott
Ramirez Comes From Nowhere to Share Title with Chavez MARTIN BECK, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Poulson, Yorke Are Honored
Watch It, World, a Greene Machine Is on the Way MAL FLORENCE
Now There's Golf in Them Thar Coyote Hills STEVE KRESAL, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Titans, Long Beach Are Seeded Second LON EUBANKS, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Nostalgia Not in Boskie's Vocabulary MIKE DiGIOVANNA
Rookie, Jones Lead Atlanta in Rout From Associated Press
Driving Home a Point : Foyt Has a Message for Those Who Think They Are Bigger Than Indy SHAV GLICK, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Texas Impostor Enters Guilty Plea From Associated Press
San Marcos' Chavez, Damien's Ramirez Share Title MARTIN BECK, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Texas Impostor Enters Guilty Plea From Associated Press
Faith Healer : Butler Heads Into Today's Surgery With a Powerful Force on His Side RANDY HARVEY, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Back on Course : Esperanza's Hergert Isn't Allergic to Golf MARTIN BECK, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Sunny Hills Tennis Weathers Attrition, Remains Steady DAVE McKIBBEN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Valdes May Be Only 22 but He's a Mature Pitcher Allan Malamud
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