What happened on September 15, 1996

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BOOKS

Just Grow Up! : THE SIBLING SOCIETY. By Robert Bly (Addison-Wesley: $25, 319 pp.) Mark Gerzon, Mark Gerzon is author of "A House Divided: Six Belief Systems Struggling for America's Soul" and "Listening to Midlife: Turning Your Crisis Into a Quest."
From Little Acorns . . . : THE SOUL'S CODE: In Search of Character and Calling. By James Hillman (Random House: $23, 334 pp.) Sven Birkerts, Sven Birkerts is the author of "The Gutenberg Elegies: The Fate of Reading in an Electronic Age" (Faber and Faber). He recently edited "Tolstoy's Dictaphone: Technology and the Muse" (Graywolf Press)
Trapped by Han : LAND. By Park Kyong-ni . Translated by Agnita Tennant (Kegan Paul International: $34, 617 pp.) K. Connie Kang, K. Connie Kang is a Times staff writer and the author of "Home Was the Land of Morning Calm: A Saga of a Korean American Family" (Addison-Wesley, 1995)
A Well-Behaved Bigot : ABOUT SCHMIDT. By Louis Begley (Alfred A. Knopf: $23, 320 pp.) Thomas Hines, Thomas Hines is a writer and attorney
Nonfiction Chris Goodrich
Fiction Chris Goodrich
Fiction Chris Goodrich
Fiction Chris Goodrich
Fiction Chris Goodrich
Nonfiction Kristine McKenna
Connecting the Dots, by Maxine Kumin
Prose at the Point of a Scalpel : I WANT TO THANK MY BRAIN FOR REMEMBERING ME. By Jimmy Breslin (Little, Brown: $22.95, 219 pp.) RICHARD EDER
ERNESTINE & AMANDA. By Sandra Belton (Simon & Schuster: $16, 150 pp., ages 8-12) : WRESTLING STURBRIDGE. By Rich Wallace (Knopf: $16, 133 pp., ages 12-17) : MOON WINDOW. By Jane Louise Curry (McElderry Books: $16, 170 pp., ages 10-14) KAREN STABINER
'Westward I Go Free . . . ,' Henry David Thoreau : THE WEST: An Illustrated History. By Geoffrey C. Ward (Little, Brown: $60, 446 pp.) Russell Frank, Russell Frank is a folklorist and journalist who spent 11 years writing about the West while living in California's Mother Lode region. He worked briefly as a researcher on the television version of "The West" and now lives in central Pennsylvania
Romancing the Giant : THE GIANT'S HOUSE: A Romance. By Elizabeth McCracken (The Dial Press: $19.95, 259 pp.) Antonya Nelson, Antonya Nelson is the author of "Talking in Bed," a novel, and three collections of short stories
Legal Lynching: Racism, Injustice & the Death Penalty. By Jesse Jackson (Marlowe; $22.95, 224 pp.) John Balzar
Home Is Where the Heart Breaks : WE WERE THE MULVANEYS. By Joyce Carol Oates (Dutton: $24.95, 432 pp.) Beverly Lowry, Beverly Lowry is author of the nonfiction book, "Crossed Over, a Murder, a Memoir." Her most recent novel is "The Track of Real Desires" (Knopf). She lives in Washington, D.C

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Small Screen, Big Headaches Brian Lowry, Brian Lowry is a Times staff writer. He has also written a book about "The X-Files."
Brian Grillo's Got a Real HIV-Positive Attitude Steve Hochman
'ATLiens' Landing
The Wilson Manifesto, Part 2 Don Shirley, Don Shirley is a Times staff writer
Two Screenwriters Cook Up One 'Big' Entree David Kronke, David Kronke is a frequent contributor to Calendar
Album Spotlight Don Heckman
Suddenly Screwball Jeannine Stein, Jeannine Stein is a staff writer for The Times' Life & Style section
LACMA Gets to the Meat of an Iconoclast's Work Suzanne Muchnic, Suzanne Muchnic is The Times' art writer
Trek Tidbits
The Doctor Is Out Greg Braxton, Greg Braxton is a Times staff writer. Times Staff Writer Brian Lowry contributed to this story
Networks Hit Net to Promote New Shows Jaclyn Easton, Jaclyn Easton is the host of "Log On U.S.A.," which airs Wednesdays on KIEV-AM 870
Having His Say Jan Breslauer
His Grandfather's Kabuki Teresa Watanabe, Teresa Watanabe is The Times' Tokyo bureau chief. Megumi Shimizu of the bureau contributed to this story
Ties That Bind Jane Hall, Jane Hall is a Times staff writer
Soft Feelings, Hard Edge Sara Scribner, Sara Scribner is an occasional contributor to Calendar
Bella Lewitzky's Unchoreographed Future Diane Haithman, Diane Haithman is a Times staff writer
Prog-Rock 'Supernatural': Well, the Packaging Is Nice Robert Hilburn
Do You Love Dreams? Kristine McKenna, Kristine McKenna is a regular contributor to Calendar

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Movie Ushers Hillary Broome
To A Higher Office
References On Request Hillary Broome
Tours Du Jour
Overpaid Stars
Surfer's Paradise Pilar Viladas
Jfk Jr.
If It Doesn't Move GRILL IT Mary Melton, Mary Melton is the magazine's research editor
Forever Cool Colman Andrews
Miller's Outpost S. IRENE VIRBILA
Los Angeles, Bound Mary McNamara
Topanga: A Bad Rap?
Red Car Atlantis Mary Melton
Topanga: a bad rap?
Now, Gentle Readers, On to the Matter of Hollywod Manners and Commerce... Verlyn Klinkenborg, Verlyn Klinkenborg is the author of "Making Hay" and "The Last Fine Time." His last poece for the magazine was a profile of Martha Stewart. He lives in Housatonic, Mass., and considers himself a consummate Hollywood outsider
The Call of the Pickup Truck JOHN BALZAR, John Balzar is a Times national correspondent. He once owned a 1937 Chevrolet pickup but now drives a Honda Civic
Masonic Values

OPINION

Subway Money: Fat Era Ends, and L.A.'s Got to Go to Work
The Phil Takes a Bold Mix to Paris
Mexicans Send an Upbeat Message FRANK del OLMO, Frank del Olmo is assistant to the editor of The Times and a regular columnist
November Choice
Hollywood
Iraq Fighting
Where Have All the Liberal Voices Gone? Robert G. Beckel, Robert G. Beckel, a political analyst, served as campaign manager for Walter F. Mondale in 1984
Playing Puppet Master to Science
U.S. Business Could Help Undercut China's Internet Controls Michael Clough, Michael Clough is a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations and a research associate at the Institute of International Studies, UC Berkeley
In Cambodia, as in Bosnia, Issue Is Punish or Pardon Floyd Abrams and Diane F. Orentlicher, Floyd Abrams, a constitutional lawyer and professor of First Amendment law at the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism, and Diane F. Orentlicher, law professor and director of the War Crimes Research Office at American University, are the authors of "Kampuchea: After the Worst" (Lawyers' Committee for Human Rights)
Album Banned
Lawsuit Fees
MTA 20-Year Plan and Bus Service
An Antimissile Defense? You See It Only in Movies Gregg Easterbrook, Gregg Easterbrook is a contributing editor of the Atlantic Monthly. His most recent book is "A Moment on the Earth: The Coming Age of Environmental Optimism" (Viking)
The Truth About Crime Michael A. Males, Michael A. Males, a social ecology doctoral student at UC Irvine, is the author of "The Scapegoat Generation: America's War on Adolescents" (Common Courage Press)
Ernesto Zedillo Sergio Munoz, Sergio Munoz is an editorial writer for The Times. He interviewed Ernesto Zedillo in the president's office in Mexico City
Dole Hurt by Loss of Nerve in GOP Congress Mary Matalin, Mary Matalin, co-author of "All's Fair: Love, War and Running for President" (Random House/Simon & Schuster), is host of "The Mary Matalin Show" on CBS radio. She served as deputy campaign manager for George Bush in 1992
And the Dependency Court Shall Lead Them . . . Charles L. Lindner, Charles L. Lindner is a past president of the Los Angeles Criminal Bar Assn. He sat as a part-time Juvenile Court referee for eight years
Court Placement of Abused Children
Nutritious Meals in L.A. School Cafeterias
As the Great Tocqueville Never Said JOHN J. PITNEY Jr., John J. Pitney, Jr. is associate professor of government at Claremont McKenna College. E-mail: jpitney@mckenna.edu
The Criminalization of the Latino Identity Makes Fighting Gangs That Much Harder David E. Hayes-Bautista and Gregory Rodriguez, David E. Hayes-Bautista and Gregory Rodriguez, associate editors at Pacific News Service, are, respectively, executive director of the Alta California Research Center and research fellow at the Pepperdine Institute for Public Policy

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What happened on September 15, 1996

TRAVEL

Artful Dodgers: Quoted Hotel Rates May Not Include Tax CHRISTOPHER REYNOLDS, TIMES TRAVEL WRITER

Best London Hotels, Pound for Pound CHRISTOPHER REYNOLDS TIMES TRAVEL WRITER

Balkan Surprise HELMUT KOENIG, Koenig is the author of Fodor's "Yugoslavia," published 1991

Uffizi Gallery Tries Out Reservations ASSOCIATED PRESS

Services Expanding to Keep Lines Afloat SHIRLEY SLATER and HARRY BASCH

Children's Adventures at the Zoo EILEEN OGINTZ

Postpile: The Devil Made Them Do It JOHN McKINNEY

3 New, Notable--and Pricey--Hotels Christopher Reynolds

A Buzz of New Restaurants JOHN WHITLEY, Whitley is associate editor of the London newsmagazine "The Week" and the former restaurant critic of the Daily Telegraph

Archeology, Ancient Art in South Africa KARIN DOMINELLO, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Canoe Beginnings JAMES NELSON, Nelson is a Whittier-based freelance writer

BOOKS

Just Grow Up! : THE SIBLING SOCIETY. By Robert Bly (Addison-Wesley: $25, 319 pp.) Mark Gerzon, Mark Gerzon is author of "A House Divided: Six Belief Systems Struggling for America's Soul" and "Listening to Midlife: Turning Your Crisis Into a Quest."

Trapped by Han : LAND. By Park Kyong-ni . Translated by Agnita Tennant (Kegan Paul International: $34, 617 pp.) K. Connie Kang, K. Connie Kang is a Times staff writer and the author of "Home Was the Land of Morning Calm: A Saga of a Korean American Family" (Addison-Wesley, 1995)

A Well-Behaved Bigot : ABOUT SCHMIDT. By Louis Begley (Alfred A. Knopf: $23, 320 pp.) Thomas Hines, Thomas Hines is a writer and attorney

Nonfiction Chris Goodrich

Fiction Chris Goodrich

Fiction Chris Goodrich

Fiction Chris Goodrich

Fiction Chris Goodrich

Nonfiction Kristine McKenna

Prose at the Point of a Scalpel : I WANT TO THANK MY BRAIN FOR REMEMBERING ME. By Jimmy Breslin (Little, Brown: $22.95, 219 pp.) RICHARD EDER

ERNESTINE & AMANDA. By Sandra Belton (Simon & Schuster: $16, 150 pp., ages 8-12) : WRESTLING STURBRIDGE. By Rich Wallace (Knopf: $16, 133 pp., ages 12-17) : MOON WINDOW. By Jane Louise Curry (McElderry Books: $16, 170 pp., ages 10-14) KAREN STABINER

Romancing the Giant : THE GIANT'S HOUSE: A Romance. By Elizabeth McCracken (The Dial Press: $19.95, 259 pp.) Antonya Nelson, Antonya Nelson is the author of "Talking in Bed," a novel, and three collections of short stories

Legal Lynching: Racism, Injustice & the Death Penalty. By Jesse Jackson (Marlowe; $22.95, 224 pp.) John Balzar

Home Is Where the Heart Breaks : WE WERE THE MULVANEYS. By Joyce Carol Oates (Dutton: $24.95, 432 pp.) Beverly Lowry, Beverly Lowry is author of the nonfiction book, "Crossed Over, a Murder, a Memoir." Her most recent novel is "The Track of Real Desires" (Knopf). She lives in Washington, D.C

NEWS

Legend of Monstrous Catfish in East Texas Lake Lures Veteran Angler SUE ANNE PRESSLEY, WASHINGTON POST

Japanese Boy Sails Alone to San Francisco MARTHA IRVINE, ASSOCIATED PRESS

Juliet Prowse; Actress, Dancer on Stage, TV and Film BOB POOL, TIMES STAFF WRITER

In Training : For the Men and Women Who Run Steam Locomotives, Learning the Vanishing Craft Is a Dream Come True ERIC MALNIC, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Surfers Territorial About Their Waters LEN HALL, TIMES STAFF WRITER

The First Day Is the Hardest for Nervous New Teacher DEB RIECHMANN, ASSOCIATED PRESS

Rosa Parks Receives Medal in Oval Office From Times Staff and Wire Reports

O.C. Dist. Atty. Capizzi: Trials and Tribulations KEN ELLINGWOOD, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Bosnian Elections Reaffirm Massive Ethnic Divisions TRACY WILKINSON, TIMES STAFF WRITER

FAA Drops Cruise Baggage Inspections From Times Staff and Wire Reports

Most Likely to Steal a Show SUSAN KING, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Ailing Pope Will Undergo Appendectomy, Vatican Says From Times Wire Services

'Hanussen' Sheila Benson

Will the Wolf Survive? Yes, Biologists Find LOUIS SAHAGUN, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Dole Pays Christian Coalition a Surprise Visit GEBE MARTINEZ, TIMES STAFF WRITER

A Hard Lesson in Bilingual Education RICHARD LEE COLVIN, TIMES EDUCATION WRITER

HUD to Grant $675 Million to Programs for Homeless Associated Press

Clinton Declares Disaster in Pennsylvania Areas Reuters

'The Hairdresser's Husband' Michael Wilmington

1,700 Mexican Homes Damaged in Hurricane's Wake Times Wire Services

Utility Sues Cancer Patient for $267,885 From Times Staff and Wire Reports

50 Vie for Pageant Title, and Public Votes From Associated Press

Bicyclist, 71, Closes In on 100,000 Miles After Slow Start Associated Press

U.S. Failed to Assist Plan to Block Kurdish Infighting ROBIN WRIGHT, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Kansan Takes Crown in Miss America Pageant From Associated Press

Yeltsin Hospitalized as Surgery Is Delayed CAROL J. WILLIAMS, TIMES STAFF WRITER

All the President's Stagehands PETER H. KING

Florida State University Is No. 1 as Party School Associated Press

Simpson Trial: Deja Vu With a Difference STEPHANIE SIMON, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Hussein in a 'Straitjacket,' Clinton Asserts ROBIN WRIGHT and FAYE FIORE, TIMES STAFF WRITERS

Robber Killed by Accomplice in Botched Holdup Associated Press

Baptized Baby Critical After Near-Drowning Associated Press

It's the Early Birds Who Catch the Waves at Trestles LEN HALL, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Exile Reclaims Childhood in Visit Home ROXANA HEGEMAN, ASSOCIATED PRESS

NASA Will Launch Psychological Study of Space on Next Mir Mission MARCIA DUNN, ASSOCIATED PRESS

Commuting With Junior Can Work for Everyone LYNN SMITH, TIMES STAFF WRITER

PBS Journeys From the First World War to the Next Election KATHLEEN CRAUGHWELL, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Atlantic Ocean Becoming the Wrong Place for the Right Whales MICHAEL TIGHE, ASSOCIATED PRESS

Special Orders JON MATSUMOTO, Jon Matsumoto is a frequent contributor to Calendar and TV Times

Autumnal Alterations SUSAN KING, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Painful Memories, Fear Come Flooding Back for Nomadic Voters DEAN E. MURPHY, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Ford, UAW Talks Continue Past Deadline DONALD W. NAUSS, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Baja Police Chief Slain After Vowing Shake-Up ANNE-MARIE O'CONNOR and MARY BETH SHERIDAN, TIMES STAFF WRITERS

Big-Screen Deja Vu : NETWORKS AND CABLE OFFER VERSIONS OF 'EMMA,' 'IN COLD BLOOD,' 'HUNCHBACK' AND YES, 'THE SHINING' JON MATSUMOTO, Jon Matsumoto is a frequent contributor to Calendar and TV Times

Shari Shattuck's Character Comes Clean NANCY M. REICHARDT

Four-Star Films : 'The Heiress' Michael Wilmington

Cambodian King Gives Khmer Leader Amnesty Associated Press

Inspector Is Never Bored on the Boardwalk JOHN CURRAN, ASSOCIATED PRESS

10-Minute AIDS Test Found Accurate From Times Staff and Wire Reports

TURN ON, TUNE IN OR MISS OUT : PBS discovers 'The West'; NBC reserves a 'London Suite'; HBO congas with Gloria Estefan in Miami STEVEN LINAN, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Cable's Different Strokes LYNNE HEFFLEY, TIMES STAFF WRITER