Archive for Tuesday, December 09, 1997

• Hotel Workers Oust Union in Narrow Vote

• Spectrum Center Adds Free Shuttle Service By Lisa Addison

• Anti-Smoking Dress Code May Be Official By Lisa Fernandez

• Emilio Pao; Retired Mechanic Was Born in Hawaii

• Fire Dept. Merger With County Goes to Voters

• Students Press L.A. Supervisors to Join Fight Against Child Labor By Duke Helfand

• Elderly Couple Bilked by ‘Gypsy’ Healers By Scott Steepleton

• Approval Expected on Old Town Projects By Dawn Hobbs

• Resource Center for Seniors Opens Doors By Lisa Addison

• ‘Seamless’ Effort Against Abuse Making Strides By Geoff Boucher

• Event Will Honor Volunteerism Leaders By Edward M. Yoon

• College to Lead 1-Day Adaptive Ski Trips By Edward M. Yoon

• China, Russia, Iran: Worrisome Pals By Tom Plate

• Ex-Bookkeeper of Comedy Club Given 4-Year Term

• Obituaries

• Chiropractic Center Organizes Food Drive By Julio V. Cano

• Actor Robert Downey Jr. Given 6-Month Jail Term By Robert W. Welkos

• Final Day to Enter Decorating Contest By Debra Cano

• Trying to Prove the Unprovable on Bob Dornan By Robert Scheer

• Parents to Meet on Alcohol and Gangs By Debra Cano

• Ohio Couple Granted Custody of Indian Twins By Daniel Yi

• County Weighs Action on Child Labor Issue By Duke Helfand

• Ruling Tonight on Secondary Education By Hope Hamashige

• A Blueprint for Workers’ Pride By Larry Gordon

• These Teachers Have It Down to a Science By Mimi Ko Cruz

• Youth Club Moving in a New Direction By Dawn Hobbs

• Physicist Admits Passing Laser Secrets to Chinese Scientists By Eric Lichtblau

• New Step in Food Protection

• School District Starts Its New Meeting Schedule By Lisa Addison

• Valley Subway a Pipe Dream, Leaders Agree By Hugo Martín

• Residents to Hold March Against Gang Violence

• 35 Paint Menorahs for Cuban Jews By Karla Perez-Villalta

• Construction of School to Ease Crowding to Begin

• El Toro Reuse Panel Details Urban, Park, College Options By Lorenza Munoz

• UCI Chancellor to Get Jewish Fund Award By Debra Cano, Lisa Addison, and Susan Deemer

• Pair Plead Not Guilty in Securities Case By Richard Warchol

• Teen Driver Crash Case Decision Delayed By Robert Ourlian

• Public to Get Three-Dimensional Preview of Community Center By Frank Messina

• 3 Suffer Injuries, Including 2 Firefighters, in Oxnard House Fire By Scott Steepleton

• Neonatal Unit to Host Patient Reunion By Dawn Hobbs

• Man Injured After Jumping From Car By Scott Steepleton

• Woman Convicted in Grandson’s Shaking Death By Andrew Blankstein

• Ex-Personnel Chief Offers Rebuttal in Walsh Suit Over Demotion By Jean O. Pasco

• UCI Center for Politics Sets Up a Web Site By Lisa Addison

• School Trustees to Decide Leadership By Lisa Fernandez

• Sealing of Accused Spielberg Stalker’s Case Is Part of Trend By Greg Krikorian

• $107-Million Bond Will Be Proposed to Repair Schools

• Hiatus From Rain Brings Business Back to Tree Lots By Miguel Bustillo, Kate Folmar, and Chris Chi

• Haun Ordered to Pay $202,400 for Her Defense By Tracy Wilson

• 1 Convicted, 1 Acquitted in CSUN Protest By Andrew Blankstein and Frank B. Williams

• Council May Limit Tattoo, Piercing Shops By Darrell Satzman

• Guilty Plea in Fatal Drunk-Driving Case By Greg Hernandez

• Police to Host Party for Neighborhood Kids By Bonnie Hayes

• Man in Hospital After Dangling From Tree By Bonnie Hayes

• Class-Size Reduction Effort Proves a Success By Lesley Wright

• Ventura Council Narrows Park Site List to 4 By Hilary E. Macgregor

• Release of Transcripts Blocked in LAPD Case

• Hiker Called Dedicated and Caring By Jose Cardenas

• District Staff Loses Online Access Over Porn Sites By Richard Winton and Amy Oakes

• Holland Convicted in Carjack-Murder of Elderly Woman By Scott Hadly

• City to Discuss Extent of Library Upgrade By Lesley Wright

• Jewish National Fund to Hear Rabbi Artson By Lisa Addison

• Welfare Effort, Visitor Bureau on Agenda By Debra Cano

• Schillo Has Idea to Shrink Project By Richard Warchol

• 2 Groups to Propose Tet Celebrations By John Pope

• City Sets Sights on Mighty Duck Outing By Debra Cano

• Hearing Will Address Size of Planned Lakes By Darrell Satzman

• Inappropriate Resting Place

• New Volunteers Help Ease the Anxiety and Confusion of a Court Summons By Tom Becker

• Preparation Pays Off in Season’s First Big Storm

• Consumers Can Track Energy Use on the Net By Debra Cano

• Winter Activities Brochure Available By Lisa Addison

• 3 Capistrano Unified Schools Named Blue Ribbon Winners By Susan Deemer

• City Hires Consultant to Seek Site for Well By Susan Deemer

• TOXIC DISCHARGES

• Car Agency Concession Contracts Approved

• Liebmann to Serve on Library Board By Dawn Hobbs

• 5 Paramedics Saluted for Saving Man, 75 By Debra Cano, Lisa Addison, and Susan Deemer

• Polytechnic School Selects New Director

• More Growth-Control Limits Proposed By Miguel Bustillo

• Obituaries

• 2 Men Plead Guilty in Attacks on Transvestites

• Jury Finds City Liable on Ambulance Service By Lesley Wright

• 2 Lancaster Men Charged in Alleged Racial Shooting By Claire Vitucci

• Sign-Up Underway for Coed Leagues By Julio V. Cano

• Family Trees By Karima A. Haynes

• Ways to Avoid Getting Taken When Giving By Claire Vitucci

• Teams May Face Fees for Unlighted Fields By Cathy Werblin

• Pupils Who Are 2000% Inspired By Jerry Hicks

• Plight of Seals, Sea Lions Stirs Public Outcry By Lisa Fernandez

• Suspiciously Like a Political Ad

• Fatal Shooting of 3 Women Leaves Friends Baffled By Michael Krikorian

• Edison to Address Council on Outages By Dawn Hobbs

• Proposed Movie Complex to Be Discussed at Meeting

• Schillo Has Idea to Shrink Ahmanson Ranch By Richard Warchol

• Fisherman Finds Body of Man Near Waterfront

• Police Wrestle, Arrest Armed Resident, 73

• Helping Jews in Cuba Celebrate Hanukkah

• Preservation Status Sought for Land By Richard Warchol

• Alert Market Workers Foil Robbery Attempt

• Hearing Scheduled on City Growth EIR By Nick Green

• Trustees to Discuss Newport Coast Growth By Liz Seymour

• ‘One-Stop’ Process for Business Permits OKd By Frank Messina

• Suspect Sought in Stabbing in Van

• Bedridden Woman, 92, Dies After House Fire By Claire Vitucci

• Freeway’s Future: 20 Minutes to Go 5 Miles By Jeff Kass

• Trustees to Vote on Attendance Boundary Issues By Lisa Fernandez

• Nicole Simpson’s Children, Parents Settle Fight Over Estate By Abigail Goldman

• Human Services Chief Ends a Long Career By Debra Cano, Lisa Addison, and Susan Deemer

• One Recipe for Getting Dates By Steve Harvey

• Bugel Tries to Play Down Threat of a Player Mutiny

• Lakers Respond a Little Too Late By Scott Howard-Cooper

• Recruits Face Uncertainty By Robyn Norwood

• Stockton’s Return Sparks the Jazz

• Robinson Seeks Tougher Play By Lonnie White

• Tough Practice, Softer Words By John Weyler

• OCC Men, Women Win Tournaments By Steve Kresal

• Injured Ayuso Questionable By Greg Sandoval

• Closs Confused by Playing Time By Chris Baker

• San Fernando Too Much for Poly, 89-78 By Michael Lazarus

• Looks as If Cowboys Don’t Have What It Takes Anymore

• Arizona Discovers the Road Isn’t So Terrible After All

• Matadors Get Perfect Score Entering Finals By Steve Henson

• Tough ‘Tender By Lonnie White

• Forum Booing Taken in Stride By Scott Howard-Cooper

• Edmond Uses Work Ethic to Establish Himself By Chris Foster

• Simple Green Bowl Outlook Is Anything but Simple By Steve Kresal

• Tar Heels Hire Torbush

• Race-Fixer Says There Was More By Bill Christine

• Hardaway Put on Injured List

• Greeting Is Cold One for Keenan’s Return

• These Days, It’s a Small World for Harvard-Westlake By Mike Bresnahan

• Duke Heads ACC Contingent

• Arizona Makes Some History

• Olympic Committee Asks FBI to Investigate Internet Site

• Internet Site Concerns USOC

• In other girls’ soccer games:

• Lofton Goes Back to Cleveland

• Former Capital Sings a Different Tune in Nashville By Helene Elliott

• THE HOT CORNER By Mike Penner

• Behind the Scene By Bill Plaschke

• Dodgers Bring Back Vizcaino By Jason Reid

• Eagles Open Their Season With Shutout

• Home May Be Where Chiefs’ Playoff Heart Is By T J. Simers

• Three Days After Football Loss, Hart Falls to Peninsula in Tournament

• They Said It

• They’re Not Stopping Short of Calling Him a Bargain By Randy Harvey

• Top To Bottom By Helene Elliott

• Wyatt Delivers for Chaminade By Paige A. Leech

• Umpires Told to Use Stopwatches to Time Breaks Between Innings

• Practice Adjusted for Finals By Tim Kawakami

• Visiting Coaches Are Right at Home

• Laguna Hills Must Go to La Mirada for Division VIII Final on Friday

• Sparks, StingRays Feud Anew By Earl Gustkey

• CRUISING BRUISER By David Wharton

• BOYS

• Visionary Dennis Has Bullish Plan for the Clippers By Mal Florence

• Trujillo Leads Westminster’s Late Rally

• Sprewell to Tell His Side Today By Steve Springer

• Clinton Meets With Wei Despite China’s Warning By Elizabeth Shogren

• British Farmers Have Bone to Pick Over Beef Ban By William D. Montalbano

• Model Children By Kathryn Bold

• Stuart Davis; Former Head of Great Western Financial By Myrna Oliver

• One Hurdle Remains for Abbamonto By Melanie Neff

• ATHLETES OF THE WEEK

• Controversy Consumed Lawrence–in Life, Death By Tony Perry

• Free-Trade Treaty Sought by Mexico, EU By James F. Smith

• Pregnancy Stands In for Project By Cynthia Richmond

• Maker of Gifford Clothes Arraigned

• Retreat Sidelines Man Who Made Champions of 49ers By Mary Curtius

• Jones Revises Claims, Money in Clinton Suit

• Satellite Photos Show El Nino May Be Ebbing By Robert Lee Hotz

• A Holiday Package of Political Tricks By Cathleen Decker

• White House Forwards More Donor Records By Glenn F. Bunting and Marc Lacey

• Dominica’s Support of Whaling Is No Fluke By Mark Fineman

• ATHLETES OF THE WEEK

• George Thomas; Founded L.A. Counseling Program for Abusers By Myrna Oliver

• With Frank in Goal, the Ball Stops Here By Michael Itagaki

• 14 Killed as Fire Guts Bank Tower

• High Court Won’t Block Woman’s Execution

• High Price of Coup Becomes Clear to Despairing Cambodia By David Lamb

• Oil Company Owes $18.1 Million for Spill, Jury Decides By Deborah Schoch and Scott Martelle

• Powell Says Affirmative Action Lowers Barriers

• Souter Clears Way for Alerts on Sex Offenders

• Dally Judge Quits After Drunk-Driving Arrest By Tracy Wilson

• In the Gloaming

• Plight of Sea Lions Sparks Calls for Changes in Law By Lisa Fernandez

• Pacific Symphony Chief to Take Post in Detroit By Chris Pasles and Zan Dubin

• Al Simms; Entertainment Industry Executive

• O.C. to Seek State Aid as Storm Costs Mount By Nick Anderson and Shelby Grad

• Welcome to the Life You Lead While You Are Sleeping By Cynthia Richmond

• Panel Chooses 36 in Hong Kong for Beijing Body

• Witnesses Say McVeigh Didn’t Refer to Nichols By Richard A. Serrano

• N.Y. Governor Proposes Transit-Fare Reductions

• As Hotbed for Drug Trade, Caribbean Nations Suffer By Mark Fineman

• No Plot Found in High School Slayings

• Rain-Related Sewage Spills Close Beaches By Shelby Grad and Liz Seymour

• Space Shuttle Flight to Mir Is Postponed

• VALLEY NEWSWATCH

• Stop ‘n’ Go

• ‘Deconstructing’ Here, Building There By Mark Ehrman

• Bob Bell; Played Bozo the Clown on Television

• Gonzalez Moves to the Front of the Line By Dave Mckibben

• HUD Opens Hotline to Benefit the Homeless

• Depositions Hid Biting Testimony By Marc Lacey

• 1st Female Premier Is Inaugurated

• Supreme Court Hears Copyright Dispute By David G. Savage

• Pint-Sized Punch Lines

• White House Turns Up the Heat in Battle for Nominee By Jonathan Peterson and Ronald J. Ostrow

• Ex-Envoy to Be Removed From Grave at Arlington By Paul Richter

• Punch Lines

• Pending Suit Over Ramsey Case Settled

• $18.1-Million Verdict in O.C. Oil Spill By Deborah Schoch and Scott Martelle

• Woman Not Amused, Sues Over Shape of Doughnuts

• Study Probes Uneven Damage in ‘94 Quake By Kenneth Reich

• GOP Leader Under Fire for Alleged Remark on Contested Latino Votes By Eric Bailey

• 100-Year-Old Drives Car Into Lake, Drowns

• Running Aground By Tony Perry

• TWA Recordings Show No Hint of Disaster By Eric Malnic

• Bush Fires Brought Under Control

• Global Warming Ad Series: Ultimate Target Seems Clear By James Gerstenzang

• Roy O. Greep; Endocrinologist and Scholar at Harvard

• Dr. Joseph Wolpe; Pioneer of Psychiatric Behavior Therapy

• Calvary Chapel Is Depleted, Not Devastated By Erik Hamilton

• Women in Construction Offers Scholarships By Barbara Murphy

• REGIONAL PEOPLE

• NATION/WORLD

• P&G Selling Duncan Hines Line to MBW

• Airlines in Asia Might Postpone Boeing Deliveries

• A New Maneuver By Denise Hamilton

• Peat Marwick’s Insurance Is Ruled Deficient By James S. Granelli

• 7-Eleven Shoppers’ IDs to Be Scanned By Eric Rimbert

• Preparations for El Nino Bear Fruit By Daryl Strickland

• Central Garden to Buy 3 Pet-Supply Firms

• Hilton Says Earnings to Be Less Than Expected

• Domestic Market Share

• Microsoft Forces New Game Plan at NewCom By Barbara Murphy

• Raid Shuts Down Fake Oakley Sunglasses Ring By Russ Stanton

• AT&T to Sell Back Its Stake in DirecTV By Sallie Hofmeister

• Union Organizers Make Gains in State By Stuart Silverstein

• Manufacturers Unveil Privacy Guidelines

• Stocks Mixed; Yields and Dollar Rise

• Single-Family House Sales Rise to a High for the ’90s By Barry Stavro

• Grants up to $4,000 Available to Home Buyers By Barbara Murphy

• Capital Pacific Plans Dana Point Sea-View Homes By (e. Scott Reckard)

• Appeals Court Hears Encryption Arguments By Greg Miller

• Counterfeit Oakley Sunglasses Seized By Russ Stanton

• Record Tivoli Income

• Times Senior VP to Head All Advertising Functions

• Litton Net Income Up 9% in 1st Quarter

• Entrepreneur-Scientist Nurtures Growing Biotech Companies By Leo Smith

• Are These Stocks on the Right Track? By Walter Hamilton

• Right Start Shows Wider Loss Despite Sales Increase

• Judge Finds Peat Marwick May Be Unable to Pay in Suit By James S. Granelli

• Stock Price Questioned

• Litton Industries to Buy Primark Unit

• Toll Will Lead Yorba Linda Development By E. Scott Reckard

• Despite ‘Serious Questions’ Judge to Let ‘Amistad’ Open By Claudia Eller and James Bates

• Advertising’s Growth Likely to Carry Into ‘98 By Diane Seo

• McInnes Ranch Industrial Park Lots Completely Sold By Barbara Murphy

• Stocks Mixed as Yields Rise; Dollar Climbs

• Xircom Opens Sales Office in South Korea By Barbara Murphy

• Visual Effects Company Hires 3 New Executives

• Stock Market Barometers

• ARV Names New CEO

• Oracle Profit Falls Below Expectations

• ALSO

• S&L Branch Closure

• Deposit Guaranty Names Top Bidder

• Chatsworth Products Opens Plant in Texas

• Spa at Ojai Valley Inn a ‘Well-Rounded Experience’ By Leo Smith

• Kip Inc. Wins Ventura Drain Repair Contract

• Quality Over Quantity By Russ Wiles

• Kaiser to Start Building Offices in Simi Valley By Barbara Murphy

• Conejo Valley Real Estate Improved Over October ‘96 By Barbara Murphy

• Spotlight: State’s Wines Appeal to Palate and Auction Goers

• Short-Term Treasury Rates Rise

• MORNING REPORT By Jerry Crowe

• Ensemble P.A.N. Takes Flight, With Touch of Jazz By Mark Swed

• HOLIDAY STAGINGS

• Guitarist, Flutist Give Balanced Recital By Josef Woodard

• Scrooge’s Nephew Spins a Familiar ‘Christmas Carol’ By Laurie Winer

• Song and Anecdote by Mezzo Guzman By Timothy Mangan

• ‘Evergreen’ Puts the Focus on Faith By Robin Rauzi

• Choreographer Ring Proves to Be an All-‘Weather’ Force By Victoria Looseleaf

• All-Stars Create Con-Fusion By Bill Kohlhaase

• A Satisfying Irony By Mark Chalon Smith

• Steiner Compels in Classical Portions By Susan Bliss

• ‘Jive Bomber’ Sings a Nisei Camp Story By Jana J. Monji

• CBS Faces an Age-Old Problem By Brian Lowry

• Magic and Mirth - ‘La Posada Magica’ takes a lively journey through the heart. By Don Shirley

• Watt Goes on Record By Mike Boehm

• Vets Make Case for Creativity By Don Heckman

• Slow Going at the Cineplex By Robert W. Welkos

• Magic and Mirth - A new version of ‘Happytime Xmas’ packs same riotous fun as 1989 original, about antics of abnormal family. By F. Kathleen Foley