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What happened on January 15, 1997
NEWS
The Marching Order : Frank Sulloway has spent the last 26 years working on his book about birth order and its effects on personality and behavior. But some experts say it's bunk. LYNN SMITH, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Entrepreneur to Give USC $35 Million KENNETH R. WEISS, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Tabloid to Return Photos of Slain Girl From Times Staff and Wire Reports
She Makes You Feel Like Dancing CANDACE A. WEDLAN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Checchi Edges Closer to Governor Race, Hires Strategists CATHLEEN DECKER, TIMES POLITICAL WRITER
Engine of Downed Plane Was Replaced From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Hearts and Minds PETER H. KING
Assembly Takes Up Flood Relief Issues MAX VANZI, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Christopher Sees U.S. Foreign Relations as Better Than He Found Them NORMAN KEMPSTER and TYLER MARSHALL, TIMES STAFF WRITERS
McDermott Will Quit Panel Over Speaker Flap EDWIN CHEN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Suit Seeks to Bar U.S. Sanctions for Prescribing Pot JENIFER WARREN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
An Idea That Goes Where Government Should Not Robin Abcarian, Robin Abcarian co-hosts a morning talk show on radio station KMPC-AM (710)
1,000 Buffalo Roam Away From Ranch From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Baby Whale's Condition Improves From a Times Staff Writer
1,500 Buffalo Roam Away From Ranch From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Balloonist Crossing Atlantic in Bid to Solo Around Globe Associated Press
Advice Whenever You Need It
Bitter Cold Is Sweetest Season for Russians CAROL J. WILLIAMS, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Fujimori Views Site of Rebel Stronghold From Times Wire Reports
South Korean Unions Disagree on Extending Strike From Times Wire Services
Shuttle Atlantis Links Up With Mir From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Serbian Government Appears to Concede Loss in Belgrade Voting LAURA SILBER, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Energy Department OKs Plan to Scrap Plutonium Surplus Reuters
Investigators Search Hermandad Offices NANCY CLEELAND and PETER M. WARREN and ESTHER SCHRADER, TIMES STAFF WRITERS
Clean-Air Debate Pits Economics, Science JAMES GERSTENZANG, TIMES STAFF WRITER
High Court Hears Challenge to Drug Test DAVID G. SAVAGE, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Letter Bombs Prompt U.N. Security Review CRAIG TURNER, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Baby Critically Injured in Stabbing Associated Press
Politician Goes on Trial for Genocide From Times Wire Reports
Raid Keeps Immigrants Seeking Citizenship Help on the Outside Looking In ESTHER SCHRADER, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Davis to Join Suit Seeking Damages From the Tobacco Industry
Records Seized at Immigrant Agency's Office NANCY CLEELAND and PETER M. WARREN and ESTHER SCHRADER, TIMES STAFF WRITERS
Avalanche Kills 3 Skiers Waiting Out Storm in Utah Associated Press
Auto Makers Shift Into New Gear PAUL DEAN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Convicted Child Molester Is Fired From Job After Barrage of Publicity DEXTER FILKINS, TIMES STAFF WRITER
President Lauds Pentagon Chief From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Simpson Defense Rests After Elder Daughter Testifies STEPHANIE SIMON, TIMES STAFF WRITER
U.S. Steps Up Military Linkage to Vietnam JIM MANN
Bosnia Reportedly Told Iran of U.S. Spy JAMES RISEN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
A Hawk Makes His Nest in a Prickly Peace MARJORIE MILLER, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Netanyahu, Arafat Agree on Long-Stalled Hebron Pullout REBECCA TROUNSON and MARJORIE MILLER, TIMES STAFF WRITERS
Ex-Postal Carrier Sentenced in Deadly Rampage From a Times Staff Writer
Medicare Plan Looks for Cure in Prevention ROBERT A. ROSENBLATT, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Guess Inc. to Move Much of L.A. Work South of Border STUART SILVERSTEIN and GEORGE WHITE and MARY BETH SHERIDAN, TIMES STAFF WRITERS
Burton Mocks Wilson With Modest Proposal--Make Poverty a Crime From Associated Press
A Bank-Robbing 'Army' of the Right Is Left in Tatters JUDY PASTERNAK, TIMES STAFF WRITER
U.S. Officials Visit WWII Wreck in China RONE TEMPEST, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Convicted O.C. Child Molester Fired From Job DEXTER FILKINS, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Punch Lines
The Travails of a Victorian House Husband : VICTORIA AND ALBERT: Their Love and Their Tragedies by Richard Hough; St. Martin's Press : $23.95, 240 pages JONATHAN KIRSCH, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Brushing Up on Brushing
Zinc May Help Zap That Cold of Yours PAMELA WARRICK, TIMES STAFF WRITER
SPORTS
Anderson Cleared of Rape Charges Associated Press
In Vero Beach, Sale Is Hot Topic MIKE CLARY, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Production Takes Swing at Baseball and History RANDY HARVEY
Girls
Will Selig Be Given a Longer Run on the Job? ROSS NEWHAN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Khristich Is Blake's All-Star Replacement LONNIE WHITE
Rucchin Line Drawing Rave Reviews ROBYN NORWOOD
Faith Healing : Braswell Still Counts Blessings Despite Loss of Father, Brother in First Season at Northridge JEFF FLETCHER, TIMES STAFF WRITER
No Rest for Minnesota Defense in Illinois' Win From Associated Press
Piazza Camp Strikes Out With Long-Term Request BOB NIGHTENGALE
Suns' Johnson Passes Milestone From Associated Press
New Ruling Won't Have Everyone Heading to the Bank WENDY WITHERSPOON, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Palmer Scheduled to Undergo Surgery Today for Cancer Associated Press
Penguins' Lalime Is Still Hot From Associated Press
Ervine Returns to Replace Fulton as Splash Coach MARTIN HENDERSON
Favre Deal Close but First, the Game
Hebert Deep-Sixes Van Nuys
Kings Escape From Detroit With a 3-3 Tie LONNIE WHITE, TIMES STAFF WRITER
In Dallas, There's Plenty of Blame to Pass Around MICHAEL WILBON, WASHINGTON POST
With Father in Court, Graf Has Own Trials From Associated Press
Rucchin Line Drawing Rave Reviews ROBYN NORWOOD
Martin Maintains Grip as a Starter CHRIS BAKER
Report: Falcons to Hire Reeves
Nature Calls : A Simple Challenge of Racing Along Winter Trails in Forest Gives These Athletes Happy Feet JOHN WEYLER, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Eligibility Rule for NBA Draft Choices Revised LISA DILLMAN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Bryant, Knight Rookie All-Stars SCOTT HOWARD-COOPER
Schottenheimer, Peterson to Return
New Yankee Wells Breaks Pitching Hand in a Fight From Staff and Wire Reports
Royal Shut Down in an Eye-Opener
Boys
Ragged Start Doesn't Dampen Sylmar Coach's Outlook
Former Sun Rising Again With His Son MIKE DOWNEY
No. 3 Woodbridge Dominates Newport Harbor MARTIN HENDERSON, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Hart Beats Burroughs Despite Foul Play DANA HADDAD, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Huntington Beach Edges Marina ERIC MADDY
Buena Accepts Gift in Mud, Cashes In Against Rio Mesa TRIS WYKES, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Race's Trails Paved by History--and Danger JOHN WEYLER
Cowboys' Accuser Gets Charged With Filing a False Police Report Associated Press
Rough Approach of Brooks Hides a Charitable Side THOMAS BONK, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Colt Owner Robert Irsay Dies at 73 From Associated Press
Cowboys' Accuser Charged With Filing a False Report From Staff and Wire Reports
Pitcher Hasegawa Puts His Own Spin on Future With the Angels ELLIOTT TEAFORD, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Kennedy Rises to Top in Transfer of Power STEVE HENSON, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Cleveland, Chevalier Getting High Marks STEVE HENSON, TIMES STAFF WRITER
BEFORE THE ROMAN NUMERALS : It Was 30 Years Ago Today That Only 61,946 Saw Packers Beat Chiefs at the Coliseum in 'World Championship Game' BOB OATES, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Pre-Holiday Snowstorms Set Stage for Peak Conditions BOB LOCHNER
Oak Park Seeking Four on the Floor TRIS WYKES, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Fenwick Lands First Recruit for Matadors
Calvary Chapel Gets Some Middle Relief
Horry Makes Presence Felt in Laker Debut SCOTT HOWARD-COOPER, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Moorpark Shot Down by Santa Paula, 76-59
Mater Dei's Castleton Commits to Brigham Young
Crescenta Valley Bags Muir in Trap PAIGE A. LEECH, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Cloak, Black Hat Not in Reinsdorf's Clothes Closet SHAV GLICK
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
Stepfather Convicted in Murder of Girl, 4 JOSE CARDENAS
10-4 Rides Again BOB POOL, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Groves May Be Sold to Raise Park Funds HILARY E. MacGREGOR
Rain Forecast but No Mudslides REGINA HONG
Pierce Hopes to Fund DNA Research Course SYLVIA L. OLIANDE
The Issue Is the Arena, Period
Braude Endorses Ex-Aide Miscikowski SHARON BERNSTEIN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Attack the Profit Motive, Not Case-by-Case Horror SUZANNE GORDON and TIMOTHY McCALL, Suzanne Gordon's latest book, "Life Support: Three Nurses on the Front Lines," will be published by Little Brown in March. Timothy McCall is a Boston internist and the author of "Examining Your Doctor: A Patient's Guide to Avoiding Harmful Medical Care" (Citadel Press, 1996)
First of 2 Hearings on Police Issues Is Today RUSS LOAR
Fund-Raiser Blooms With Cancer Society KATE FOLMAR
Trash Hauler Seeking Local Routes Is Probed DAVID ROSENZWEIG and MIGUEL BUSTILLO, TIMES STAFF WRITERS
People / Spotlight on achievers
Woman, 78, Dies After Collision With Truck GEOFF BOUCHER
New Funding Allows Sunday Library Hours JOHN CANALIS
People / Spotlight on achievers
County Suit Claims Irvine Plans Impede Airport Project From a Times Staff Writer
People / Spotlight on achievers
City, Clippers to Hold Hoop Skills Contest DARRELL SATZMAN
Newport Official Wins Seat on AQMD HOPE HAMASHIGE
Chemical Arms Pact: U.S. Holds Out at the Peril of All
Joint Meeting Set on Salvaging Port District HILARY E. MacGREGOR
Council OKs High-Rise Repair Plan
Let's Put a Stopper in It
Road Trips JEAN MERL, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Gov. Wilson on Adoption
Sentencing Ruling
Affordable Car Insurance
Moral Decline
Council Votes to Fight Newhall Ranch Project GREG SANDOVAL and DAVID R. BAKER, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Supervisors Say No to Additional Deer Hunts SHELBY GRAD
Political Channel
New South County Courthouse Gets Nod SHELBY GRAD, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Whitewater Probe to Hear Stein Testify JODI WILGOREN and DAVID WILLMAN, TIMES STAFF WRITERS
Old Towne Group Bids for Historic Status LESLEY WRIGHT
Date Set for Decision on Retrial in Teacher's Shooting
Fleiss' Sentence
Leontine 'Tweedy' Colla; Longtime Resident
Man Killed by Train Identified by Police DAVID HALDANE, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Circus Performance Will Benefit Children LORI HAYCOX
Artist-in-Classroom Program Revived HILARY E. MacGREGOR
Added Payoff Seen in Truancy Law
County Overrules Cities' Protest, OKs Golf Driving Ranges DAVID R. BAKER, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Police Warn Motorists After Officer Stabbed REGINA HONG
City Won't Require English Business Signs MIMI KO CRUZ
Rocketdyne to Train Soil Test Observers KATE FOLMAR
Library Lot to Be Paved, Landscaped DAVID R. BAKER
Vacant Lot to Become Park, Library Parking DADE HAYES
Councilwoman No Longer Missing, Officials Say
Bright Minds, Big City DARRELL SATZMAN, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Obituaries
Long Beach Is Moving From Bad to Boom Times, Mayor Says DOUGLAS P. SHUIT and JOHN COX, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
L.A.'s Own Brands of Parochialism PATT MORRISON
Clustered-Schools Idea Will Be Discussed CATHY WERBLIN
Return of the Pilgrim ROBERT A. JONES
Truck Traffic From Mexico Under NAFTA
Road Trip JODI WILGOREN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Shopping Center Remodeling Job Is Set for Spring LEN HALL
Officials Find Newhall Ranch Study Lacking DAVID R. BAKER, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
City Planning Panel Has New Chairman MIGUEL HELFT
Survey of Ventura County Businesses Forecasts an Upbeat 1997 MIGUEL HELFT, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
E. Coast News Museum Officials Woo L.A.
Slow, and Then Too Slow
John Wayne Airport Nears Legal Limit With 7.3 Million Passengers RENE LYNCH, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Leading a Fight for Rights BETTINA BOXALL, TIMES STAFF WRITER
A rotating panel of experts from the worlds of philosophy, psychology and religion offer their perspective on the dilemmas that come with living in Southern California.
Split City Council Repeals Daytime Curfew Ordinance BILL BILLITER
Man Slain by Deputy Was Holding a Pen, Officials Say
Oxnard Council Debates Fate of City Manager's Contract LORENZA MUNOZ, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Caltrans Institutes Safeguards Along Dangerous Road NICK GREEN, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
A Dream No Longer Deferred
Board to Study Plan for Development Next to Pitchess Jail TIMOTHY WILLIAMS, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Couple Killed as Plane Goes Down Near Banning
Blissful Silence Greets Plan to Provide Santa Paula With More Room to Grow NICK GREEN, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
'No One Can Keep You Down Unless You Bend Your Back' Olivet Cunningham teaches chemistry, physics and physical science at Inglewood High School. She lived in Montgomery, Ala., during the 1955 bus boycott that launched the civil rights movement. Here, Cunningham tells interviewer Mary Reese Boykin about that boycott, the role of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and life in Montgomery in that era
Students Get History Lesson in Mural Project MONICA VALENCIA
Former La Habra City Manager Dies From a Times Staff Writer
Jury Deadlocks Over Execution in Burn-Death Case ANNA CEKOLA, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Spanos Resurfaces 2 Days After Being Reported Missing EFRAIN HERNANDEZ JR. and ANDREW BLANKSTEIN, TIMES STAFF WRITERS
Toddler's Heart Handled With Care at CHOC MIMI KO CRUZ
Campus Gets a Name: Santiago Canyon MIMI KO CRUZ
Police Hope Truancy Law Takes Bite Out of Burglaries GREG SANDOVAL, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Walter O'Malley
Trash Firm Admits It Is Target of U.S. Probe DAVID ROSENZWEIG, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Jumping Through Hoops RUSSELL GOUGH, Russell Gough is a professor of philosophy and ethics at Pepperdine University, and the author of "Character Is Everything: Promoting Ethical Excellence in Sports" (Harcourt Brace). He can be reached by E-mail: rgough@pepperdine.edu
Secret Service Agent Denied Lower Bail in Sex Case
County Extends Permit for Remote High Desert Food Market THOMAS SCHULTZ, TIMES STAFF WRITER
County Parcels Being Considered for Annexation JOHN CANALIS
Liquid Nitrogen Spill Forces Evacuation
From Inner City to Igloos MAKI BECKER, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Vote Could Affect Police Chief's Future
Agreement Reached on Volleyball Tourney
Two Suspects Arrested in Church Burglaries GEOFF BOUCHER, TIMES STAFF WRITER
HMO Trend Demands Eagle-Eyed State Oversight JAMIE COURT, Jamie Court is the director of Consumers for Quality Care, a Los Angeles-based watchdog group
Suspect in Clerk's Slaying Arrested in Oakland Attic
Debit Cards Ease Financial Burdens in Jail THOMAS SCHULTZ, TIMES STAFF WRITER
City May Offer Refund of Utility Users Tax SYLVIA L. OLIANDE
Gen. Steiner, Gen. Agran: Defend Your Airport Positions Dana Parsons
Officer Kills Man After Break-In THAO HUA, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Renewal Begins at Stone Church : Crews Start Work at Mission San Juan Capistrano KIMBERLY BROWER, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Judge Backs Student on CSUN Web Dispute DADE HAYES
Hilbun Given 9 Life Terms for Rampage GREG HERNANDEZ, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Man Killed by Oxnard Police Was Not Armed SCOTT HADLY DAWN HOBBS and DARYL KELLEY, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
BUSINESS
What Next for Hughes? : Fullerton Complex With 2,400 Workers Still on the Block KAREN KAPLAN and DONALD W. NAUSS, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
AT&T Working to Regain Link With Satellite From Staff and Wire Reports
Former Exec Sues ICN for Harassment BARBARA MARSH, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Miramax Buys Sequel Rights to 'Total Recall' JAMES BATES
Kaiser to Combine Regional Divisions Times Staff and Wire Reports
Buena Vista to Buy Stake in HBO Ole, HBO Brasil Bloomberg News
DEC Wins $1.5-Billion Veterans Contract
Simulation Contract
Sprint, AT&T Big Winners in FCC Auction Times Staff and Wire Reports
NASD Likely to Offer Zarb Top Post Times Staff and Wire Reports
Koll Raises $120 Million for Acquisitions, Debts MELINDA FULMER, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
O.C. Tourism's 'Perfect' Solution--for Now MARLA DICKERSON, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Comprehensive's Loss
Intel Profit Leaps Beyond Forecasts as Sales Soar 41% JULIE PITTA, TIMES STAFF WRITER
News Corp. Launches Web Site in China Times Staff and Wire Reports
New Unit for Tivoli
Bay Networks Profit Off 74% Despite Revamp From Times Wire Services
U.S. to Study Prospects in Alaska Oil Reserve Times Staff and Wire Reports
Nextel Eliminates 'Roaming' Fees Times Staff and Wire Reports
What Next for Hughes? : GM Likely to Shift Ownership of Remaining Units KAREN KAPLAN and DONALD W. NAUSS, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Placer Dome Plans to Acquire Bre-X Minerals Times Staff and Wire Reports
Stickup Central DON LEE, TIMES STAFF WRITER
At a Glance: From Times Wire Services
At a Glance: From Times Wire Services
At a Glance: From Times Wire Services
At a Glance: From Times Wire Services
Inflation Data Spur Stocks Higher as Bond Yields Skid From Times Wire Services
Why the Bull Looks a Little Less Wild-Eyed TOM PETRUNO
Stocks Jump as Yields Sink; Gold Prices Slump Again From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Fuel, Food Costs Push '96 Inflation to 6-Year High JOHN M. BERRY, WASHINGTON POST
Forstmann Little Made Timely Exit From Cidco Debt
TV Show Bazaar Muted by Caution SALLIE HOFMEISTER, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Republic Buys Major Florida Car Dealer From Times Wire Services
Pay Issues Alter TV's Profit Picture BRIAN LOWRY, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Barnett Banks to Acquire Auto-Leasing Firm Times Staff and Wire Reports
Struggling StarBase Sees Shake-Up in Top Ranks GREG MILLER, TIMES STAFF WRITER
5 Customers Sue AOL Over New Unlimited Access Plan KAREN KAPLAN, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
$870,000 Awarded in Suit Alleging Assault by Boss JOHN O'DELL, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Lawsuit Accuses ICN's Panic of Harassment BARBARA MARSH, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Newport Lawyer Sentenced in Money-Laundering Case
Judge Orders Probe Into New Prudential Allegations SCOT J. PALTROW, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Bank by Mail Blues DON LEE, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Credit Unions on Edge Over Pending Court Ruling DON LEE, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Mid-Kern Energy in Crude Oil Venture Times Staff and Wire Reports
KLA Instruments, Tencor to Merge Times Staff and Wire Reports
O.C. Has a New Slogan--Now It Just Needs Money MARLA DICKERSON, TIMES STAFF WRITER
CST Entertainment Files for Chapter 7 Times Staff and Wire Reports
Applied Materials Files Suit Against ASM Times Staff and Wire Reports
ENTERTAINMENT
Arts and entertainment reports from The Times, national and international news services and the nation's press. SHAUNA SNOW
American String Quartet: Not Bound by Borders CHRIS PASLES, TIMES STAFF WRITER
'Coast' Visits Appealing Parts of U.S. HOWARD ROSENBERG, TIMES TELEVISION CRITIC
'Talented Tenth' Looks at Upper-Class Blacks F. KATHLEEN FOLEY, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Time's Right for Larry, Jerry Show HOWARD ROSENBERG
Swell Climate for Making 'Surfstory' ROBERT KOEHLER, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
A Well-Tempered 'Eye' CHRISTOPHER KNIGHT, TIMES ART CRITIC
Lukewarm 'Bathwater' JAN HERMAN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
They're on Track--and Offbeat ELAINE DUTKA, TIMES STAFF WRITER
The Inn Crowd BUDDY SEIGAL, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Dance Documentary Focuses on People Facing Mortality FRAZIER MOORE, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
'Creatures' Premiere to Benefit Wildlife
Prime-Time TV Rankings BRIAN LOWRY
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