What happened on June 29, 1997

BOOKS

Carousel By Richard Eder
Chairman Mao: I'll Never Forget You By Yang Li
Reading L.a.
An American Original By Richard Howard, Richard Howard is a poet, translator and critic who teaches in the writing program at Columbia University
Profile in Courage By Perry Link, Perry Link is the author of "Evening Chats in Beijing: Probing China's Predicament" and is a professor of East Asian Studies at Princeton University
A Hero of Our Times By Arthur Miller, Arthur Miller staged his play, "Death of a Salesman," in Beijing in 1983
The Kowloon-Canton Railway By Yu Kwang-chung
China's Tradition of Dissent By Orville Schell, Orville Schell is the author of numerous books about China. He is the dean of the graduate school of journalism at UC Berkeley
The Uses of Confucius By Benjamin A. Elman, Benjamin A. Elman is the author of "Classicism, Politics and Kinship: The Ch'ang-chou School of New Text Confucianism in Late Imperial China." He is a professor of Chinese history at UCLA and the director of the Center for Chinese Studies at UCLA
High Anxiety By Gordon H. Chang, Gordon H. Chang is the author of "Friends and Enemies: The United States, China and the Soviet Union: 1948-1972." He teaches in the history department at Stanford University
The Gonif of Gonzo By Paul Krassner, Paul Krassner is the publisher of the countercultural journal The Realist and the author of numerous books, including his latest collection of satiric sketches, "The Winner of the Slow Bicycle Race" now in paperback from Seven Stories Press. His album, "Brain Damage Control," will be released in July by Mercury Records
Eros Denied By Carolyn Wakeman, Carolyn Wakeman is co-author with Harry Wu of "Bitter Winds: A Memoir of My Years in China's Gulag" and is an assistant professor of journalism and international studies at UC Berkeley
Fiction PLUM ISLAND by Nelson DeMille. (Warner: $25...
Practical Idealist By George Stephanopoulos, George Stephanopoulos is former senior advisor to President Clinton and an ABC News analyst who appears on "This Week."

NEWS

ENTERTAINMENT

Still Buddy Buddy By Charles Champlin, Charles Champlin is an occasional contributor to Calendar
Rock 'n' Roll Coochie Coo By Chuck Crisafulli, Chuck Crisafulli is a frequent contributor to Calendar
From Coalhouse to Hot Stuff By Sean Mitchell, Sean Mitchell is a frequent contributor to Calendar
They Weren't Always the Killing Fields By Stanley Meisler, Stanley Meisler is a staff writer in The Times' Washington bureau
The First Gangster By Ann Hornaday, Ann Hornaday is the film critic for the Austin American-Statesman
Duet for One By Don Heckman, Don Heckman is The Times' jazz writer
Tate Donovan / Actor-musician By Steve Hochman
How Many Producers Is Too Many? By Judy Brennan, Judy Brennan is a frequent contributor to Calendar
One for the Ages By Steve Schmidt, Steve Schmidt is a writer based in Westwood
Talk About Babied Actresses By Susan King, Susan King is a Times staff writer
Seeking Room to Celebrate By Don Shirley, Don Shirley is a Times staff writer
A Sound as Magnetic as Hong Kong Itself By Mark Swed, Mark Swed is The Times' music critic
Artist of the Portrait By Kristine Mckenna, Kristine McKenna is a regular contributor to Calendar
Long And Winding Road By Robert Hilburn
Very Definitely Oasis By Robert Hilburn
Prodigy Burns Down Barriers Dividing Rock, Hip-Hop, Dance By Robert Hilburn
In Brief By Cheo Hodari Coker
In Brief By Steve Hochman
In Brief By Sandy Masuo
In Brief By D. James Romero
Whole Lotta Love By Jerry Crowe
Chart Watch
Album Review

BUSINESS

FOOD

How Do They Get the Sausage Into the Sausage? By Joan Drake
Case Law By Russ Parsons, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Family Links By Barbara Hansen, TIMES STAFF WRITER
A Palette for His Palate By Charles Perry, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Finds By Russ Parsons
Hot Dog Maker Tells All By Shoshana Goldberg, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Recycling the Potato Salad By Abby Mandel, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES; Mandel's latest book is "Celebrating the Midwestern Table" (Doubleday & Co., 1996)

CALIFORNIA | LOCAL

OPINION

Inefficient? Never on a Conspiracy By Richard White, Richard White is a professor of history at the University of Washington
Civil Service Loses Its Innocence By Xandra Kayden, Xandra Kayden, a political scientist at UCLA's School of Public Policy and Social Research, is author of "Surviving Power" (Free Press.)
California Becoming a Favorite Chinese Investment By Joel Kotkin, Joel Kotkin, a contributing editor to Opinion, is a public-policy fellow at the Pepperdine Institute of Public Policy and at the Pacific Research Institute
An End to Humiliation By Maurice Meisner, Maurice Meisner is a professor of history at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His most recent book is "The Deng Xiaoping Era: An Inquiry into the Fate of Chinese Socialism" (Hill & Wang)
Why London Sizzles as Paris Fizzles By Adrian Wooldridge, Adrian Wooldridge, West Coast bureau chief of the Economist, is the co-author of "The Witch Doctors: Making Sense of the Management Gurus" (Times Books)
After Elections, Politics Will Never Be the Same By Rolando Cordera Campos, Rolando Cordera Campos is a political economist and the director of the weekly TV show "Nexos."
Forget the Free World, Can Clinton Control the Story? By Suzanne Garment, Suzanne Garment, a contributing editor to Opinion, is a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute. She is the author of "Scandal: The Culture of Mistrust in American Politics" (Times)
The Real Roswell Skinny By Bruce Mccall, Bruce McCall is a regular contributor to the New Yorker. His memoir, "Thin Ice: Coming of Age in Canada" (Random House), is out this month
Xavier Becerra By Harold Meyerson, Harold Meyerson is executive editor of L.A. Weekly and a member of the editorial board of Dissent. He interviewed Rep. Xavier Becerra in the congressman's office in Washington
Nail Down the Tobacco Deal
A Realistic Step for Medicare
As British Leave, Hong Kong Leaps Into the Unknown
Where Do We Bury McVeigh? By Alexander Cockburn, Alexander Cockburn writes for the Nation and other publications
Who Remembers the Invasion of Catalina? By Frank Del Olmo, Frank del Olmo is assistant to the editor of The Times and a regular columnist

REAL ESTATE

Golden State
Ex-Police Chief Stakes Out Beach By Ruth Ryon, TIMES STAFF WRITER
'60s Home Grows on Them By Kathy Price-robinson, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES; Kathy Price-Robinson is a freelance writer who has written about remodeling for eight years
Not Perfect? Freddie Mac Wants You By Kenneth R. Harney, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Air-Conditioning Lack Frosts Tenant By Kevin Postema, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Garden Events
Begonias Thrive in Coastal Climate By Robert Smaus, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES

SPORTS

MAGAZINE

The Four Level By Sue Mcallister
The Finest of References By A. Grey Le Cuyer
Ofishl Bizness By Daniel Nussbaum
Why Dick Clark Can't Say 'So Long.' By Steve Pond, Steve Pond has written about music and pop culture for Rolling Stone, Premiere and other national publications
9 Lives By Robin Wright, Robin Wright, based in Washington, D.C., covers global affairs for The Times. Her last article for the magazine was a profile of Army legend Alfred M. Baker
Clean Dreams By Louise Rafkin, Louise Rafkin is the author of "Dust to Dust: A Cleaning Odyssey," to be published by Algonquin Books in Chapel Hill, N.C
Hot Days, Hot Pants
Steaking Out the Southland By Charles Perry

TRAVEL

What happened on June 29, 1997

BOOKS

Carousel By Richard Eder

An American Original By Richard Howard, Richard Howard is a poet, translator and critic who teaches in the writing program at Columbia University

Profile in Courage By Perry Link, Perry Link is the author of "Evening Chats in Beijing: Probing China's Predicament" and is a professor of East Asian Studies at Princeton University

A Hero of Our Times By Arthur Miller, Arthur Miller staged his play, "Death of a Salesman," in Beijing in 1983

China's Tradition of Dissent By Orville Schell, Orville Schell is the author of numerous books about China. He is the dean of the graduate school of journalism at UC Berkeley

The Uses of Confucius By Benjamin A. Elman, Benjamin A. Elman is the author of "Classicism, Politics and Kinship: The Ch'ang-chou School of New Text Confucianism in Late Imperial China." He is a professor of Chinese history at UCLA and the director of the Center for Chinese Studies at UCLA

High Anxiety By Gordon H. Chang, Gordon H. Chang is the author of "Friends and Enemies: The United States, China and the Soviet Union: 1948-1972." He teaches in the history department at Stanford University

Eros Denied By Carolyn Wakeman, Carolyn Wakeman is co-author with Harry Wu of "Bitter Winds: A Memoir of My Years in China's Gulag" and is an assistant professor of journalism and international studies at UC Berkeley

Practical Idealist By George Stephanopoulos, George Stephanopoulos is former senior advisor to President Clinton and an ABC News analyst who appears on "This Week."

NEWS

Should We Apologize for History? By Sam Fulwood Iii, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Crimes of Fashion By Paul Dean, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Taking a Bite Out of Pain By Dennis Mclellan, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Is It Nurture or Nature That Defines Who's a Dad? By Lynn Smith, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Same Kids, Different Rules By Korky Vann, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES

Ever-Hungry Readers Enjoy a Steady Diet of 'Chicken Soup' By Linton Weeks, THE WASHINGTON POST

Listen! It's the Sound of Shuffling Chairs By Mary Lou Loper, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Rock of Ages By Kathy Stickel, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES

Wetlands: Lost and Found By Jane Spiller, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES

The Musings of a Novelist in the Role of a Journalist : MAKING WAVES By Mario Vargas Llosa; Edited and translated from Spanish by John Ford; Farrar, Straus & Giroux; $27.50, 339 pages By Richard Eder, TIMES BOOK CRITIC

The sixth annual Performance Poetry Contest--the only... By Dennis Mclellan

Adding Our Voice to the Chorus By Bill Overend, Bill Overend is editor of the Ventura County Edition of The Times

Border Crossing Made Easy By Richard Simon

UC Irvine Expansion Spells Trouble for Farm School By Randal C. Archibold, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Hertzberg Embraces Life at the Capitol By Nancy Hill-holtzman, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Patrols Border on Danger By H.G. Reza, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Freshman Senator Learns Why Campaign Reform Isn't for Faint of Heart By Edwin Chen, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Military Silently Patrols U.S. Border By H.G. Reza, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Hong Kong Conundrum: Did Patten Help or Hurt? By Maggie Farley, TIMES STAFF WRITER

A Dying Land Struggles for Redemption By Michelle Faul, ASSOCIATED PRESS

Senate OKs Its Own Bill to Cut Taxes By Art Pine, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Upper Egypt Grows Poorer, Angrier By Anthony Shadid, ASSOCIATED PRESS

Politician Accused of Trying to Kill Husband, Lawyer By Bart Jansen, ASSOCIATED PRESS

What a Mess! : Illegal Dumpers Plague Michigan's Pristine Forests By John Flesher, ASSOCIATED PRESS

Philanthropist, 100, to Put Poor Youth Through College From Associated Press

As Prices Soar, Middle Class Is Locked Out of Key West By Tom Wells, ASSOCIATED PRESS

'Strollerobics' Classes Help New Mothers Shape Up From Associated Press

A Low-Budget Police Force Runs Amok By Jeff Donn, ASSOCIATED PRESS

Pioneer Helps Generations of Women Aim for Stars By Brigitte Greenberg, ASSOCIATED PRESS

Expert Employs Exquisite Taste on Job By Pat Eaton-robb, ASSOCIATED PRESS

Neon Jungles of Road Trace Roots, Routes to Breezewood By Ted Anthony, ASSOCIATED PRESS

Anti-Gun Program a Smashing Success By Vijay Joshi, ASSOCIATED PRESS

Novel Prison Program Tries to Cut Inmates' Gang Ties By Brigitte Greenberg, ASSOCIATED PRESS

'Criminals' Have Zero Tolerance for Public Imbibing Law By Ron Word, ASSOCIATED PRESS

Repairs Planned for Stricken Mir Space Station Reuters

Foreign Visitors Miss U.S. Welcome Mat By Laura Myers, ASSOCIATED PRESS

Squatters' Movement Surges in Barcelona By Leon Lazaroff, ASSOCIATED PRESS

Boy, 14, Arrested in Slaying That Appalled Japan By Teresa Watanabe, TIMES STAFF WRITER

July 4 a Red-Letter Day for Mars Probe By K.C. Cole, TIMES SCIENCE WRITER

Hong Kong Conundrum: Did Patten Help or Hurt? By Maggie Farley, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Supreme Court Grants States a Power Surge By David G. Savage, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Cosmonaut Casts Doubt on Bid to Fix Space Station By Carol J. Williams, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Unlikely Trove of Tinseltown Treasures By Stephanie Simon, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Hong Kong Conundrum: Did Patten Help or Hurt? By Maggie Farley, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Crowd Cheers Reopening of Flood-Ravaged Highway From Associated Press

New Smog Rules Easier--and Harder By Marla Cone, TIMES ENVIRONMENTAL WRITER

A Solar-Powered Surprise By John M. Glionna, TIMES STAFF WRITER

New Smog Rules Easier--and Harder By Marla Cone, TIMES ENVIRONMENTAL WRITER

Chemical Plant Fire Near Beijing Kills 3, Injures 64 By Henry Chu, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Consulate Signals New Era With Vietnam By David Lamb, TIMES STAFF WRITER

China Ridicules Reports of Beatings Suffered by Prominent Dissident From Associated Press

'Europride' Parade Presses for Gay Rights From Times Wire Reports

Troops Raid Villages, Kill 25, Refugees Say From Times Wire Reports

Mobutu Undergoes Surgery for Bleeding From Times Wire Reports

Parade Presses for Greater Gay Rights From Times Wire Reports

Hebron in West Bank Riven by New Clashes; 2 Arabs Hurt From Reuters

Bomb Kills 4, Including 3 Children, in Pakistani Port From Times Wire Services

In Tel Aviv, Tens of Thousands Demonstrate Against Netanyahu Reuters

Rain Likely to Stall Shuttle Launch Reuters

Hong Kong's Luster Is Gleam in Shanghai's Eye By David Holley, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Souvenir Hounds Grab Piece of Colony on Eve of History By Evelyn Iritani and Sylvia Cavallini, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES

Biehls Meet Mother of Daughter's Killer From the Associated Press

Taiwanese Rally to Demand Independence Reuters

Officials Consider Going High-Tech to Speed Way at Border Crossings By Richard Simon, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Freshman Senator Learns Why Campaign Reform Isn't for Faint of Heart By Edwin Chen, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Green Bay, Cops Held Negligent in Killing From Times Staff and Wire Reports

Man Kills Self, 3 Others, Police Say From Times Staff and Wire Reports

22 Emus Clubbed to Death, Police Say From Times Staff and Wire Reports