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What happened on May 20, 1997
BUSINESS
Fremont to Acquire Industrial Indemnity NANCY RIVERA BROOKS, TIMES STAFF WRITER
O.C. Skate Firm's 'Destroy All Girls' Tags Won't Wash From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Hardie Plant Opens Melinda Fulmer
Allen to Sell 55% Stake in Ticketmaster LESLIE HELM, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Japan's Trade Surplus Soars 163.7% in April From Reuters
Samsung Extends Offer John O'Dell
U.S. Seeks Info on Microsoft's Bid for WebTV From Times Wire Services
Burlington Wins Pact Dow Jones
Amwest Insurance Reports Net Profit of $1.8 Million
Britain Wants to Snuff Out Tobacco Money in Sports From Washington Post
CKE Joins in Venture Dow Jones
Staff Builders' National Accreditation Renewed BARBARA MURPHY
AML Enters Downturn After Strong Year BARBARA MURPHY
Semtech's 1st-Quarter Sales Climb Sharply BARBARA MURPHY
Record Income Posted
Rates Rise on Short-Term Treasury Bills (Associated Press)
All Quiet on the Investor Front Ahead of Fed Meeting From Times Wire Services
UC Gives a Knowing Nod to Visiting Japanese Professor From Associated Press
Copyright Suit Settled
Spotlight: Berkshire Trims Stake in Wells Fargo
Stay Against Republic to Remain in Effect John O'Dell
Appeals Court Upholds Playa Vista Ruling Jesus Sanchez
Index-500 Heads the List From Bloomberg News
FUNDamentals
California Municipal Bonds
Scams and Other Pitfalls on the Road to Launching a Business KAREN E. KLEIN
The Times Film Index
Taitron Directors Approve Buyback of Common Stock
Simi Firm Logs On With Integrated 'E-Call' Package for PCs LEO SMITH, TIMES STAFF WRITER
PairGain, Western Digital Shares Plunge JOHN O'DELL, TIMES STAFF WRITER
DeCoster Egg Farms to Shell Out $2 Million Bloomberg News
China Bridal Rings Lift Platinum Demand From Associated Press
Tokyo Officers Raid Major Bank From Times Wire Services
ACT Networks to Develop Products With NetSpeak
County First to Allow Electronic Transmission of Property Documents MELINDA FULMER, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Dental Rival Says It Holds Patents on Laser Product PATRICE APODACA, TIMES STAFF WRITER
No Day at the Beach as Bankers Reel and Deal at Film Festival MARK SAYLOR
Med-Design Syringe Wins European Patent BARBARA MURPHY
Independently Healthy HELAINE OLEN
Fluor Daniel Wins $500-Million Contract From Witco John O'Dell
AT&T Weighs New Toll-Free Number (Reuters)
Panel Cools Opposition to HMO Official CARL INGRAM, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Huntway Partners' Revenue Rises 11%
Film.com KRISSY HARRIS
ITT to Sell 5 Sheraton Hotels to FelCor Suites From Reuters
Buddy, Can You Spare $43 Million? VICKI TORRES, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Battening Down the Hatches
Scripps to Acquire Harte-Hanks Outlets (Associated Press)
Datametrics Posts Gain in 1st Quarter
Also
Posse Power
Pinkerton Inc. to Handle Security for Compaq Corp.
8 Laid-Off Price Pfister Workers Using NAFTA Recipe to Retool Skills JULIA SCHEERES, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
BP Unit to Buy Bankrupt Photovoltaic Firm Chris Kraul
Incomnet Income Jumps 140% in First Quarter
Rival Dental Firm Lays Claim to Premier Laser's Technology PATRICE APODACA, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Buddy, Can You Spare $43 Million? VICKI TORRES, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Fugro Engineering Lands 3rd Job at Port of L.A. LEO SMITH, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Overtaken by Current Events JAMES F. PELTZ
Sculpture Garden Moves to Permanent Site in Mall BARBARA MURPHY
B of A Cancels Some Versatel Cards (Associated Press)
Souza to Run Research at Biotech King Amgen BARBARA MURPHY
Sony Pictures Appoints President of TriStar Unit JAMES BATES
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
Abbott and Costello Meet the Neighbors STEPHANIE STASSEL
Man Charged in 8-Hour Sex Attack on Woman, 83
City Council Will Consider Ways to Shorten Its Meetings MIMI KO CRUZ
The Challenge for Kabila in Raising a Battered Nation
City Puts It in Writing: 20 Buildings Are Historic KIMBERLY BROWER
2 Items Buried in Schools Budget Draw Controversy
Council OKs $4.1-Billion City Budget JODI WILGOREN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Woman Fights Off Attacker; Arrest Made
Mary G. Riordan, Retired Nurse
Officials Brace for New Point Mugu Fight NICK GREEN and LORENZA MUNOZ, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Foundation Courses Help Youths Set Sail SCOTT STEEPLETON
$3 Passenger Fee Sought for Airports
Public Input Sought on Camp Area Plan SCOTT STEEPLETON
Punish Predators, Not the System
Corporation Donates Equipment to College DAWN HOBBS
City May OK Bond to Help Firm Build FRANK MESSINA
City to Loan Property, Funds to Simi Valley Days Group MACK REED
Debate on Main Street Make-Over Resumes HOPE HAMASHIGE
Legal Challenge to Pier Project Rejected STEVE CARNEY
Local Leaders Vow Fight to Prevent Closure of Mugu Navy Base NICK GREEN and LORENZA MUNOZ, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
City Staff to Present Budget 'Wish Lists' LESLIE EARNEST
Top Administrators to Get Merit Raises
Vote Set to Disband Mosquito District DAVID R. BAKER
Police Interview Relatives of Man Set Afire Outside Store ANGIE CHUANG, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Scarlet A Stands for Absurd ROBERT SCHEER, Robert Scheer is a Times contributing editor. E-mail: rscheer@aol.com
Candidates for School Trustee to Be Interviewed JOHN CANALIS
Request to Sell Beer, Wine to Be Reviewed DEBRA CANO
Fire Station Contract to Be Considered DEBRA CANO
McElvaine on McVeigh Trial, Hiroshima
San Francisco
Newport Meets With Koreans on Sister City Status
Bond Pact Now Haunts L.A. Schools AMY PYLE, TIMES EDUCATION WRITER
The Name of the Game Is Blame AL MARTINEZ
Expo Confronts Parents' Virtual Fears KARIMA A. HAYNES
Lab Trouble Cited in Bid to Void DUI Case SCOTT HADLY
Camarillo Hospital
Bus Fares to Drop for Clean Commute Day COLL METCALFE
Council Backs $81-Million School Bond Measure HILARY E. MacGREGOR
Northern Ireland Peace Process
City May Extend Ban on Building or Expanding Automotive Businesses KIMBERLY BROWER
3 Area Chambers Form an Alliance CLAIRE VITUCCI
City May Get MTA Funds for 2 Projects SYLVIA L. OLIANDE
Ex-School Principal Gets 3 Years for Stealing From District
Fatal Heart Attack Causes Auto Crash
14-Year-Old Victim of Shooting Identified BONNIE HAYES
Repairs Progress on Downtown Slum MIGUEL BUSTILLO
School Plays Host to Technology Expo
Missing Glendale Man Turns Up in Oregon GREG RIPPEE, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Residents Protest Proposal to Build Supermarket Near Ventura College HILARY E. MacGREGOR, TIMES STAFF WRITER
2nd Panelist Assails Cost of Belmont School Project AMY PYLE, TIMES EDUCATION WRITER
Dead County Jail Inmate Is Identified
Campaign Fund Reform Bill
Hearing on Teacher Training Plan Tonight CATHY WERBLIN
Animal Control Agency Sued for Holding Dog SCOTT MARTELLE, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Fight Brewing Over Police Station Financing Plan GREG RIPPEE, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
How Much Saved by Cutting Relief?
Low Overhead DAVID GREENBERG, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Council Considers Moratorium on Mobile Home Rent Increases DAVID R. BAKER, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
County Falls Far Behind in Inspecting Mammography Machines SHELBY GRAD, TIMES STAFF WRITER
More Than Just a Brainy Teen DAVID COLKER, TIMES STAFF WRITER
First Lady Offers Praise During Tour of Child-Care Facility JAMES RAINEY, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Don't Mix Guns and Alcohol
Mailer, Cable-TV Talk Support New Fee
Public Defender's Office Calls Courthouse Cameras Unnecessary GREG KRIKORIAN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Foreign Hires
Demolition of Houses for Freeway Begins
Famalaro Jury Told That Victim Had Drinks GREG HERNANDEZ, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Developers of 2 New Golf Courses Get Start Time From Simi Valley MACK REED, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Facing Their Fears
Real Estate Author Held in Alleged $13-Million Scheme
TV Show Generates Tips in Bank Slaying SCOTT HADLY
2 Honored for Essays on Importance of Immigrants
Workshop Spots Open to Science Teachers SYLVIA L. OLIANDE
Rape Trauma Center Expanded to 5 Cities
Deli Expected to Get OK to Serve Alcohol DADE HAYES
New Soldier in Gore's Radical Green Brigade HENRY I. MILLER, Dr. Henry I. Miller is a senior research fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution and the author of "Policy Controversy in Biotechnology: An Insider's View" (Academic Press, 1997)
Obituaries
Sorrow for the Fallen : Service Honors 4 Marines Presumed Dead in Crash DAVID REYES, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Motherhood
Hearing Is Tonight on Ortega Highway Plans KIMBERLY BROWER
Crummel's Housemate Is Targeted GEOFF BOUCHER and BONNIE HAYES, TIMES STAFF WRITERS
Truck Strikes, Kills Japanese Businessman Crossing Street GREG SANDOVAL, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Hong Kong's 2nd-Biggest Problem Tom Plate, Times columnist Tom Plate also teaches media and government ethics at UCLA. E-mail: tplate@ucla.edu
He's Seen His Future at Saddleback JERRY HICKS
2 UCLA Students Drown in Lake Mead
Prosecutor Describes Oxx's Alleged Jury Tampering to Judge PENNY AREVALO, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Role Models DARRELL SATZMAN, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Reminders From Home --in Turkey EMILY OTANI
April Restaurant Closures
Serbian Is Sentenced in Fraud Tied to Abduction HECTOR TOBAR, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Man Charged in Fatal Hit-and-Run Accident
Pasadena's Ammunition Law Headed for Repeal RICHARD WINTON and NICHOLAS RICCARDI, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Driver Not Charged in Daughter's Death DAWN HOBBS
Golf Course at Big Tujunga: Ecology vs. Jobs ED BOND, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
St. Joachim Head Pastor Transferring JOHN CANALIS
Board Members Fear Lag in Phonics Instruction RICHARD LEE COLVIN, TIMES EDUCATION WRITER
Judge Cuts Malpractice Award by Two-Thirds PETER NOAH, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Council to Hear From Leaf Blower Backers FRANK MESSINA
Celebrities on Course to Help Charities BRENDA LOREE
Nanny Given Jail Sentence for Abusing Small Child RICHARD WARCHOL, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Lawyer, Activist Gary Lovell of Newport Beach Dies at 70 EMILY OTANI, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Facing Their Fears JOSEPH HANANIA, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
NEWS
CHP Officer Who Died a Hero Is Honored by Governor DIANA MARCUM, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Slaying Prompts Call for Tougher Security DAN MORAIN and DAVE LESHER, TIMES STAFF WRITERS
Gephardt Expected to Oppose Budget Accord RONALD BROWNSTEIN and JANET HOOK, TIMES STAFF WRITERS
Finally a Site for Just Plain Folks DAVID COLKER, TIMES STAFF WRITER
U.S. Offers New Wall Map of Alaska Associated Press
Borah Chapman, 105; Black World War I Veteran
TV Ratings Don't Play Here, Peoria Says JANE HALL, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Bills Enhancing HMO Coverage of Women Gain MAX VANZI, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Judge Kills 'Coercive' Term Limits Law From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Lockyer Bows to Pressure, Drops Secession Bill NANCY HILL-HOLTZMAN and CARL INGRAM and HUGO MARTIN, TIMES STAFF WRITERS
James McDougal's Plea to Remain Free Is Denied Reuters
Community Fund-raisers GRETCHEN STAHL
Memorial Holiday
Pacifica, Foothill, Woodbridge Are the Teams to Beat MARTIN HENDERSON, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Tax Break for Nonprofit Groups Upheld DAVID G. SAVAGE, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Nazi Drive to Kill Jews Began in '41, Papers Show Reuters
Conference on Nazi Gold Set A Times Staff Writer
Rebels Have Tougher Task Ahead ANN M. SIMMONS, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Fumes Force Federal Building to Close Associated Press
3 Bodies Exhumed From Mass Grave From Times Wire Reports
Clinton Vows to Renew China Trade Privileges JONATHAN PETERSON and TYLER MARSHALL, TIMES STAFF WRITERS
Mater Dei, El Dorado Top-Seeded in Their Divisions MIKE TERRY, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Punch lines
Don't Count Out Longshots : Top Softball Teams Can't Afford to Ignore Unseeded Ones MARTIN HENDERSON, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Trial of GOP Aide to Look at Role of Party Leaders, Prosecutors Say PETER M. WARREN and ERIC BAILEY, TIMES STAFF WRITERS
Sex in Space? UFO? Inquiring Minds Hit Mir From Associated Press
Kurd Militia Ousts Turkish Rebels From Times Wire Reports
Controversy Offers Primer on Fund-Raising Laws Marc Lacey
Assembly OKs Freeze on College Fees KENNETH R. WEISS, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Secondhand Smoke Increases Health Risk, Study Finds JOHN SCHWARTZ, THE WASHINGTON POST
Pentagon Plan to Modernize Calls for Troop, Base Cuts PAUL RICHTER, TIMES STAFF WRITER
British Knew in '41 of Jews Dying, It's Revealed Associated Press
Pentagon Plan to Modernize Calls for Troop, Base Cuts PAUL RICHTER, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Holding Onto the Past While Thinking Only of the Future KATHLEEN MALLERY, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Hundreds Thought Killed by Cyclone From Times Wire Reports
Tobacco Opponent Named to State Advisory Panel DAN MORAIN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Zaire's Victor Readies Cabinet, Delays Elections BOB DROGIN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Nanny Gets 60 Days in Taped Abuse of Boy RICHARD WARCHOL, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Lessons From Candy Hill DENNIS McLELLAN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Whitewater Revives Watergate Memories MARC LACEY, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Harriman Auction Surprises Sotheby's From Times Staff and Wire Reports
AMA Board Backs Ban on Late-Term Abortion MELISSA HEALY, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Beta Carotene Pills May Cut Cancer Risk From Times Staff and Wire Reports
7 Killed as Van Flips, Rolls Over Near Coalinga Associated Press
Sex in Space? UFOs? Here Are Answers From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Vacancies Offer Chance for Mayor to Mold Bureaucracy JIM NEWTON, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Mourners Honor Marines Lost in Crash DAVID REYES, TIMES STAFF WRITER
McVeigh's Clothes Had Residue of Explosives, FBI Expert Says RICHARD A. SERRANO, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Clinton Aide OKd U.S. Job for Hubbell's Son DAVID WILLMAN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
A Blue Streak BOB SIPCHEN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Donald J. Greene; USC Professor, Expert on Samuel Johnson
McDonald's Heiress Named Flood Victims' Benefactor Associated Press
U.S. Agencies Can't Mesh, So Murder Suspect Walks JAMES RISEN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Executions in Texas: No Big Deal JESSE KATZ, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Section Boys' Individual Tournament Next Week DAVE McKIBBEN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Top Times & Marks
The Art of Dining in Good Company ANN CONWAY
Tough Love Pays Off : Rodriguez's Intensity Helps Put Magnolia on Top in Baseball MIKE TERRY, TIMES STAFF WRITER
When the Phone Met the PC . . . LYNN SIMROSS, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Moving, Music Build Hope House KATHRYN BOLD
Crystal Gazing PATRICK MOTT, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Taking an Art Holiday for Health Care BILL HIGGINS, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
AF Said Set to Court-Martial Female Pilot NORMAN KEMPSTER, TIMES STAFF WRITER
ENTERTAINMENT
Dancer Sarah Wildor, a Woman of Principals JENNIFER FISHER, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
XXIII and Holding : Best and Last of 3-Part Anniversary Show Pays Tribute to BC Space's Visual Smarts, Daring and Tenacity CATHY CURTIS, TIMES STAFF WRITER
A Surprise Ending for Mozart Camerata Audience DANIEL CARIAGA, TIMES MUSIC WRITER
ABC Makes Few Friends BRIAN LOWRY, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Weekend Box Office
Difficult Surroundings for Takemitsu MARK SWED
Leno to Lead Bikers on Fund-Raising Ride
Monstrous Expectations ELAINE DUTKA, TIMES STAFF WRITER
New Amsterdam Looks Great, but . . . LINDA WINER-BERNHEIMER, NEWSDAY
A Stylish, Light 'Scheherazade' TIMOTHY MANGAN
Saxophonist Report Card: Listens Well ZAN STEWART, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Sorting Out Ash Grove's Delicate Delinquency RICHARD CROMELIN
Despite Doubts, He's Still a Believer in Power of Folk Music RICHARD CROMELIN, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Jr. Philharmonic Diamond Jubilee Gala Planned
Playboy Jazz Festival Plans Free Concert
Arts and entertainment reports from The Times, national and international news services and the nation's press. JERRY CROWE
A Lot of Wilde Style Goes a Very Long Way LAURIE WINER, TIMES THEATER CRITIC
Musical Delivers Set of Mixed 'Emotions' DON SHIRLEY, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Two Degrees of Separation LIZ SMITH
SPORTS
Ice Dogs Move Ahead in Series LONNIE WHITE
Prep Roundup ERIC SHEPARD
JetHawks Shut Down by Storm JEFF FLETCHER
Majerus 'Definitely' Not Leaving From Associated Press
Local Notes
Titans Will Be by the Bay, 49ers Going South LON EUBANKS, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Dodger Offense Short on Runs, Description BOB NIGHTENGALE, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Kozlov Makes Presence Felt in Red Wing Victory From Associated Press
RPIs in Order, Southland Teams Seek RBIs GEORGE DOHRMANN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Baseball/softball Playoffs DANA HADDAD
Different Approach for Phillips MIKE DiGIOVANNA
New Yorkers Still Want Dodgers Times Wire Services
Padres Show Power in Defeating Reds From Associated Press
THE NFL / T.J. SIMERS : Owners Huddle With Roski T.J. SIMERS
Rockets Become the Prize SCOTT HOWARD-COOPER, TIMES STAFF WRITER
HISTORY IN THE MAKING : From Ali to the Beatles to Man Walking on the Moon, Tiger Woods Could Be the Greatest Thing Since Sliced Bread BILL PLASCHKE
Georgia Replaces Smith With Top Assistant Jirsa From Staff and Wire Reports
Georgia Replaces Smith With Top Assistant Jirsa From Staff and Wire Reports
Front Office Safe, for Now BOB NIGHTENGALE
Tough Saticoy too Much for Golfers PETER YOON
Coaching Veteran Thomas to Retire STEVE KRESAL
It Was a Case of Robbery MIKE LUPICA, NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Servite Winds Up Second to San Marcos PETER YOON, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
It's Cora, Not Griffey, Who Does In the Angels MIKE DiGIOVANNA, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Blizzard of Rangers' Goals Has Flyers Replacing Snow With Hextall HELENE ELLIOTT
These Three Horses Are a Breed Apart ANDREW BEYER, WASHINGTON POST
Bagwell's 1,000th Hit Leads Astros, 9-5 From Associated Press
Ex-Santa Margarita Player Keane to Transfer to SCC MARTIN BECK
Trainer Jones Has the Horses to Help Put Him in the Big Time PAUL McLEOD
Woods Signs Latest Deal With American Express
McDowell Placed on Disabled List Times Wire Services
Showdown in the Wild, Wild East HELENE ELLIOTT, TIMES STAFF WRITER
NCAA Puts End to Northridge's Season GEORGE DOHRMANN and STEVE HENSON, TIMES STAFF WRITERS
It's Cora, Not Griffey, Who Does In the Angels MIKE DiGIOVANNA, TIMES STAFF WRITER
As if They're Needed, Bulls Get Breaks Too MARK HEISLER, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Georgia Upsets Top-Seeded UCLA, 4-2 Staff and Wire Reports
It's So Close, Yet So Far Away for the Knicks MAL FLORENCE
Chicago Bulls (69-13, 7-1) Vs. Miami Heat (61-21, 7-5) MARK HEISLER
San Marcos Wins Section Golf Title PETER YOON
Youngest Indy 500 Winner Ruttman Dies at 67 SHAV GLICK, TIMES STAFF WRITER
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