Archive for Thursday, October 02, 1997

• Voter Registration Deadline

• A Big Green Bomb Aimed at Immigration By Alexander Cockburn

• Plan Would Uproot Area Garden Club By Solomon Moore

• School Air-Conditioning Talks Hit Boiling Point By Doug Smith

• Bolsa Tug-of-War Ready to Resume By Deborah Schoch

• Elementary, Middle School Teachers Get 4.65% Raise By John Canalis

• Charity to Celebrate $5-Million Fund-Raiser By John Canalis

• Grant to Reduce Impact of Airport Noise Awarded

• Prosecutors File Briefs for Haun Penalty Phase By Tracy Wilson

• Star Tours

• Mall’s Long-Awaited Expansion Starts By Chris Chi

• New Finding Changes Long-Held Theory About How DNA Replicates

• Obituaries

• Schools Get $4.8 Million to Boost Parent Involvement By Amy Pyle

• City Officials React Favorably to Golf Course Plan By Miguel Bustillo

• Police Department Opens Doors for Public Tours By Mimi Ko Cruz

• 2 Victims of Plane Crash Identified

• Contract Agreements Avert Strikes by County Workers By Josh Meyer

• Schools Asking for Musical Instruments By Karima A. Haynes

• Family Fight Over Iran

• ‘Renaissance’ Project’s Civic Center Opens

• College Plans ‘U.S. Citizenship Day’ By Karima Haynes

• Mother Pleads Guilty in Beating Death of Girl

• Traveling Crafts Fair Planning 3-Day Visit By Veronique De Turenne

• Deformities in Minnesota Frogs Linked to Toxic Chemicals in Water

• Bank Foils Telephone Sweepstakes Scam By Steve Carney

• Mother’s Might By Kate Folmar

• Fossil Skull of Human Ancestor Has Similarities to Several Species

• Firm’s Other Care Homes Won’t Close, Judge Told By Barry Stavro and Eric Slater

• Officers Give Lessons on School Traffic Safety

• Man Sentenced to 22-Year Term for Hate Crime

• Vetoed Project Might Have Warded Off Seal Beach Flooding By Jean O. Pasco

• Future Is Uncertain for School District Newspaper By Lesley Wright

• Study Shows Gains From Classes Based in English By Tina Nguyen

• Bodies of Two Slain Men Found in Car

• South Pasadena Vows to Continue Long Battle Against Freeway By Richard Winton and Peter Y. Hong

• If the Census Is Faulty, the Cities Will Pay Dearly

• Volunteers Help Refurbish Aging Los Cerritos YMCA

• Fire Authority Finds New Chief Within Own Ranks By Steve Carney

• Sense of Preservation By Mimi Ko Cruz

• Community Garden May Be Uprooted for Cash Crop By Solomon Moore

• Bomb Case Creating Judicial Questions By Mack Reed

• Pair Held After High-Speed Pursuit in 2 Counties By Scott Steepleton

• UCLA Breast Center Gets New Chief By Terence Monmaney

• L.A. Medfly No Threat to Ventura Agriculture By Brenda Loree

• Coastline College Opens 1st Permanent Facility By Cathy Werblin

• Palmdale Man to Be Sentenced for Abuse By Dade Hayes

• Group Urges Establishing Local Architecture School By Jeff Kass

• Building Peace From School Grounds Up By Diane Wedner

• Auto Repair Shop Owner Sentenced in Theft Case

• Complaints via Internet Get OK

• Extension Classes on Computers Offered By Sylvia L. Oliande

• County’s HMO Plan for Poor Approved By Julie Marquis

• Deadline Nears to Register to Vote By Carlos V. Lozano

• Woodbury University Celebrates Its Longevity By Jon Steinman

• Robust Economy to Aid O.C. Bankruptcy Recovery By Shelby Grad

• Chumash Bones Are Reburied on Island By Hilary E. Macgregor

• Mexico Will Try Fugitive Wanted in Slayings of 4 By Nicholas Riccardi

• Moorpark Tables Plan for Builders to Pay Library Fee By Regina Hong

• Jailed Man Suspected in Robbery, Carjack By Scott Steepleton

• Environmental Report on Cathedral OKd; Archeology Rules Stiffened By Larry Gordon

• An El Toro Proposal Everyone Can Like By Jerry Hicks

• Bomb Case Creating Judicial Questions By Mack Reed

• Tropical Storms

• Port District Files Revised Debt Plan By Hilary E. Macgregor

• Get Smart Replaces Lock ‘Em Up By Pat Nolan and Charles Colson

• Eerie Scene With Tyson at Museum By Steve Harvey

• Pair Arrested After High-Speed Pursuit By Scott Steepleton

• $25,000 Reward Offered for Leads in Killing

• City’s 82nd Birthday to Be Marked by Parade, Events By Cathy Werblin

• Mexico Will Try Fugitive Wanted in Slayings of 4

• Hopes Rise for New Marine Corps Center

• Mayor Wants City to Aid After-School Youth Effort By Debra Cano

• I Didn’t Know That

• Beverly L. Adkins; Lifelong Ventura Resident

• Agency OKs Water District Annexation By Hope Hamashige

• New Loans to Help Recycler Expand By Coll Metcalfe

• Trains Make El Sereno Not So Serene By Matea Gold

• Obituaries

• High Court Grants Merrill Testimony Plea By Michael G. Wagner

• School Embezzler Sentenced

• Disabled Adults Lend Hand to Youth Club By Karima A. Haynes

• Tri-Cities Water District Loses Bid to Avoid Takeover By Jean O. Pasco

• Scandinavian Festival to Be Held at MGM Plaza

• Open House Saturday at LAPD Station By Sylvia L. Oliande

• Family Ties Strong After Shattering Loss By Scott Harris

• Hospital Receives FEMA Aid to Rebuild By Darrell Satzman

• Campaign to Recall Judge Fails for Lack of Petition Signers By David Haldane

• Gun Violence Program Gets Help From Computer Store

• Officials Urge Awareness of Domestic Violence

• An Immigration Policy Muddle

• Festival Celebrates Heritage of the Grape By Susan Deemer

• Sports Arena: Who Should Pay for It? By Joel Wachs

• Whittaker Corp. Sells Division By Coll Metcalfe

• Edison Asks Judge to Seal Papers on Its Probe of Calabasas Fire By Hugo Martín

• Authorities Identify Pedestrian Killed by Car

• Skaters Will Soon Be on Solid Ground By Lisa Fernandez

• ‘Master’ Gene Tied to Deadlier Cancer Types By Terence Monmaney

• Recycling Facility Adds Hours, Services By Coll Metcalfe

• Explanation of an Inferno May Lie With a Scorched but Silent Witness By Bob Pool

• DUCK REPORT By Elliott Teaford

• Goin Hired by Cincinnati

• A Great Dilemma By Larry Wigge

• After Johnson, Moyer’s a Change By Mike Digiovanna

• OCC Edges Grossmont in Water Polo

• Long Beach Wilson Making Waves in Pool By Gary Klein and Dave Desmond

• Outlook Is Bleak for Cotton’s Chances at UCLA By Tim Kawakami

• PREP FOOTBALL GAMES AT A GLANCE

• Kings Draw Fast By Lonnie White

• WATER POLO By Erik Hamilton

• Chapman Defeats Cal State Dominguez Hills in Volleyball

• CALENDAR

• Crescenta Valley Has Pair of Jackhammers By Dave Desmond

• Suns Make Trade for McDyess

• Honest, if Abe Had Been a Spy, It Was Big News By Mal Florence

• Contract Extension for Jets’ Glenn

• They’re Breaking the Ice By Elliott Teaford

• TEAMS WITH BETTER REGULAR-SEASON RECORDS HOLD FORM AS… - Cream Stays on Top By Mike Digiovanna

• Community College Athletes of the Week

• Garnett’s Contract Reportedly $123 Million

• PREP FOOTBALL GAMES AT A GLANCE By Mike Terry

• Palisades, Hamilton Seek Tennis Supremacy By Gary Klein and Eric Sondheimer

• It’s Been Quite a Ride By Jim Murray

• Cox Manages to Win Another One By Mike Downey

• Badilla Cashes In on His Hard Work By Paul Mcleod

• Offensive Kinks Remain By Jim Hodges

• Tavares at a Loss Over Kariya Talks By Helene Elliott

• PREP FOOTBALL GAMES AT A GLANCE By Melanie Neff

• Panthers Bench Struggling Collins

• Northridge Can’t Send Flowers for Big Sky Opener By Fernando Dominguez

• Longtime Foothill Coach Resigns

• Harvard-Westlake Set to Hit Off/On Switch

• PREP FOOTBALL GAMES AT A GLANCE By Martin Henderson

• Garnett’s Big Deal: More Than $121 Million

• THE HOT CORNER By Larry Stewart

• PREP FOOTBALL GAMES AT A GLANCE By Dave Mckibben

• Panthers Bench Struggling Collins

• Outfielder Tolli Commits to LMU

• DEGREE IN REALITY By David Wharton

• Contract Extension for Jets’ Glenn

• Pacific Christian Is Off to a Fast Start in Soccer By Michael Itagaki

• CROSS-COUNTRY By Paul Halpin

• GIRLS’ TENNIS By Dave Mckibben

• What’s Love Got to Do With It By Jim Hodges

• Spotlight on Wright Never Brighter By Ross Newhan

• Learning the Angles By Gary Klein

• Red Wings Begin Latest Quest With 3-1 Victory Over Flames

• Houses of Davie, Davis Are in Disarray By Chris Duresne

• Marlins’ Hernandez a Soldier in Relief By Jason Reid

• Chapman Moves Right Up the Polls By Michael Itagaki

• Clark Advances in Tennis Event

• Cal Lutheran Gets Last Kick, 2-1

• Bailey Has Big Bash in Debut

• PREP FOOTBALL GAMES AT A GLANCE By Mike Terry

• Big Sky Standings

• Suns Make Trade for McDyess

• The Great White Hype: Bad Movie, Worse Strategy By Randy Harvey

• Santa Margarita Boys Run Past Woodbridge

• McAnally Has Picture-Perfect Oak Tree Opener By Bill Christine

• Braves Leave Astros Cold By Mike Downey

• Rendon Impresses as Kicker By Robyn Norwood

• Anxious Moments for Jokinen at Start By Lonnie White

• TEAMS WITH BETTER REGULAR-SEASON RECORDS HOLD FIRM AS… - Cream Stays on Top By Mike Downey

• THE TOP 10

• TEAMS WITH BETTER REGULAR+SEASON RECORDS HOLD FIRM AS… - Cream Stays on Top By Jason Reid

• Clipped Yankees Right the Ship By Ross Newhan

• GIRLS’ VOLLEYBALL By Michael Itagaki

• El Toro’s Lee Finally Puts His Foot Down By Paul Halpin

• NATO Forces Seize Serb Transmitters in Bosnia By Tracy Wilkinson

• FOILED AGAIN

• Energy Chief Named Ambassador to U.S.

• JFK Hoax Tarnishes Book’s Launch By Paul D. Colford

• Probe of Former Bank Guard Ends

• Edison Seeks to Withhold Its Calabasas Fire Probe By Hugo Martín

• She Loves Giving Her Customers a Sense of Closure By William Kissel

• Anti-Junk Gun Lobby Needs More Ammo By George Skelton

• Dallas Lawyers Take On Paula Jones’ Case By David G. Savage and Carla Hall

• Kenyan Teachers Stage Strike to Demand Higher Salaries By Ann M. Simmons

• State Orders Changes in Auto Insurance Pricing By Kenneth Reich

• Samuel Woolley Taylor; Author of ‘Flubber,’ Mormon Works

• Sandstrom Ready to Become a Featured Distraction By Chris Foster

• When Being Yourself Just Isn’t Good Enough By Elizabeth Kastor

• For Many, Menopause No Big Deal, Poll Finds

• Parisians Find Their Way About in a Smog By John-Thor Dahlburg

• Albanians Clash With Serb Police

• WorldCom Makes $30-Billion Offer to Take Over MCI By Michael A. Hiltzik and Jube Shiver Jr.

• It’s Got ‘Creepy’ Written All Over It By Bill Higgins

• Defense Lawyers Call Proposal to Test Kaczynski ‘Harassment’ By Mark Gladstone

• Army Sex Case Moves Toward Trial

• Senate Panel Affirms Landrieu Election

• Their Naked Forms Are Timeless By Pamela Warrick

• Stanford Writer Fired Over Column on Chelsea Clinton By Kenneth R. Weiss

• American, Russian Team Up for Spacewalk to Repair Mir By Carol J. Williams

• Release of Hamas Founder Yields Mixed Rewards By Marjorie Miller

• Your Turn

• NBC Holds Firm Against New TV Ratings By Robert L. Jackson and Jane Hall

• The Art of the Suit By William Kissel

• Ellie Nesler Apologizes as She Is Released By Maura Dolan and Mark Arax

• Laugh Lines

• Bid to Recall Simpson Judge Falls Short By David Haldane

• Class Operation

• Before and After

• Organic Foods: a Growth Industry By Martha Groves

• 3 Killed in Algeria Despite Cease-Fire

• New Coach Pierre Page Has Been Assigned to Take the Ducks ‘To the Next Level.’ By Elliott Teaford

• Nightmare Puts an End to Dreams By Jonathan Kirsch

• John G. Fleming; Author, Educator on Personal Injury Law

• Billy’s Bills By Kate Folmar

• Babying Baby By Kathryn Bold

• Player Profiles

• WorldCom’s Ebbers Cuts Brash Figure By Thomas S. Mulligan

• One of Those Things By Elliott Teaford

• Congress OKs First Pay Hike in Five Years By Sam Fulwood III

• Wilson Declares State of Emergency in Yuba County

• Prosecutor in Russia Orders Graft Probe By Carol J. Williams

• ‘Fast-Track’ Trade Bill Gains Steam With Panel’s Vote By Art Pine

• Drive Begins to Raise Cigarette Tax to Pay for Children’s Programs

• Employment Line By Elliott Teaford

• Knutsen Remains Mane Man to His Fans in Norway By John Weyler

• VALLEY NEWSWATCH

• 2 Die as Teen Opens Fire at School After Killing Mother, Police Say

• Kurt Vonnegut Gets in the Last Word By David L. Ulin

• Key Vote on Campaign Reform May Belong to Supreme Court By David G. Savage

• MIGHTY DUCKS ‘97-‘98

• Justices Back Merrill Lynch Bid to Bar Secret Testimony’s Release By Michael G. Wagner

• Wilson Signs $1-Billion Cut in Income Taxes By Dave Lesher

• Mayor Trying to Keep LAX Exempt From New Pay Law By Jim Newton

• District Cites Study in Bid for Bilingual Education Waiver By Tina Nguyen

• Juneau debates if road will lead anywhere By Kim Murphy

• Sparks Fly in Old New York

• Just Making Playoffs Isn’t Enough Now By J A. Adande

• Clinton to Join Congress Against Teen Smoking By Elizabeth Shogren

• Seasons in the Sun By Susan Heeger

• Drug Screening Awaits Those on Welfare in O.C. By Shelby Grad

• O.C. Murder Rate Is Lowest in a Decade By Bonnie Hayes

• Health Plans’ Chronic Care Criticized By Alissa J. Rubin

• On China’s National Day, Hong Kong Is Conflicted By Maggie Farley

• Heads of U.N. Probe to Leave Congo

• Spotlight: Putting the Sizzle Back in Restaurant Chain

• InSight Sees a Profit

• Vacant Downtown L.A. Office Building Sold By Jesus Sanchez

• ALSO…

• Offices Being Built to Fill Demand By Melinda Fulmer

• A Change in Tone By Leslie Helm

• $15 Movie Pass? Unlikely, Say Merged Chains By Marla Matzer

• Starbucks in Deal for S. Korean Coffee Stores By Denise Gellene

• Gap Tries to Refashion Image for a Better Fit By Ingrid Becker

• Pearson to Purchase All American to Build Up Programming Unit

• Datum Shares Plunge $18.25 on Sales Delay By P J. Huffstutter

• Ford Ends Talks With Indianapolis Dealers By Donald W. Nauss

• High-Tech Firms Top Confidence Poll

• South Korea Will Bail Out Brokerages

• Writers Guild West to Negotiate New Contract on Its Own By James Bates

• A Change in Tone By Karen Kaplan

• Nestle Magic: Now You See It; Now You Don’t–Ever Again By Bill Mcallister

• Children’s Wonderland Sells 5 of 13 Centers By Debora Vrana

• Meritor Gains on Debut

• Datum Warns of Sales Delays, Earnings Drop By P J. Huffstutter

• High Price Paid for Apartments Near the Beach By Melinda Fulmer

• California Group Unveils Plans for Vegas Amusement Park

• Airbus, US Airways Near Deal on 400 Planes

• Direct Mail Fraud Targeted in Joint Effort By James S. Granelli

• UPS Pilots Vote to Reject Firm’s Latest Offer

• Rap Critic Sues Time, Newsweek By Chuck Philips

• Can Michael Jordan See the Future Too? By Greg Johnson

• World’s Fare

• Telecom, Economic News Fuels Broad Stock Rally

• No Surprises at Centris

• ALSO

• Stacking Up Sales

• Day Runner Acquisition

• New Attitude By Denise Gellene

• CBS Seeking Ad Attention for Baby Boomers

• NordicTrack Signs Outside Marketing Deal

• Authorities Crack Down on Mail Schemes By James S. Granelli

• WorldCom’s Gain Could Be BT’s as Well

• Hoping Fixers Will Be Uppers By Greg Johnson

• Petersen Raises $122.5 Million in IPO

• Renewable Resources Producing Electrifying Results in Brazil By Todd Lewan

• Window of Opportunity? By Martha Groves

• Casino Financing Set

• Gratuitel Offering Free Calls, With a Catch

• McDonald’s Launching New Ad Campaign By Greg Johnson

• New Arenas of Clean By Denise Gellene

• Premier Laser Deal Done

• ICN Acquires Fourth Drug Plant in Russia

• Marriott Unit to Join With French Firm

• Delta–From High Energy to Tranquility By Denise Gellene

• AD RATINGS

• Hughes Sale Likely to Get Federal OK By Steven Pearlstein

• Powerwave Gets Orders

• Union Pacific Outlines Plan to Ease Rail Line ‘Traffic Jam’

• Life in Remote Village Changes Dramatically

• Asian Nations Plan to Set Up Money Fund By David Holley

• REAL ESTATE

• Schwab Begins Voice-Recognition Trading

• Concerted Effort By Josef Woodard

• A Bass for the Blues By Bill Locey

• 1876 All Over Again - Stagecoach Inn Museum event invites visitors to hang out with frontier folk. By Jane Hulse

• Recipe for a Dispute - The former chef at Book Soup Bistro denies that he ‘sold’ his recipes to the Sunset Strip eatery. ‘No comment’ from other side. By Angela Pettera

• Survival Sculpture By Josef Woodard

• Catching On By Leo Smith

• No Secret What Draws Teens Into ‘L.A. Confidential’ By Mark Chalon Smith

• Something Right Up Their Alley - Talent Night at Mr. T’s Bowl is surely one of the more surreal experiences in L.A.’s club scene. By Heidi Siegmund Cuda

• In The Mood / A Few Good Burgers

• The King and His Court By Zan Dubin

• Branching Out in Brea By Benjamin Epstein

• Morning Report By Shauna Snow

• POP DATE BOOK By Jerry Crowe

• Morning Report By Shauna Snow

• Global Salsa - Documentary film ‘Yo Soy del Son a la Salsa’ removes the kitsch cloak from Cuban music. By Yvette C. Doss

• An ‘Othello’ That Sizzles - Royal National Theatre production plays well in the heat of Phoenix, where biggest star turns out to be the set designer, Anthony Ward. By Don Shirley

• Lavishly Illustrated Book Discusses Efforts to Preserve and Restore Films By Susan King

• L.A.’s Taste of Bangladesh - Jafran Royal Kitchen on 3rd Street has a Muslim butcher shop, a cozy four tables and low prices. Try the fish, too. By Charles Perry

• Opium Den to Offer Thankful Night of Disco By Heidi Siegmund Cuda

• Sticking With It By Max Jacobson

• A Prime Number By S. Irene Virbila

• Blues Club Branches Out By James E. Fowler

• Fair Days Ahead By Irene Garcia

• Coming to a Cafe Near You By Bill Locey

• Uncomfortable Family Ties By Robin Rauzi

• Classic Film Festival Schedule

• ‘Ragtime’ Sets a Record for Ovation Nominations By Don Shirley

• Looking for a Fight? By Corinne Flocken

• Line Dancing By Tracy Johnson

• Love, Excess and the IRS By T. H. Mcculloh

• Love Is a Many Distorted Thing in ‘Private Eyes’ By F. Kathleen Foley

• At USC, Two in the Modernist Tradition By William Wilson

• L.A. Arts Sampler - The third L.A. County-Wide Arts Open House includes Music Center groups for the first time. By Booth Moore

• Two Games–Ace Combat 2, Rage Racer–a Wedded Blast for Players By Aaron Curtiss

• Save That Movie! - After a slow start, AMC’s Film Preservation Festival has raised $1.3 million. The fifth gala begins tonight with “The Killers.” By Susan King

• The Winans Uplift at Gospel Fund-Raiser By Connie Johnson

• For Kids’ Ears, Mostly - Radio Disney says that its 5-week-old L.A. outlet on KTZN-AM is already a solid success. By Judith Michaelson

• Conference Will Help Local Writers Advance Their Careers By Frances Halpern

• Theater

• Strong Performances, Forced Humor in ‘Miss Reardon’ By Robert Koehler

• What Price for ‘Candle in the Wind’? By Jerry Crowe

• Messy, With a Message - Blue Palm’s ‘The Five Senses’ mixes kid-friendly ballet, burlesque and wordplay with learning. By Lynne Heffley

• Street Scene Theatrics By Josef Woodard

• Captivatin’ Rhythm By Zan Stewart

• Menu of Memories By Juan Hovey

• Itinerary / Winging It By Booth Moore

• A Jester’s Tale

• At the Movies

• Knott’s stirs up its 25th year of Halloween chills and thrills. By Ken Williams

• Remembering Murnau - UCLA Film Archive series pays tribute to the master of German Expressionism. By Kevin Thomas

• Six Friends Complete a Creative Circle By David Pagel

• Chilling Contradictions - ‘Terra Nova’ plumbs the horrors of historic Antarctic exploration. Was patriotism a mistake? By Jana J. Monji

• Looking Back on a Lost World - The Lumiere Brother’s historic short films from 1890s are being released on home video. By Susan King

• MY FAVORITE WEEKEND

• Much of Weekend Fare Is Devoted to Stories of Women By Susan King

• A Cast of Hundreds By Robin Rauzi

• Trying With All of Their Fright By Booth Moore

• Luggage Store Lets You Pack In Savings on Quality Merchandise By Geri Cook

• Parody of Rock for All Ages Pops Up in Simi By Todd Everett

• Wilbur the Calf Puts on His Overalls to Charm, Interact With Young Children By Lynne Heffley

• Taste for the Wild By Richard Kahlenberg

• Swinging for the Fairways - Once junior golf lagged behind other youth sports, but with the emergence of Tiger Woods, the game’s popularity has exploded. By Laurie K. Schenden