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What happened on July 20, 1998
NEWS
Angry About Ill 'Wind'
A Legacy Gratefully Accepted, Passed Along By Kathleen Rogers-venema, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Sandy Banks
Destiny's Chastity By Veronique Delacroix-smith, 10 TIMES STAFF WRITERS
Off-Kilter By Roy Rivenburg, Times Staff Writer
Bitten by the Spirit of the Vampire By Susan Salter Reynolds, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Pint-Sized Punch Lines
Punch Lines
Lessons in Giving, From 4 of the Best By Ann Conway
Free Carts
Stanford 9 Test Results
Hearing Aids
Asian Americans in California
Cigarettes
Death Penalty in California
Manzanar
A LOOK AHEAD * Despite concerns over civil rights, a plan to use dogs to sniff out contraband at Venice High could be the newest tool as . . . School Officials Try to Take a Bite Out of Drug Use By Sue Mcallister, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Stronger Fire Safety Laws for Elderly Sought By Karima A. Haynes, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Missing the Boom-Time Bandwagon By Stuart Silverstein, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Ferry-Tale Ending to Commutes By Elizabeth Mehren, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Workers at Saturn Vote to OK Strike From Reuters
Ruling Mainly a Moral Victory for Big Tobacco By Myron Levin, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Agents Lack Information for Starr, Lawyers Say By Sam Fulwood Iii, TIMES STAFF WRITER
A Whooshing Sound of Death By Maggie Farley, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Hostage's Wife on Painful Trek for Truth By Dexter Filkins, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Saturn Strike Vote Deals GM Another Blow By Don Nauss and Melinda Fulmer, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
New Twists on Religious Traditions, American Style By Teresa Watanabe, TIMES RELIGION WRITER
A Special Report: Summertime Sports By Mike Hiserman
Study Finds Few Watching Protected Areas By Deborah Schoch, TIMES STAFF WRITER
As Mercury Soars, So Does Tourism By Diana Marcum, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
In Secret Junkyard, Cars Are Reminders of Infamous Crimes By Geoff Boucher, TIMES STAFF WRITER
L.A. Going Hollywood in the Battle for Democratic Convention By Faye Fiore, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Capitol Journal By George Skelton
New Approach to Protecting Fragile Habitats Criticized By Deborah Schoch, TIMES STAFF WRITER
U.S. Culture Tests Faith of Worshipers By Teresa Watanabe, TIMES RELIGION WRITER
Taliban Orders Aid Agencies to Shut Down From Reuters
India-Pakistan Nuclear Problem Eases as U.S. Official Arrives for Talks By Tyler Marshall, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Benefactors Are Now Paying the Price for Historic Preservation By Geraldine Baum, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Northern Nigerians Echo Southern Complaints Over Long Military Rule By Ann M. Simmons, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Israel, Palestinians Reopen Peace Talks; Progress Cited From Associated Press
Short Warning Time Adds to Tsunami Peril By Kenneth Reich, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Serbs, Rebels Battle for Kosovo Town From Associated Press
Yeltsin Orders Revenue Hikes to Improve IMF Loan Chances By Carol J. Williams, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Paramilitary Blamed in N. Ireland Killing Associated Press
Clinton Wraps Up Weekend Respite From Times Wire Reports
No Time for Hormel Vote, Lott Explains From Times Wire Reports
37 Deaf Mexicans Moved to New York City Shelter From Associated Press
Rescuers Work to Free Pinned Caver From Times Wire Reports
Four-Legged Heroes Honored for Service From Times Wire Reports
Papers Report Nose Job for Paula Jones From Times Wire Reports
Court Backs County Ban on Jet Skis From Times Wire Reports
Farmers Seek Divine Relief From Hellish Heat From Associated Press
Pentagon Panel Suggests Easing Rules on Adultery From Associated Press
New 'Morning After' Pill May Dodge RU-486 Pitfalls From Reuters
Fire Crews Fight San Dimas Blaze, Other Hot Spots From Associated Press
ENTERTAINMENT
Series of Unmistakable Similarities By Brian Lowry, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Dragon Days By Alison Dakota Gee, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
'Zorro' Makes Its Mark at the Box Office By Richard Natale, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
'NewsRadio' to Account for the Loss of Phil Hartman By Brian Lowry, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Plus, Theaters Are Air-Conditioned
Testing Limits of the Body, the Art By Lewis Segal, TIMES DANCE CRITIC
Kaleidoscope Stretches 'California Masters' By Lewis Segal, TIMES DANCE CRITIC
What Ails Movies? The Germ of a Sitcom By Paul Chitlik, Paul Chitlik is a screenwriter whose most recent credit is "Alien Abduction," which aired earlier this year on UPN
La Bottine Souriante Goes to Work on Synthesis By Don Heckman
Intact 'Chicago,' Save Velma By Laurie Winer, TIMES THEATER CRITIC
'Tonight' Crew Takes the Stage By Bill Kohlhasse
Amplifying Baroque Orchestra's Success By Timothy Mangan
At This Bowl Game, Most Everyone Knows the Score By Josef Woodard
Antics Get Too Frantic in 'Wives' By Mark Chalon Smith, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
The Bard's Pie Fight By Robert Koehler, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Charles McPherson: Still Scaling the Heights By Zan Stewart, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Exuberant Fans of Bossa Nova's Subtle Sounds By Bill Kohlhaase, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
BUSINESS
Hycor Replaces CEO After Failed Turnaround Try By Barbara Marsh, TIMES STAFF WRITER
More Overworked Japanese Killing Selves By Yuri Kageyama, ASSOCIATED PRESS
Speeding Cancer Hunt By Barbara Marsh, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Lens Output Rising By Barbara Marsh, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Eye on the Sky By Jube Shiver Jr., TIMES STAFF WRITER
The Spotlight Is on Multimedia
Goldman Sachs Sets the Pace With State IPOs By Debra Vrana, Debora Vrana covers investment banking for The Times
Paul Revere or Chicken Little? Selling the Y2K Problem By Thomas S. Mulligan, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Mexico TV Network to Share Resources From Associated Press
Paris Bourse Seeks to Rival London Plan From Bloomberg News
Airbus Expects UPS Order for 30 Planes Bloomberg News
AMD, Motorola May Share Technology Reuters
Also . . .
Movie About Hacker Is a Hack Job of Its Own, Protesters Say By Greg Miller
Nintendo Titles Are Rarely Super By Aaron Curtiss, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Futuristic Craft Taking Shape in Palmdale By Elizabeth Douglass
Are They Ready to Cyber-Rock? Only Time Will Tell By Thomas S. Mulligan, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Masters of Their Domain By Karen Kaplan
Hard Times at Hycor By Barbara Marsh
Booster Shot By Karen Kaplan
Electronic Democracy By Karen Kaplan
Looking at the Bigger Picture By Kim Komando
Love It or Hate It, AOL an Interesting Tale By Karen Kaplan, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Nice Notebook Choice . . . Even With the Dongle By Lawrence J. Magid
A Simple Bug, a Difficult Extermination
AT&T Among Firms Melding Voice, Data Into New Form of Chat Service By Jennifer Oldham
HEALTH
A Doctor's Circuitous Journey Back From Her Own Brain Injury
Designed To Heal By Connie Koenenn, TIMES STAFF WRITER
After the Hard Sell, the Ride is Smooth
Orlistat Moderately Useful in Weight Loss
Vitals WASHINGTON POST
Getting the Better of Stress With Humor By Rochelle O'Gorman Flynn
Danger: Sleepy Driver Ahead WASHINGTON POST
Some Light on the Subject By Martin Miller
The Jury's Still Out on Chromium Picolinate By Ed Blonz
Healthy Bestsellers
Just Let the World Recede Into Silence By Elaine St. James
Sitting Around the TV at Camp Compromise By Jim Shea
Coming Wednesday in FOOD
Jean Gets Smart About Fitness and Diet By Candace A. Wedlan, TIMES STAFF WRITER
The Consumer Truth: We Don't Buy What's Good for Us By Kathy Smith
She Swore Off Diets, Made Better Choices By Betty Ann Safarik
If You Go to the Dogs, You'll Become Healthier By Carol Krucoff
That Leg Pain Could Be a Side Effect of Drug By Joe Graedon and Teresa Graedon
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
HMO Appeals: No Halfway
Don't Back Off on Diesel Issue
Amid Dawdling, Schools Stew
Not Something for Do-it-Yourselfers By Suzanne Gordon, Suzanne Gordon is a journalist who writes about health care. Her latest book is "Life Support: Three Nurses on the Front Lines" (1997, Little, Brown & Co.)
A Game of Bang-Bang, You're Dead By Wayne Cooper, Wayne Cooper writes in Charlotte, N.C., and sells computer systems to the transportation industry
Closing a Chapter in the City's Sinful Water History By Abraham Hoffman, Abraham Hoffman is the author of "Vision or Villainy: Origins of the Owens Valley-Los Angeles Water Controversy" (Texas A&M University Press, 1981), which was awarded a Donald H. Pflueger Local History Prize by the Historical Society of Southern California in 1993
An Impasse in Chiapas Punishes Its People By Sergio Sarmiento, Sergio Sarmiento is a television commentator and syndicated newspaper columnist in Mexico
Transit Report Offers Options for the Eastside By Hector Becerra, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Labor Making a Stand at LAX By Jim Newton, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Even Killjoys Can Tell When They've Got It Good By Shawn Hubler
New Fire Rules at Senior Care Homes Sought By Karima A. Haynes, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Condition of Boy Hurt in Freeway Shooting Improves
Hope Floats for Water Safety Officials By Phil Willon, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Simi Man Aims to Galvanize GOP Right By Coll Metcalfe, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Coast Businesses See Clouds' Silver Lining By Joel P. Engardio, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Bike Trail Plan Gets Rolling With Meetings By Jennifer Hamm, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Valley Glen Neighbors Celebrate a New Name By Andrew Blankstein, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Pierce Partnership Offers 4-Year Program By Sue Fox
Week's Highs Forecast to Stay Under 100 By Edward M. Yoon
There's Book Learning . . . or Fun Learning By Pamela J. Johnson, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Buddhists to Host 2-Day Obon Festival By Tom Schultz
100,000 Get the Beat at Latino Music Fest By Edward M. Yoon
Local Red Cross Crisis Corps Is Recruiting By Michael Baker
Saturday's Youth Fair to Highlight Diversity By Eric Rimbert
From Magic to Make-Overs
INS Loosens Some Rules
Managers Sought for Census Bureau Office By Michael Baker
42 Graduate from Explorer Academy By Holly J. Wolcott
4 Fugitives Sought by Sheriff's Department By Holly J. Wolcott
Despite the Heat, Van Nuys Air Show Attracts 225,000 By Jose Cardenas, TIMES STAFF WRITER
20,000 Flock to Old Town for Annual Fiesta By Pamela J. Johnson
Pair Shot After Quarrel With Gang By Michael Baker
Body of Woman Found on Sylmar Trail By Amy Oakes
Public Summit to Address Underage Drinking By Holly J. Wolcott
Activist Seeks to Galvanize GOP's Conservative Wing By Coll Metcalfe, TIMES STAFF WRITER
While Stubborn Weed Takes Hold at Beach, Bureaucrats Quibble By Hilary E. Macgregor, TIMES STAFF WRITER
DeGeneres' Mother Speaks to Gay Support Group By Bonnie Harris Hayes, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Strangers in the Night By David Haldane, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Painful Days for Irish Expatriates By Lorenza Munoz, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Strife May Never Be Same After Board Race By Robert Ourlian, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Activities
Surfing Down Memory Lane By Jodi Wilgoren, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Japan
Paying Toll for Heavy Traffic By Ken Reich
A Dim View of Drivers Using Dome Lights By Geoff Boucher
Orange County Agenda By Chris Ceballos and Debra Cano and Linn Groves and John Pope and Lesley Wright and Steve Carney
Highlights Today at the Orange County Fair
Driver Faces Multiple Charges in Road Death By Geoff Boucher, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Costa Mesa Man Stabbed in Burglary; 2 Teens Held By Geoff Boucher, TIMES STAFF WRITER
SPORTS
Luke Uses Force, Dodgers Waste It By Jason Reid, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Maris Watch: 61
Winner Is a Galloping Gourmet By Bill Christine, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Percival's Free Passes Hand Win to Orioles By Mike Digiovanna, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Stardom Is Long Overdue By Randy Harvey
A consumer's guide to the best and worst of sports media and merchandise. Ground rules: If it can be read, played, heard, observed, worn, viewed, dialed or downloaded, it's in play here. By Scott Moe
Reggie Designates His Latest Hits for the Media By Mark Heisler
Hot Day Brings Big Change in Tour de France Standings From Staff and Wire Reports
Zanardi Ties Mark With Win From Associated Press
Earnhardt Dominates Like Dad By Shav Glick, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Hospitality Can Get Expensive By Jim Hodges, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Nelson Makes It Interesting, but Irwin Wins by 3 From Associated Press
Rose Is More Than Just a Budding Star By Thomas Bonk, TIMES STAFF WRITER
The Hole Of The Day
Gonzalez Seems Back in Groove: Two More RBIs From Associated Press
A's Stairs Too Tough for Twins From Associated Press
Freak Injuries Are Helping Finley Forget His Other Mishaps By Mike Digiovanna
Twins Creating Plan to Stay in Metrodome From Associated Press
Astros' Bell Chimes In With Winning Hit From Associated Press
Florida Bad Luck for Grace Associated Press
Padres Heading Toward Runaway From Associated Press
Defensively, Castro Fits With This Team Just Like a Gold Glove By Jason Reid
Van Nuys Notre Dame Advances By Peter Yoon, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Mahone Fights His Way Toward Filling Big Void By Scott Moe, TIMES STAFF WRITER
With Mission Accomplished, U.S. Splits By Robyn Norwood, TIMES STAFF WRITER
U.S. Wastes Big Lead in Basketball From Associated Press
Another Major Mark By Thomas Bonk, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Davis, Now Healthy, Is Helping Orioles Recover By Chris Foster, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Burke Has Key Hit in Eighth as Vigilantes Beat Sonoma By Mike Terry, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Bohannon Brothers Roll to Hardcourt Championship
Ice-Less Hockey
Arce Simplifies Format by Sweeping Her Matches By Martin Henderson, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Local Hero By Erik Hamilton, TIMES STAFF WRITER
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