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What happened on April 01, 1999
NEWS
Trove of Ice Age Fossils Discovered in Hemet From Associated Press
BP Amoco Will Acquire Arco for $27 Billion NANCY RIVERA BROOKS, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Gary Morton; Lucille Ball's Husband and Producer MYRNA OLIVER, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Younger People Buying Smaller Share of Music From Associated Press
Area Code Overlay Elizabeth Douglass
Sowing Lesson ROBERT SMAUS, TIMES GARDEN EDITOR
Davis Joins Holocaust Lawsuit Targeting U.S. Auto Makers From Staff and Wire Reports
For MIA's Family, a Slow, Hard Truth DAVID BAILEY, REUTERS
Court Allows O.C. Investment Pool Suit Against Merrill Lynch From Associated Press
Witness Backs McDougal Claim About Pressure to Help Starr From Times Wire Services
Ford to Install Inside Release for Trunks From Times Wire Reports
Conroy Loses Appeal in Suit Against Spitzer From Associated Press
John Wayne: Airport Lead to Bit Player JEAN O. PASCO and JEFF GOTTLIEB, TIMES STAFF WRITERS
High Court Debates States' Rights DAVID G. SAVAGE, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Voters Know Little of Candidates, Charter JIM NEWTON, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Planning Ahead
Pint-Sized Punch Lines
Bush Leads GOP Pack in Money Derby MARC LACEY, TIMES STAFF WRITER
A Rose by Any Name at All ROBERT SMAUS
Today's Living Best Bets
Egg Hunt MARTHA TOLLES
A New Palette for Your Palate ROBERT SMAUS
Kings Don't Get the Point JIM HODGES, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Harvesting the Internet DAVID COLKER, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Laugh Lines
Toyota Jumps Into Big Leagues of Pickup Trucks With New Tundra PAUL DEAN, TIMES AUTOMOTIVE WRITER
Question Corner
Faith Adds a New Twist to Saga of Atheist O'Hair CLAUDIA KOLKER, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Ex-Commander Faults Aviator's Integrity From Associated Press
Relief Agencies Scramble to Aid Tide of Refugees JOHN J. GOLDMAN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Ford to Install Inside Release for Trunks From Times Wire Reports
Sobbing Baptist Leader Gets 5 1/2 Years in Prison for Theft From Associated Press
Federal Government Is Flunking Accounting, GAO Audit Finds From Associated Press
NATO's New Members Get a Quick Initiation CAROL J. WILLIAMS, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Rebel Force May Prove to Be a Difficult Ally NORMAN KEMPSTER, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Auto Sales Reuters
A Sport-Utility Roadster? JOHN O'DELL
Run for Cover! Debate Is Going Great Guns ART BUCHWALD
From Garden to Dinner Table DONNA DEANE, TIMES TEST KITCHEN DIRECTOR
Secrets, Science Are Volatile Mixture at Los Alamos Lab BOB DROGIN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Lords Pass Bill Stripping Hereditary Voting Rights Associated Press
Refugees Stream Into Albanian Border Town JOHN DANISZEWSKI, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Serbs Load Thousands on Trains Out of Capital PAUL WATSON, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Returning Lawmakers Face Many Agendas MARK GLADSTONE and CARL INGRAM, TIMES STAFF WRITERS
Capitol Journal columnist George Skelton is on... GEORGE SKELTON
In N. Ireland, Peace Plan Hangs by Thread MAURA REYNOLDS, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Davis Picks Texan to Head California Pesticide Panel Associated Press
Europeans Hardened by Reports of Serb Atrocities RICHARD BOUDREAUX, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Staking Out Summer Giants ROBERT SMAUS, TIMES GARDEN EDITOR
Self-Rule Comes to the Tundra KIM MURPHY, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Obituaries
Upset Puts Green Party on the Map JENIFER WARREN and MARIA L. La GANGA, TIMES STAFF WRITERS
China Says Philippines Ramping Up Spratlys Rift ANTHONY KUHN, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Kosovo Far From Most Minds in U.S. JANET HOOK, TIMES STAFF WRITER
3 U.S. Soldiers Possibly Captured Along Border JAMES GERSTENZANG and ELIZABETH SHOGREN, TIMES STAFF WRITERS
An Aperitif for Your Plants ROBERT SMAUS
Rock Climbers, Rangers Nail Together an Accord DIANA MARCUM, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
The 10 Essential Tasks ROBERT SMAUS
New York Officers Charged With Murder From Associated Press
Firm Drops Plan to Import Toxic Waste From Cambodia TONY PERRY, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Worthy of the Louvre, or the Salvation Army STEPHANIE SIMON, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Judge Favors Snakes in Fence Dispute From Times Wire Reports
Several Reasons to Whistle a Happy Tune RUTH RYON, Times Staff Writer
Acres of Spring Flowers Await Your Visit CONNIE KOENENN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Latest Prose May Plant a Few New Ideas ROBERT SMAUS, TIMES GARDEN EDITOR
BUSINESS
Coke's Bad News Spills Over to Pepsi's IPO Reuters
JAL to Offer Alternative to Smoking Associated Press
John Wooden Trophy Image Stands Tall, but Sponsor Drive Falters GREG JOHNSON, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Yahoo, Broadcast.com Merging in a $5.7-Billion Stock Deal ASHLEY DUNN and JOSEPH MENN, TIMES STAFF WRITERS
Investors Rush In Where They Once Feared to Tread TOM PETRUNO
Commerce Secretary Optimistic After Beijing Talks MAGGIE FARLEY, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Ziff-Davis Spins Off Online Unit to Eager Investors Reuters
Orange County Earnings
Bayer to Boost Annual U.S. R&D to $1 Billion Reuters
Select Talking Merger Reuters
Sounding the Dinner 'Bell' for Busy Families From Staff and Wire Reports
ARV Assisted Living Posts Losses for 4th Quarter, Year
Presley Extends Deadline for Terms of Lyon Purchase JOHN O'DELL, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Orange County Earnings
EMB Acquisition a Go
Orange County Earnings
With United's Test Program, You Have to Be on Time Stephen Gregory
Also. . .
Corporate Profits Off--a First for '90s From Times Wire Services
Dow Slides 127 as Rate Jitters Rise From Times Staff and Wire Reports
USDA Proposes New Milk Pricing System Associated Press
The Electricity Came Back to Net Stocks WALTER HAMILTON, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Mileage Deduction Sliced by IRS as Gas Prices Soar LIZ PULLIAM, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Hilton to Franchise 100 Hotels in Expansion Jesus Sanchez
Beware the Ides of Midlife DENISE GELLENE
Levi Strategy May Wear Thin With Core Fans DENISE GELLENE
Newport's SM&A Acquires Colorado Firm for Cash
BP's Eat-or-Be-Eaten Survival Strategy Makes a Meal of Arco JAMES FLANIGAN, TIMES SENIOR ECONOMICS EDITOR
Tax Q&A: IRA Rollovers
BNC Buyback Approved
O.C. Couple Sought in Fraud Tracked to Florida, Arrested JONATHAN GAW, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Centris Profit Drops 74%; Insurer Is in Talks to Sell From Bloomberg News
Test Your Savvy
Stacking UP Sales
CBS Said to Be Close to Buying King World SALLIE HOFMEISTER, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Managers Bill to Get Tighter Focus JAMES BATES, TIMES STAFF WRITER
More On Tech Bloomberg News
Background Checks for Futures Contracts Associated Press
Microsoft Trial Set to Resume in Mid-May Associated Press
No Privacy Policy, No IBM Web Ads Bloomberg News
Mattel Toys Will Play Off Magazines From a Times Staff Writer
Ad Spending Was Up 8.3% Last Year From a Times Staff Writer
Nissan Will Reintroduce the Z Sports Car in U.S. DONALD W. NAUSS, TIMES STAFF WRITER
EarthShell Misses a Key Deadline on Products DEBORA VRANA, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Gobi Jumps Into 'Free' PC Arena JOSEPH MENN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Agents Arrest Nigerian National Over Alleged Fraud Scheme JEFF LEEDS, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Centris Group Seeks Buyer as Quarterly Profit Drops From Bloomberg News
Fed-Up Metalclad Will Sell Mexican Operations JOHN O'DELL, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Grocery Wholesalers Agree to Merge Melinda Fulmer
Murdoch Buying Out Sports Partner Malone SALLIE HOFMEISTER, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Free Voicemail for Ad Listeners Reuters
Virtual Product Placement Tested Associated Press
Spanish-Language Health Magazines Robust, Growing LEE ROMNEY, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Guidant Issues Warning on Pacemakers Bloomberg News
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
Earthwatch: A Diary of the Planet
City Temporarily Halts Brush-Clearance Fee AGNES DIGGS
Drunk Driver Gets 1 1/2-Year Term in Death of Girl on PCH TED SHAFFREY, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Coach Held on Charges of Molesting Students ANDREW BLANKSTEIN and KRISTINA SAUERWEIN, TIMES STAFF WRITERS
Obituaries
New Housing Units Open on Naval Base ANNA GORMAN
Huntington Beach Marissa Espino, (714) 965-7172, Ext. 15
Poll Gives Valley VOTE Lift MIGUEL BUSTILLO and JIM NEWTON and PATRICK MCGREEVY, TIMES STAFF WRITERS
Lake Forest Ellen McCarty, (949) 574-4206
San Clemente Chris Ceballos, (949) 248-2150
Natural Gas Leak From Severed Line Empties Law Center JASON KANDEL
Fountain Valley Marissa Espino, (714) 965-7172, Ext. 15
Rethink This One, Russia
2 Plead No Contest to Selling Illegal Medicines
The Land of Water
Garden Grove Jason Kandel, (714) 966-5848
Newport Beach Jenifer Ragland, (949) 574-4207
Buena Park Regina Hong, (714) 966-5912
La Habra Christine Castro, (714) 966-7440
City Agrees to Acquire Homes Ruined by Slide AGNES DIGGS
I Didn't Know That . . .
Laguna Woods Sean Kirwan, (949) 574-4202
Yorba Linda James Meier, (714) 966-5988
Streetwise Resume Led to a Job ROBERTO J. MANZANO, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Winds Create Problems and Opportunities JENNIFER HAMM, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
La Palma Harrison Sheppard, (714) 966-5977
Alone at Life's Last Stop Shawn Hubler
Placentia Crystal Carreon, (714) 966-7835
Los Alamitos Lesley Wright, (714) 966-7824
A New Charter, Not Secession
The Carnegie: Civilization's Oxnard Home WENDY MILLER, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Villa Park Regina Hong, (714) 966-5912
Laguna Beach James Meier, (714) 966-5988
Growth Continues Despite SOAR Vote ERIC C. SANITATE
Councilman Plans Tutoring Program for L.A. Schools DUKE HELFAND, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Anaheim Crystal Carreon, (714) 966-7835
Crews Sent to Clean Up Unfinished School
The Safety Zone: Action Log
Dana Point Chris Ceballos, (949) 248-2150
Chapman Wins a Landmark Job Case GREG HERNANDEZ and JACK LEONARD, TIMES STAFF WRITERS
Brea Regina Hong, (714) 966-5912
Westminster Harrison Sheppard, (714) 966-5977
U.S. Urged to Combat Hantavirus on Islands
Senior-Center Seder Fosters Family Joy Among Friends DAVID HALDANE, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Cypress Christine Castro, (714) 966-7440
City Manager Resigns After 28 Years of Service
Plan OKd to Import Water for Santa Clarita Valley PAUL M. ANDERSON, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
L.A. Council Votes to Back Pasadena Light-Rail Project
Laguna Niguel Rebecca Harris, (949) 574-4205
Laguna Hills Alex Katz, (949) 574-4203
Costa Mesa Tina Borgatta, (949) 574-4233
Tyrants, Hear This
Wiring the Earth to Eavesdrop on Quakes ROBERT LEE HOTZ, TIMES SCIENCE WRITER
2 Arrested, Linked to Numerous Area Taggings KURT STREETER
Seniors
Ford's New SUV
Get Ready for a Ground War MICHAEL O'HANLON, Michael O'Hanlon is a fellow in foreign policy studies at the Brookings Institution
Bond Sale Urged for Boeckmann's Land PATRICK McGREEVY, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Impossible Dream Comes True--Eventually TERRY McDERMOTT, TIMES STAFF WRITER
U.S.-Cuba Baseball
Keep Goose That Lays Golden Eggs DIANA FURCHTGOTT-ROTH, Diana Furchtgott-Roth is a resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and coauthor, with Christine Stolba, of "Women's Figures: An Illustrated Guide to the Economic Progress of Women in America" (AEI Press, 1999)
2 Badly Decomposed Bodies Found in Home KURT STREETER
Some Tests for Colon Cancer May Be Ineffective, Experts Say
School Play Aims to Help Fund Trip PAULA PISANI
Gas Prices
Living Wage Gives a Boost to Demand ROBERT POLLIN, Robert Pollin is a professor of economics and co-director of the Political Economy Research Institute at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. He is co-author of "The Living Wage: Building a Fair Economy" (The New Press, 1998)
Sheriff Lowers Estimate of Extra Inmate Beds Needed JACK LEONARD, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Riordan Pushes for Funding ROBERTO J. MANZANO, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Riordan-Backed School Board Candidates Up the Ante With Ads DOUG SMITH, TIMES EDUCATION WRITER
Alliance for the Arts Holds Fund-Raiser CHRIS G. DENINA
Irvine James Meier, (714) 966-5988
Molina Endorses Griego for City Council Race
Here's the Reason State Will Stiffen HMO Oversight KENNETH REICH
Coalition Pledges to Fight Airport Expansion
Homeowners Urged to Help Prevent Landslide
Cutbacks in Chaplain's Hours, Benefits Upheld
Mission Viejo Alex Katz, (949) 574-4203
County Welfare System Flawed Despite Reforms, Survey Finds CAITLIN LIU, TIMES STAFF WRITER
A Smorgasbord of Fun HOLLY J. WOLCOTT, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
New Hubble Pictures Show a Stormy Spring on Uranus
GOP Candidates and Abortion
Of Attitude and Order TODD EVERETT, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
San Juan Capistrano Chris Ceballos, (949) 248-2150
Santa Ana Jason Kandel, (714) 966-5848
Seal Beach Harrison Sheppard, (714) 966-5977
Stanton Crystal Carreon, (714) 966-7835
Tustin James Meier, (714) 966-5988
On the Internet
Researchers Find Potential Use of DNA Strands as Computer Wiring
We're All-Powerful, and All Alone KENNETH WEISBRODE, Kenneth Weisbrode is deputy director of the Program on International Securityat the Atlantic Council of the United States
Activists Observe Chavez's Birthday JULIE HA, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Nests to Be Spared During Tree Removal TONY LYSTRA
A Way to Make Your Weight Nose-Dive? STEVE HARVEY
Irate Homeowners Told to Hold Off Slide LESLEY WRIGHT, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Showing Their Mettle ELEANOR YANG, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Southland Albanians Hail NATO Airstrikes HANNAH MILLER, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Fullerton Christine Castro, (714) 966-7440
Long Beach Schools Plan Repairs With New Funds MONTE MORIN, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Koreatown Firms Aid Chris Holden PETER Y. HONG, TIMES STAFF WRITER
No Charges Filed Over Campaign Brochure
Discrimination Suit Against Sheriff's Department Settled PAMELA J. JOHNSON, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Suspects in Dana Point Shooting Identified JASON KANDEL
Park Urged to Inform Public of Hantavirus GARY POLAKOVIC, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Hands-On Experience Gives Students Leg Up ANNA GORMAN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Kosovo and Civil War
Rules of Engagement Complicate Fighting Gang War JERRY HICKS
Son Testifies About Killing of Mother in 1993 Holdup EVELYN LARRUBIA, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Obituaries
High School Coach Arrested on Suspicion of Molestation ANDREW BLANKSTEIN and KRISTINA SAUERWEIN, TIMES STAFF WRITERS
One Local GOP Official Not So Local, D.A. Says MIGUEL BUSTILLO and PATRICK McGREEVY, TIMES STAFF WRITERS
Family Awarded $10.8 Million in Molestation RICHARD WINTON, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
SPORTS
Starting Over STEVE HENSON, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Huang Helps Keep Irvine Swimmers Afloat at the Top
No Red Line Means the Smallest Players Get Bigger Chances JOHN WEYLER, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Harrick Now Has Georgia on His Mind From Associated Press
Baffert, McCarron Settle Dispute Over Mount for Santa Anita Derby BILL CHRISTINE, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Jacobsen, Taurasi Named State's Best GARY KLEIN
Servite Coach Hamilton Is Fired PAUL McLEOD
Early Score by Red Wings Puts Kings Behind 8-Puck JIM HODGES, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Right in a Row
Newswire From Staff and Wire Reports
Locals Earn Wooden Awards GARY KLEIN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Staples Tickets Not Out of Line JIM HODGES
Ducks Suffer a Devil of Night ELLIOTT TEAFORD, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Clark Gives Foothill Gift on Her Birthday MARTIN HENDERSON, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Irvine Upsets No. 1 49ers
Femmes Fatales BILL CHRISTINE, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Ad Idea May Be a Little Patchy ROSS NEWHAN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Rucchin Makes Frustrating Return ELLIOTT TEAFORD
Finley, Salmon Can't Get Away From the Pain MIKE DiGIOVANNA, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Even on a Bad Night, Stars Are Good Enough From Associated Press
They Are Consistently Baffling LONNIE WHITE
Ice Dogs Clinch Playoff Spot
Bucks' Victory Will Cost Karl Dinner Money From Associated Press
There's Plenty of Spring in Malone's Step JASON REID, TIMES STAFF WRITER
If True, Let's Call Him Err Jordan J.A. ADANDE
Game Of The Week
Rider Is Suspended for Going in Stands From Wire Reports
Face Value BILL SHAIKIN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Playoff Destiny Is in Front of Them TIM KAWAKAMI
Stewart Reportedly Stepping Down at Missouri From Wire Reports
Katella Has No Trouble Beating No. 6 Cypress
Sydney Organizers Won't Fight Jones' Drive for Five From Staff and Wire Reports
Southern Section Honors Udeze, Jones and Ward From Staff Reports
One Year Later, Zito Speaking in Sign Language From Staff Reports
Burbank Takes Lead, Puts Hart in Its Place--Second
Calendar
Freeway Series May Have to Save the Best for Last RANDY HARVEY
Hockey Broke the Ice Here Decades Ago MAL FLORENCE
Alexander Resigns as Canyon Coach, AD
Young Men And The Sea VINCE KOWALICK, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Switch to Indy Cars Pivotal for Grand Prix EARL GUSTKEY, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Spring Break Menu GARY KLEIN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
After Acquiring Hollins, Blue Jays Release Fielder Times Wire Services
Palisades' Estavan Is City's Top Player GARY KLEIN
Gueringer Gets 'Dream Job' at Crespi ERIC SONDHEIMER, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Wallenberg's Dual Careers Are Tough Act to Follow MIKE BRESNAHAN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
ENTERTAINMENT
Itinerary: Hot Dogs and Beer ROBIN RAUZI
A Generation Gap in Talent? You Be the Judge JOAN FANTAZIA, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Downtown Discoveries : Los Angeles Children's Museum charts adventures through the concrete jungle. VALERIE J. NELSON, TIMES STAFF WRITER
TV Smarts
Arts And Entertainment Reports From The Times, News Services And The Nation's Press. SHAUNA SNOW
O.C. Fans' Choices
Ends This Weekend
TV Smarts
Performers Age, but Dreams Never Get 'Old' JANA J. MONJI, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Last Chance * ENDS THIS WEEKEND
8 pm: Pop Music
Leisure
Theater
Out of Town: San Francisco
Pop Date Book JERRY CROWE
8 pm: Jazz
Glass and Wilson Have Quelled Their Troublesome 'Monsters' RICHARD S. GINELL, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Plan Ahead: Next Weekend
Animated Discussion of 'Antz'; 'Loud' Offers Director's Insights SUSAN KING, TIMES STAFF WRITER
'Jesse' Concludes First Season; AMC Unreels Some Easter Epics SUSAN KING, TIMES STAFF WRITER
An Almost Religious Experience ANNE VALDESPINO, TIMES STAFF WRITER
They Just Seem to Click SUSAN KING, TIMES STAFF WRITER
8 pm: Pop Music
all day: Museum
Art
Let the Games Begin
Come for the Sushi . . . MAX JACOBSON, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
With a Sleek ' 'Tis Pity,' Rude Guerrilla Turns a Ford Into a Ferrari T.H. McCULLOH, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Time's Right to Try Luck at 13th Floor GENA PASILLAS, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Now's a Good Time to Get Out and Fly Like a Beagle CORINNE FLOCKEN, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Toasts of the Town HEIDI SIEGMUND CUDA, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Late-Night Snack Attack
David E. Kelley, Linda Ellerbee Among Top Peabody Winners From Associated Press
Best Bets Orange County HERE AND NEAR
Are You Game? DEVRA MA-ZA, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Matsuhisa's New Ubon Serves Oodles and Oodles of Noodles S. IRENE VIRBILA, TIMES RESTAURANT CRITIC
In Noir Heaven KEVIN THOMAS, TIMES STAFF WRITER
KCET's 'Fine Cut' Screenings Show Forces of Film's Future JON MATSUMOTO, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
The Last of the Indies MARK CHALON SMITH, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
What's Hot
Rex Hudler KEVIN BAXTER
Adding Some Meat to Rebirth of Downtown ANGELA PETTERA, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
All the Ingredients for a Shanghai Feast BARBARA HANSEN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Imax Epic 'Everest' Adjusted for Video SUSAN KING, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Stage Light ROBERT KOEHLER
Panna Cotta
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