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WATTS : Artists Turn Junk Into Functional Art
Belize Leader to Speak at Public Meeting
New Zealand Voters Rebuff Ruling Party
CITY ARTS : The Eyes Have It
COLUMN ONE : 2 Babies, 1 Heart and a Dilemma : The tiny Lakeberg twins forced doctors to confront wrenching questions about the moral, financial costs of separation surgery. Should they sacrifice one sister to save the other?
A summary of selected City Hall actions this past week affecting Central Los Angeles. : CITY COUNCIL
WILSHIRE CENTER : Auction to Aid Youth Programs
When Nobody Can Agree : Making foreign policy without any consensus
LOS ANGELES TIMES: INTERVIEW : Lane Kirkland Debunking Conventional Wisdom That Union Power Is Declining
Santa Clarita Faces Daunting Task of East Newhall Overhaul : Redevelopment: City officials want to recapture the area's Western glory days, but many obstacles stand in the way.
Others Graze on Ranch Tax Break : Subsidies: Hollywood stars are among the big landowners benefiting from the Williamson Act, a provision meant to aid agriculture.
BREEDER'S CUP : JUVENILE FILLIES : A Sire's Line Remains Busy : Phone Trick probably should have won an Eclipse in 1986. His daughter, Phone Chatter, makes amends.
COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOOTBALL ROUNDUP : Premature Celebration Costs OCC the Victory
JUNIOR COLLEGE FOOTBALL ROUNDUP : Citrus Turns Tide Thanks to Antelope Valley Turnovers
A Battle to the End for Pierce : College football: Coach Norton, assistant clash on sideline; on field, Brahmas stave off West L.A., 31-29.
Hansen Chases Down 18th Victory
Quite a Fight, but a Heck of a Flight : Boxing: Man with parachute hits ring apron in seventh round, causing 21-minute delay, and is rushed to hospital.
Great Britain's Princess Diana has asked George...
All Voters Care About Is: What Have You Done For Me Lately? : Election: The President's party is zero for six, but mood is more anti-incumbent than anti-Clinton. And crime is the key issue.
An Outrageous Racial Standard
THE SOUTHLAND FIRESTORM: A SPECIAL REPORT : EYEWITNESS : ANGELA BARRIOS: Housekeeper : 'They Are Rich. They Have Worked for Their Money--Like Us'
Spiritual traditions in Guatemala and the country's...
Democrats Taking Aim, See Dornan Dead Ahead
THE SOUTHLAND FIRESTORM: A SPECIAL REPORT : EYEWITNESS : 'The First Thing I Did Was Call the Angels to Stop the Winds' : LUCILE YANEY: Restaurant owner
PACIFIC 10 ROUNDUP : Sun Devils Romp, 41-0, as Cal Hits a New Low
Couples Has 67 to Lead at Kapalua
Lesson in Life : In Wedertz, They Find Compassion, Hope for Weak, Themselves
Pilgrims' Progress in Plymouth
L.A. SPEAK
VISION of MERCY
VIEW PARK : Cancer Care Lags for Blacks, Doctor Says
Suicide Doctor's Backers Rally to Demand His Release From Jail
Southland Fires: A Special Report
EAST LOS ANGELES : Tutor Program Finds Diamonds in Rough
THE SOUTHLAND FIRESTORM: A SPECIAL REPORT : EYEWITNESS : The Southland Fires
Scoring Doesn't Reflect Bruin Defense : UCLA: Washington State's offense was helped by turnovers.
This One-Armed Softball Team 'Can Play Some Ball'
REGIONAL ROUNDUP : This Time, North Carolina St. Rally Falls Short
SUNSET LEAGUE / CROSS-COUNTRY : Santa Ana Boys, Edison Girls Roll
Kingsmen Outrun by Occidental
PREP FOOTBALL SPOTLIGHT / FACTS, FIGURES AND COMMENTS FROM LAST WEEK'S GAMES
FILM COMMENT : And, Hey, It's OK to Lose : Today's new-style movie-- 'Cool Runnings,' 'Rudy' and 'Searching for Bobby Fischer'--exalts the ordinary guy, especially if he's pure of heart
** 1/2; LEMONHEADS, "Come On Feel the Lemonheads"; Atlantic
Backpack & Budget : San Francisco on the Cheap
Scientist Touts Fungus Over Pesticides : Agriculture: Researcher's weapon is a strain of the Beauveria Bassiana, which attaches itself to the insects, digs into their skin--and eats their tiny innards out.
Pet Deer's Slaying in Park Enrages New Haven : Connecticut: Bucky trusted humans implicitly; he had spent his entire life in captivity. Poachers are suspected. Reward fund tops $5,000.
Arid-Area Landscape Technique Takes Root Worldwide : Xeriscaping: Its key principles are a good design, improved soil, low-water-use plants, limited lawn size, efficient watering, use of mulch and good maintenance.
LIVING IT UP IN THE GRAND NEW NASHVILLE : Once Considered the Eccentric, Colorful Country Cousin of the Music Industry, the Home of The Grand Ole Opry Has Finally Made It Big
Miss Cambodia Pageant Boils Down to Who's Got the Best Sour Soup
Reward Offer Hits $40,000
Testing Their Mettle at Senior Games
New Mayor Favors Jewish Settlements in East Jerusalem
Rubbish Workers in Irvine Discover Body of Newborn
COMMENTARY : At Midway, Rams Have Lost Battle
In Brief
IRA Funds Can Be Out Just 60 Days
Conference Deals With Help for Workers Shaken by Violence in Workplace
The Passions of Polite Society : THE CULTIVATION OF HATRED: The Bourgeois Experience, Victoria to Freud, By Peter Gay (W. W. Norton: $29.95; 704 pp.)
SLEEPLESS IN L.A. : After Midnight, City Sights and Sounds and Smells Awaken the Senses
Learning and Living in Mexico
CALIFORNIA ALBUM : Dimming the Fatal Allure of Golden Gate Bridge : As grim toll mounts, the mayor wants to install telephones linked to suicide hot lines. But some experts say that doesn't go far enough.
5 Held in Arms Thefts
Administration Plans to Seek Broader Haiti Sanctions : Caribbean: 'Selective' embargo has failed to induce military to talk. Christopher says only other option is troops.
Beautiful and Doomed
Aid to Fire Victims
Structures Destroyed and Damaged in Altadena Fire
BOYLE HEIGHTS : Free Blood Tests for Senior Citizens
Some Pesticides Disappear Under Re-Approval Edict : Agriculture: Farmers find themselves with fewer and fewer chemicals to control insects, weeds and diseases.
Where the Help Is
On Revolution Day, 1993, Moscow Is Wistful, Jittery
San Francisco Bicyclists Pedal Home the Point : Commuters: Once a month, 600 of them crowd Market Street to focus attention on transit priorities.
NBA ROUNDUP : O'Neal Teaches Bradley a Lesson
Reinterpreting Ravel's Piano Music for New Tastes
Concert Credo: Take a Break, Make a Buck
Strother in Right Spot for USC : College football: Senior fullback runs for two touchdowns to help Trojans to 45-20 victory over Stanford.
It's Not So Tough Being Beautiful : Yes, Evan Dando, head Lemonhead, was one of People magazine's 50 most beautiful people. That's no reason to pity him, because his band is burning up the college charts and definitely hot with the Sassy set
JAZZ SPOTLIGHT : *** 1/2; DAVE BRUBECK, "Trio Brubeck"; MusicMasters
The Saga of Snoop Doggy Dogg : How did Calvin Broadus, a.k.a. Snoop Doggy Dogg, ascend to the heights of gangsta rap when his debut album isn't even out yet? And what about that murder charge? Hey, it's his life--let him explain it all
Air Service to Lake Tahoe
West Coast Bancorp Announces $2.5-Million Loss
Small Investors About to Lose an Effective Ally
Old Neighborhood Asks Karcher Protege, 'Why?' : Business: Fallen fast-food king made young Daniel Holden his lawyer, a board member, backed his deals. He voted to oust mentor.
FICTION
A Palace Renovation Fit for a King
How to Cope With a Home Damaged, Destroyed by Fire?
By the Shores of Millerton Lake
'Collegespeak' for the Reality-Impaired
On the Road Back From Ruin : Laguna fire: Most residents of Buena Vista Way have lost their homes, but find human spirit intact.
Georgian Forces Seize Last Rebel Bastion
Sex, Lies and the Great Diary Debate
Monrovia : Mayor to Represent Cities
Cabbies Risk Death Daily in N.Y. Jungle Under Siege : Crime: Hours are long and the mortality rate high. So far this year, 32 taxi drivers have been killed by armed robbers posing as customers.
The Right Direction for Ventura Blvd. : Officials Realize It's Time to Reassess Costly Plan
Civil Service Strike Closes Tower of London
Stoking the Spiritual Fires : Laguna Beach: 'Day of Prayer and Thanksgiving' at Main Beach is effort to invoke some healing following the disastrous blaze.
Donations Sought to Pay Bills of Fire Victim : Medical: The Topanga carpenter was burned over 75% of his body, trying to rescue a friend from the Calabasas/Malibu fire.
Moorpark's Mustafa in Catchall Role
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL ROUNDUP : Smith's Touchdown Count Reaches 36 in Montclair Prep Win
VOLLEYBALL ROUNDUP : CSUN Takes 5 to Defeat USF
Harbor Dept. Backlash May Cost City $12 Million : Finances: Legal experts say officials misinterpreted law designed to ease losses in state funding. Budget shortfall could force cuts in municipal services.
5.0 Quake Jolts Jakarta
7 Die in Colombia Ambush
O.C. Schools Feeling Under the Gun : Violence: Students are taking weapons to campus out of fear or to gain respect. The frightening trend is growing.
Rabbis Share More Than Their Calling
Running Yourself Into the Ground? : Health: Hard aerobic workouts can weaken the immune system, researcher contends. He likens such athletes to the elderly and advises them to get flu shots. But his theory has its critics.
SOUTH GATE : Parking Is Such Street Sorrow
The Power of Nature : A Community Forged by the Approaching Wall of Flame : CAMPUS CORRESPONDENCE
18 Arrested in Gang Crackdown
THE SOUTHLAND FIRESTORM: A SPECIAL REPORT : EYEWITNESS : JOHN McDANNEL: Airline pilot : 'I Put My Keys in My Pocket and Began to Run'
Experts Keep Cautious Watch on Alaska's Twin Water-Filled Volcanoes : Geology: An eruption could disrupt air traffic and alter the Becharof Wildlife Refuge.
Holyfield Wins a Real Chute-Out : Boxing: After parachutist lands in ring, former champion regains title with majority decision over Bowe.
OAK TREE : A Sweep of the Late Double Caps Perfect Day for Trainer Mandella
U.S. Soccer Team Plays Jamaica Today
Berenson's Barrage Six Goals In A Game
SuperSonics Overmatch Lakers Despite the Return of Christie : Pro basketball: Kemp scores 30 points and has 14 rebounds to lead Seattle to 129-101 victory.
El Camino Defense Is No Match for Mt. San Antonio
Banning Bounces Back in Big Way, 33-0 : Preps: After losing to archrival Carson last week, the Pilots manhandle Dorsey, 33-0.
ON LOCATION : Does White Water Become Her? : Two-time Oscar winner Meryl Streep leaves serious drama (and her accents) behind in 'River Wild.' (Who the heck does she think she is, Bruce Willis?!?)
Taking the Hell's Angel Food Cake
Lost in Filmland? These Guys Sure Found The Way
Wishing on a Star : Celebrity Endorsements Draw Big Bucks--but Do They Work?
THE WINE LIST
An Oakland Fire Survivor Offers Words of Advice
STYLE: HOME ENTERTAINING : The Potluck Club
Monterey Park : 3 Charged in Smuggling
SOUTH-CENTRAL : Rebuilt Diner Opens With a New Spirit
Children of immigrant parents frequently find themselves torn by a commitment to two different ideals: the need to honor the traditions of their families and native cultures, heritage, and the desire to succeed in a brand new land. : Whose Life Is It, Anyway?
Psychologists Look at Phenomenon of Regret : Science: Why is it so much more aggravating to miss your flight by 4 minutes than by 30? The research is part of a larger topic called 'counter-factual thinking.'
DOWNTOWN : Tony-Winning 'Offshore' Scheduled
Dennehy Wears a New 'Badge of Honor'
Equipment Robberies Tear Open an Industry : Crime: Garment makers are victimized by brazen gunmen who make off with valuable industrial sewing machines. Some have been forced out of business.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
THE SOUTHLAND FIRESTORM: A SPECIAL REPORT : EYEWITNESS : CLARON OAKLEY: Businessman : 'Those Portraits Were Kind of My Company'
SANTA PAULA : Bomb Found in Mailbox Disarmed
BOYLE HEIGHTS : Reinstate Anti-Gang Class, Supporters Say
THE SOUTHLAND FIRESTORM: A SPECIAL REPORT : EYEWITNESS : JEFF BAUGH: Helicopter pilot : 'I Can Feel It in My Stomach. I Can Feel It Throughout My Body'
Deputies Detain Boys Who Admit Starting Small Fire
Human Rage Devastating to the World of Wildlife : The homes of many Southland residents were consumed in recent fires, but the loss is beyond words for the innocent creatures of the wilderness.
THE SOUTHLAND FIRESTORM: A SPECIAL REPORT : EYEWITNESS : BARRY BIERMANN: California Department of Forestry : 'I Had No More Air, the Oxygen Had Gone and I Couldn't Breathe Any More'
Hernandez, L.A. Baptist Soar to Zenith of Alpha League
Scapegoats in Sports : By Their Deeds--Win or Lose--They Are Known
BIG EAST ROUNDUP : New Miami Passer, Same Old Story
SPOTLIGHT: SATURDAY'S GAMES AT A GLANCE : AUBURN DAYS
COMMUNITY COLLEGE ROUNDUP : Golden West Routs El Camino, Wins South Coast Title
Thumbs Up for Bruins After Seventh in a Row
BREEDER'S CUP : CLASSIC : Too Stunned to Be Angry : Stevens, Bertrando's jockey, and trainer Frankel don't know what hit them after Arcangues' record upset.
Raving About Moby : An innovative New York deejay combines classic disco with his own aggressive rhythms to break into the Billboard dance charts as a genuine techno music star on the rave scene
SOUTH GATE : Students May Get Lessons on Character
Erie Canal's Roots Span Two Centuries : History: President Jefferson called the project "little short of madness" when he was asked for federal funding in 1809. The canal was first suggested in 1783; digging began in 1817.
Gone With the Wind : As trends go, white-tie affairs and the ultra-thin look are history. But baked Alaska shows signs of heating up.
Fund-Raisers Will Be in Hog Heaven
U.S. Unions Are Wrong on NAFTA : If the pact is defeated, business will continue to exploit cheap labor, and workers on both sides of the border will suffer.
CRENSHAW : Forum to Focus on Crenshaw Business
The World : Ties With Japan: The Ticking Time Bomb in Clinton's Foreign Policy : Trade: The President claims success in "rebalancing" relations with Tokyo, but the widening deficit brings closer the day of reckoning.
GAME OF THE WEEK : Last-Minute Heroics Put Garfield Over the Top, 26-21 : East L.A. Classic: TD pass with 46 seconds left sends Roosevelt down to defeat before 25,000 at Weingart Stadium.
THE SOUTHLAND FIRESTORM: A SPECIAL REPORT : EYEWITNESS : STELLA RUDNIK and JOE PHILIPSON: Couple : 'This Is Life, and Life Has These Things in It'
Canyon Report Warned of Fire 6 Months Ago
Job-Seekers Go Shopping for Employment at Buenaventura Plaza Event : Economy: More than 130 people apply for holiday work at the mall through the state's Employment Development Department.
THE SOUTHLAND FIRESTORM: A SPECIAL REPORT : EYEWITNESS : Staff for 'Eyewitness'
Off-Duty Officer Shot in Scuffle
Penn's Stokes Runs for 272 Yards to Lead Quakers Over Princeton
New Look, but Same Bear Mystique : Raiders: Weather, fans and Chicago's defense will still be factors at Soldier Field.
Another Champion Is Brought to Earth
Northridge Soccer Team Facing Major Roadblock
In Brief
VERBATIM
Regulations on Employers Repress the Willingness to Hire, Studies Say
Calling for an Encore : Man Behind the Ash Grove Awaits the Rebirth of Legendary Club
Gore, Perot Face Tough Time Slot
Retro : Shipping Off to War
Long before the force was with him,...
Relatives of Dead Child Beat Apologizing Driver
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES : Terminating the Super Collider
Confronting Primitive Forces in a Desert
Paul Robeson's Son Hails Racial Mosaic of American Life : Civil Rights: His acclaimed entertainer father was blacklisted, but the things he fought for came to pass.
Farewell to Jerusalem's Giant : Determined, irascible Teddy Kollek loses after 28 years as mayor
Fashion City a Tough Deal to Stitch Together : Development: It's taking longer than backers expected to get garment manufacturers to agree to move to proposed Hawthorne complex.
THE SOUTHLAND FIRESTORM: A SPECIAL REPORT : EYEWITNESS : EDDIE BEDROSIAN: High school senior : 'I'm Glad I Kept My Cool. . . . Partly I Think It Was Because I Had My Grandma to Look After'
Taking the Heat: Remember the Firefighters
Yellow Leaves May Indicate Need for Iron
HIMALAYAN PASSAGE : Scenes From a Vanishing World
The Forgotten Kingdom : A rare journey inside exotic Mustang, a remote region of Nepal recently opened to limited numbers of environmentally sensitive trekkers
Reforestation Plan Sparks Debate : Environment: Officials say use of herbicides will allow 44,000 acres damaged in 1987 fire to recover more quickly. Critics say the government is more interested in timber production than conservation.
COMMENTARY : Don't Read This If You Aren't a Nielsen Family
Yeltsin Backs Off From Early Vote on His Presidency : Russia: Retreating from June elections, the leader says he wants to stay in office until 1996 to groom successor. Remarks come as Moscow braces for hard-line protests.
Pomona : Fire Dept. Transfer Protest
The Nation : Moving Images Created a Land of Endless Possibility : Culture: For Fellini, as for many people of his generation, America and its movies were the same. Image and reality were inextricably entwined.
Meriting the Honor : Scout's Determination to Help Others Will Earn Him Eagle Rank
Loyola Women Defeat Pepperdine in Five Games
A Heck of an Art Trek : Think of China's Mogao Grottoes as a 492-room gallery packed with 1,000 years of Buddhist art. It's just a tad out of the way
Indiana Plane Crash Kills 5
Even at This Dance, It Still Takes Two to Tango
BALDWIN HILLS : Clothier Vacates Last Store, Plans Another
Artist Is Limited Only by His Imagination
Fox's public-service spots advises kids how to stay safe out there
Readin' and Writin' and Revolution
THE SOUTHLAND FIRESTORM: A SPECIAL REPORT : EYEWITNESS : A Panicked Call, a Trip to Remember
A Fan's Cup Runneth Over With Highlights
Hearns Is Back, and so Is His Knockout Punch
NHL ROUNDUP : Maple Leafs Defeat Flyers in First-Place Showdown, 5-3
COLLEGE ROUNDUP : Pacific Christian Wins National Title
BETTING : Two Hit It Big in National Pick 7
'Wild' Gets OK to Use Rogue River
Satellite TV Service Set for Launch by Spring : Technology: Hughes Aircraft is investing $600 million in DirecTv project aimed at getting a jump on fiber-optic cable systems.
The Inventor vs. the Perfecter : The Latter, Don Shula, Is About to Overtake the Former, George Halas
Who Is Jordan's Air Apparent?
BREEDER'S CUP : MILE : Series' First Male Repeater : Trouble on the first turn can't prevent well-traveled Lure from winning for the second year in a row.
Millis Passes Test as Northridge Wins, 22-14 : College football: He replaces injured O'Laughlin and leads victory over San Luis Obispo in his second college start.
Superstar Summit Unpleasant for Lemieux and Penguins, 8-3 : Hockey: Gretzky has four assists as Kings win easily in rare meeting between NHL's most recognizable players.
Westlake Follows Plan to Perfection : High school football: Warriors put game against Channel Islands out of reach early, 29-6, in tuneup for Marmonte League title showdown with undefeated Newbury Park.
BIG TEN ROUNDUP : Penn State Finds Offense, Wins, 38-31
Giovannettone Fills Big Shoes in 28-7 Chaminade Victory
Singing, Dancing and Banking : A flood of musical revivals, including 'Guys and Dolls,' shows that audiences still go for a good time. Do you really need to ask why?
'Sides': For Better and for Worse, Collins Does It All : ** 1/2; PHIL COLLINS, "Both Sides"; Atlantic
Columbus' New Adventure : Chris Columbus took on the task of directing Robin Williams as a 60-something woman. Smart move? Well, at least the star is grown-up (kind of)
YOUR MORTGAGE : New Rules For Loan Escrows
Bad News: Your Mother Killed JFK : CASE CLOSED: Lee Harvey Oswald and the Assassination of JFK, By Gerald Posner (Random House: $25; 585 pp.) : THE LAST INVESTIGATION, By Gaeton Fonzi (Thunder's Mouth Press: $24.95; 438 pp.)
Weekend Escape: Central California : Mission Impossible : Their Assignment: to Journey Back Into Old California by Visiting Six Historic Missions in Three Days
WHERE'S BOB? Charlotte Goble, a second-grader at...
Tender Was Their Plight
Girl, 17, Kept Inside Locker; Parents Charged
WILSHIRE CENTER : Dialogue on Black, Jewish Communities
On the Road to Love (and Elsewhere) With JFK Jr.
Taking the Heat : Cooling Off Hot Spots Is What Hot Shots Do
Santa Ana Man Wins $25,000 in Big Spin
THE SOUTHLAND FIRESTORM: A SPECIAL REPORT : EYEWITNESS : CARRIE SUTTON: Beach resident : 'Surreal. Even Now When I Think About It, It Was Very, Very Strange'
Encino Woman Fatally Beaten, Found in Apartment
Chang Fills the Bill With Keiaho Out
BREEDER'S CUP : SPRINT : Jockey Makes Right Choice : Delahoussaye could have ridden Thirty Slews, last year's champion, but instead picked this year's--Cardmania.
BIG EIGHT ROUNDUP : Cornhuskers Survive Jayhawk Scare, 21-20
Eazy Does It
New Direction for a Butter and Egg Man
Death Row: Where Violence Meets Funky
Grit Forces Switch in Shuttle's Launch Pad
Neighborhood Pressure Forces Hospital to Abandon Plan for Hospice : Health: Neighbors contend that home for terminally ill patients would cause traffic problems and drive down property values.
San Dimas : Mansion to Become a B & B
Officer Shot Trying to Stop Fight; 4 Held
THE TIMES POLL : Riordan Rates Favorably With 45% of Citizens
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Voters Didn't Go Far Enough : Valley Residents OKd Public Safety Funding, but Rejected School Measure
Mountain Embodies Navajo Will to Stay
Hermosa Beach reconsiders decision on pier, but architect shows no fear.
The Numbers Are Clear: Smog Is on the Decline : Environment: First-stage alerts are the lowest since records were first kept in 1955. But L. A. Basin still has nation's worst air.
Drug Officials Warn Use of Speed Rising at Alarming Rate : Crime: About $5 million of methamphetamine was seized in the first half of 1993, more than 10 times that taken in the past five years combined.
FDA Approves Milk-Boosting Drug for Cows
LIPP-SMACKING FOOD : With Bam Bam Salads and Italian Sunrises, This Bistro Pays Lip Service to Melrose Cool
Gear & Gadgets : Small Pleasures of the Traveling Life
Mauna Kea Restoration
Delta
THE SCENE : Out of the (Cigarette) Ashes, a New L.A.?
The New Indian Wars : A Growing National Movement Is Gunning for Tribal Treaties, Reservations and Rights.
San Gabriel : Water-Saving Rules OKd
Whistle-Blowers Hear a Few Words of Reassurance
PICO-UNION : Center Is Salvation for Youths, Families
FOOTBALL : San Pedro Crushes Washington, 28-0
Ashrawi to Head PLO Mission in Washington
There have been more harrowing and authentic...
WITH AN EYE ON ... : Alexandra Powers at work: a fundamentalist one night and a killer another
Judge Removes Boy From Smoker's Home
The State : Risk-Wary California Voters Look for Security in a 'No' Vote : Polls: A deep-seated distrust of politicians threatens to undermine any sense of the common good. Governance will get ever more difficult.
Tender Was Their Plight
Mayor Ponders Fingerprinting or Permits for Panhandlers : Thousand Oaks: The ideas spark strong opposition from homeless advocates and from other members of the City Council.
NEWBURY PARK : 2 Arrested as Suspects in Car Burglaries
LETTERS : JUST FOR KECKS
THE WORLD OF JANE AUSTEN: Her Houses in Fact and Fiction by Nigel Nicolson, photographs by Stephen Colover (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, distributed by Trafalgar Square: $29.95; 192 pp. ).
THE AMERICAN DETECTIVE: An Illustrated History by Jeff Siegel (Taylor Publishing Co.: 168 pp.; $26.95).
Taking Issue With Location of Attack
Cooke Was 'Master' Host
All Deserve Equal Say in Base Reuse
Letters : The Horror of It All
Comparing Economies With Last Century
The Nation : And Now--the...
Santa Monica's Dispute With Auto Repair Shop
A Man Lurks Behind Her New York
Leaders Need to Boost Quality of Life
'What the Use in Dreamin?' : A novelist finds hope in an urban world that beats the childhood out of kids while they're still toddlers, and where the few adults in sight are smoked-out husks. : SIX OUT SEVEN, By Jess Mowry (Farrar, Straus & Giroux: $22; 501 pp.)
St. John's Nurse Deserves Better
Deficit
A HOLLOW SPACE
VIRTUAL REALITY
The Laguna Fire: Looking Back From a Number of Viewpoints
Pie-Tin Proto-Frisbees Caught on Film in 1940
LETTERS : CONNING POWER
'Butt' of Comedy Shows
STEELY DAWN
Rep. Jay C. Kim
Helping Los Angeles
Inaccessible Is Inexcusable for Assn.
Inaccurate Data on Test Success Rate
LETTERS : ADHERING TO THE GOLD STANDARD
Houston Oilers Do Care About Dads
Fair Living Standard Should Transcend Profit
Resignation of Probate Referee
LETTERS : THE FRIEDAN FOCUS
Bilingual Education
Clinic Reflects Ethnic Mosaic in Crenshaw
Bad Taste Is in the Eye of the Outraged
Patient's Life an Inspiration to All
Residency of All 5 Members of City Council to Be Verified : Investigation: George T. Deitch says his family lives in Downey but he only visits there. Rodolfo (Rudy) Garcia insists he moved to town before he was elected. State law does not prohibit multiple domiciles.
Cowboys and Eastwood