- Only 7,652 Fans Turn Out Down Under To See BYU Edge Colorado State, 30-26
- Jonathan Miller: Useful <i> Provocateur </i> at the Opera
- The World : Gunmen Slay Colombian Drug Lord
- Alabama Caucus Postpones Its Vote
- Air Quality Board Gives Plato OK to Operate
- Romanian Girl, Acrobat in Circus, Asks U.S. Asylum
- You'd Take a Bath on This Buy
- Real Opposition Emerges in Mexico : Five Challengers Nip at Heels of the President-Designate
- Family Therapists in Tulare County Pilot Project Take on Toughest Abuse Cases
- Bad Breath Is Beautiful, Gilroy Folks Say : Growers Sniff at Idea of Odorless Garlic
- Local News in Brief : Women Picket Hospital
- Swap Meet Patrons Run Into Test Plan to Ease Traffic Congestion at Fairgrounds
- Major League Baseball's Winter Meetings : Righetti Rejects Dodgers' Take-It-or-Leave-It Offer, for the Time Being
- Break Benefits Simi Valley in 67-59 Victory
- Few Answering Schools' Plea for Tax Checks
- Thief Spoils Kidney Group's Best Fund Drive
- Local News in Brief : Girl Files $25,000 Suit
- Deputy, Gunman Slain in Deadly Escondido Standoff
- Hoyt Reportedly Accused of Cocaine Use
- LOST CRUSADE : University of Dallas Has a Losing Streak of 73 Games
- Northridge Catches Tampa in Trap, 3-0, Advances to Final
- Raiders Are Keeping Close Tabs on Unsigned Quarterback Stouffer
- PRO FOOTBALL : Reborn Raiders Take On Rebuilt Bills : Things Are Looking Up for Reshuffled Buffalo and New-Look Los Angeles
- Granada Hills Wins Heat in City Meet
- Athletic Dept. Head Knows How to Play the Games
- N. Korea Denies Role in KAL Jet Crash
- San Gabriel Mission Officials Seek $4.5 Million for Restoration Work
- College Basketball Roundup
- High School Basketball Notebook : Rivalry Also Pits City Against Southern Section
- Finland's Matti Nykanen, who has dominated the...
- No. 1 Chicago Deejay Throws Stars, Listeners for a Loop
- Protest, Calls Assail Talk Show of White Supremacist in Utah
- Kemp Clashes With Ex-Klansman in N.H.
- Masters Tennis Championship : Lendl Wins, So Becker Is Out, Gilbert In
- College Basketball Notes : Competition Gets Big Jump on Western Carolina and Its Coach
- NCAA Soccer Semifinals : San Diego State Beats Harvard in Shootout, 2-1
- Mexico City's Water Drained by Growth
- INVESTMENT OUTLOOK : PERSONAL FINANCE : GOING FOR BROKE : Stock Index Futures Are the Ticket for Investors Interested in Taking a Gamble
- INVESTMENT OUTLOOK : 1988 OUTLOOK : MARKET PROS : Money Managers Make Their Picks for 1988
- Women's Basketball Roundup : Illinois Beats Fullerton, 72-61
- THE HEISMAN TROPHY : Tim Brown Adds Voting Returns to His Repertoire
- Tillman Takes Payton's Place in School's Record Book
- Curry Again Tries to Scale a Mountain
- PRO FOOTBALL : Chargers Try to Work Out of Their Slump : They Prepare for Oilers, and a Crucial Matchup, With Fight and Meeting
- San Diego Sports Et cetera : Jorgensen Wins Cross-Country Race
- Ahmad Jamal--a Master of American Classical Music
- CHINESE CUISINE
- PUCCINI: "TOSCA." Zinka Milanov, Jussi Bjorling, Leonard...
- Tumult Unto the Lord Drowneth Out, Yea, the Point of It
- Trade Wind Kites Given High-Tech Control
- FASHION : Court and Spark : Five Laker Girls Go Glamorous
- Summit to Focus on a Second Pact : Gorbachev's Mood: Elation and Anxiety
- Latest Changes Boost Estimated Price Tag to $25 Million : Final Design Approved for Cerritos Arts Center
- INVESTMENT OUTLOOK : 1988 OUTLOOK : A SILVER LINING? : The Stock Crash May End Up Benefiting the Economy
- Colorizing the Roofs
- OPEC's Price Push Lacks Fuel : Economic Uncertainty, Iran Problems, Glut Weaken Cartel's Clout
- A Writer for President?
- Suspect Slain by Officer Who Thought Srewdriver Was Knife
- Councilman Sued by Ex-Worker at Greens
- STREET SWEEP : School District, Police Combine in Operation Stay-in-School to Fight Truancy
- A Place for 'Displaced' Children : Frenchwoman Helps Guatemalan Youth Build New Lives
- Revisionists Focus on 1689 Londonderry Siege : Catholic Historians Hope Retelling Will Improve Relations With Protestants
- THE WASHINGTON SUMMIT : Coalition of Jewish Groups to Spotlight Emigration Issue : Protesters to Rally in Washington Today Over Soviet Rights Abuses
- NATION
- Gift Books 1987: Photography : The Allure of Landscape
- Klein Focusing on Estates Now, Not Super Bowl
- FICTION
- The Kadafi Generation: Growing Up With Libya's Revolution
- He Can Fiddle While BART Police Burn
- INVESTMENT OUTLOOK : ASSESSING 1987 : HEARTFELT : Social Funds Weathered the Crash While Sticking to Goals
- The State : Court Snafu Frees Convict
- Some Wisconsin Counties Demand Repayment : Depression-Era Welfare Billed to Estates
- Pravda Publishes Americans' Views on U.S.-Soviet Ties
- Britain's Christmas Mail Will Go Through
- INVESTMENT OUTLOOK : 1988 OUTLOOK : Investors Still Cautious : MARKET PSYCHOLOGY : After Being Burned in Stock Crash, Investors' Moods Range From Cautious to Very Cautious
- Getting in Step With Christmas : Santa Ana Crowd Plays Along With Toys on Parade
- INVESTMENT OUTLOOK : PERSONAL FINANCE : PLAYING IT SAFE : Some Conservative Investments for Those Still Jittery From the Crash
- Children Still Suffering From Effects of Quake
- Mexican Siamese Twins Separated
- Saturday Night Show Stars Real Police in a Drug Sting
- Ex-San Diego Councilman Finds His Higher Self and a New Career
- You've Got to Be Kidding : Sarcastics Anonymous: It's Great Idea, Eh?
- Local News in Brief : City Workers Get Raises
- High School Cross-Country : Alsen Proves Equal to Challenge With Win in Kinney Meet
- San Clemente Golfer Finishes Tied for 13th
- Women's Basketball Roundup : Iowa Hands CS Long Beach Its First Loss, 82-75
- USC Lacks Confidence and Points : Moore Accuses Team of Not Believing After Loss to Tide
- Ass'ad Hailed as Guru in Area Soccer Circles
- Lewd, Crude, Tattooed--and Warped
- Quibbles & Bits
- The Ollie Show
- Artificial Heart Recipient Recovering After 2 Surgeries
- Tray Magnifique, Roger
- Israeli Forces Complete Civilian Defense Exercises
- Bogus Doctor Cracks Hospital's Security
- Campus Practice Controversial : Professional Note-Takers Thrive, Professors Profit
- Rouben Mamoulian, Last Surviving Founder of Directors Guild, Dies
- PREP BASKETBALL : Girls' Roundup : Brea-Olinda Wins Irvine Tournament
- Golf Roundup : Woosnam Takes Lead in South African Event
- Runners From Vista, Northridge Win Western Regional Cross-Country Titles
- Laguna Niguel Team Wins Tennis Event
- CATCH A WAVE: Is the City of...
- THE BELL CURVE: Is Pedro Bell, a.k.a....
- 87% Returned to Employment : Institute Steps in When Work Is Pain in the Back
- El Camino Catches Fire After Slow Burn : Warriors' Convincing 24-6 Win Over Taft Earns Them a No. 1 Ranking
- SHOPPING AT THE WINTER MEETINGS
- POP MUSIC : Headbangers' Haven : L.A. Plays Host to a New Generation of Glam and Speed-Metal Bands
- Can Rosalie's Succeed Where 385 North Fell on Its Souffle?
- INVESTMENT OUTLOOK : 1988 OUTLOOK : HISTORY FAVORS BULLS : 'Presidential Election Cycle' Suggests Rising Market for Rest of Reagan's Term
- County Trash Burner Plans Need State OK
- When the Lawndale City Council welcomed 24-year-old...
- U.S. Orders Building Removed : Gold Miner Prospects for Way to Save Sierra Cabin
- Body of Missing San Marcos Man Found 2 Miles From Home
- L.A.'s PORT IN A STORM : Harbor Working to Combine Success, Good Neighbor Image
- PREP BASKETBALL : Capistrano Valley Holds Off Warren for Title, 52-41
- Baseball : Ted Turner's Financial Situation Has Other Owners Concerned
- Whatever He Chooses, It's His Business
- Golf : L.A. Open May Have to Put Up to Keep Up With Other Events
- Swimming : Jager Still Working Out for UCLA
- High-Flying Canadiens Pin Another Defeat on Floundering Kings, 6-4
- Homemade Bomb Hurts 2, Destroys Mobile Home
- District OKs Office Site Near School
- With Missiles Gone, Europe Faces Defense on the Cheap
- Vigil Pays Off in 886-Pound Cocaine Cache
- Events in the news this week.
- Pacific Bell Pulling Plug on Ramona's Party Lines
- 3 Cities Using Sobriety Checkpoints to Temper Christmas Spirits
- Plight of America's Working Homeless: Trying to Squeak By on Minimum Wage
- Woman, 23, Critically Hurt in Collision
- Lawndale Speeds Exit Plans for Its Ousted Manager
- Fate of College Newspaper in Air as Battles Lead to Editor's Suspension
- NCAA Soccer Semifinals : Northridge Advances to Soccer Final; Lee Sparks 3-0 Victory Over Tampa
- 'American Women Artists' in San Diego
- Prep Soccer Roundup : Oldham Leads Mater Dei Past Brea-Olinda, 5-0
- ART : Schnabel: Messing Around With Myths
- Circulating
- INVESTMENT OUTLOOK : PERSONAL FINANCE : TAXES COULD BE TRICKY : New Rules Complicate Filing, but There Are Ways to Ease Bite
- Report Urges Commercial Revival for Wilmington
- For corporate mural painters, 'it's better than going to work'
- Water Is Precious : Loss of River Valleys Deals Deadly Blow to Wildlife in County . . .
- Billy Clubbed : Brain-Damaged Man Wins $2.7-Million Award
- Watching the Watchdogs : USD's Public Interest Law Center Keeps Regulatory Agencies on Their Toes
- Chantal Bournissen of Switzerland scored an upset...
- OK, Losers, Here's a Winner Who May Be Letter Perfect
- WHERE THE GAMES BEGAN : A HALLOWED GROUND : At St. Andrews, If the Winds Don't Get the Golfer, the Whins Will
- Seymour: Enjoying His Case of the 'Jitters'
- Sex-O-Vision
- Earth, Wind & Fire--Up From the Ashes
- 'Greed Is Always the Downfall' : Trip to Nordstrom's Trips Up Teen Thief
- Mobile Home Rent Control to Go to Paramount Voters
- Bizarre Marriage of Science, Politics : Costly Super Collider Comes With No Guarantees
- Bell Broker Turns Into Santa by Buying Home of Downey Woman Facing Eviction
- M. Gobachev Goes to Washington
- Evidence in Other Deaths Sought for Kraft Trial
- Fake Bomb in Locker Forces Evacuation of Lomita School
- NBC Set to Stay in Rockefeller Center: Koch
- PREP BASKETBALL : Boys' Roundup : Kutas' Shooting Is Right on Target as Westminster Gets Past Valencia
- Inmates Who Held 28 Hostages at Elba Prison Get Long Terms
- Environment : Notes about your surroundings.
- LaMarr Hoyt Arrested at Home on Cocaine Charge
- NBA Roundup : Aguirre Too Much: 35 Points, 11 Rebounds
- COLLEGE FOOTBALL : Arkansas Stays Off Hawaii Beaches--and It Pays Off
- New Lineup Fails, Tulsa Beats SDSU
- Army Covers a Lot of Ground in 17-3 Win Over Navy
- New York Rangers goaltender Bob Froese lost...
- Francis Parker Wins Girls' Volleyball Title
- SOUTHERN SECTION FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS : Central Conference : Valencia Reaches Title Game Again, 21-9
- Films going into production:ARENA (Boh). Shooting...
- Re-Oriented
- A 'Christmas Oratorio' Fit for Bach
- A Berlin Story
- Six Final Choices for '87 Listening
- A Taste of Radio Hedgecock
- Poor, Smart, Jewish and Beautiful : MISS AMERICA, 1945 Bess Myerson's Own Story<i> by Susan Dworkin (Newmarket Press: $18.95; 272 pp. with photos) </i>
- A Conspiracy Novel From the New Spain : RED DOLL<i> by Juan Luis Cebrian; translated by Philip W. Silver (Weidenfeld & Nicolson: $15.95; 166 pp.) </i>
- The View From Halley's Comet : 2061: ODYSSEY THREE<i> by Arthur C. Clarke (Del Rey/Ballantine Books: $17.95; 280 pp.) </i>
- Boy, 11, Revived After 40 Minutes Submerged
- Huge Backlog Plaguing INS Amnesty Effort
- Arms Maker Putting Chile in Thick of Things in International Market
- U.S., Other Nations Compared on Study of Languages
- Sex Guru Exorcises Nuptial Nightmares : Singapore's Version of 'Dr. Ruth' Says Topic Surrounded by Myth, Taboo, Awe
- Famed Culver City Marathon in the Running for an Angel
- Libya Is Slowly Blooming for Foreign Archeologists
- Short-Term Fixes Won't Solve Long-Term Woes : It's Too Easy to Blame Washington for Market Crash When What's Really Needed Is Salvage of U.S. Standard of Living
- FOOD : A Hunger for Paris : Starved for Experience--and Cash--a Young American Savors Postwar France
- Live Forward, Understand Backward : FIRST LIGHT<i> by Charles Baxter (Viking: $17.95; 286 pp.) </i>
- Skiers will be given other options to...
- Esalen at 25 : The Legendary Human-Potential Mecca Has Changed--but the Magic Remains
- Wish by Some to Spread AIDS Sparks Fear in Brazil
- Tradition Caught in Pinch as Japan Pushes Development of Okinawa
- AIDS Revives the Christian Crusade to 'Save' Gays : Critics Decry 'Death-Bed' Conversions
- Airport Authority OKs More Time for Foes of Terminal
- INVESTMENT OUTLOOK : ASSESSING 1987 : DOW DRAMA : The Month-by-Month Turns of the Industrial Average
- Oxnard Hotel Renovated
- Ins and Outs of Program Trading, and Why It's Being Blamed for Market Collapse
- The City Builder, George Konrad (Penguin: $6.95)....
- Dickens' Other Christmas Story : THE LIFE OF OUR LORD<i> by Charles Dickens (Silver Burdett: $11.95; 88 pp.) </i>
- CIGNA Outpatient Facility Completed in Irvine
- Housing the Hulk: Family Project
- Hotel Backs Down, Maids Won't Have to Scrub Floors on Knees
- Donations to Shrine Bolster Economy : Burma's Famed Pagoda Is Still Golden
- It's Big Sister Lives Across the River : 'Other' Kansas City Lives in a Shadow
- Marcos, Wife Targets of N.Y. Investigations
- Group to Honor Peace Corps Vets
- The Men Who Grin and Bare Their Baldness
- Survivors of 'Wellness Epidemic' : Exercise in the Workplace Bringing Healthy Returns
- Vacation Memories : Travel With Kids Is Warm as Holiday Pudding
- 'Best' Home List Features Five State Designers
- Shooting at the Polar Bears That Hunt for Seals
- A Town Rallies Round Its Rocket : 20th Anniversary of Titan's Arrival Sparks Civic Pride
- Army School a Training Ground for Engineers
- "Of course, I'll still shop here if...
- Construction Starts on Shopping Center
- Final Phase Completed at Biltmore Place
- City Turns Builders Into Patrons of Art : Residential Developer First to Fall Under Provisions of West Hollywood Ordinance
- Architectural Firm Reorganizes
- little tree by e.e. cummings
- State Spending Raised, Not Trimmed, in First 5 Budgets, Governor Says
- Democrats Get High Marks on Women's Issues
- A Hero in His Own Town : Jesse Robinson, Compton's Favorite Resident, Honored by Park in His Name
- INVESTMENT OUTLOOK : ASSESSING 1987 : WELCOME TO THE MARKET : 1987: the Best and Worst Year for Initial Public Offerings
- Marlborough's Annual Merry Mart Set
- Steinbeck Name Pops Up All Over : Salinas Growing to Like Author It Once Spurned
- Freighter Catches Fire Off Spain; 23 of Crew Killed
- WALL STREET : Expert Failed to Follow Instincts Before Crash
- Hotels Offer Discounts
- Olympic Athletes to Benefit from Condo Auction
- The Savvy Traveler : Don't Look Now, but This Industry Has Gone High Tech
- Work Begun on UCLA Museum of Cultures
- Coach Will Looks Over the New Talent : THE NEW SEASON A Spectator's Guide to the 1988 Election<i> by George F. Will Simon & Schuster: $19.95; 192 pp.) </i>
- Le Look Lacroix : The Designer Who Captivated Couture With Wit, Tulle and Froufrou Brings Back Subdued Sophistication in Makeup and Hair Styles
- Whittier Unit Would Allocate Quake Aid Only to Merchants
- Airport 'Noise-Sharing' Plan Rejected in Congress
- INVESTMENT OUTLOOK : ASSESSING 1987 : UP AND DOWN : Stocks in Some Industries Are Thriving Despite Wall Street's Tumble
- Thais Honor Their King on Auspicious 60th Birthday
- Lawyers for Police to Approach Supreme Court : Reversal Sought in Tolleson Kidnap-Murder Suit
- Hospital Upset : Fake Doctor Poses Test of Security
- A Shopping List With One Big Item : Fed Up With Decline of Their Alatadena Neighborhood, Residents Land Redevelopment Plan for Market Center
- Pesticide Makers Facing Lower Profits, Sales, Foreign Takeovers, Journal Warns
- GARDEN GROVE: Villa Nova by Newport Pacific...
- The Times' weekly stock list of Orange...
- Budapest Offers an Abundance of Colorful Foods
- The Vatican's Secret Memo on Galileo : GALILEO: Heretic<i> by Pietro Redondi; translated by Raymond Rosenthal (Princeton University: $29.95; 356 pp., illustrated) </i>
- HOLIDAY ENTERTAINING : A STAND-UP AFFAIR : Three Caterers Put Southern California Punch Into Traditional Holiday Parties
- The '80s and Beyond
- Favorite Son Wins Handily
- Returning to the scene of the crime...
- Fijian President Named, Restoring Civilian Rule
- Writers From the Diaspora of Truth : THE JULES VERNE STEAM BALLOON Nine Stories<i> by Guy Davenport (North Point Press: $21.95, cloth; $11.95, paper; 176 pp.) </i> : ROSE THEATRE<i> by Gilbert Sorrentino (The Dalkey Archive Press: $20; 139 pp.) </i>
- Office Vacancy Rates Dip Slightly in Third Quarter
- Poland to Trim Price Hikes, Premier Says
- Few Answering Schools' Plea for Tax Checks
- Alitalia Cancels Flights
- Watermen of the Chesapeake Bay Face Their Biggest Test of Survival
- Ways to 'Do' Esalen
- Finding a place south of the border...
- INVESTMENT OUTLOOK : PERSPECTIVE : MASTER INVESTORS : The Stock Market Collapse Didn't Send Wall Street's Sages Running for Cover
- East German Man Swims to Freedom
- Lime Treatment a Stunning Cure for Sweden's Atran River, Sick From Acid Rain
- Home Learning : More Parents Taking Teaching Reins in Hand
- Times' All-Star Football Team
- S. Pasadena Utility Tax Goes on Ballot
- Vons Takes the Offensive in Grocery War : Purchase of Safeway Stores Would Nearly Double Size of Supermarket Chain
- FICTION
- Micro Expert Systems Hopes Artificial Intelligence Is a Smart Move
- Man About Town : San Diego's Ex-Mayor Roger Hedgecock Hasn't Let His Felony Conviction Get Him Down. But This Week, the Past May Catch Up With Him.
- Some Big Projects Set for Hawaii's Big Island
- The Cocaine Coast of Maine : A BOAT OFF THE COAST<i> by Stephen Dobyns (Viking: $16.95; 256 pp.) </i>
- FICTION
- AIDS: A Reporter's Journey Into the Maelstrom : AND THE BAND PLAYED ON<i> by Randy Shilts (St. Martin's Press: $24.95; 630 pp.) </i>
- Tales of Florence and Los Angeles : HARD TO BE GOOD<i> by Bill Barich (Farrar, Straus & Giroux: $15.95; 180 pp.) </i>
- No Cuban Holdouts Discovered Hiding in Post-Riot Sweep : FBI Finds Bombs, Thousands of Machetes in Prison
- Should the disabled be able to adopt...
- Man Shatters Glass on Liberty Bell Case
- Can the New Deal Come Again? : THE LIFE OF THE PARTY Democratic Prospects in 1988 and Beyond<i> by Robert Kuttner (Elisabeth Sifton/ Viking: $18.95; 257 pp.) </i>
- Engine Falls Off USAir Jetliner Into N.J. Field; No One Is Hurt
- Party at Queen Mary to Mark Vessel's 20 Years in Long Beach
- Montserrat Visit Is Obligation in Catalonia
- Haiti Opposition Calls Strike; Violence Feared
- Deputy Slain, 2 Other Officers Wounded by Gunman Who Is Killed in Shoot-Out
- Kim Young Sam Gets Backing of Only Woman in Korea Race
- Times to Pick All-Star Team
- Europe Worried Over Impact of Missile Accord
- Phone Users in 4 Areas to Stay With Free Calls to Long Beach
- U.S., Soviet Human Chains Link Hopes of Peace
- Palo Verde Nuclear Plant Is Dedicated in Arizona
- A Town and Country Dream Disappears
- Common Market Fails to OK Budget Reform; New Talks Set in February
- NRA's Latest Advice Can Get You Killed
- A Hobo's Christmas (CBS Sunday at 9...
- Dole Doubts Reagan Has Read Arms Pact He Is to Sign
- Needed: A Policy for Children When Parents Go to Work
- Angels, Tigers Make Deal: Pettis to Detroit for Petry
- State Girls' Volleyball Finals : San Gabriel Is Forgiven and Not Forgotten in Its Win
- Southern Methodist will get no football revenues...
- Horse Racing Roundup : Goodbye Halo Wins the Starlet in Her Western Debut
- Bertolucci: The Emperor's New Clothier
- Sex in the Job Market: Pink Collars Required
- Blast Rocks General Dynamics Plant, 1 Hurt
- Acute Mountain Sickness: Scientists Laid Low by a High Adventure