- QUOTABLE
- MUSIC REVIEW : Alumni Help Youth Symphony Mark Anniversary
- The Pacific Telesis Foundation of San Francisco...
- Christmas Spirit's More Than Willing in Two Productions : Newport Theatre Center: "Wand," an updated feel-good holiday fantasy, casts a magical spell with its colorful characters and hummable tunes.
- P.M. BRIEFING : 'Real' Earnings Slip 0.7%
- P.M. BRIEFING : West German Bank Moves East
- Taiwanese Firm to Buy 20% of Diodes Inc. Stock
- Bargains Draw Season's Shoppers to Swaps
- 2 Firms Granted Auto Rate Hikes : Insurance: Gillespie vows to try to block the court ruling. Decision could set precedent on Prop. 103.
- T-Bill Rates Edge Higher: The Treasury sold...
- PERSONAL HEALTH : The USDA's Clean-Plate Contingent
- NATION IN BRIEF : LOUISIANA : '89 Killings a Record for New Orleans
- In the Army, a Suggestion Is a Command Decision
- S. Africa Judge Overrules Police, Frees Suspect in Assassinations
- Arnold Moss; Versatile Stage, Film, TV Actor
- W. Europeans, Soviets Sign Trade Accord
- LA HABRA : Boys and Girls Club Changes Location
- Civil Rights Suit Accusing Police Dept. of Brutality Settled by Torrance for $105,000
- It's Just Not the American Way
- SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO : Year-Round School Study Is Accepted
- Yount Signs 3-Year Pact With Brewers : Baseball: The Angels lost their bid to sign the American League MVP despite a rumored $16-million 5-year contract offer. Dodgers also left out.
- Robinson Is Warming Up for Patriots : Rams: Coach makes case for his team faring well in New England's cold weather.
- Imperial Corp. of America Reports Capital Deficiency
- Listeners Challenge GAF License : Broadcasting: The action may provide an indication of how tough the Bush Administration's FCC will be on the industry.
- SCIENCE / TECHNOLOGY : Question Raised About Phoenix Deal to Sell Computers to Soviet Union
- Linda M. Rose has been named vice...
- $391-Million Rate Cut by Pac Bell Is Ordered : Utilities: The action marks a new era in regulating the state's two largest phone firms.
- 3-Year Sentence Given to Ex-Stock Speculator
- COLUMN ONE : Vanishing Four-Year Degrees : More students are taking their time getting a college education. High costs, family obligations and crowded classes make them ask, why rush?
- Volunteers Sought to Help Plant Trees Honoring King
- Struggling Canoga Park Hospital Closes
- Alabama Bombing of Judge Prompts Extra S.D. Security
- A Whole Community Faces a Life Sentence of Neglect : War on Drugs: Draconian punishment only increases the suffering of African Americans without addressing the causes.
- Alleged Gang Gun Supplier Is Captured : Crime: Federal agents arrest a convicted felon after a frantic foot chase.
- El Dorado's Korte Is Double Threat
- Falcons Are Hit With Another Tragedy
- Frank Zappa Strikes Right Chord With His Businesses
- Leslie J. Leach, Nageen A. Shariff, Aras...
- Whittaker Inc.: The diversified firm, which makes...
- Financial stocks took a drubbing on Wall...
- American Ecology Corp., the Agoura Hills waste...
- White House to Order Immediate S&L; Asset Sales
- BOOK REVIEWS : A Coke Runner With a Conscience
- Several Ford Models Recalled Due to Emissions Problems
- NATION IN BRIEF : NORTH CAROLINA : Park Service to Move Historic Lighthouse
- NAMES IN THE NEWS : Governor's Wife Expecting Baby
- Parents Must Teach Kids Better Traffic Skills
- COLLEGE BASKETBALL ROUNDUP : Louisville Wins, Gives Crum School Mark
- SCIENCE / TECHNOLOGY
- A U.S. District Judge has limited to...
- TWA to Sell Chicago-to-London Routes
- Plan Would Require Health Insurance for All Businesses, Pay Some Nursing Costs
- WORLD IN BRIEF : ISRAEL : Secret Purchase of Iran Oil Reported
- TURMOIL IN THE EAST BLOC : Dozens May Have Been Killed in Romania
- NATION : FBI Tried to 'Pressure' Bloch Through Family, Daughter Says
- WORLD IN BRIEF : BRAZIL : Kidnap Gang Frees Victim, Surrenders
- U.S. Says It Knew of Israel-Iran Oil Deal : U.S. Confirms Knowing About Oil Deal Between Israel and Iran
- TURMOIL IN THE EAST BLOC : Soviets Pushed Poland to Impose Martial Law in '81, Jaruzelski Says
- N. Hollywood Neighbors Learn Quake Aid
- WORLD : Fed Up Wife Joins Opposition
- Attorney to Pay County $25,511 for Overbilling
- Soviets Confess Their Misbehavior; Will We? : Law: America has lots of interventionist offenses to recant, but that requires a measure of humility.
- Bail Denied to Zuno in Murder of Drug Agent
- Teen-Ager Shot Outside La Jolla YMCA Club
- PREP BASKETBALL ROUNDUP : Newport Harbor Wins a Real Marathon
- Cal Lutheran Loses 10th in Row, 76-62
- La Jolla Institutions to Create Brain Research Center
- THE SIDELINES : Boxer Guilty of Driving Drunk
- Margo Adams settled her palimony lawsuit against...
- Valley Seeks Redemption at Own Basketball Event
- Political Unrest Stops U.S. Tours by Chinese Performers : Culture: Chinese ministry canceled visits to the U.S. after the crackdown. And L.A. Festival organizers broke off talks with two groups.
- COMMENTARY : The N.Y. Rupture Over Hare's 'Secret Rapture'
- CALIFORNIA IN BRIEF : SAN FRANCISCO : Park Perils Spark Employee Petition
- Frank Zappa, Capitalist Rocker : Entrepreneurship: Zappa got title to his master recordings by suing his record company. Now he's making non-music deals with the Soviets.
- Beleaguered Alan Bond Asks Investors for Help
- Records Seized in Probe of Phillips Financial
- Utilities Move to Remote-Controlled Metering : Technology: In the '90s, your gas and water usage may be gauged via telephone, power and cable TV lines.
- An Oregon Liberal Champions the Abortion Fight in the House
- WORLD IN BRIEF : PHILIPPINES : Rebel Leaders Issue List of Demands
- 'Reversibility' Allows Cheney to Hedge Bets : Defense: Cutbacks center on areas that would allow for a quick rearming should East Bloc reforms fail and tensions escalate.
- TUSTIN : Group Has New Plan to Unite Council
- Ex-Record Promoter Gets Probation in Payola Case
- Despite Loss, Mater Dei Ranked No. 1 in Basketball Poll
- Security Pacific Donates $1 Million to DARE
- The Season He Became Point Pivot : Lakers: These days Magic Johnson is playing so many positions, people are inventing new names for the roles.
- Bullets Reach .500 Without Injured Williams
- 2 to Star in SCR World Premiere
- Nash Photo Gift to L.A. County Museum
- SEC Creates International Affairs Office
- WORLD IN BRIEF : HONG KONG : Colony Said to Risk Loss of Key Workers
- NATION : North's Testimony Restricted
- Four Seamen Missing
- 4 Crew Members Rescued as Fishing Boat Sinks
- Youth Dies as 2 Autos Crash on Way to Party
- Nativity Scene Puts on Fresh Face, Thanks to Volunteers
- Dorsey Had to Work Game Plan to Perfection
- Stolen Vehicles
- Implementing Proposition 103
- Implementing Proposition 103
- Delivery Changes by Post Office
- College Entry
- Implementing Proposition 103
- Salvation Army
- Implementing Proposition 103
- Implementing Proposition 103
- Movies - Dec. 19, 1989
- Wade Boggs Settles With Ex-Mistress
- A Man Who Would Not Be Silenced : Sakharov: He saw scientific, political and moral realities as one equation, and he died still warning about 'tomorrow.'
- Sagansky Promises 'Showmanship' Will Revive Lagging CBS : Television: After two-plus weeks of negotiation, the No. 3 network picks Tri-Star Pictures chief to pull the network out of third place. 'I wanted it,' he says.
- FBI Faces Probe on Salvador Testimony
- MAIL MADNESS: Things are almost out of...
- Recreational Vehicle 'User Fees' Studied
- Orange Boy, 12, Held in Death of Girl at Mall
- Asner Takes Stand Against Montoya : Corruption trial: Former Screen Actors Guild president testifies that state senator wanted to know what the guild was going to do for him.
- Girl, 12, Shot to Death in Busy Mall of Orange; Boy, 12, Seized
- 5,000-Pound Cocaine Seizure Spoils a 'White' Christmas
- Bomb Found in Federal Courthouse in Atlanta : Terrorism: Another device kills a Savannah lawyer. Attacks may be linked to NAACP tear gas incident.
- Investigators Seek Witnesses, Clues to Kidnap-Murder
- NFL Draft May Face Challenge : Football: Top college underclassmen are considering skipping senior seasons because of a possible rookie salary cap in 1991.
- Obstetrician Convicted of Murdering 8 Babies, Fetus
- ANCHORS AWEIGH: One problem for Jennings, Brokaw...
- U.S. Lieutenant Shoots Panama Police Officer
- RECOGNITION: Local residents have long lamented that...
- 5,000 Pounds of Cocaine Seized in 2nd Largest Bust
- Gun a Puzzle in Shooting Death at Mall : Crime: Friends say 12-year-old had been showing off weapon for a long time. But family members say they don't know where he got it.
- STILL DRY: As most of the nation...
- Notes on a Scorecard - Dec. 19, 1989
- Names in the News - Dec. 19, 1989
- Names in the News - Dec. 19, 1989
- Names in the News - Dec. 19, 1989
- Names in the News - Dec. 19, 1989
- TV & Video - Dec. 19, 1989
- TV & Video - Dec. 19, 1989
- A summary of Southern California-related business litigation developments during the week of Dec. 11.
- At 96, Feuding Matriarch Opens New Business
- California IN BRIEF : PORT COSTA : Train Kills 2 Men Walking on Tracks
- Lonely Yule for Deserted Children : East Bloc: Hospices overflow with hundreds of youngsters abandoned when parents fled to West.
- Forced Return of Vietnamese by Hong Kong Protested Here
- LOCAL : Teen on Way to Party Dies in Collision on Glendale Freeway
- BOOK REVIEW : Frightening Stories That Stretch Imagination
- Second Bomb Mailed to 11th Circuit Court
- NAMES IN THE NEWS : Garfield's Pet Project: Wetlands
- SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO : Heritage Committee Invites Applications
- Now Let's Shake Up Our Highway Priorities : Transportation: We didn't need a major quake to tell us that our roads need upkeep and our transit options need to be broadened. But it sure reinforced the message.
- Moonstruck Scholar Bares Theory in Unusual Cardiff Quarterly
- Opposing Sides on Abortion Rally at Carl's Jr.
- SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO : Holiday Ride Service Offered for Students
- Man Arrested After Saying Fall Killed Wife
- IRVINE : Jamboree Ramp to I-405 Will Close for Roadwork
- LA HABRA : Valle New President of Education Board
- Never My Love Is Determined Never to Lose
- Copeland Gets Prep Award Posthumously
- The Outside Horse Has an Inside Chance to Pay
- HOLLYWOOD PARK : Grand Canyon Opens a Chasm : Futurity: Colt wins $1-million race by 6 1/2 lengths, breaking the mile record for 2-year-olds and raising Lukas' hopes for the Kentucky Derby.
- SPOTLIGHT : A GLANCE AT THIS WEEK IN THE NFL
- Pop /Rock
- California IN BRIEF : SAN FRANCISCO : Exporter Sentenced in Sales to Iran
- Travelers Discover Anew That Seeing Is Believing
- Panama Says U.S. Threatening Invasion Over Slaying of Officer
- The Two-Term Illusion
- Sculptor Delivers His Message Through Ambulatory Reptile
- Celebrity or Reporter? That Is the Big Question
- P. M. BRIEFING : Ford, VW Plan to Build New Car
- Stock Manipulator Fined $250,000, Given Probation
- Coopers & Lybrand Expands: Coopers & Lybrand,...
- Alaska Volcano Erupts Anew; Ash Pall No Match for Yule Shoppers' True Grit
- Suit Tests Reach of Plant-Closing Law : Labor: Bankruptcy is no excuse for shutting a factory without notice, laid-off employees of one Southern California firm say. They are suing an allied company for severance pay.
- P. M. BRIEFING : Air Travel Secure, Skinner Says
- China's President on Tour
- Wait a Second: 1990 Will Be Put on Hold
- In the Marina, the Quake's Damage Is Still Sinking In
- Soviets Raced to Land on Moon, Photos Reveal
- Seat-Belt Offense Not the Same as a Moving Violation
- LOTTERY RESULTS
- Winning Lottery Ticket Sold in Newhall
- NHL ROUNDUP : Sparked by Muller, Surging New Jersey Bounces Bruins
- Elderly Man's Ordeal : Failed homecoming: A return to Romania becomes 15 days of mix-ups. His family blames Pan Am, which denies responsibility.
- Krieg's Improvisation Is a Seahawk Key : Seattle: Veteran quarterback staves off Raider pass defense and rush, showing he is not quite ready to turn over his job to heir apparent Stouffer.
- THE SIDELINES : Germanys to Hold Swim Talks
- It's Not <i> That</i> 'Phantom,' but It's Turning a Tidy Profit
- Music Reviews : Guitarist Derek Bailey Improvises at LACE
- Radio
- POP MUSIC REVIEW : Springsteen's Former Sideman Performs With Note of Sadness
- Dance Reviews : Long Beach 'Nutcracker' Has Too Many Ornaments
- Hunt Bankruptcy Plan Approved: A federal bankruptcy...
- A summary of Southern California-related business litigation developments during the week of Dec. 11.
- LOCAL : Vigilance Word for Day at Court
- Nation IN BRIEF : FLORIDA : Commercial Rocket Readied for Launch
- Aquino Orders Immediate Trial for Coup Plot Leaders
- NATION : Shuttle Mission Put Off to Jan. 8
- Gun Found by Kids Called Too Rusty to Fire
- STATE : Commission Orders Pacific Bell to Reduce Telephone Rates 6%
- THE SIDELINES : Ferry Blamed for Team's Loss
- Sanders Sets Mark as Lions Win, 33-7
- THE SIDELINES : West German Wins Ski Race
- Sheriff Entitled to Full Salary After Retirement
- THE SIDELINES : Nattiel to Miss San Diego Game
- These Coaches Have Heart-to-Heart Talk
- Catala Scores 24 but UCI Women Lose
- Brea-Olinda's Streak on Line
- POP MUSIC REVIEW : D'Arby Showcases Powerful Voice
- CNN, American Airlines: All the News That Fits : Television News: Proposed agreement on censored in-flight newscasts is great for business, bad for journalism.
- Film Memorabilia, Furnishings a Hit at Auction
- Newport Harbor Art Museum has received $7,000...
- In Pursuit of Safe Passport : Immigration: Offers of jobs and residency in other countries are luring thousands of people a year away from Hong Kong.
- P. M. BRIEFING : Japanese to Invest in U.S. Films
- Southland Gas Stations Getting Scarcer, Bigger : Energy: The Lundberg Survey shows a 5.3% drop in outlets this year. An analyst cites the soaring cost of land as a major factor for the trend.
- NAMES IN THE NEWS : Esquire Sums Up 1989 Follies: Fright, Blight and Troglodyte
- STATE : Slaying Victim's Father Stricken
- Reunification Could Hurt Europe, East German Says
- Cold Wave Sets More Records in East, Midwest
- BATTLING THE MEDFLY
- On Target: Nice Surprise for a Busy Volunteer
- WESTMINSTER : Battle to Prevent Development Lost
- Chutist Dies in Nighttime Jump From Office Tower
- An Airport Ready to Take Off
- Redrawn Districts Welcomed as Way to Curb Growth : Redistrict: Supervisor Mike Antonovich, criticized as being pro-development, would be replaced in the county's west end by Supervisor Ed Edelman under plan the board adopted in a secret session.
- Trudeau, Dickerson Spur the Colts, 42-13
- Science / Medicine : 'Natural Glue' Closes Incisions, Doctor Says
- THE SIDELINES : Loyola Player Gathers Sidelined While Undergoing More Tests
- Who's in Line for Playoffs? Hard to Tell : NFL: Three teams are definite, but beyond that, you need a computer.
- 'Mark and Brian' Get Burned by a Hoax Call : Radio: A 'real-life' segment turns out to be a trick by an Air Force sergeant, but 'it made for great entertainment,' KLOS claims.
- Coors-Stroh Letter of Intent Expires: A letter...
- Only the Best Quit Here
- Abused Babies Overflowing Shelter in O.C.
- Thousands Celebrate Freedom at Prague Mass : Czechoslovakia: The throng also commemorates a student protest march that was attacked by police.
- LOCAL : 4 Pets Die in Simi Valley Fire
- Party Brass and Common People Bury Sakharov : Soviet Union: Human rights activist's funeral is attended by Mikhail S. Gorbachev and thousands of everyday citizens. Some mourners use occasion to press for reforms.
- California IN BRIEF : SACRAMENTO : Wife of Pinochet's Son Alleges Abuse
- COLUMN ONE : Searching for the Soul of a Decade : The 1980s--a time of feeling better. But what will history make of years that saw Reagan, poverty, a wild stock market and the Iron Curtain's fall?
- Marrow Rejection Kills Leukemia Patient, 8
- Bounty Put on Woman for Her Fight on Crime
- Aftershocks in Philippines
- Driver Held in Crash That Killed Passenger
- Public Works Center Is in the Public Eye : Scandal: The maintenance arm of the Navy has been rocked by bribery indictments, but officials say the problem is not widespread.
- New Kids: Every Teen Sensation Rolled Into One
- Gas Prices Continue Downward Trend: The average...
- NATION : Yugoslavs Stage Warning Strike
- NATION : U.S. Officer Shoots Panamanian
- Science / Medicine : Scientists Find a New Home at the White House : Politics: After years of being all but ignored, science experts are finally having their say. And President Bush is getting the message through adviser D. Allan Bromley.
- LOS ALAMITOS : Youth Home Gives Teens New Hope
- Colombia Official Credits Nation's New Attitude in Fall of Drug Lord : War on cocaine: The acting president also cites earlier extradition of one of Rodriguez Gacha's lieutenants.
- Noise in Vernon Church Is Sign of Faith : Religion: Holy Angels marks its first anniversary as a center of worship for the deaf and hearing impaired. Its services are not the traditional kind.
- Grasp of Raiders Slipping : Pro football: After 23-17 loss at Seattle, club needs upset victory at Giants Stadium to sustain postseason hopes.
- Loss to Irish Drops UCLA to 18th in Poll
- COLLEGE BASKETBALL ROUNDUP : Oklahoma State Is Upset by Tulsa, 95-80
- 'Iceman' Out in the Cold, Battles for Comeback
- Cold, Snow to Test Character
- THE SIDELINES : Fall Hospitalizes Ex-Canadien
- Pasadena-based Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. said its...
- P. M. BRIEFING : Prudery Tumbles in East Berlin
- Occidental Decision to Stand: Occidental Petroleum Corp.'s...
- Caught in Job Squeeze : Workplace: In the 1990s, Southern California will offer fewer job choices for the growing number of unskilled and uneducated workers.
- Climbing Aboard the Holiday Train : Merchandising: Nostalgia for Christmases past and innovations such as digital sound have put sales of model railroad gear on a fast track.
- 2nd Secret Trip to China : Scowcroft's July Journey Is Admitted
- Killings Reported in Romania as Forces Fire on Demonstrators
- Police, Demonstrators Clash in Romania : East Bloc: Anger over plans to deport a clergyman explodes into a rare protest against the hard-line regime.
- Hot Line Has Solace for the Grieving
- Woman Critical After Reported Rape, Shooting
- HUNTINGTON BEACH : Girl Wounded in Drive-By Shooting
- NOTEBOOK : Rams Discover Long-Lost Running Game, Albeit Against the Lowly Jets
- Harrick Cries Foul When Bruins Fall
- Weather Doesn't Cool Off Steelers
- The Laguna Art Museum has received $20,000...
- DANCE REVIEW : Second Joffrey Cast Brings Chill of Formality to 'Nutcracker'
- SHORT TAKES : The Stones 'Wheel' Into Atlanta
- SHORT TAKES : 'Christmas Vacation' Boxes Out 'War' for Ticket Sales Crown
- Soviets Line Up for 3 Miles to Honor Sakharov
- This Is the Season to Be Giving
- Brea's Williams Makes Rapid Rise to the Top
- COMMENTARY : It's Time NFL Acts to Keep Up With Television
- Pan-Caribbean Sound From the System Band
- ART REVIEW : 'Kovacs and Kaufman': Getting the Picture on Comic Geniuses : Fantasy: Long Beach Museum of Art also offers 'Magical Mystery Tour '89,' a Christmas show of art rooted in fantasy to entice children's wonder and imagination.
- Panel Accepts City Gates Art Advice
- Noise, Politics, Cyberpunk at Four-Band Thrashfest
- A summary of Southern California-related business litigation developments during the week of Dec. 11.
- President Doesn't Rule Out Military Response to Slaying of U.S. Officer
- GLIMPSES
- Capitalist Leads Leftist for Brazil's Presidency : South America: The winner will inherit a severe economic crisis. The annual rate of inflation is 13,000%.
- $100-Million Drug Bust : 2nd-Biggest Haul Ever in Southland
- SANTA ANA : 400 Homeless Given Holiday Meal, Gifts
- Politicians Asked for the Paddling They'll Get : Legislature: Advocates for reform are betting that corruption and other charges are the ammunition they need to persuade the voters.
- Tennessee Defeats UCLA Women
- They Fail Math, but Pass Addition
- L.A.'s Defense Gets Unexpected Boost : Rams: Injuries result in scrambled lineup that proves to be a winning combination.
- Sockers Will Name Geyer Assistant Coach, Source Says
- P. M. BRIEFING : Japan Market Continues to Soar
- EDUCATION : Fulbrights on Sino-U.S. Agenda
- Montoya Trial Brings Dismay to District : Politics: Gloom deepens in the San Gabriel Valley as the testimony continues. But the state senator is not without his supporters.
- Not a Wet Blanket Present as Party-Goers Take a Dive
- NBA ROUNDUP : Trail Blazers Ride Emotions to Beat Pacers
- Three Glittered Brightest Above the Shining Stars : Coach's Look Into Future Was Accurate : Back of the Year: Development of Point Loma quarterback Danny White was foretold by his coach, Bennie Edens, who saw a star in the making.
- Chargers Rally for Upset Win Over K.C.
- Ramos Still in Coma
- Dance Reviews : Pacific Dance Ensemble Showcases Choreographer Mix
- TV REVIEW : 'Connecticut Yankee' Gets a Fresh New Face
- P. M. BRIEFING : Nissan, Toyota U.S. Sales Slump
- P. M. BRIEFING : SEC Sets Up Foreign Affairs Arm
- Shamir Leaves Hospital
- Jaruzelski Admits Kremlin Urged Solidarity Crackdown