- Fire Burns 1,650 Acres
- Prom Night Death Suspect Pleads Innocent
- SEAL BEACH : Accusation of Secret Meeting Investigated
- Marine Jet Practice to Raise Noise Level
- Bureaucracy and L.A.'s Third World
- Wild Wheels or Good Skates? : Skateboarding: Laws to curb the sport are proliferating, but in Huntington Beach aficionados may soon have their own facilities in three parks. Other cities are studying similar plans.
- ATF Agent Wounded During Shootout
- COSTA MESA : Newport Blvd. Lane Opens; Woes Persist
- NATIONAL LEAGUE ROUNDUP : Backman Has Double Fun in Phillies' Victory
- Baseball
- BASEBALL : DAILY REPORT : ANGELS : Bannister Activated; Rose Sent Down
- Among Disputes, Some Games, Too : Top Stories: Public-private debate No. 1 on list, but many will remember only the championships they won.
- Boxing
- Peterson Again Falls Victim to Pittsburgh : Baseball: Pitcher keeps Padres close, but Pirates pull out 3-1 victory after Padres blow chance in seventh.
- VILLA PARK : 14-Year-Old Dies in Jet Ski Accident
- California IN BRIEF : LAGUNA NIGUEL : Released Rapist Held in New Case
- The Closed Fist of Authority, Right Smack in the Kisser
- Postal Carrier Gets 1 Year for Assault on Woman
- Jury Urges Death for Killer of Young Pacific Beach Woman
- Man Indicted Over Alleged Sale of Steroids, 2 Other Drugs
- Setting Sail in Search of Gold : Ventura's Thorpe Charting Course for the Barcelona Olympics
- BASEBALL : DAILY REPORT : AROUND THE MAJOR LEAGUES : Vincent Wants to Get Rid of DH Rule
- Townsend, Theater Stories Differ
- Burbank Replaces Its MWD Director : Water: Officials say Michael Nolan embarrassed the city by running up $75,000 in unsubstantiated traveling expenses. But some colleagues defend his work.
- COUNTYWIDE : Board Hears Dire Budget Predictions
- Baker Proposes New Partnership for East, West
- MOORPARK : Forum Addresses Rise in Gang Activity
- SIMI VALLEY : School Board OKs Development Fees
- Dollar Reaches a 19-Month High Against Mark
- World IN BRIEF : IRAQ : British Engineer Gets Out of Prison
- Roger Birk, president and chief executive of...
- AIRLINES
- John Lippman has been appointed executive director...
- Blue Cross May OK Tests to Find Illnesses Early
- Defendant Denies Role in Slayings : Courts: Former Marine on trial for coin shop killings says robbery talk was just a joke. His friend admits being at the scene.
- SIMI VALLEY : Builder to Drop Suit, Donate $1.4 Million
- OXNARD : Historic Structures Are Being Restored
- LITTLE LOTTO RESULTS
- Who Polices the Police?
- Playoff Isn't Open for Discussion : U.S. Open: USGA president says format will remain 18 holes. Some changes, however, are being considered, including going back to playing 36 holes on the final day.
- Follow the Bouncing Ball With 'Name That Newsmaker!'
- Parcells Goes From the Super Bowl to the Studio : Football: Former Giant coach will join NBC's "NFL Live." He might do some game commentating.
- MUSIC REVIEW : Organists Offer Works From 20th Century
- TV Reviews : 'Grounds for Peace' Turns the Other Cheek
- LOS ALAMITOS : Magic Moose Improving With Age
- Q&A; : A Guide to the State Retirement System
- SAIC Wins Bid for Bomb Detector in Eurotunnel
- Crum & Forster is eliminating 400 positions...
- BANKING/FINANCE
- Rural America Suffering 'Plague' of Violent Crime, Senate Panel Says
- Rykoff-Sexton Inc.: The Los Angeles-based food manufacturer...
- S. Africa to Integrate Training of Police
- Alan D. Herrington; Southern California Builder
- 291 Acres Added to Malibu Creek Park
- Bill to Bar Naming of Rape Victims Gains
- Bess Fairman thought she had seen a...
- Woman Posing as Nurse Steals Painkilling Drug From Hospital : Camarillo: The two syringes of Demerol are worth about $100 on the street, authorities said.
- TUSTIN : New Recycling Plan Will Hike Trash Fee
- Official Ignores Cable 'Conflict,' Votes for 5% Fee
- 3-Year-Old Boy Who Shot Himself Dies
- We Were Waiting, but It Just Didn't Happen
- Keeping Fast Company : The Great Grandson of a Pioneer Rancher, Rio Mesa's FitzGerald Is Harvesting Sprinters
- 30 Million Africans Facing Death or Malnutrition, U.N. Agency Warns
- Nation IN BRIEF : COLORADO : Denver Elects Webb as Its 1st Black Mayor
- Suspect Held in O.C. Rape Had '85 Conviction
- COUNTYWIDE : Official Says Reports Went Unquestioned
- Residents Evacuated in Resin Factory Fire
- A Calculated Move : Jaime Escalante Prepares to Leave to Teach in Sacramento
- Dodgers Get the Last Break to Win in 13th
- STAGE REVIEW : 'Away Alone' Tells Plight of Irish Illegals
- Recession Has Bottomed Out, Greenspan Says : Economy: The Fed chairman's testimony is more pessimistic than earlier remarks. He is cautious on whether a recovery is under way.
- New Chairman at Security Pacific Corp.
- Robb, Wilder Call an End to Bizarre Public Dispute : Politics: Virginia's two top Democrats stand side by side but offer no apologies to each other and no clear explanation of their behavior.
- Judge Offers to Move Trial of 4 Officers
- Vladimir Petrov; Spy Who Defected
- Teaching Staff Cuts OKd for Community Colleges
- Wang Could Get $100 Million in Deal With IBM : Technology: The computer giant will sell hardware to its former rival's customers. The word-processing pioneer will focus on software.
- Strict Louisiana Abortion Bill Veto Overridden
- AMERICA'S YOUTH: A NEW IDEALISM : Meet the 'We' Generation . . . : In the 1990s, teen-agers everywhere, including Orange County, show greater concern for social causes, surveys show.
- BREA : Isles, Developer Hit by Search Warrants
- San Diego
- Exhumation OKd in Baby Death Suit
- PERSPECTIVE ON THE 'ABORTION PILL' : The First Stage of Life <i> Is </i> Life : RU-486 allows a woman to believe that she is not aborting; this moral ambiguity abuses the most basic human right.
- Group of Seven Plans to Meet Before Summit
- Joan K. Earhart has been named vice...
- Nation IN BRIEF : WASHINGTON, D.C. : House OKs More Tax Audits for the Rich
- Nation IN BRIEF : NEW YORK : 8,000 Municipal Workers Laid Off
- Promising AIDS Drugs Are Being Tested but No Quick Breakthroughs Are Seen : Medicine: Scientist sees no large research harvest this year but reports that 'the crop is still growing.'
- Pakistani Gunmen Kill Judge Trying Bhutto's Husband
- Yeltsin Given VIP Treatment on U.S. Arrival
- BOOK REVIEW : The Clash of Symbols Over Auschwitz : THE CONVENT AT AUSCHWITZ <i> by Wladyslaw T. Bartoszewski</i> ; George Braziller $17.95, 169 pages
- Driver May Face Manslaughter Charges
- 2 Robbers Get Lengthy Prison Terms in Death of Accomplice : Ojai: A judge rejects defense pleas to ignore murder verdicts against Frank Stoddard and Timothy Antonelli.
- 2 Thousand Oaks Councilmen Face Recall Drive
- THOUSAND OAKS : 2 Plead Not Guilty in Drive-By Slaying
- NOTEBOOK : PADRES UPDATE : Whitson, Roarke Encouraged With the Progress of Pitcher
- At Age 65, the El Capitan Gets a Major Face Lift : Theaters: Disney and the Pacific Theaters movie chain have spent two years restoring the structure on Hollywood Boulevard, in time for 'The Rocketeer.'
- BANKING/FINANCE
- Finding Success in Data Integration
- Joan Caulfield; Actress in TV and Movies
- Manzanar Internment Camp OKd by Panel as Historic Site
- Killer Receives Maximum Sentence : Crime: The drifter gets 25 years to life for the stabbing death of a Simi Valley executive whose wife was initially charged but later cleared.
- Trustees Reject Athletics Tax in Escondido : Education: School board kills innovative plan that would have raised money for high school facilities by placing assessments on nearby property.
- Colts' Trudeau Goes on a Roll and Wins Title
- Flying a Rocky Road : 'Rocketeer' Rides a Bumpy Course From Comics to the Screen
- AN APPRECIATION : Ashcroft's Work Reflects Inner Grace
- Dravecky Surgery: Result Is Withheld : Baseball: A statement on the former pitcher's five-hour operation expected to be made today.
- The Revolutionary Returns to Favor : Art: The works of Liubov Popova, until recently a shadowy figure in Soviet art, go on display Sunday at LACMA.
- Tax Rift With IRS Poses a Threat to Drexel Plan : Bankruptcy: The chief sticking point is whether the firm took legal tax deductions on pay to top executives.
- Neil Bush Ends Fight With Regulators
- CONSUMERS : A Test Kit to Aid in Home Detoxification
- * Swan Song: First came the T-shirts,...
- Japan Agrees to End Endangered Hawksbill Turtle Imports After '92
- 3 Service Chiefs Oppose Women in Combat Role : Military: Only Air Force top general tells senators he would back allowing equal access to battle assignments.
- Czechs Claim They Can Detect Stealth
- Suspects in 3 Slayings to Be Tried as Adults
- Korean Merchants, Blacks Reach Accord
- State Orders Cleanup of Former Landfill : Environment: Officials say the leakage of toxic chemicals into ground water at the Simi Valley site poses no immediate risk to the public.
- SWIMMING / THERESA MUNOZ : Mission Viejo's Jacob Mastering the Long and Short of Winning
- THE YEAR IN PREP SPORTS : You Think Athletics Are Life and Death? Then Read No Further
- No Invitation to the Party : For Now, Lynn Is a Free Agent With a Lot of Free Time
- Pair of Exhibits Fail to Muster Emotion : Art: Museum's 'Desert Work' and 'The Artist's Hand' suffer from uniformity of tone.
- OUTDOOR NOTES : Mexico's New Rules a Break for Anglers
- SIMI VALLEY : Council OKs 75-Unit Project for Seniors
- Laguna Niguel OKs Hillside Building Limits
- Former Champion Trevor Berbick Arrested on Charge of Sexual Battery
- AMERICAN LEGION NOTEBOOK : Suppan's Style Suits Muckey
- TV OPERA REVIEW : 'Die Zauberflote' According to Hockney
- MUSIC : Conductor's Role Has Changed With Music
- Once-Bustling Liberty Port Ruined by Volcanic Ash
- Nation IN BRIEF : OREGON : U.S. Blocks Timber Sales in Owl Habitat
- Anaheim Puts a New Utility Tax on the Books : Revenue: The assessment, to go into effect Sept. 1, will cost households a little more than $5 a month but excludes those with incomes of less than $20,000 a year.
- Support the Governor, Pass a Budget
- Security Measure on Clinics Backed : Health care: But the county supports the bill to beef up protection at mental facilities only if the state pays the $1.1 million required.
- PLATFORM : False Impressions
- Judge Blocks Palmdale's Bid to Close Adult Shop : Pornography: The ruling cites 'improper censorial motives' in the City Council's 5-0 vote in February to deny the store operating permits.
- SAN CLEMENTE : City Proposes Hike in Recreation Fees
- Bradley Seeks Increase in Ambulance Charges : Fire Department: Mayor hopes fees will offset cutbacks, allowing full level of services during holidays and other high-risk periods.
- THOUSAND OAKS : Court OKs Award in Golf Course Battle
- O.C. CHILDREN'S THEATER REVIEW : Organized Crime on a Small Scale in Laguna Beach : The young actors manage to provide some memorable moments in the musical 'Bugsy Malone' at the Moulton Theatre.
- Santa Ana's Large Employers Protest Proposed Tax Hike : Budget: An increased utility levy would help balance the city's finances, but it could also rocket some firms' bills to $200,000 a year, foes say.
- DEC Sues Anaheim Firm, Alleging Patent Violation
- LAW & REGULATION
- * Merle McGinnis; Safeway Personnel Executive
- Abortion Bill Veto Is Overturned in Louisiana
- Best Bets for Bargains
- World IN BRIEF : NORTHERN IRELAND : Britain Beefs Up Force During Talks
- COLUMN ONE : Nurses--Ministers of Health : Churches and synagogues are hiring professionals to combine medical skills with spiritual counseling. Parish nursing is fast becoming a national movement.
- Heiress to Go On With Plan to Give Millions
- * Dr. Irvine H. Page; Studied High Blood Pressure
- So Who Speaks for the Soviet Union? : Confusion reigns as Pavlov pounds away at reforms
- Escondido
- Bernson Urges 45% Reduction in Commercial Building : Development: The proposal is part of a revised plan that the councilman backs for Chatsworth and Porter Ranch. The project he supports would be exempted.
- 'Rolling Brownout' Plan to Reduce Fire Staffing Up to 50% : Budget: The busiest stations will lose four to six people, including paramedics, for nine-day periods on a rotating basis in an effort to cut overtime costs.
- Ventura Council OKs Adjustments in Trash Rates
- California IN BRIEF : FRESNO : Top Grower Loses Judgment Appeal
- Disney's Mystery Rider Remains in Medical Center
- CNN Reporting on 'Famine in Africa' : Television: Calling its coverage 'unprecedented,' the all-news network is broadcasting a weeklong series on the continent's catastrophic situation.
- Robert J. Haglund, 51, has been named...
- Designer Autos : Toyota's High-Tech, Expanded Calty Center Is Quick on the Drawing
- The Rise and Fall of Apartheid : <i> A chronology of how apartheid was put together and taken apart:</i>
- Laughs Give Wellness Center a Shot in the Arm
- NEWBURY PARK : Chumash Event to Greet Solstice
- L.A. to Seek 2nd Valley Cab Service : Transportation: The council votes to accept bids. Even after the proposals are submitted, officials could decide not to award a new franchise.
- Career Criminal Gets 15 Years Under Novel Use of Law
- Driver Dies, Passenger Hurt in Crash on 94
- Miscellany
- BASEBALL : DAILY REPORT : DODGERS : Catcher Lyons to Sign With Angels
- STAGE
- SAN DIEGO MINOR LEAGUE NOTEBOOK : Jacas' Numbers Quickly Adding Up
- The Quote of the Year:
- BANKING/FINANCE : 6 S&Ls; Get $460,000 to Help in Providing Low-Income Housing
- LAW & REGULATION
- COMPANIES
- Once Robust Texas City Pays Price of Peace : A nearby air base may be closed. Layoffs and failed businesses are mounting.
- Wife Pleads Not Guilty in Domestic Slaying
- Mother Faces Criminal Charge for Son's Truancy
- California IN BRIEF : TRACY : 'Onion Field' Killer Again Denied Parole
- World IN BRIEF : PAKISTAN : 87% Want A-Bombs Made, Poll Finds
- 3 Who Aided Victim of Alleged Rape Honored
- Immigrants Protest English Class Cuts
- Molotov Cocktail Tossed Onto Boycotted Store
- TENNIS ROUNDUP : McEnroe Gets Good Draw at Wimbledon
- Valenzuela's Heart Shows Restricted Flow of Blood
- Country Music Showdown Is Tonight
- Valenzuela Outlook Said to Be Favorable : Angels: Rare condition sometimes restricts blood flow to heart, but doctor is hopeful medication will allow him to pitch again.
- San Ysidro
- East County Brush Fire Blamed on Work Mishap
- Dravecky's Surgery: Arm Is Amputated : Baseball: Former teammate Hammaker confirms result of operation. Statement expected today.
- Pope's Analogy on Abortion
- Space Station Funding
- Hashemite Kingdom
- What's to Protect?
- Supreme Court Selections
- Pope's Analogy on Abortion
- Pope's Analogy on Abortion
- Supreme Court Selections
- Pope's Analogy on Abortion
- Pope's Analogy on Abortion
- Campaign Promises
- Graduation Prayers
- Obituaries - June 19, 1991
- POP/ROCK - June 19, 1991
- TELEVISION - June 19, 1991
- TELEVISION - June 19, 1991
- TELEVISION - June 19, 1991
- TELEVISION - June 19, 1991
- Notes on a Scorecard - June 19, 1991
- DIAGNOSIS: Fernando Valenzuela should be back on...
- White House Defends Sununu's Flights : Ethics: Chief of staff takes an insurance firm's plane to Iowa fund-raiser as Fitzwater says the free trips aboard corporate jets are allowed by law.
- Bank in Reluctant Role as Film Industry Mogul : Movies: Credit Lyonnais has been key backer of independent studios. Now their struggles are its own.
- CREDIT LIMIT: Look for the county's employee...
- TEEN-AGE HEROES: Orange County high school seniors...
- NEW HIRE: After rejecting the offer three...
- 11 Injured as Artillery Shell Explodes : Munitions: The arm of a woman employee at the Chino Hills ordnance plant is severed in the blast. Investigation is under way.
- RTC to Name New Director for West Coast
- Cubic Ensnared in Political Web : Subways: Cubic Corp.'s $105-million contract is in limbo as New York's Metropolitan Transit Authority moves to reopen bidding for turnstiles.
- William F. Brunk has been appointed executive...
- NEW DELHI : And Now The Punjab
- Regional Outlook : No Relief for Africa's Troubled Horn : Cursed by man and nature, the region hosts three of the continent's seven civil wars. Famine, poverty and repression add to the misery.
- World IN BRIEF : JORDAN : Intervention Sought to Save Jordanians
- Zachary Taylor's Body Taken From Crypt for Arsenic Tests
- Baker Urging Unity for Yugoslav Republics
- Justices Curb Suits on Prison Conditions : Judiciary: Ruling holds that overcrowding, bad food, vermin are not proof of inhumane treatment unless inmates can show culpability by officials.
- Fire Dept. Cutbacks to Start July 4 Weekend : Safety: Critics blast plan that includes areas plagued by illegal fireworks in first 'rolling brownouts.' Officials reply that other stations will pitch in.
- Obituaries : Ethel M. Turner; Retired Costumer
- PORT HUENEME : 32-Foot Air Show Banner Is Stolen
- 2 Charges Dismissed Against Lawyer Over Alleged Attack
- Don't Cry for Malvinas : Issue of the Falklands' future deserves to be talked about--calmly
- Loughery Takes Miami Heat Job
- Orioles Win in Ninth, Stop Twins' Streak
- Boxing
- Langston Stops Red Sox Rally, Losing Streak
- UCLA's Water Polo Program Is Given Reprieve : Funding: Boosters, alumni raise $100,000 to finance a five-year extension. The sport was scheduled to be discontinued June 30.
- Melodic Tribal Tech Draws Ideas From Many Sources
- Profile : Making a Career From Dissent : Lee Bu Young was on his way to becoming a journalist. But a government crackdown in South Korea landed him in prison and made him one of the country's top protesters.
- Nonpartisan Vote Challenge Voided : Politics: U.S. Supreme Court reinstates California's prohibition on party support in local elections.
- Dimensions of Asian AIDS Epidemic Cited : Health: The number with HIV infection is revised upward, to more than 1 million.
- OXNARD : 5 Arrested Over Shots Fired at Car
- Little Big Ranch : Santa Rosa Valley: Miniature horses and carriages are Michael and Laurin Parker's passions. Their citrus farm is the setting.
- Grand Jury Backs Expansion of Jail Alternatives : Crime: However, panel cautions that the solution to overcrowding is still a new jail. Doubling work-release and other programs would still force officials to release 40,000 to 45,000 inmates this year.
- Norplant Birth Control Available in July : Contraception: Planned Parenthood says the device, which prevents pregnancy for five years, 'will save the state a lot of money' in care for children on welfare.
- BUENA PARK : Boys and Girls Club Gets $130,000 Grant
- Laguna Beach Collector Fishes for Antique Lures
- Recall Petitions Target Oceanside's Vice Mayor
- BASEBALL : DAILY REPORT : AROUND THE MAJOR LEAGUES : Reds Put Davis on Disabled List
- WORLD BEST PAIRS MOTORCYCLE RACING : Ermolenko, Correy Finish Fourth in Semifinals
- Into the Arena, Again : When Pavarotti Comes to Town, It's a Big Event for the Fans and at the Box Office
- Local Angle for KTLA's Morning Show : Television: Channel 5's program, which starts July 8, will also have immediacy over the three-hour tape-delayed network shows.
- PEOPLE WATCH
- 51 Natural Gas Service Stations Planned
- LAW & REGULATION
- PS Group's Stock Plunges on Word of Potential Ills
- LPA Merging L.A. Office With Large Seattle Firm : Acquisitions: The Orange County-based architects' firm is looking for an entree to hospital design. NBBJ gains knowledge and a stake in the local market.
- U.S. May Bar O.C. Disposal of Seized Ranch
- Vaccine Makers to Join Forces on 'Super Shot' : Medicine: Two firms plan to develop a product that will protect children from many diseases with a single injection.
- 25% of Anglo-Saxon Men Gay, French Premier Reportedly Says
- Insider : Bogged Down in Rice: The U.S. Dilemma : North Korea wants to import the crop from South Korea. Good idea, you say? American lobbyists aren't so sure.
- World IN BRIEF : TURKEY : Ex-Foreign Minister Is Named Premier
- COLUMN ONE : In Arctic, a Toxic Surprise : Villagers appear to be packing toxins into their bodies faster than people in temperate, polluting zones. Chemicals, brought in by currents and winds, magnify in the food chain.
- Justices Uphold State Tax Ban on Mail-Order Sales
- Media : Colombia Tries to Program a Better Image for Medellin : Through the TV show 'Arriba Mi Barrio' the government is showing that the city is more than a lair for drug lords.
- Ruben Padilla Dies; Ex-Actor, Tourism Chief
- PRIVATE FACES, PUBLIC SPACES / LINDA BLANDFORD : Moving the World Is a Loner's Job
- A Night at the Races : Action Behind the Scenes at Los Alamitos Is Often More Compelling Than What's on the Track
- Catalina Plastics & Coating Corp. in Calabasas...
- A Chance to End Bonanza for Illegals
- Suzanne Strassburger has been named director of...
- Glendale Securities Firm Seeks to Increase Its Presence : Trading: Otra wants to supplement its clearinghouse function by also becoming a retail brokerage.
- First City Financial's Chairman Quits
- CLIPBOARD : BREEDING BIRD: TURKEY VULTURE (Cathartes aura)
- Soviets Assail, Jeopardize Bid for Western Aid
- Speaking Of: : THE GIs WHO STAYED BEHIND
- S. Africa Repeals Apartheid Basis : Reform: Killing of the Population Registration Act ends four decades of cradle-to-grave racial labeling. De Klerk sees the way clear for a 'true democracy.'
- Market Scene : U.S. Prices Are Definitely Right for Canadian Shoppers : The torrent of business is devastating the economy north of the border and causing some surprisingly short tempers on the American side.
- Of the 102 largest publicly traded companies...
- 7 Area Schools Will Get Career Guidance Grants
- COUNTYWIDE : Cities Do Battle for Courthouse
- Car Hits Tree in Lancaster; Driver Killed
- Ojai Survey Questions the Votes of 4 Officials : Conflict of interest: The city attorney says the commissioners might have participated in decisions that could have benefited their businesses.
- County Names Hospital Administrator
- Cal Ripken Critics Worn Out This Year
- NFL Trading-Card Business Isn't Child's Play : Pro football: With millions at stake, it has created another wedge between players' union and owners.
- Good-Night Kiss Case Is Taking On Celebrity Status
- Blue-Ribbon Format Is Back for the Fair
- FULLERTON : College District Gives Faculty Pay Increase
- Reserves to Be Used for Hotel Shortfall
- GARDEN GROVE : 'Little Community' Now a Mature 35
- 5 Designs in Running for Civic Center Project
- Cooler, Cleaner Air to Relieve Smoggy Haze, Forecasters Say
- Commissioners Vow to Be Fair on Base Closures
- La Habra's Veeder Picks Dominguez Hills
- SUMMER HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL : Returning Starters Make Santa Clara Tourney Favorite
- Soccer
- TV Reviews : Moyers Throws Cold Water on Gulf Victory
- 'Robin' Hits Impressive Box Office Bull's-Eye : Movies: Kevin Costner's vehicle grabs $25.6 million at the nation's theaters, making it the eighth-largest U.S. opening.
- Compost Plan Stirs Up Heap of Controversy : Waste: Environmentalists complain that industry's plans to help local governments are too simplistic.
- Garth Nagel has been promoted to project...
- COMPANIES
- Flights to Beirut Resume