- The World : Pravda Cites Afghan Rift
- Trolley-Like Transit Called Just the Ticket
- Boat Parade Lends a Newport Touch to Season's Cheer
- Placentia : Law Expected for Adult Entertainment Shops
- Andropov Gets New Post
- Nevada Upholds Death Sentence for Murderer of 2 Teen-Age Girls
- Lottery Ticket Scratcher Latest Get-Rich Scam
- Arkansas Favored by Two in Tonight's Holiday Bowl
- "TWINKLING OF AN EYE." John Blake. Gramavision...
- U.S. Small-Car Market Braces for the Koreans
- House of Glass : Mademoiselle Lalique Carries on the Family Tradition of Fine Crystal
- China Slowly Moves Into Computer Age
- Tastes of Liberty--A Celebration of Our Great Ethnic Cooking (Stewart, Tabori & Chang: minimum $20 contribution, 256 pp., illustrated).
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- Even Friends of Justices Pose Problem in Campaign
- A Bittersweet Yuletide for Divorced Families : Don't Use Children to Fight the Holiday Blues, Experts Say, Because It Could Worsen Situation
- Upstate N.Y. Program : Inmates Learn New Skills Tending Old Race Horses
- Talkative Customers Supply Her With the Heady Stuff : Beautician Turns Gossip Into Romance Novels
- 'Tis the Season to Be Generous--but for Whose Sake?
- Suspect in Slaying Eludes Manhunt : Police Scour University Heights, North Park for 7 Hours
- Trojan Women Play Oregon St. Today
- Davis Cup Final : Wilander and Nystrom Team Up to Put Sweden in Command, 2-1
- In Order to Win, All UCLA Does Is Translate Homer
- A CHORUS ON THE UNEMPLOYMENT LINE
- Indian Artifacts Given to Historical Park
- The Cook's Magazine Cookbook (Simon & Schuster: $18.95, 288 pages).
- FYI
- Winter Brings Relief to Plains but Snow Falls in Midwest, East
- Hijacking Suspect Had Guns in Wine Bottles
- Winnie Mandela Defies Ban, Is Pulled From Home
- Kennedy, Sons Visit Midwest Farms
- The Nation : Minority Hiring Upheld
- Shoppers Dial 911 to Help Police Catch Holdup Suspect
- San Diego
- Yule Shopping : Beverly Hills Has It All for Right Price
- 'Elves' Filling Christmas Wishes : Better Watch Out! Others Cut Into Santa Claus' Act
- Turning the Page : County's Last 1-Room Schoolhouse Will Expand but Philosophy to Remain
- For 1986, Trendy Ways to Tell Days
- Oceanside
- Belfast Prisoner Starts Protest Fast
- Nice Work, Eh? : Canadian Teachers Fill the Job Bill
- Red Cross Plans Study of Long-Term AIDS Effects
- Northridge Guards Pile It On, 106-92
- 'Tis the Season for a Nice, Neighborly Battle : Rams, in Their Fashion, Are Perfect Gentlemen; No Grudges--L.A. Is OK
- Shoeless Joe's Running Puts Giants in Playoffs
- Kirk Gibson, Dave Rozema Marry Sisters
- THE HEARTBEAT OF ROCK RETURNS TO AMERICA
- SLAVISH DEDICATION
- Shopping for '12 Days of Christmas' : Items in Song Only $4,901, but That's a One-Shot Deal
- Presents Delivered by Women in Bunny Costumes : Christmas in Japan--Traditional Touches and a Raucous Time
- Syria's Latest Lebanon Plan Fails to Unite
- L.A. District Agrees to 6.4% Pay Increase for 32,000 Members of Teachers' Union
- 2 Versions of a Tragic Event: The Court Will Decide
- Inglewood Police Chief to Join Airport Security
- Adding Foreign Accent to an American Way of Playing Soccer Match
- Capricorn Belle, Justicara Square Off Today in Dahlia
- Slobodan Kacar of Yugoslavia scored a 15-round...
- Sey Leads San Francisco State Over Chapman College, 76-66
- And for a Mere $726.69 . . . : A Rose Is a Rose, but a Christmas Rose Isn't That Good of a Gift Idea After All
- THIS HATFIELD IS THE REAL McCOY : Arkansas Coach Shoots Straight From the Hip
- TASTE MAKERS : People Who Shape and Define Matters of Taste : PHILIP GLASS : FROM THE ROCK HALLS TO OPERA
- FAT ATTACK: If you're worried about putting...
- Glorious American Food by Christopher Idone (Random House: $50, 359 pp., illustrated)
- Satisfying Consumers' Growing Appetite for Videocassette Cookbooks : Back-to-Basics Approach Designed for Novices
- New Law on Asbestos to Be Discussed
- Eleanor A. Montague has been appointed executive...
- Settlers Fled Political Turmoil in S. Africa : Boers: as Argentine as the Gaucho
- FDA Backs Carcinogen in Decaffeinated Coffee
- Bumpy Sleigh Ride : Chamber Draws Fire for Being Co-Sponsor With Scientologists
- 40 Santas Save Christmas for Ailing Boy and Family
- Ancient Pakistani Civilization Uncovered
- Presto, a Church Is Born
- Pair Get Year in Prison in Theft of White Tigers
- Professor Spends Year Putting Ideas to Work on Arms Control
- NHL Roundup : Canadiens Power Past Sabres, 3-1, and Gain Share of Adams Lead
- East San Diego
- Maris Then; Tudor Now? : Plotting the Mortal Pain of an Immortal Chase
- Girls' Roundup : Fountain Valley Tops Compton
- Lynwood Commuter Bus Firm Obtains Insurance, Will Continue in Operation
- Brazil Bans Whale Hunting Off Coast for 5 Years
- CSUN Coach Roughed Up on This NCAA Kicking Penalty
- College Basketball Roundup : Georgetown Survives DePaul Challenge, 85-70
- Dickerson Is Still in Doubt
- Dear Abby : She Gets Her Kicks in the Kitchen
- Made in America <i> by Peter Ueberroth, with Rich Levin and Amy Quinn (Morrow: $17.95; 401 pp.) </i>
- William Carlos Williams SELECTED POEMS, edited with an introduction by Charles Tomlinson (New Directions: $17.95; 302 pp.)
- At 17, She's Writing a Novel, Planning a Play : Young Poet Chooses Metaphors Over Money
- Holding the Line on Fans' Violence : Extra Police, Cutting Beer Sales Help to Keep the Peace
- Homes for Elderly Seek Holiday Cure for the Lonely
- Budget Includes $8 Million for Mountain Park
- Teacher Cottons to Rabbit Breeding : High School Instructor Pulls a New Career Out of Hat
- A Wild Card: Fundamentalists in the Soviet Bloc
- Fog in Seattle Grounds Thousands : Holiday Air Travelers Scramble to Find Way Out of Town
- Leah Adler
- Santa Monica-Malibu Schools Chief Given $80,000-a-Year Pact
- Suicide Bomber Called Hero by Arabs : Lebanese Village Honors Teen-ager Who Attacked Israeli Post
- A Collection on the Cutting Edge : Library Displays Implements From Medicine's Past
- Buses Remain Most Popular Transportation : Seoul's New Subway Is Short of Riders
- The Party Game That Isn't a Game
- Panel OKs Malibu Mall; Project Seen as Trend-Setter
- Salvador Mines Taking Higher Army Toll : Rebel Blasts, as Opposed to Direct Combat, Cause 42% of 1985 Losses
- Pleasure of Being Santa for a Day : Bringing Wonder to Children Has Adult-Size Rewards
- Drawn to Bugs Like Moths to Flame : Entomologist Has Sense of Humor to Go With His Job
- Sea World With Disney Twist : Huntington Beach Studies Plans for Cousteau Center
- 200 Crash Santa Ana Event to Protest Housing Rule
- Cal Lutheran Again Comes Up Too Short at the Buzzer, 60-58
- 'Tis the Season for a Nice, Neighborly Battle : Raiders, in Their Fashion, Want to Put the Squeeze on Orange County Rivals
- First Amateur in Tournament of Champions : Verplank Not Awed by Pros, He Beat 'Em Before
- Oakley's Adjustment to NBA Needs a Little Adjusting
- Golf : Pro-Am Event at Monterey Opens Season
- TASTE MAKERS : People Who Shape and Define Matters of Taste : PETER SELLARS : FROM THEATER TO POP VIDEO
- CHOOSING THE TASTE MAKERS : They Won't Share the Stage With Just Anybody
- BAY AREA BATTLE: Reviving the Examiner : Will Hearst III Makes Feisty Comeback Bid With a Bit of Flash
- The Perfect Setting by Peri Wolfman and Charles Gold (Harry N. Abrams: $35, 207 pp, illustrated).
- Realty License Rush Is on : 120,000 to Take Test Before Stricter Rules Apply
- Two's Company, by Bev Bennett (Barron's: $14.95, 195 pp., illustrated.)
- Outdoor Pleasures, by Elizabeth Sahatjian (Stewart, Tabori and Chang: $29.95, 240 pages, illustrated.)
- Vive La Fressange! Hers is the face...
- If you still need a few...
- Rodeo Lassos a City Boy's Heart : Spectacle Makes a Believer Out of Ex-Photographer
- Food Bank Receives a Grant of $10,000
- Disorderly Conduct
- Celebrate a Redeeming Civilization : Of God, Man and Christmas
- San Diego
- Researchers Are Urged to Adopt a Hacker
- Southland Marks Christmas Countdown : Good Will Rules as Gifts and Free Food Brighten Holidays for Thousands in L.A.
- National City
- Mexicans Try Active Democracy : Community Spirit Born in Quakes Takes a Political Shape
- Man Killed in Leap From 46th Floor
- Madden Leads USD Past Alaska-Anchorage, 78-64
- Boys' Roundup : Five Orange Lutheran Players Hit Double Figures in Easy 81-59 Win
- All of a Sudan, It's a New Bol Game : Manute Impresses Lakers, but Bullets Come Up Short, 96-84
- San Diego Women's Basketball : Hawaii Warms Up to Defeat USD
- North, Maltbie Join Spalding Golf Tourney Field
- Georgia Southern Wins in Division I-AA, 44-42
- When Pam Shriver Isn't Playing, She Is Working
- TASTE MAKERS : People Who Shape and Define Matters of Taste : PAULINE KAEL : AND YOU CAN QUOTE THAT . . .
- ROCK WARS
- Service Offers Stamp Trading by Computer
- Cheap and Nutritious (And Delicious) Cookbook--A Project of the Gray Panthers of San Francisco ($8.50, 126 pp.).
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- Martin Yan--the Chinese Chef by Martin Yan (Doubleday: $10.95, 179 pages, illustrated).
- GIFT BOOKS 1985 : Photography
- False Tongues and Sunday Bread, a Guatemalan and Mayan Cookbook by Copeland Marks (M. Evans: $24.95, 408 pages).
- Brea : Council Votes to Extend Old Town Moratorium
- Robert Desmond, Award-Winning Journalist, Dies
- ALL THAT JAZZ: Walter Yetnikoff and Mo...
- TASTE MAKERS : People Who Shape and Define Matters of Taste : ALAN PAKULA : BOY WONDER IS LATE BLOOMER
- Asian Pasta, by Linda Burum (Aris Books: $22.95 clothbound; $12 paperback, 222 pp.)
- Jane Brody's Good Food Book, Living the High-Carbohydrate Way (W. W. Norton: $19.95, 700 pp., illustrated).
- Growing Ranks of Homeless Put Shelters to Test
- Justice Dept. Admits Ordering Conrail Sale Papers Destroyed
- 491 Claims Filed After Health Club Shuts Down
- His Dealing Leads to Wheeling
- Woman With Jarvik Heart Remains Stable
- Math, Science Whiz, 15, Drops Out of High School, Drops Into M.I.T.
- Top Poinsettia Grower Goes for All the Pizazz
- Newly Successful Romance Writer Lets Her Imagination Do All the Adventuring
- Stricter Rules Will Not Cut Noise at Main Valley Airports
- Questions Linger Over Killing at Salvage Yard
- Donors Find Joy, Surprises in 'Adopting' Poor Families
- Saints Vote Not to Submit to Year-End Drug Testing
- Redskins Stay Alive; Cardinals Fire Hanifan
- NOT TAKING IT WITH YOU: A TALE OF TWO ESTATES
- VET Q
- A Night in the Observatory : From Dusk to Dawn With Astronomers on Mt. Palomar
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- Tree-Trimming Anecdotes, Wartime Blackouts : Dreaming of a White House Christmas
- Owner of Landmark House Feared City Would Act Against Him : Demolition Catches Santa Monica by Surprise
- Deputies in Lynwood Spot Probation Violators : Mug Shots Help Snare Prostitutes
- Energy Official Vows Tight Rein on Trash Plants
- New Spy Suspect Reportedly Took House Papers
- Medical Treatment Gains Seen in Manipulating Cells
- Rams and Raiders Don't See Eye-to-Eye on a Charity Basketball Game
- QUIRKY QUOTE
- TASTE MAKERS : People Who Shape and Define Matters of Taste : ALICE WATERS : THE QUEEN OF CALIF. CUISINE
- It's a Plush Life for Giftware Firm : Licensing, Manufacturing of Novelty Items Reap Profits
- Last Steel Beam Placed in Building in San Francisco
- Jumbo-Size Train
- Planning Firm Shifts to City Clients : Fewer Giand Developments, More 'Urban Opportunities'
- Maida Heatter's Book of Great American Desserts, by Maida Heatter (Alfred A. Knopf: $25, 383 pp.)
- Classic Indian Vegetarian and Grain Cooking by Julie Sahni (William Morrow: $22.50, 511 pages).
- Amazing Prophecies : In the Gossip Magazines, the Best Predictions Aren't Always the Truest
- Calling Meeting on Role of Governors' Spouses : Wisconsin First Lady Sheila Earl to Host Second Gathering in Madison
- Cut Airport Noise With Lure of More Flights, Study Says : Panel Says Quieter Jets, Maneuvers Can Allow More Traffic
- Reagan Warns Against Any Tax Increase : Hails Balanced-Budget Bill but Vows to Veto Levy to Cut Deficit
- Winners Unwrap $400 Million in Spain's Christmas Lottery
- Soviet Arms Pact Violations Listed : Reagan to Report Gains by Moscow; Reciprocal U.S. Buildup May Follow
- View in Privacy of Home : Women Form Big Market for Hard-Core Porn Tapes
- Yuletide Office Parties on the Wagon in 1985?
- Chez Panisse Desserts, by Lindsey Remolif Shere (Random House: $17.95, 341 pp., illustrated.)
- Selected Poems <i> by John Ashbery (Elisabeth Sifton/Viking: $22.95; 349 pp.) </i>
- The Principles of History
- Holiday First-Aid
- Hot, so to speak, off the presses...
- The Dessert Lover's Cookbook by Marlene Sorosky (Harper & Row: $22.50, 229 pp., illustrated).
- Academy Award-winner James Stewart will make a...
- Closely Watched Trains--The Southland Version : Railfans Ogle Locomotives; Rail Firms Eye Fans
- Testimony at Hearing : Option Offered for Bill Easing Rent Controls
- Outpouring of Friends at Holiday Tea
- The House : Superfund Financing
- Museum Proposed as Showcase of Latinos' American Roots
- Kitty Hawk Returns to Fanfare; Probe Called Closed Matter
- Santa Barbara Tournament of Champions : Brea-Olinda Loses in OT to No. 1 Team in Nation
- DePaul's Comegys Seeks to Improve Image by Concentrating More
- Maxwell Lends Hand; Clippers Beat Kings
- Area Roundup : Lucas Paces Southern California College, 69-55
- 'HELP WANTED': DIGGING DEEP INTO HUMAN NEED
- Make-Ahead Entertaining, by Mable and Gar Hoffman (HP Books: $8.95, paperback, 160 pp., illustrated.)
- Good Pat on Back Is Retiring Chief's Goal
- Public Given Access to Catalogue by Computer : Libraries Turn Page in Technology
- Compton College Trustees Elect Clegg President
- A Refuge for Scandinavian Seamen : San Pedro Church Offers a Holiday Haven in L.A. Area
- The Hopes of Christmases Past, Some Seedlings for the Future
- Police Overtime a Problem for Geneva
- First Stringfellow Wastes Headed for the Pacific
- STEAK HOUSES: THE FAT & THE LEAN
- God's Fool The Life and Time jof Francis of Assisi <i> by Julien Green (Harper & Row: </i> $<i> 16.95; 273 pp.)</i>
- "GROWING OLD IN AMERICA," 8 p.m. Saturday...
- The Long and Short of It
- Santa Ana Woman Hit by Car Is Hospitalized
- Hope for Homeless
- Chiseling Away at the Bar
- San Diego
- Purse of $500,000 for Legends Golf Tournament
- Dream Comes True, Syracuse Loses : Only 30,000 See Maryland Win Cherry Bowl Game, 35-18
- Ditka's Sleeping Bears Awoke Against the 49ers
- THE GROWTH OF LEADERLESS ORCHESTRAS
- The New Doubleday Cookbook (Doubleday: $16.95, 965 pp., illustrated).
- The Shifting Frontier : Change Is in the Air. Nobody Wants Springville to Go the Way of Milo
- Decking the Column With Yule Wishes
- Biggest Foe for Iranian POWs: Boredom : After 5 Years in Model Iraqi Camp, Views on Khomeini are Mixed
- Fremont Plant Called Huge Success : U.S. Car Workers Adapt Well to the Japanese Way
- Water Valves Left Open : Ether Removal Sets Off Whittier College Flood
- Halley's Comet--Find It if You Can
- Fullerton : $800,000 Set Aside for Proposed Parking Area
- San Diego State Gets First Victory
- Minnesota's Gutekunst Gets a Good Start With 20-13 Win
- Mathiasen Leads Denver Past USIU in Hockey
- Four U.S. Olympic Boxers Win, Then Another One Is Married
- Rio Mesa Girls Hold Off Hueneme, Stay Unbeaten
- COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART SAYS 'OH, WHAT A FEELING'
- Poet's Protest
- Hijack Policy Includes $1-Million Reward
- Kitty Hawk Ends Tour; Waste, Fraud Inquiry Called a Closed Matter
- Shopping for Gifts With Children Loads Parents With Problems
- Southland Marks Christmas Countdown : Bargaining Is Both Brisk and Bilingual as Tree Buyers Invade Trackside Market
- Costa Mesa : Segerstrom Offers to Inspect Home Damage
- Commentary : There Are Real Risks in Hiring David Shula
- Point Loma Streak Is Stopped by Muir
- The top female tennis player at Western...
- One King Defeat Leads To Another : After Oilers, It's Canucks, 6-2; Now Russians Are Coming
- Plaque Taken Off Oliver Hardy's Crypt Found in Locker
- N.Y. Woman Shakes Up Kern County Police School
- Sexon and Boryla Will Be Inducted Into Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame
- Twin Tragedies of Brussels and Bradford Helped Intensify English Soccer's Woes
- Miami Is No Vice for UCLA : Bruins Have It Easy in 109-64 Win Over First-Year Hurricanes
- NAIA Women's Basketball Tournament Will Return to Kansas City Next Season
- MISALIGNED
- TASTE MAKERS : People Who Shape and Define Matters of Taste : ARATA ISOZAKI : ARCHITECTURE'S GLOBAL CITIZEN
- The Enlightened Cuisine by Rene Verdon (Macmillan: $19.95, 398 pp. illustrated).
- A Dinner in Praise of the Potato : A French Celebration Focuses on the Humble Vegetable
- Spa Food--Menus and Recipes From the Sonoma Mission Inn by Edward J. Safdie (Clarkson N. Potter: $19.95, 170 pp., illustrated).
- C of C Gives Nash Award to Raymond Watt
- Martha Stewart's Pies and Tarts, by Martha Stewart (Clarkson N. Potter: $18.95, 216 pp., illustrated.)
- Some Democrats Back Reagan : Liberals Split on Whether to Support Aid for Contras
- Sen. Nunn Ridicules Fighting Man's Fruitcake : Recipe by Pentagon Called Half-Baked
- Equity Waiver at Long Beach College : Professionals Will Take Campus Stage
- No Place to Go : Afrikaners: Certainties Gone Now
- In Sweden, Even the Heirs Can't Take It With Them
- Norway Buys Grieg Papers for $617,000
- Many Taxpayers Would Gain From House Bill : An Estimated 88% of Individuals Would Profit or Break Even if Overhaul Plan Becomes Law
- The Best Present : Boy, 7, Released From Hospital in Time to Spend Christmas at Home
- A Super Idea Gets on the Road
- Maxine Waters' 'Project Build' : Job Training Program Goes Right to the Housing Projects for People
- PREP BASKETBALL : Mater Dei Barely Hangs On Against Santa Monica, 53-52
- Tournament of Champions : Mater Dei Tops Santa Monica in Controversial Finish, 53-52
- On Cold Days, Bud Let Their Fingers Do His Freezing
- New Energy Loans for Small Businesses
- Germany Today, a Personal Report, Walter Laqueur...
- A History of Religious Ideas Vol.3:<i> by Mircea Eliade, translated by Alf Hiltebeitel and Diane Apostolos Cappadona (University of Chicago: $27.50; 348 pp.) </i>
- WHEELS FOR WALKING by Sandra Richmond (Atlantic...
- Q: In January, I will be...
- FICTION
- The House : Superfund Financing
- Saudi Prince Rides Space Shuttle to Heights as Modern Muslim Hero
- DeLorean <i> by John Z. DeLorean with Ted Schwarz (Zondervan Books: $17.95; 349 pp.) </i> : <i> Hard Driving: My Years With John DeLorean by William Haddad (Random House: $17.95; 193 pp.) </i>
- Malibu Little League Strikes Out in Bid for Permanent Site
- Police Captain Who Sued City Elected to Lead Union
- Plane Lands Safely After Pressure Loss
- Japan Gives Itself Another Day of Rest
- In First Public Address During Her U.S. Visit, Bonner Thanks Jews for Support
- Animal's Bad Reputation Undeserved, Owners Say : Ferret-Face Becomes Pet Name
- A Case of Uncertain Espionage : When a Spy Steals Trust
- Cherry Bowl : It Was the Pits for Organizers, Syracuse as Maryland Wins
- Elvin Hayes Jr. a Walk-On at Tiny St. Francis College
- Troubled New World : Sutton Takes Over at Kentucky Just as New Charges of Wrongdoing Surface
- Waves Are Beaten by Kentucky
- Holiday Bowl VIII: It May Not Fit Pattern
- AND WAIT, THERE'S MORE: Creem magazine, the...