- Drossin Finishes 11th in Kinney Nationals
- Tennis : Graf's Consistency Helped Her End Debate Over Who's No. 1 in World
- Chicago Scores 4 Goals in the Third Period, Beats Lazers, 7-3
- Easygo Effort Takes Golden State Futurity
- No. 1 Kentucky Beats Louisville, 76-75, on Tip-In at the Buzzer
- NBA Roundup : Jordan Does More Than Score in Bulls' 112-103 Victory Over Rockets
- Basket by Davis Lifts Pepperdine to 63-61 Victory
- HOT FLASHES: U2's Bono Hewson has a...
- Soft Sell
- Films going into production:AFTER FOOD OF...
- SOUTHERN SECTION FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES : Central Conference : Valencia Defeats Anaheim for First Title
- Soviet Selects Even Series With Win Over U.S. Olympic Hockey Team, 6-4
- Charting the Frontier Called Age : AGE<i> by Hortense Calisher (Weidenfeld & Nicolson: $14.95; 128 pp.) </i>
- Splices in Time and Space : From the Master of the Surreal : THE WESTERN LANDS <i> by William S. Burroughs (Viking: $18.95; 258 pp.) </i>
- Christmas Trees, Ornaments Shine Year-Round
- Jerry Brown Gives So-So Evaluation of Governor
- Soviet Dissident Says Family to Get Exit Visa
- Pews Are Full but Coffers Aren't at Church of the Open Door
- $18 Bar Bill Costs Fugitive His Freedom
- Pre-Timed Strike Voted On by Flight Attendants
- Anonymous Secretary Stars as Spy : West German Film Tells How 'Love' Overcame Patriotism
- Company to Develop North County Enclave : Firm Mulls Ex-Owner's Plans for Exclusive High-in-the-Sky Suburb
- No Physical Injury in Death After Tackling by Officers
- Local News in Brief : 2 Held in Abduction of Pacoima Boy, 4
- Refugee Children Catching Up With U.S. Youngsters in Growth, Study Finds
- LOTTERY WINNERS
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- Becoming 'Culturally Literate' : UCSD's New Fifth College Plans to Entice Students by Offering a Different Perspective on Today's World
- Caller Says He Stole Portrait of Washington
- Warm-Water Phenomenon : Bleaching of Coral Reefs Puzzles Marine Scientists
- Duncan, Mickelson Top Field of 120
- The Valley's Pied Piper of Soccer : Fanatic Coach Puts Kick Into CSUN
- SOUTHERN SECTION FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP : Central : Valencia Takes a Long, Slow Drive Through Anaheim to Championship
- Jorgensen Ends Season with Girls' National Cross-Country Title
- Kearny Beats La Jolla for Hilltop Championship
- Girls' Basketball Roundup : Brea-Olinda Wins Its Fifth Straight Title, 91-29
- SOUTHERN SECTION FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP : Johnson and El Toro Breeze to Title, 36-6 : Chargers Handle Los Alamitos Defense in Southern Conference Final
- JUST FOR THE FUN OF IT
- Checking 'em Out * * * * <i> Great Balls of Fire</i> * * * <i> Good Vibrations</i> * * <i> Maybe Baby</i> * <i> Running on Empty : </i> : Rock, Rap & Remakes
- Name That Host
- PATRIOTIC GORE: For the past month, music-industry...
- VIEWPOINTS : There May Be a Chill Factor in the Winans Case
- New Community to Rise on Ranch
- The Long March of Agnes Smedley : AGNES SMEDLEY : The Life and Times of an American Radical <i> by Janice R. MacKinnon and Stephen R. MacKinnon</i> , <i> (University of California Press: $25; 404 pp.) </i>
- A Tale of Two Sisters : Conflict Between Traditional Vietnamese Values and American Freedoms Pulled One Family Apart
- Handled With Care : New Products and Procedures Put the Future of Skin Treatments in One's Hands
- Hertz Realty Opens Office
- The MOM Mobile Is Out to Help : Program Drives Home the Value of Prenatal Care for Poor
- History Cheers Visitors to Great Dismal Swamp
- Actor Jerry Mann Is Dead at 77
- Touchy Language Issue Dulls Belgian Campaign
- Ben and Jerry Have Kept Their Cool : Once-Nerdy, '60s Pals Taste Success With Ice Cream Firm
- OPEC Accord May Result in Oil Price Drop
- S. Korea Opposition Assails Roh's Role in 1979 Mutiny
- U.S. Officer Disappears in Bolivia Landslide
- Languages Find a Friendly Ear in Dublin
- Events in the news this week.
- Thousands Lose Power as 50-M.P.H. Winds Batter County
- Courts Gird for Sickout Threatened by Workers Upset by Contract Offer
- Playoff Preview Likely as Prep Soccer Stars Vie : South Holiday Tournament Lineup Is Loaded with Tough Bay League Teams
- In Recent Years, Baseball Is Becoming More and More Popular With Frenchmen
- Even With Dan Petry, Angels' Top Priority Has to Be Keeping Witt
- Amwest Group Thrives Insuring That Others Perform as Promised
- Wall Street's Disaster Was All Too Real
- VIEWPOINTS : TAKING A GIANT STEP BACKWARDS : Some Creative People Seem to Have Lost Sight of Advertising's Bottom Line--Does It Sell?
- Discounts in Toronto
- British Off-Beat Tours Are Homes for Holidays
- Opening the Door to a Wisconsin Winter
- Carves Special Niche : Firm Lightens Burden on Owners of Home Rentals
- Historical Sespe Ranch Sold to Partnerships
- Bay Venture to Develop Miramar Business Park
- FICTION
- Feminism in 1848 and 1968 : L. C.<i> by Susan Daitch (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich: $17.95; 288 pp.) </i>
- Suicide Researchers Take On Holiday Myth
- Bavarian Leader to Visit Soviet Union
- The Nation : U.S. Plans Cut in Program for Homeless
- The first of the week's many yuletide...
- Archbishop Repeats Church Doctrine on Condoms, AIDS
- Seek to Control Growth : Diamond Bar Voters Take Another Look at Cityhood
- Anti-Semitic Acts on Rise : Vandalism Spurs Call for Inquiry
- Why Not Cut U.S. Car Prices?
- Ailment Borne by Freshwater Snails on Increase in China
- Wrecks Close Road; Hail Reported
- Burbank Seeks a More Dominant Role in Determining Airport's Future
- Sockers Slump to Nothing : 3-0 Loss to Dallas Is First Shutout in Team History
- Georgetown's Thompson Gears for Big East--and the Far East
- Dominguez Hills Starts Slow but Rallies to Beat San Francisco, 84-66
- UCLA Is 1-4 After 72-64 Loss : St. John's Sends Bruins Off to Worst Start in 42 Seasons
- UCSB Rallies to Beat Loyola Women, 58-43
- CSUN Doesn't Forget the Fire : Team Fights Off Match Point, Wins Volleyball Title
- Commentary : 'Legend and Reality' Lacks Hollywood Magic
- 'Individuals' Comes to End of Purposeful Year at MOCA
- Special Delivery
- 'Tis the Season for Theater Books
- "Scrooge," Or Maybe Not
- Wall Street Devours News That Carl's Jr. Is Dishing Up New Entrees, Interior Design
- For the Good of the Species : Keeping Animals Captive in Zoos Might Prolong Their Stay on Earth
- Two Christmas Tales for the Very Young : DANIEL'S GIFT by M. C. Helldorfer; illustrated by Julie Downing (Bradbury: $13.95; 32 pp.; ages 4-8)
- Baroque Portrayal of the Sadness of the Portuguese : BALTASAR AND BLIMUNDA<i> by Jose Saramago, translated from the Portuguese by Giovanni Pontiero (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich: $19.95; 304 pp.) </i>
- Tianguis Market to Anchor Complex : Work Starts on Cudahy's Disputed Shopping Center
- In her career, actress Jessica Tandy has...
- Council Drops Controversial Plans to Put City Offices in Historic Home
- A Vintage Yule Old Phineas Would Love
- Studies Suggest Theories on Grief : Years Later, the Loss of One's Parents Can Lead to Stress
- The World : Panama Seeks Libya Loan
- An American in Austria Endures Agony and Expense of Getting a Driver's License
- Tubes, Curls, Cutbacks, Barrels, Boards--It's, Like, Gnarly, Dude! : Surfing Fan Takes Ride on Airwaves
- Behind Bars : Students Led on Grim Tour of Prison System
- Taking a Leaf From New England
- Retreats Pay Off
- Exciting Activities Make Remembering Come Easier
- '. . . but to be a self-employed chimney sweep in Southern California is very strange.'
- Big Ten Prepares to Join the Crowd, Approve a Postseason Tournament
- Golf Roundup : Tway, Hulbert Maintain Their 5-Stroke Lead
- Edberg, Wilander Lead Sweden Against India in Davis Cup Play
- A PAIR OF HIGH TOPS TO RECKON WITH : Burge Twins Often Get Double Takes, but They're Always Noticed on Court
- Cryer Resigns PCAA Post to Become Professional Rodeo Commissioner
- Women's Basketball : Long Beach Can't Catch Auburn
- SOUTHERN SECTION FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES : Eastern Conference : Los Altos Denied 7th Crown by Northview
- Community College Roundup : Cerritos Edges Cypress to Win Golden West Final
- Area Roundup : Ex-Fullerton Baseball Coach Garrido to Be Honored at Annual Fund-Raiser
- Don Dixon: Soul for Hire
- World's Most Notable Song Was Born in Austria
- FICTION
- A Profile of a Lost Generation
- The New Yorker Poem by Michael Blumenthal
- Hirohito Termed Ready to Resume Some Duties
- U.S. Navy Leads Rescue of 40 From Gulf Tanker Attacked by Iranians
- Saddest Tragedies of Child Abuse: Preventable Cases
- The State : Roberti to Push Toy Gun Ban
- Pennies Add Up to Cleanliness
- Taypayers Get Hard Line From IRS Software
- Shades of "Miracle on 34th Street": Santa...
- Iowans Like Bush Stance on Arms Treaty
- Yugoslav Dairy Cow Yields More Than Just Milk
- Financial Picture Dim for Duarte-Owned Cable TV
- Pay, Medical Insurance Issues : Athearn Employees Stage 2-Hour Work Stoppage
- The Rites of Winter in Klamath Forest: Scorched Earth Yields to a Season of Rebirth
- Tales of Satanism Mark Molestation Cases : Children's Macabre Testimony Sometimes Derails Prosecutions
- Events in the news this week.
- Senate OKs McLaughlin as Secretary of Labor
- News In Brief : Vote Against Fire Service Survey
- Wind Shakes Plane; Landing Shakes Fliers
- Black Market in Birds : Smugglers Big and Small Bring Illegal Fowl From Mexico Into U.S.
- Heat, Cooling Devices to Have Energy Labels
- Student Lesson: We All Are Held Accountable for Our Actions
- Kings' Jay Wells Scores the Goal That Beats Them, 3-2
- Masters Doubles Championship : Mecir-Smid, Flach-Seguso Play for Title
- 'Subway Vigilante's' Story for the Small Screen
- 'Depot': Duty Calls Joanne Woodward
- Fair Warning
- Easing the Transition
- Fountains to Be Focus of Plaza : $200-Million Project to Get Under Way in Pasadena
- Hyper-Literary Spy and Movie-Star Stories : LITTLE MISUNDERSTANDINGS OF NO IMPORTANCE<i> by Antonio Tabucchi, translated from the Italian by Frances Frenaye (New Directions: $16.95; 144 pp.) </i>
- Capt. Cook: Vast Achievement of a Steadfast Seafarer : VOYAGES OF DISCOVERY<i> by Lynne Withey (William Morrow: $19.95; 668 pp.) </i>
- Gift Books 1987: Miscellaneous : In the Market for a 51-Carat Diamond?
- Called Role Model : College Chief Puts New Spark Into Campus Life
- Anti-Regime Rally Broken Up in Dhaka
- Guidelines Issued to Prevent Poisonings : Deadly Blowfish a Taste Treat in Japan
- More Borrowing, Saving Needed to Pay College Costs
- Dumping Plan for Kesterson Water Approved
- Toys for Tots: It All Started With a Rag Doll
- Maywood Goes After $94,000 Lost in Securities
- When It Comes to Paving the Way in China, Connections Count More Than Money
- Italian-Americans Honor U.S. Justice
- Hollywood Roadblock Set Up in War Against Drunk Drivers
- Ex-Chancellor Schmidt Sizes Up Leaders in Candid Memoirs
- U.S. Justice System Called Ambivalent on Use of 'Cultural Defense' by Immigrants
- Quick-Thinking Sheriff's Deputy Helps Breathe Life Back Into 7-Month-Old Girl
- Chromosomal Abnormality : Scientists a Step Closer to Linking Leukemia, Genes
- Gypsies Take Fight Against Age-Old Stigma Into Court
- 'Tis the Season to Check Out the Fireplace : Dirty Chimney, Discarded Gift Wrappings Spark Dangerous Blazes
- The High Schools : Taft's Season Was Gone With Wind When the Toreadors Had to Throw
- Could They Beat the Carroll Shamrocks?
- Boise State's 70.3% From Floor Too Hot for USD (51%), 70-54
- Agoura Pair Win Top Awards for Ventura Runners
- National High School Cross-Country Championships : San Diego Area Girl Wins Title
- A Maiden Race : Actress Finds Excitement in First Endurance Competition
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- "MAKE WE JOY." Christmas music by Holst...
- It's a Ford!
- St. Name Change
- The Life of the Party: Democratic Prospects...
- She Took the Soul Train to Stardom : Once a Voice in the Background, Jody Watley Has Burst Onto the Pop Charts in Her Own Right
- Literary Minimalism Without Revelation : THE NEW GENERATION Fiction for Our Time From America's Writing Programs <i> edited by Alan Kaufman (Doubleday: $18.95, cloth; $10.95, paper; 340 pp.) </i>
- Soviet SDI Stance Still a Barrier, Reagan Says : He Indicates Moscow Opposition Could Prevent New Accord to Halve Nations' Strategic Weapons
- Cerritos Cable TV Proposal Still Tangled in FCC Dispute
- On Gulf War, Iran Stacks the Deck Against the U.N. Security Council
- Trapped Ice at Polar Regions? : Scientist Proposes Searching Moon for Water
- Scientists Develop Experimental Laser Technique to Clear Clogged Arteries
- Whooping Cough, Measles, Increase Sharply in U.S.
- Alamo Won 'Top Male Vocalist' : Contest Helped Him Follow His Own Star
- PCAA Commissioner Cryer Resigns to Head Rodeo Cowboys Assn.
- SOUTHERN SECTION FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES : Inland Conference : Handall Leads Carpinteria to 27-0 Win
- College Basketball Roundup
- Former Junior College Players Hoping to Turn Northwestern Around
- New Orleans Breezes to 80-57 Win Over Titans
- John Harbison Works to Be Premiered
- Soaped-Up Arts Advertising Just Won't Wash
- Make Way for the National Chefs Directory
- Rigid Exchange Rates Hurt Market
- Civic Center Place Apartments Acquired
- FAA Studies Closer-Exit Proposal for Large Jets
- Opening This Week
- The Killing Aristocracy of the Green Berets : SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL<i> by Kent Anderson (Doubleday: $16.95; 350 pp.) </i>
- Question: I have recently signed a contract...
- Home-Furnishing Warehouse Opens
- Gene Therapy Race : Egos, Prizes on the Line for Scientists
- Bishop, 2 Priests Urge Celebrants to Oppose Parts of Amnesty Law
- Watt Ingenuity : Fountain Valley Neighborhood Lets It All Hang Out for Yuletide
- Prep Soccer Roundup : Oldham's Hat Trick Leads Mater Dei Over Claremont
- Rogers' Season Getting Longer
- Joyner-Kersee Honored Again
- Miler Coghlan Has Gone Into Tank and Things Are Going Swimmingly
- Checking 'em Out * * * * <i> Great Balls of Fire</i> * * * <i> Good Vibrations</i> * * <i> Maybe Baby</i> * <i> Running on Empty : </i> : Barry Takes a Walk Down 'Swing Street'
- The Hudson River School's Nature Show : Hudson River
- JAZZ : A Message in Ministry and in Music
- There Goes . . . : the Neighborhood
- <i> The</i> PERFECT FALL GUYS : Q: Why Does Everyone Hate Yuppies? : A: Because They're Not Neurotic and They've Made Something of Their 20s.
- A Favorite Corner of Melbourne Zoo
- Landlords Try for a Better Lot : High Court to Decide Rent Control Case
- See Twain Home, Then Sugar Off
- Prostitutes Help Buy AIDS Diagnosis Gear
- Lawndale to Sue Brokerage Firms in Bid to Recoup Loss
- THE LOS ANGELES TIMES ALL-CENTRAL CITY FOOTBALL TEAM
- Loyola, CS Long Beach Shoot It Out Today
- Actions Against Brokers Soar in Wake of Crash
- Saving Oil for a Rainy Day : Government's Stockpiles of Crude Growing Despite Program's Ongoing Controversy
- ADVENTURE VACATIONS
- Gold Rush Relics Fade in Stampede for Growth
- Old Inscriptions Found in China
- Malaysia Frees 18; 62 Still in Custody
- Veteran Movie Actor Nolan Leary, 98, Dies
- New Satellite for Russians
- College Basketball Roundup : Arizona Slows Down Iowa to Win, 66-59
- SOUTHERN SECTION FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES : Northwestern Conference : Arroyo Grande Stops Burroughs, 15-10
- NFL Notes : Poor Drafting Helped Cowboy Demise
- NHL Roundup : Oilers Make Short Work of Canucks
- Boys' Prep Basketball Roundup : Overtime Victory Gives El Toro a Second Title
- Quibbles & Bits
- Director Sellars: 'You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet'
- Officials, Preservationists Optimistic Over Move : Ritz-Carlton to Run Huntington Hotel
- 5 Cars of Toxic Chemicals Derailed on Air Force Base
- Jury Trial Ordered in BKK Dump Fraud Case
- And Now, Moving On To START : Summit Sets Stage For New Treaty, But Caution Is Watchword
- Developer Fees Will Be 12 Times Expected Cost
- 500 Gather in Crenshaw Rally to Protest Apartheid
- Oil Leak in Soviet River
- Rice May Be Nice, but Here, Mochi Is Magic
- In 1932, Colgate Was Unbeaten, Untied, Unscored Upon and Uninvited
- High School Basketball : Royal Overcomes Rival Westlake in Overtime, 63-62
- SOUTHERN SECTION FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES : Big Five Conference : Fontana Has a Perfect Ending to Season
- UCLA Women Play Tennessee Tonight
- Hilco Scamper Wins Hollywood Park Sprint
- Staying in Chateaux Along Route Jacques-Coeur
- Dreaming Up the Next Vietnam : LIFE DURING WARTIME<i> by Lucius Shepard (Bantam Books: $8.95; 448 pp.) </i>
- Storytellers : Good Will: The Short and Long of It
- Cedars Wins Right to Build Big Research Complex
- Rules Change Should Give Ex-TV Preacher Victory in Caucuses : Robertson-Kemp Pact Likely to Beat Bush in Michigan
- Fashion's Arbiter Mr. Blackwell Deals in Threads, Keeps Audience in Stitches
- Group Must Post Bond to Save Whittier Theater
- The Devil Be Hanged, Scottish Farmers Try Raising the Hated Goat for Big Profit
- Fulton Has Change of Heart Over 'Kings Row' : Town Takes Pride in Novel That Became Ronald Reagan Movie
- Japan Growing Alarmed by Influx of Illegal Aliens
- $3 Billion in Cash : Pennzoil Agrees to Plan to Settle Texaco Dispute
- Coast Guard Sting Operation Bites Newport Boat Captain
- Homeowners Offer Plan to Upgrade Community
- Deep Within the Brain, a Mystery Called Memory
- Phoenix-Area Spa to Rise from Ashes
- Nicaragua Plans Force of 600,000 : Also Aims to Get Advanced MIGs, Missiles, Artillery
- Letting the Cat Show Out of the Bag
- For Searcher, the World Is His Attic
- An Unseasonal Brouhaha
- Reputed Philadelphia Mob Boss Acquitted of Drug Ring Charges
- Kennedy: A Conservative Satisfied With Status Quo
- Religiously Anti-Establishment : First Unitarian Church Has Championed Liberal Causes for Half a Century
- 'Everything Was Strange' : Mail-Order Bride's Life in Alaska No Honeymoon
- Roh, if Elected, to Submit to 'Interim Appraisal' After Olympics
- Superstar Success Fitting Calvin Klein to a Tee : Designer of Jeans, Obsession Fragrance Is Having a 'Once-in-a-Decade' Year
- Critics of New Army Vehicle Get a Lot of Mileage Per Tankful
- Women Outnumber Men in Irish Republic
- Police Try to Corner Crime in Rough Area
- Shuttle Booster Test Slated
- News In Brief : City Becomes Its Own Insurer
- Cinderella--by--the--Sea : If an imaginative planner has his way, Wilmington in the 21st Century would no longer be a grimy poor relation to San Pedro, but a glamorous waterfront community.
- Electronic Leash Keeps Criminals in Their Place
- Shooting Raises Questions
- Christmas' Role as Economic Key May Be Humbug
- NATION
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- The Ultimate Album Cover Album, Roger Dean...
- Architect Firm Moves
- U.S. Wild Card Dealt Into the Middle East
- THE Power OF A Piece OF Paper
- Power Outages, Rock Slides, Dust Storms Reported : Threat to Crops Seen as Northerly Winds Blow Chill Into Southland
- Fujitsu Signs Lease for Warehouse Space
- WilliamFaulkner: A Pilgrimage
- If you're thinking of doing Europe in...
- Lost in L.A. : Some Vietnamese Teen-agers From the Second Immigrant Wave Have Been Alienated by American Life and Taken Refuge in Crime
- What's News? : Why Is It That Only Stories of Unusual, Unfortunate and Unhappy Events Get Reported in the Daily Paper?