- A Transplant for Coby : Oregon Boy's Death Stirs Debate Over State Decision Not to Pay for High-Risk Treatments
- Riverbend International Hits Pay Dirt : Publicly Held Farm Firm Looks to Gain Edge by Integrating Operations
- COLLEGE FOOTBALL: THE ROSE BOWL : READY, EVEN IN SHORT RUN : If White Isn't Right, Michigan State Can Run 5-8 Ezor at USC in Rose Bowl
- TV REVIEWS : 'Solti at 75'--Excerpts of a Celebration
- TV REVIEWS : A Remade 'Roman Holiday' Without Heart
- Afghans Protest Soviet Intervention : Demonstrations Mark 8th Anniversary of Kremlin Move
- Science / Medicine : A Weekly Roundup of News, Features and Commentary : Pot Linked to Schizophrenia
- Science / Medicine : A Weekly Roundup of News, Features and Commentary : Mending a Baby's Broken Heart
- Fresno State Defeated by Texas Tech
- PRO FOOTBALL : Chiefs Get Fired Up and Down Seahawks : Story Questioning Coach's Background Angers Kansas City Players
- College Basketball Roundup : Coaches Unhappy After Marshall Wins
- Puppetry Through the Ages Beckons in Long Beach Show
- Carr Keeps Her Motor Running for 'Butler'
- Palestinian Youths Face Israeli Military Judges
- Orange County 1988 : A Look at the Year Ahead : LAND USE : Success Seems Imminent for Backers of Slow Growth, but Battle Isn't Over
- After 6 1/2 Years, Jailhouse Lawyer's Time Runs Out : Willie Wisely, Unprecedented as a Prisoner, to Get Life Term
- Auschwitz Survivor, Vietnam Veteran Will Finally Be Able to Take a Bite Out of Life : Surgery Brings Smiles to 2 Sad Faces
- Manna's Muscle : Retiree Helps Feed Needy, Spread Cheer From Conejo Valley to Downtown L. A.
- Orange County 1988 : A Look at the Year Ahead : EDUCATION : Thorniest of the Issues Will Be Decided at Polls
- Prep Soccer : Mission Viejo Girls Are Top-Seeded
- UCLA Hopes to Get on Track Against Fullerton
- Palos Verdes Handicap at Santa Anita : High Brite Shines, Giving Lukas Another Longshot Winner
- JAZZ REVIEW : Manhattan Transfer: A Bit of Everything
- ART REVIEW : Disaster Lurks Behind Brown's Neat, Pristine Paintings
- Putting on the Brakes : San Marcos Moves to Ease Growing Traffic Problems
- Hollywood Walk of Fame Due for Long-Needed Spruce Job
- At Last, County May Have the Key to Solving Jail Crisis : 600 Temporary Beds Are Slated to Ease Overcrowding While Plans Move Ahead for a New, 900-Bed Facility
- Orange County 1988 : A Look at the Year Ahead : ENVIRONMENT : Anti-Smog Measures Will Take Effect and Toxic Waste Battle Will Intensify
- Duffy Retires From Bench but Leaves Mark on Court
- Local News in Brief : Ice Closes Section of Las Virgenes Road
- Orange County 1988 : A Look at the Year Ahead : COUNTY : Two Supervisors, Funding for Jail Will Be on Ballot
- Vasquez Has Lots of Money, No Opponents
- PRO FOOTBALL : Fourth and One, and Payton Isn't the One : In Final Regular-Season Game, Bear Star Has His Best Day of Season, but . . .
- Chargers Buried by a Blizzard and the Broncos, 24-0
- China Blames Some Aides for Pornography Spread
- Baby Abandoned Behind Market Is Now 'Healthy, Happy and Growing Like Weed'
- Kadafi Talks With Iranian
- Germans Push for Preservation of Villa Aurora : Politicians, Intellectuals Campaign to Keep Home and Library Intact
- U.S. Envoy Mansfield in Hospital
- Loyola of Chicago Tests Lions' Home Record Tonight
- Wiley's Free Throw Gives 49ers the Win : CS Long Beach Bounces Back to Take Third in Lobo Tournament
- PRO FOOTBALL : Dickerson Carries Colts Into the Playoffs : He Rushes for 196 Yards, 2 Touchdowns in 24-6 Win Over Tampa Bay
- Won't Create Riot Force, Israel Says : Troops Shoot Only in Self-Defense, 2 Officials Assert
- Man, 31, Shot to Death on L.A. Street
- Tutu Calls for a Truce Between Black Factions : Anti-Apartheid Rivals in South Africa Urged to Halt Violence During Talks
- PRO FOOTBALL : Oilers Win, Will Open Playoffs at Astrodome
- Quarterback Controversy That Is Nice, for a Change
- Sky's the Limit at Museum Kite Show
- DANCE REVIEW : Different ABT Principals Take Stage at a Matinee 'Nutcracker' at Shrine
- Pilot of New Cities Takes Surprises in Stride at the Helm of Santa Clarita
- Local News in Brief : Body of Woman Found in Freezing Creek
- South Korean Lee Sung-hoon retained his International...
- Santa Ana Man, 25, Killed by Intruders
- There's No Convention Galahad in Script
- Science / Medicine : A Weekly Roundup of News, Features and Commentary : Petunia Red-Faced, Thanks to Genetics
- Trojans, With a New Offensive Look, Play Host to Western Kentucky Tonight
- Sidekicks Get Past Lazers in Overtime, 4-3
- Raiders Finish With Whimper : Bears Leave Town With a 6-3 Victory in Their Sack
- Saddleback's Brummel Gets Record Win : Triumph Over Tustin Marines Gives Coach His 137th Victory
- In an attempt to increase U.S. beer...
- Bethlehem Singapore Pte. Ltd. will lay off...
- SOUTHLAND BRIEFS : Schools Vulnerable
- Science / Medicine : A Weekly Roundup of News, Features and Commentary : HOW IT WORKS : The Cellular Telephone
- IT ISN'T A GAME : Mater Dei Team Not Involved, but Others Hurt in Fight at New Jersey Tournament
- Prep Review : Florida Coach Returns to Old School With His Team--Well, Most of It
- DANCE
- Orange County 1988 : A Look at the Year Ahead : MEDICINE : AIDS Epidemic Will Continue as the No. 1 Concern
- Trial Judge May Not Achieve Goal as McMartin Case Enters Fifth Year
- PRO FOOTBALL : Chargers Are Buried by a Blizzard and Broncos, 24-0
- Pepperdine Plays Colorado State in Tournament
- PRO FOOTBALL : Dallas Uses Trick Play to Knock Cardinals Out of Playoff Picture, 21-16
- Working the 'Holiday' Is No Problem, Globe Actress Says
- 'Nicaragua: New Challenges'
- 'Nicaragua: New Challenges'
- Food Stamps
- 'Nicaragua: New Challenges'
- Statue Bid
- School Vote
- Counter Proposal on Reparations
- 'Nicaragua: New Challenges'
- 'Nicaragua: New Challenges'
- 'Nicaragua: New Challenges'
- QUAKE HELP
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- For Some in Relocation Program, Their House May Not Be a Castle
- Cloudy Skies Should Bring Warmer Days, Chance of Rain
- Bold Housing Program Develops Big Problems : Plan Plagued by Shoddy Construction, Cost Overruns, High Vacancy Rates, Opposition
- Palestinians Go on Trial in Israel Military Courts
- Cold Spell to Ease but New Front Offers Rain
- The World - News from Dec. 28, 1987
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- DESIGN : Shades of Gray : A Publicity-Shy British Woman Crafted Art Deco Chairs and Modern Houses
- Industry Leases Set Records in San Diego Area : Projects in County More Evenly Follow Population Shifts
- The World : Mexico Hikes Dairy Prices
- Hart's 'New Ideas' Not So Different Anymore : Other Candidates See Gains From Re-Entry
- 6 Bengalis Slain in India Tribal Attack
- Clash of Two Cultures in Northwest Territories : Canada Activists Take Aim at Native Hunting
- Priests Have Rare Freedom to Put Their Prayers Into Action : From their peaceful seminary on the grounds of a historic rancho atop Dominguez Hill, they venture out to communities in all directions, doing a variety of missionary deeds.
- Panel Rejects Height Limits on Westwood High-Rises
- Burden of Debt Undercuts Our Power Around Globe
- System Overload: Rise in Abuse, Neglect Results in a Sputtering Juvenile Court
- A Year of Progress
- Buena Wins Fifth Consecutive Simi Valley Tournament Title
- BACK TO A MULTIHULL : U.S. Designers May Consider Building a Catamaran to Defend America's Cup
- Redskins Beat Vikings, 27-24, in Overtime
- Picking the Year's Best
- Entrepreneur Builds Broadcast Empire on Debt
- ECONOMIC FORECAST: FLAT BUT NOT BLEAK : Declines Seen in County in '88, but Business Leaders Hopeful
- FICTION
- Time for Cooks to Fire Up the VCR : Instructional Videos Are Spiced Up With Entertainment
- The Korean War, Max Hastings (Simon &...
- Karate Kid : Jimmy Fritsch, 5, already a national champion, has set his sights on earning his black belt.
- Irish Protestant Militants Bury Slain Comrade
- Tough N. J. Principal Who Saved School From 'Thugs' Balks at Board's Restraints
- Stringent Controls Sought in Slide Areas
- Bloody Civil War Clash Site of New Battle--Over Development
- When St. Nick Begins to Lose His Magic, Just Remember Johnny D.
- Local News in Brief : Schools Face Losing Land
- Parolees Shed the Tattoos, Gain Jobs
- Trustees of Yorba Linda, Placentia School Districts to Vote on Merger
- This Is Your Life, 1987 Rams--and It Isn't a Very Pretty Sight
- COLLEGE FOOTBALL: THE BOWL GAMES : BROTHER VS. BROTHER : Ex-Trojan Tody Smith and Ex-Spartan Bubba Have a Few Scores to Settle Going Into the Rose Bowl Game
- Royal Erasing Ghosts of Season Past With New Coach and Spirited Start
- Old Toy Shop Building to Play Role in New Center
- Slapstick Stoicism : EXPERIMENTS WITH LIFE AND DEAF<i> by Chuck Rosenthal (Weidenfeld & Nicolson:17.95; 272 pp.) </i>
- Design Company Opens West Hollywood Office
- The Rules of Film Making and the Laws of Nature : NONINDIFFERENT NATURE<i> by Sergei Eisenstein; translated by Herbert Marshall; introduction by Herbert Eagle (Cambridge University Press: $29.95; 428 pp., illustrated) </i>
- Not to Worry--It's Only Footy Fever
- Child Net Formed by Professor Who Found Daughter : Computer Network Gives Data, Support to Parents of Missing Children
- Bus Driver Abandoned Tourists Because of a 'Medical Problem'
- For Philippines, a Dark Horizon for the New Year
- Local News in Brief : No Change in School Pact
- Santa Ana Jujitsu Club Given Olympics Grant
- Moses Leads Cavs to 118-115 Win at Vegas
- Michigan State's Perles Hopes He Can Repeat Success at Rose Bowl
- THE PREPS : Orange Tournament : Saddleback Upsets Top-Seeded Marina : Dottin Scores 14 and Roadrunners Never Surrender Lead to Win, 42-41
- A Critic Finds Himself on Stage, Savoring the Joys of Sax
- 1987 Orange County Arts In Review : Classical Music and Dance
- He's Flying!
- 1987 ORANGE COUNTY ARTS IN REVIEW : Art
- VIEWPOINTS : Trading in Your Broker for a Machine
- Hackers Attack Evil MTV Empire : LITTLE HEROES<i> by Norman Spinrad (Bantam Books: $18.95; 486 pp.) </i>
- A Less-Than-Credible Look Inside the Islamic Republic : HOLY TERROR Inside the World of Islamic Terrorists<i> by Amir Taheri (Adler & Adler: $19.95; 332 pp.) </i>
- Soviets Increasing Aid to Third World Allies--but With Strings
- 5 Die in Political Feud Among S. Africa Blacks
- Legal Landmark Set in Downey Renewal Case
- Soviet Republic Jolted
- Japan Fret: Big Threat, Tiny Army
- Environment : Notes about your surroundings.
- SDSU to Meet Bucknell in Holiday Tournament
- Penn & Teller & Penn
- She Takes a Licking But Goes on Ticking
- Camera-Ready : The Cameraman's Instinct Is to Watch, to Serve, to Capture, in an Expert Second
- New Mideast Offers
- Quick Versions of Traditional New Year's Favorites for Good Luck
- 2 Children Killed in Fire in San Bernardino Home
- Local News in Brief : Doctors Join School Effort
- LOTTERY WINNERS
- Officer Shot as Auto Stop Turns Violent
- Georgia Tech's Cremins Discovers That Being Nice Guy Has a Price
- NBA Roundup : Without Thomas and Mahorn, Pistons Have Easy Time With Nets
- OPENING DAY AT SANTA ANITA : On the Line Easily Makes Favorites Look Run-Down
- Cinefile
- Handicapping the Oscar Race
- The Year in Letters
- Chamber Assn. Group Will Meet in L.A.
- The Poet of the First Person Plural : THE COLLECTED POEMS OF OCTAVIO PAZ, 1957-1987<i> edited and translated by Eliot Weinberger (New Directions: $37.50; 669 pp., alternating in English and Spanish) </i>
- Sponsors Exchange Goods and Services for Tuition : A Number of Today's College Students Bartering Their Way to Degrees
- Family That Moved From Primitive Appalachian Home Is Adjusting to Modern Life
- Growing Number of E. Germans Say, 'I Like Gorbi,' but Local Leaders Are Nervous
- Jets on San Juan Runway Clip Wings
- Chinese Woman 'Returns to Life' in Operation
- Brazil President a Symbol of 'National Frustration'
- Hostility on Human Rights
- Sports Play in Fields of Government
- Chasing After the American Dream Led to Nightmare
- Folk Sound Lingering in Vocal Mahler
- Thinking, Talking, <i> Breathing</i> Oscar
- A Make-Ahead Holiday Egg Dish Has Become Neighborhood Favorite on Christmas Morning
- On Budget at Expo 88
- Limit on Mortgage Tax Breaks Worries Some : But First Housing Bill in Six Years Provides for Permanent FHA Loan Insurance Program
- Galileo's Daughter : FIVE SECRETS IN A BOX by Katherine Brighton (Dutton: $11.95; 28 pp; ages 3-8)
- Confusing Palestine With Palestinian Intellectuals : BLAMING THE VICTIMS Spurious Scholarship and the Palestinian Question, <i> edited by Edward Said and Christopher Hitchens (Verso: $34.95, cloth; $12.95, paper; 272 pp.) </i>
- The Relative Odds on a Capitol Hill Job
- Day-After Crowds at Malls Gladden Retailers' Season
- Relatives of Ferry Victims Hold Rally, Appeal for Manila's Help
- Warmer Trend Due to Defrost San Diego Chill
- Why There Are No More Heroes : THE MASK OF COMMAND<i> by John Keegan (Elisabeth Sifton Books/ Viking: $18.95; 350 pp.) </i>
- W. Germans Protest Nuclear Waste Plant
- Saudi King Faults Iran at Gulf Summit
- Philanthropist Finds an Inventive Way to Fill Educational Gaps
- The Nation : Dotson Arrested 2 Days After His Parole
- The Man From Moscow Now Has His Own Cover Story
- Urban Wilderness
- Browns Defeat Steelers, Win AFC Central
- Lazers Beat Steamers for Third Win in Row
- Eight Months Later, Leonard Remembers the Glory and Doubt
- Arp Retrospective in S.F.
- Committee Formed for New Philharmonic Hall
- In Search of the Perfect Top 10 List
- VIEWPOINTS : Crocodile Tears : Times Are Not All That Hard on Wall Street
- Stern Sigmund's Rebel Son : JUNG A Biography<i> by Gerhard Wehr; translated by David M. Weeks (Shambhala: $25; 505 pp.) </i>
- A Honey of a Honey Glaze for Ham Comes Close to Commercial Kind
- Apricot Strips Are a Challenge to Holiday Baker
- Pair Find Windsurfing No Way to Flee Poland
- Israel Urged by U.S. Not to Deport Arabs : 'Intense' Contacts Reported on Issue After Wave of Arrests
- 5 Sites to Be Tested for Water Contamination
- Peru Rebels Profit From Drug Ties : Deadly Alliance Stokes Violence in Coca-Growing Region
- Six U.S. Sailors Injured in Grenade Attack on USO Club in Spain
- Haiti Opposition Urged to Field Unity Candidate
- RAF Plane Sets a Record on Flight to Falkland Isles
- Unfinished Civic Center Cause of Council Wrangle
- Living With a Difficult Neighbor: the United States and Mexico
- Five U.S. Allies Grouse as Time Draws Near to Renew Defense Contracts
- San Diego High Schools : Point Loma Beats Santana, Barely
- Cleveland Coasts to 93-65 Victory but Braswell Remains Dissatisfied
- It's Best to Get Saints to the Plane on Time
- The Beckmesser Awards of 1987
- "This is a partnership, not a merger....
- Celebrating the New Year in the French Manner
- Willa Cather Expanded and Corrected : WILLA CATHER A Literary Life<i> by James Woodress (University of Nebraska Press: $35; 583 pp., illustrated) </i>
- 'Hoppin' John' a New Year's Must
- Piece by Piece, Texas Conservationists Restore Rio Grande Valley
- Search Resumes for Plane Lost Near Hawaii
- A 21st-Century Agenda for California's Schools
- It's All Adding Up for Sockers : They Improve to 11-5 With Fourth Straight Victory
- PRO FOOTBALL : A Great Matchup Is Now Something Less for Raiders and Bears
- Some Places to Pop the New Year's Cork
- GREAT WINE LISTS
- Can America Afford the Pax Americana? : BEYOND AMERICAN HEGEMONY The Future of the Western Alliance<i> by David P. Calleo (Basic Books: $20.95; 281 pp.) </i>
- Hot Soups Chase Cold Winter Blues : These Traditional Favorites Can Be a Substantial Meal or First Course
- No Holding Back in Ohio Contest to Write New Law
- Cunningham's Calling : Corporate Commando's New Career Is 'Nurturing' Pregnant Women
- Norwalk Puts New Limits on Apartments
- Traditional New Year's Day bowl games will...
- Strawberries, Nurseries and Citrus Frosted by Cold Snap
- Failing Grades : Major Intersections Can't Pass Muster or Traffic in Rush Hour
- Commentary : NFL Should Keep the Instant Replay, and Use It Less Often
- The Bracing Brine of Plain Dislike : ROTTEN REVIEWS A Literary Companion<i> Bill Henderson, editor (Pushcart: $12.50; 93 pp., illustrated) </i> : ROTTEN REVIEWS II A Literary Companion<i> Bill Henderson, editor (Pushcart: $12.95; 93 pp., illustrated) </i>
- HIGH SCHOOL UNDERCOVER : The LAPD Sent Rookie Sharon Fischer to Buy Drugs. She Succeeded, But Paid With Her Career. Did the Discipline, She Now Asks, Fit the Deed?
- A Draining Experience for Holidays
- Naval Academy Sails Before Winds of Change
- The Working Homeless: Despite Jobs, They Still Need Shelter
- Ethnic Animosities Buried as Groups Rebuild One-Time Haven for Drug Pushers : Wave of Indochina Refugees Transforms Once-Seedy Chicago Chinatown
- Irish Rebels Suffer Reverses : IRA's Aim of United Land Seen Further From Reach
- Contract Approved for Landslide Work
- Jesus Nativity Creche Isn't Offensive, but It Doesn't Belong in Tax-Supported Spot
- Mysterious Plant Blight Killing Off More Brush
- Motorcyclist Dies in La Mesa Accident
- Faulty Wiring Suspected : 11 Left 'With Nothing' as Fire Destroys Home
- When Gaucho Guard Sights the Hoop, 19 Feet 9 Inches in Close Enough
- Melanson Hangs Tough, and Kings Solve Vancouver Puzzle, 3-2
- Gilmore: Didn't Ask to Be Waived
- Hunting Holly
- 1987 ORANGE COUNTY ARTS IN REVIEW : Community and College Theater
- 1987 ORANGE COUNTY ARTS IN REVIEW : Community and College Theater
- FICTION
- The Arab as a Snapshot in the French Mind : THE GOLDEN DROPLET<i> by Michel Tournier; translated by Barbara Wright (Doubleday: $16.95; 206 pp.) </i>
- Volunteers in Backyard Clinics Give Injured Animals a New Chance : Rehabilitating Wildlife: Reward Comes When the Patient Flies Away
- New Presidential Jets Will Have Millions of Miles of History to Build On
- Shevardnadze OKs Shultz Agenda
- Lindsay Wagner and Randy Quaid square off...
- Changing Our Habits
- Year in Review
- Ticket Fixing at Van Nuys Court Subject of Probe
- Veee Returns to Practice After 32-Day Suspension
- COLLEGE FOOTBALL: THE BOWL GAMES : Freedom Bowl : Air Force's Hennings Yearning for Chance to Tackle Pro Career
- College Basketball Roundup : Unbeaten Pittsburgh Uses Its Defense to Rout Jacksonville
- An Intensely Personal Top 10 List for 1987 : Top 10 Films
- Patience Is the Hallmark of Jack Clayton's Success
- A Musician Finds Himself at Desk, Reviewing the Critics
- The Edible Year: Trendy Is Out, Ethnic Is In
- Big Carriers, Commuter Lines Team Up and Alter the Industry : NEW LINKUPS IN THE SKY
- The Sculptor Who Mutilated His Own Statues : RODIN<i> A Biography by Frederic V. Grunfeld (Henry Holt: $35; 738 pp., illustrated) </i>
- HOME INTERIORS : BEACH BLANKET BUNGALOW : Designer-Builder Brian Murphy's Unconventional Santa Monica Cottage and Banana Grove
- L.A. Status Too
- Three Views of L.A. Status
- Taking Refuge in L.A.: Life in a...
- Cure for Cookie Stick-to-Itiveness
- Crowning Touches : Elegant New Accessories for the Hair Let Romance Go to One's Head for Holiday Parties
- Governor, Roberti Urge Public to Help Homeless
- Waldheim to Visit Egypt
- Bangladesh Finance Minister Quits on 'Personal Grounds'
- Latin America: Living Without a U.S. Presence