- The Folks Who Bring You Christmas . . .
- VICA Membership Grows to 300 After Merger
- Chargers Will See What Friesz Can Do Against the Raiders : Pro football: Rookie quarterback will come off injured reserve for his NFL debut, replacing Billy Joe Tolliver.
- San Diego
- ARTS
- ART REVIEWS : 'Letters': Demystifying the Men Behind the Works : Museum exhibit offers a fascinating peek at the private lives of a group ranging from Rubens to Picasso as well as the times that they lived in.
- Consumers Can Help Get the Lead Out
- COLLEGE FOOTBALL / ROSE BOWL NOTES : James Says This Husky Team Bigger, Stronger
- Dominguez Hills Women Going in Right Direction
- McKinney's Career: Triumph and Tragedy : Skiing: Despite Olympic disappointment, she overcame adversity to become one of the greatest American skiers.
- The Other Chang Has Own Timetable : Tennis: Michael's brother, Carl, plays, too, but he also has the opportunity to explore other avenues while attending Cal. He hasn't decided if he wants to turn pro.
- Arts Master Plan May Spark a 'Battle' : Funding: While many of the study's recommendations require no new funds, others ask the city to reallocate existing money and spend an additional $2.7 million over the next three years.
- Paramount's Epic 'Godfather III' Struggle : The Studio's Mancuso Pushes the Film to Completion; 18 Coppola Scripts Later, the $55-Million Sequel Opens
- PEOPLEWATCH
- MOVIE REVIEW : A Starry-Eyed 'Alice' in Woodyland : This is Mia Farrow's 11th film for director Woody Allen. While it's one that might be considered a piffle, it's a charming piffle.
- CLIPBOARD : BREEDING BIRD: BLACK SKIMMER (<i> Rynchops niger</i> )
- New Image Agrees to Buy Camera Company's Assets
- KEEPING FIT : Your Subconscious May Need to Get in Shape Too
- Del Mar
- Rohrabacher Sees Change in Vietnam
- No Ram Emotion in Defeat : Pro football: Robinson says Dupree will get lengthy look in season finale at New Orleans on Monday.
- Wide Receiver Goes Long for Holiday
- PRO FOOTBALL REPORT / WEEKDAY UPDATE : AROUND THE NFL : Browns Will Clean House
- HUNTINGTON BEACH : Old Airport Owners Say City Broke Deal
- Messages of Hope, Though Far Between
- Runoff Race Is No Holiday for Arizonans
- Police Arrest 3 Over Reseda Man's Slaying
- Christmas Spirit Keeps On Living With Rented Trees : Yuletide: Entrepreneur hopes his service will prove an alternative to providing fodder for compost heaps.
- HUNTINGTON BEACH : Woman Kidnaped, Beaten and Raped
- Johnson Will Go to USC
- Riley Can't Believe Fuss Over Her 500th Victory
- POP MUSIC REVIEW : In the End, Funk Gives Crowd a Hot Foot
- A Shock to the System : Is Crass Comic Really a Softy at Heart?
- ART REVIEW : 'Grace' a Bracing Look at Lives Shaped by Survival : A photographer finds beauty and dignity amid the desperate poverty of Third World nations.
- 46 Auto Insurers Granted Rate Increases by Gillespie
- Court Voids Part of Crime Initiative : Law: Prop. 115's limits on the rights of defendants are overturned by state justices. Other portions of the sweeping measure stay in effect.
- ENVIRONMENT : Campaign Seeks to Plant Billion More Trees a Year : The nationwide reforestation effort aims to restore woodlands and shade city streets. It could help stabilize global climate.
- Man, 26, Killed When Car Skids Into Pole
- Answering a Long-Distance Call for Help : Health: Caring for a sick relative is tough enough. Trying to do it from far away can be traumatic, experts say.
- San Diego
- SEA WORLD HOLIDAY BOWL : At Long Last, Ty's Heisman Came Calling : College football: Brigham Young University quarterback Detmer never let the crunch affect him--and his roommates made sure he stayed humble.
- Johnson Commits to USC : Football: El Toro High School quarterback says he'll play for Trojans and is expected to sign in February.
- The Improvisation comedy clubs in Irvine and...
- California IN BRIEF : SANTA NELLA : National Cemetery One-Third Finished
- 9 Killed, 22 Injured in Kashmir Valley Raids
- U.S. Soldier Dies in Training Accident
- Growers Take Stock of Losses as Freeze Wanes
- The Folks Who Bring You Christmas . . .
- Ex-Official's Vote Might Be Violation of State Law : Oxnard: Robert Munoz acknowledges that he received $10,000 from Boskovich Farms in the months before acting on the grower's contract extension.
- From Sea to Shining Sea, It's California : Lifestyle: Why uproot yourself from 'back home' when you can have tofu and a tan without the smog and gridlock?
- From the Pulpit This Year, Peace Is the Message : Religion: The county's clerics offer sermons filled with hope as the specter of the Persian Gulf shadows the holidays.
- The Folks Who Bring You Christmas . . .
- Thomas Advances at Surf Contest
- Shawn Viloria
- * Cecil Effinger; Composer, Inventor of Music Typewriter
- Two La Habra Retail Stores Are Hit by Armed Robbers
- Nation IN BRIEF : MISSOURI : Court Refuses to Halt Starvation of Patient
- 17,900 Arrested for Drugs
- S.F. Bumps Deadline on Computer-Safety Legislation to 4 Years : Labor: Mayor Art Agnos says he will sign the compromise measure. The original plan passed last week gave employers only 2 years to comply.
- San Diego
- Landmark-Founders Bank Talks: Landmark Bancorp of La...
- Storyteller Behind Peter Rabbit's Tales : Books: Beatrix Potter as a writer was thoroughly unpretentious. That trait provided a strong theme throughout her work.
- * Karl H. Hinke; Started MasterCard Operation
- Critics Find Chief's Policy on Police Shootings Lacking
- Zoo Elephant Hurt in Moat Put to Death
- Acqua Group Takes Steps to Pay Off Debts, Expand
- 'Sister School' Extends a Hand, Offers a Plan
- Gift Ideas for Our Time--Be It 1968 or 1991
- While Others Add, Houston Subtracts : Finance: Astro free agents leave a club holding the payroll line because the franchise is for sale.
- NWA Said to Be Making Bid for Pan Am Shuttle : Airlines: A subsidiary of a Portland, Ore., utility reportedly would finance the deal. The news comes a week after TWA made a new bid for all of Pan Am.
- Nicaragua Devalues Currency: The Nicaraguan government devalued...
- Perceptronics Wins Air Force Contract
- This Family Has Endured : Despite Loss of Business, Job, Kidney Disease, Son's Illness, the Maciases Still Have Faith
- Not Kin but Kindred, Pair Will Put Official Seal on Their Status : Relationships: Using an old state law in a new way, widowed lifelong friends will have themselves declared a family.
- FILLMORE : Girl Is Killed When Car Flips in Crash
- PRO FOOTBALL REPORT / WEEKDAY UPDATE : RAMS : Newberry Might Play Center
- COMEDY
- Mixed Reviews for Coppola's 'Godfather III' : Movies: Critics are divided over concluding episode of gangster saga but most agree it is well worth seeing--particularly in light of the weak holiday competition.
- Orange County 1990 The Year in Review : THEATER
- AT&T; Says Bid for NCR Has Regulators' OK
- * Herbert Salzman; International Economist
- COLUMN ONE : In Africa, a Nation Withers : Mozambique lives in desperation 15 years after gaining its independence. A rural insurgency has displaced millions.
- Coup Reported Staged by Army in Suriname
- Fears of Recession Haven't Cut Christmas Tree Sales
- Tobacco Firm Won't Appeal Ruling: Brown &...
- Pope's Holiday Message: A Plea for Peace : Religion: The Christmas Mass includes an Arabic prayer apparently directed at the gulf crisis.
- It's No Dream: After 12 Years, Beirut Gets Back on Santa's List
- Cheney, Powell Back From Gulf, Meet With Bush : Military: 'America is behind you,' President tells troops in a broadcast message for the holiday.
- Revelers Warned to Dodge Flying Corks
- Family at Crossroads : Camarillo Clan Holds to Its Ranching Traditions but Estate Is Shrinking
- Short-Lived Cheer for Homeless
- Woman Killed After Car Slams Into Pole
- Parents Called Vital to 'Operation Hammer'
- Superior Industries Faces $5-Million Pretax Charge
- Benton Oil & Gas Raises Stake in Louisiana Field
- Top New York Dealer of Asian Arts Closes Doors : Antiques: For decades a source for museums and leading collectors, William Wolff is calling it quits after a huge rent increase.
- Chrysler Speeds Up Payments: Chrysler Corp. said...
- NOTICE TO READERS
- MTM May Be Put Up for Sale...
- For Baghdad's Christians, No Ho-Ho-Ho : Religion: The insecurity of Mideast minorities and uncertainty about the prospects of war have dulled holiday spirits.
- Nation IN BRIEF : NEW YORK : 13-Year-Old Shot During Jacket Theft
- California IN BRIEF : SANTA ANA : Transient's Death Is Ruled Suicide
- Rush for Cash Makes Pawnbrokers Merry : Shopping: While retail business is down, pawnshops report a holiday surge as shoppers look for quick dollars to make Christmas purchases and end up buying pawned items.
- A Good Samaritan Saves a Life : Traffic: An off-duty firefighter, with the help of two other witnesses, rescued a Garden Grove man pinned in his car after a fiery crash on the San Diego Freeway.
- Auto Racing
- PRO FOOTBALL : Bills' Victory Puts Them on Super Bowl Express Track
- COMMENTARY : Family Pride Can Be Burden on the Court
- Orange County 1990 The Year in Review : Drawing the Curtains on 1990 : 3 Critics Look Back on the Highs, Lows and What Went on Behind the Scenes : THEATER
- Wine With a Phony Pedigree Prompts Federal Investigation
- Thailand Warned About U.S. Copyright Violations: The...
- N.Y. Financier to Buy Independent Nelson Studio
- GULF WATCH: Day 145 : A Daily Briefing Paper on Developments in the Crisis
- $20,000 Collected for Survivors of Deadly Fire
- One En-Chanted Christmas Eve : At St. Michael's Abbey, Midnight Mass Is Sung in Both Latin and Gregorian Chant
- Yule in Qatar: Troops Make Do if Not Merry : Military: For 900 Americans in Tent City, it's no place to spend the holiday. But they are coping.
- La Habra Collector Has a Pack of Santas
- DANA POINT : Fatal Mobile-Home Fire Started in Bed
- Pontiac Offers Insurance Subsidy to Boost Firebird Sales : Incentives: GM division tries to spark a lagging market by paying half of the car buyer's high deductible on a claim if the driver has an accident.
- BETTING WITH SURELOCK : THE SILICON SLEUTH
- Freedom Bowl : NOTEBOOK : An Understudy for Now, O'Neil Prepares for First College Test
- Friesz to Replace Tolliver as Chargers' Starter
- Tes Whitlock
- Nationwide Health Terminates 2 Leases: Nationwide Health...
- Maurice Chez; Businessman, Public Servant
- Cold Front Chills Eastern Warm Spell; Death Count From Weather Rises to 79 : Freeze: At least two people die overnight on the streets of Chicago. Rain sends Alabama rivers over banks. Thaw lets broken pipes flood Denver homes.
- Rushdie Disavows Parts of His Novel 'Satanic Verses' : Literature: Author who provoked Muslim wrath embraces Islam. He now feels 'safer' from death threats.
- The Gift That Filled the Hole in My Heart
- Reputed Drug Lord, 5 Others Plead Not Guilty
- CULTURE WATCH : They're an Item
- SANTA PAULA : 2 Women Die in Head-On Collision
- Table Tennis
- PRO FOOTBALL REPORT / WEEKDAY UPDATE : CHARGERS : Butts Probably Out Sunday
- HOLLYWOOD PARK : Royal Reach Bids Auld Lang Syne With Victory
- ARTS
- Offbeat Suissa Ad Agency to Stretch Its Creative Boundaries to Include TV Shows
- Tel Aviv Is 1st Target, Hussein Reportedly Says
- Brazil Reports 65% Decline in Amazon Deforestation
- 12 Homeless Pasadena Families Relocated
- As Allies of Perestroika Fall, Conservatives Rise : Soviet Union: The shift forces Gorbachev to retreat. Of his original team, only the prime minister remains.
- Marines Find New Reality in Christmas
- The Folks Who Bring You Christmas . . .
- Image Entertainment Signs With Disney Unit
- HUNTINGTON BEACH : Rare Pelicans Wintering in County
- Flamemaster Corp. Nearly Triples Year-End Earnings
- Growers Count Losses, Find They Got Off Easy : Freeze: Local agriculture escaped cold snap with moderate frost damage, but the toll is much worse elsewhere in the state. Consumers will pay later.
- Joint Venture Expands Call-In Versions of Game Shows
- The Folks Who Bring You Christmas . . .
- He Faced Hard Choices in Taping Competition : Television: In taping the Moscow competition for PBS, producer Robert Dalrymple missed out on an American vocalist who created a sensation.
- QUOTABLE
- Convention Bookings Rise Despite Boycott: Tourism officials...
- Mobil to Pay Alaska $32.7 Million: Mobil...
- Tracor Closing Santa Ana Division: Because of...
- Mideast Crisis Has Some Military Ad Planners Revising Their Strategies
- O.C. Homeless Kids Get 'Hope' for the Holidays
- California Amplifier Inc. Reports Loss of $536,000
- Woman Kidnaped, Raped, Beaten by 2 Claiming to Be Gang Members
- 1990 Influx of Immigrants to Israel Largest Since 1949 : Mideast: Approximately 187,000 emigres, most of them Soviet Jews, have arrived since January.
- Gershom Schocken; Israeli Editor Urged Civil Rights
- Charity League Debs Take a Bow : Debbing at the Ritz
- Mexico Cold Snap Kills 6
- San Diego, Here They Come . . . : 1992 GOP Convention Could Bring the City $100 Million--if It Happens
- Ex-Hostage of Hussein Finds Joy in Mundane : Reunion: Bill Nelson was one of Iraq's human shields. Today, his voice breaks when recalling children caroling at a mall.
- Tenneriello's Record of 74, Set in 1968, Still Stands : Prep basketball: His performance is among several memorable ones. In 1965, a Lasuen player scored 70 points in a game in which halftime lasted three days.
- Hamilton Tournament Has Fiery Finish
- Mandela Urges Peace, Marks Freedom
- Hard Times Their Good Times : Economy: Pawnbrokers are lending so much that they're running out of cash. Their success is often a sign of recession.
- San Diego
- EL TORO : Man in Raiders Cap Robs Bank
- Tennis
- Torborg Ready to Put Raines at Leadoff Spot : Baseball: After faltering at batting No. 3 in Montreal, he will resume batting No. 1 for the White Sox.
- Enraptured by Rauschenberg's Art and Life : Biography: Mary Lynn Kotz's new book is called 'the first full-scale account' to be done with the artist's cooperation. It also details his quest for world peace.
- Making a List and Checking It Twice
- NEWS ANALYSIS : Many Arabs and Israelis Losing Hope for Coexistence : Occupied areas: With the uprising in fourth year, patterns of tribal conflict have hardened.
- HUNTINGTON BEACH : Police Investigate Death of Infant
- Matthews Studio Equipment Posts Profit of $456,000
- The Folks Who Bring You Christmas . . .
- Being at Wrong Mall Works Out Right
- Athletics at USIU in Peril : Financial woes: Basketball coach says he hasn't received a paycheck in two weeks.
- TV REVIEW : 'Tchaikovsky': Vivid Human Drama
- Orange County 1990 The Year in Review : THEATER
- Can You Envision a Far-Thinking Panel to Pilot County Into Future? : Progress: An Orange County 2000 group could possibly identify the issues and problems and then try to steer toward a solution, some proponents say.
- CII Financial Gets SEC Approval for Stock Sale
- No Rush for Iran's Oil After Import Ban Lifted : Trade: The Administration made the change to replenish Iran's account at the Iran-U.S. Claims Tribunal in The Hague, which is used to pay claims against Iran.
- Shops Defy Sunday Trading Ban: Hundreds of...
- Germ Warfare Alert Issued: The federal government...
- Japanese Introduce Latest Batch of Gadgets : Retailing: Products range from clothes that change color with the temperature to fabric that kills ticks and a cure for computer 'viruses.'
- 2 Drexel Traders Still Paid Over $1 Million a Year
- STOCKS : Dow Off 12.37; Volume Slides to a 4-Year Low
- Vicks VapoRub: 100 Years and Counting : Medicine: Sales have fallen since the '60s, but it remains one of the world's most popular remedies.
- MCA Sale Clears Another Hurdle: The Federal...
- Getting on the Right Track : After Years of Decline, Lionel Train Is Making a Comeback
- Preliminary Data Shows Sharp Slide in Mergers in '90
- All Those Lawyers? There Oughta Be a Law
- COSTA MESA : 1991 RESOLUTIONS: Mary Hornbuckle, Mayor of Costa Mesa.
- Merry Christmas From Moscow : KGB chief would like to purge perestroika
- COUNTYWIDE : Snapping Up These Gifts Saves Lives
- HOLIDAY CLOSINGS
- SOMIS : Firefighters Put Out 40-Acre Brush Fire
- Carolco Says It Is Innocent: Independent movie...
- Woman, 26, Dies After Truck Rolls
- Blame Saudi Religious Bigotry, Not Islam
- Dutch Airline to Use Airvision Equipment
- A Gift of Dignity for the Homeless
- Syncor Reports Slightly Higher 2nd-Quarter Profit
- Vista
- ANALYSIS : West Becomes Best in NL--for a Price
- STAGE : 'Phantom' Jobs Have Meant Plenty of Work for Actor
- CHRISTMAS
- Gorbachev Gets OK for Votes on Land, Unity Pact
- Christmases Past and Present : Redefining Our Sense of Family Has Special Holiday Poignancy
- Thomas Erwin; Eight-Term Assemblyman
- BOOK REVIEW : Polemical Horrors of the Nuclear Winter : A PATH WHERE NO MAN THOUGHT: Nuclear Winter and the End of the Arms Race, <i> by Carl Sagan and Richard Turco</i> . Random House Inc. $18.95, cloth; 320 pages
- Some Give Ornish Diet Heartfelt Support
- Adele Erenberg of Hollywood passed along a...
- PERSPECTIVE ON THE SOVIET UNION : Gorbachev Must Control the KGB : A main threat to Soviet democracy is not loss of Gorbachev, but Gorbachev himself, and his use of the KGB.
- The Three Bears : Harbaugh Is Super-Competitive and Injured, Tomczak Is an Overachieving, Blue-Collar Type and Willis Is a Rookie With a Bright Future
- Freedom Bowl : His Lean Years Have Passed : College football: Coach Bruce gave Mike Gimenez, Colorado State's quarterback, his big break.
- Economic Shift Tests Patience of Hungarians : Policy: Government deficits and soaring inflation are making it difficult to create a free-market system.
- Parents Put to the Test Before Kids Start School : Education: Program helps families make the most of essential preschool learning years. Early results show that it works.
- HUNTINGTON BEACH : Bandit Armed With Shotgun Robs Pair
- PacTel Gift Lets Homeless Ring Up Some Cheer
- Orange County Bank Deal Proposed: Landmark Bancorp,...
- Performance Tests vs. Drug Tests
- Pawnbrokers' Brisk Trade an Ominous Sign
- Orange County 1990 The Year in Review : Year in Review / HIGH-TECH HIGHS AND LOWS : Early Promise Faded With Economy
- Orange County 1990 The Year in Review : 1990 Brought Tech Companies Their Share of Trouble : Performance: The sector was once the darling of local analysts, but this past year proved it was not immune to a degenerating economy.
- MOVIES - Dec. 25, 1990
- MOVIES - Dec. 25, 1990
- TV & VIDEO - Dec. 25, 1990
- TV & VIDEO - Dec. 25, 1990
- TV & VIDEO - Dec. 25, 1990
- Obituaries - Dec. 25, 1990
- Notes on a Scorecard - Dec. 25, 1990
- Names in the News - Dec. 25, 1990
- Names in the News - Dec. 25, 1990
- Names in the News - Dec. 25, 1990
- Names in the News - Dec. 25, 1990
- POP/ROCK - Dec. 25, 1990
- POP/ROCK - Dec. 25, 1990
- POP/ROCK - Dec. 25, 1990
- Diver Saved After 27 Hours in Sea Off Channel Islands
- SOMETHING OLD: They are not on the...
- SAD TIMES: Christmas dinner at the Salvation...
- COUNTYWIDE : Last-Day Blitz Fills Mall Parking Lots
- Cold Front Devastates Agriculture in County : Weather: Farmers may lose more than $100 million. Hardest hit were nurseries and cut-flower, lemon and avocado growers.
- Body of Homeless Man, 20, Is Found Hanged on Pole
- Last-Minute Shopping Has Its Moments : Christmas: A Newbury Park man visited 10 pet stores, called 15 more and contacted vets and animal shelters before locating a kitten for his daughter.
- TONIGHT: Walt Disney's World on Ice opens...
- QUESTION: What's the biggest shopping day of...
- LIGHTS OUT: Missing some outdoor Christmas light...
- Anxious Growers Brace for Another Cold Front : Agriculture: Most county crops were spared major damage in last week's cold snap. Strawberry plants, however, might not produce as much fruit this season.
- Missing Diver Safe After 27 Hours at Sea
- Merc to Resume Trading in Chickens: The...
- * Michael A. Berger has joined TouchStone...
- What's in a Main?
- No 'Blank Check' in Gulf, Senate Leader Asserts
- Celebrating the Family : Time Together Seems to Be the Most Coveted Gift of All
- SAN CLEMENTE : Funds Sought for Road Improvements
- GARDEN GROVE : School Board Selects President
- Countywide : Mall Rush Centered in Parking Lot
- Anaheim : Play Area Approved for Jeffrey-Lynne
- LOS ALAMITOS : Basketball League Offered in January
- Butler Tops Men's Field in Table Tennis Finals
- Injury Trend Hits Moon and Aikman : Quarterbacks: Both will miss key games next week. Eight passers have been forced to leave the field in past two weeks.
- For the Cougars, Postseason Is Still a Proving Ground : College football: Brigham Young wants to reinforce its top-10 status--and to expunge the bitterness from its loss to Hawaii.
- LEGAL FILE
- Golden State Ranked First: California is the...
- P.M. Briefing : No Oil Buyers Yet as U.S. Eases Ban on Import of Iranian Crude
- WEEKLY SCORECARD : FOREIGN STOCK MARKETS
- NATION : Girl Shot Over Nylon Coat in N.Y.
- Jet Lag: Biological Clock Travels With Alarm
- Calls Flood Plumbers as Icy Weather Bursts Pipes : Cold: A Canyon Country repair firm, working 'like an emergency room,' logs 1,023 pleas for help as temperatures dip to 10 degrees in some areas.
- For a Trendy, Last-Minute Present, Try a Living Ham
- HUNTINGTON BEACH : City Gives Priority to Downtown Project
- PORT HUENEME : Searchers Unable to Find Diver, 27
- KC Kicks Chargers When They're Down : Pro football: Lowery's field goal gives Chiefs a 24-21 victory and clinches a wild-card playoff berth. Two Tolliver interceptions hurt Chargers, who lose for the fourth time in past five games.
- French Offer Spot for Borg to Regain Magic
- Basketball
- Miscellany
- HOLLYWOOD PARK : Winner of Hoist The Flag Provides Satisfaction ($25.60) to His Backers
- Pop Music : Whispers Show the Real Thing
- Vietnam Seeking Return of Americans as Tourists : Asia: Besides the usual lures of temples and culture, officials are pushing another attraction--war.
- County May Be a Bidder in Its Sale of Rancho del Rio
- Countywide : 2 Accident Victims Remain Hospitalized
- Newcomer Helps Unify Contentious City Council : Government: Bob D. Simpson has brought harmony in Anaheim. Mayor Fred Hunter and rival Irv Pickler have apparently buried the hatchet.
- Chiefs, Chargers Go Opposite Ways in '90 : Football: Improving Chiefs, led by a veteran quarterback, see the potential in the Chargers, especially Tolliver.
- Kerosene Treatment Burns Girl, 5
- NAMES IN THE GAMES
- ART : Hall of Frame : Recounting the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly Scenes in and Out of the Museums of Orange County in 1990
- Short Takes : Coppola Shoots for Big Audience
- BOOK REVIEW : A CHAINLESS SOUL: A Life of Emily Bronte<i> By Katherine Frank</i> ; Houghton Mifflin$21.95, 302 pages : The Family Bronte: New Interpretation of a Peculiar Clan
- Feminists Call for Boycott of Bar Over Bikini Collage : Protest: Management defends the display, saying it draws customers and none of the women in the photographs has complained.
- Christmas Blues Called Media Myth : Depression: People who get overwhelmed may feel the same way about birthdays or summer vacation, a researcher says.
- NOTEBOOK : Color These Offenses Pretty Well Balanced
- Federal Express Moved 'Em Out: The Memphis-based...
- Regulators Rewrite Rules, Flex Muscles Over S&Ls;, Banks
- Truck Spills Acid on Texas Freeway
- Soviet Vote Keeps 'Socialist' in Name : Moscow: Parliament directs republics to hold referendums asking residents whether they want to stay in union.
- Clippers Enjoy Some Guarded Optimism : Pro basketball: Garrick and Garland make up a winning combination against Kings as L.A. snaps a five-game losing streak, 109-99.
- PREP BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT PREVIEW : Mater Dei Prepares for Orange Holiday