- Insurers Have the Right to Your Social Security Number
- Mutual Funds Don't Always Practice What They Preach
- Competition Within the Workplace Hurts the Company and Employees
- Graphix Zone to Stores
- Taking the Measure of His Soul : FICTION : THE SEVEN LEAGUE BOOTS,<i> By Albert Murray (Pantheon Books: $25; 369 pp.)</i>
- Wake-Up Call for 'Well-Meaning Weenies' : NONFICTION : WE'RE RIGHT, THEY'RE WRONG: A Handbook for Spirited Progressives,<i> By James Carville (Simon & Schuster: $10, paperback; 183 pp.)</i>
- Soldier Presumed Dead Says He's Sorry for Disappearing
- THE GREEN FUSE: An Ecological Odyssey ...
- Berlin Without Walls
- Where Dignity Lives
- 'Guarding Tess'
- Flag Ignites Battle in Southern Schools
- World IN BRIEF : MOLDOVA : President Suspends Firing of Minister
- Latinas Urged to Pursue Professional Careers
- Esperanza Stuns Huntington Beach
- Huntington Beach Upsets Pacifica in Softball, 3-2
- Knight Can Carry Stanford Only So Far
- 'Tyson Better Than I Thought'--Bruno
- Open-Eyed in L.A. : Choreographer Pina Bausch takes in the streets, tourist sights, bistros and bars, soaking up the images and emotions of the city for a piece on America's West.
- SMALL FACES
- Dale Harris; New York Dance and Music Critic
- Metropolis : The Inflatable City
- He's Helping Out Children in a Million Ways
- Where Hollywood Goes for a Night Out
- Antelope Valley Hitches Hopes to Shuttle's Heir
- UConn Catches Breath, Catches Up
- Disqualification Keeps Irvine in Second
- WEST REGIONAL
- Nation IN BRIEF : NEW YORK : Einstein Work Fails to Sell at Auction
- Slaying of Foster Parent Spurs Social Service Changes
- Crash Kills 5, Critically Injures 1 on Artesia Freeway in Carson
- Conejo Free Clinic Fills Doctors' Orders
- Kids Rewarded for Playing Mind Games
- Art Alfresco : Indian in the Stone
- Woman Hospitalized After Car Crash
- Firearm a Matter of Self-Defense
- Bottom Drops Out on Crespi in Seventh
- Mater Dei Has Another Title, but This Time Girls Win It
- Gondringer Celebrates Big Day
- Nothing New Under the Sun: Graf Prevails
- Mercy! 0's, K's Cause Z's
- No Place Like New Home to Canadiens
- A Knight With Noble Intentions : Shirley Knight has picked up her share of stage, film and TV accolades, but it's the inner rewards in her acting career that keep her satisfied.
- School District Anti-Gay Policy Splits N.H. Town
- Woman Held in Death of Her 5th Husband
- Recuperating Pope's Schedule Is Cut Back
- Adams Walks in N.Y. St. Patrick's Parade
- Past Traumas Afflict Many Former East Bloc Orphans
- Proposed ID Cards Threaten Liberty
- A behind-the-scenes look at Orange County's political life : GOP Candidates Get Down to 'Business'
- Trustees Have Earned Reelection : County Department of Education Challengers Offer Weak Case
- Owner Sings His Own Tune After Victory
- No Ifs, Ands or Butts, Rodman Is Raging Bull
- Newbury Park Is No Picnic for Ferreira, 4-1
- Hoopla Hits Northridge : Street Basketball Tournament Comes to CSUN Next Weekend
- Treasured in Sierra Madre
- 'We Cannot Know What Is Right Unless We Think About It First' : NONFICTION : INTEGRITY, <i> By Stephen L. Carter (Basic Books: $24; 277 pp.)</i>
- CAMPAIGN TRAIL
- This Village Is Helping to Raise Its Children
- District Attempts Test Scoring by Outsiders
- Kings' Result Has Familiar Look
- It's Quite a Day for the Knights
- Life's Been a Cabaret : Lyricist Fred Ebb and composer John Kander have turned out hits ranging from 'New York, New York' to the current musical 'Kiss of the Spider Woman.' Next stop: 1933.
- Messages From the Mouths of Babes Around the World
- MOVIES : Actor Anonymous : Scott Wilson hopes 'Dead Man Walking' will lead to the visibility that has long eluded him in films.
- Antelope Valley Hitches Hopes to Shuttle's Heir : Competing Designs
- Life in a Gun Sight: Coping With Daily Terror
- Monster Magic : Bringing Fantasy to Life Through Animatronics
- Collins Twins Rule Division III
- CHAMPIONSHIP NOTES
- Nothing Special About This No-Hitter
- EAST REGIONAL
- ROTTEN DEW
- LOG ON L.A. : Surfing Channels Online
- Social Security Plans New Tests of Disability Pay
- Honoring Treaties With Indians
- Happy 100th Birthday to the 'Resort for the Rank and File of the Plain People.' : With That, Col. Griffith J. Griffith Donated the Land That Would Became Griffith Park. So How Has Our Urban 'Resort' Aged Over the Last 100 Years? Considering All That's Happened, Pretty Gracefully.
- Leaving a Home
- DADDY DEAREST
- Wiring Schools for Internet
- The City Attorney on Road Safety
- Knee Cartilage Surgery Still Questionable
- Hitchhiking's Not Smart, but It's Legal
- Choking on Column About Agriculture
- UC Irvine Follows Policy of Reprisal
- How Old Is George Plimpton?
- TUNED IN
- ANOTHER FINE MESS
- Housing Aid Fuels Fairness Concerns
- A TRUE MYSTERY
- Debate on Airport at El Toro Rages
- You Can't Have Too Much Self-Esteem
- Harriet Tubman
- Keep Dana Point the Way It Is
- Democratic Process Destroyed
- AT&T; Layoffs
- Debate on Airport at El Toro Rages
- Lowest Airline Fares
- Asia Ports
- Scheer on Role of Religion
- Proposition Positions
- Little Fund With an Eye-Catching Bonus
- A View of Pierce College
- Uniforms and Schools
- Las Vegas Lore
- Views Diverge on Museum Merger
- The Face of the Presidency
- Maybe Managers Need an 'A-Chip'
- Sour Experience
- Schwartz on Stalin and 'Il Postino'
- Cherishing the Wonders of Childhood, Then and Now
- Medical Memo
- Cuba Embargo
- EQUAL BILLING
- OFF THE WALL
- Wait for a Better Reform Plan
- Science Friction
- Obituaries - March 17, 1996
- NONFICTION - March 17, 1996
- NONFICTION - March 17, 1996
- NONFICTION - March 17, 1996
- NONFICTION - March 17, 1996
- NONFICTION - March 17, 1996
- NONFICTION - March 17, 1996
- L.A. Speak : Landscape Designers
- A Tale of Two Migrations, One White, One Brown
- School District's $1-Million Shortfall Stuns Community
- Gretzky Return Stirs a Great Deal of Interest
- JAZZ SPOTLIGHT : *** 1/2 ELLIS & BRANFORD MARSALIS : "Loved Ones", Columbia
- The Jobless Recovery : California's beleaguered aerospace industry is on the rebound, but new hiring is the exception
- UCLA Chief Admits Possible Favoritism
- PARTY ON: Some members of California's GOP...
- To the Land of Ice and Snow
- From the Archives: Los Angeles Times Interview : James Bascue
- FOOD
- The Finishing Touch
- Finding May Help Cocaine Addicts
- Nation IN BRIEF : NATIONWIDE : Studies Link Height, Heart Disease Risk
- Nation IN BRIEF : LOUISIANA : Oklahoma Blast Victim Exhumed
- Lukens Convicted of Taking Bribes
- Intruder Shoots U.S. Soldier
- AT&T; Reduces Estimate of Job Cuts, Layoffs
- Vintage Beer : Anheuser-Busch to Stamp Brew Dates on Its Cans
- ENERGY
- Carter Summit on Rwanda, Burundi
- Santa Ana Police to Close 5 of 7 Substations This Year
- RETAILING
- Fokker's Fight to Stay Aloft Crumples; 5,600 Lose Their Jobs
- A Genuine Concern for Design
- Journalists' Slayings Sap Russian Media's Spirits
- Aiming for Votes, Russian Factions Fire Brash Salvos
- James Guthrie; Publisher and Conductor
- Library Clock Tower at College Is Dedicated
- Woman Foils Rape Attempt, Suspect Flees
- Prison Worker Faces Bribery Indictment
- Deadline for Landfill Decision Extended
- Roller-Coaster Round Leaves Blancas on Top
- Ice Dogs Defeated in Shootout, 5-4
- SOUTHEAST REGIONAL
- Sample's in Fine Form After Rough Times
- Album Reviews : ** Dan Baird, "Buffalo Nickel," American Recordings.
- Democrats Go Negative for Finale
- Unheeded Court Order Nets 2 Years
- Voters to Weigh In on Need for Parkland Tax
- Man Gets Jail for Yelling at Police
- Texas Tech Squeaks Out Another Win
- PREP ROUNDUP
- TV Reviews : 'Show' Offers Twist on Ethnic Comedies
- Alexakis Can See Clearly Now
- City and Park District Plan Joint Newsletter
- Quake Clears Way for Future at St. John's
- Webb Apologizes to Feinstein, Residents for Lewd Gesture
- List of Convicted Molesters Leads to Man's Arrest
- Figurative Drawings Shown at Golden West
- Platform : 'The Reward Is Seeing a Child Take on the Responsibility of Learning'
- Guidorizzi Pitches Perfect Game
- Cobra King's Road to Derby a Bit Unusual
- Magic Feels Good and So Do Lakers
- The Many Lives of Tsai Chin : Pioneering Chinese-Born Actress Stars in Part of East West Players' Trilogy
- Brinderson Loses Remaining Stake in Irvine Towers
- Image Therapy : HMOs have taken a public-relations drubbing from the news media in the last year.
- SECURITIES
- Nation IN BRIEF : NATIONWIDE : Artificial Flavoring May Help Health
- Clinton Talks, but What He Said Is a Secret, Kind of
- Shoplifter's 'Three-Strikes' Sentence Holds Up in District Court Review
- Benjamin H. Stansbury Jr.; Former Mayor of Beverly Hills
- Ocean Researchers Seek to Alter Sound Experiment
- China, in About-Face, Plans More War Games
- Colombian Raids Prompt Alleged Cali Cartel Heir to Surrender
- Israel May Get Bomb-Sniffing Dogs From U.S.
- Garcetti Reports Campaign Spending of Nearly $600,000
- Lightning Victim May Be Home Soon
- Canine Candidate Farley Dies, but 'He Left His Mark'
- Teenager 'Just Starting to Live' Is Stabbed to Death
- Widow Sues Drugstore Over Death
- Valleywide : VICA Votes Against New 626 Area Code
- Obituaries : Lois M. Double; 27-Year Ventura Resident
- The Story Ends the Same as Usual in Chicago
- Boston College Plays a Little Knight Music
- THE ARTS
- US West Exec Tells of Cable TV Offer
- Balcony Garden Extends Interior in Color and Style
- CAMPAIGN TRAIL : BOB DOLE
- Judge Barred From Whitewater Trial
- Scottish Tragedy Unites Political Foes in Mourning
- City Won't Waive $461 Fee For Banners Advertising Easter Rites
- Candidate Criticizes Polling Place Site
- Council OKs Plans for Jewish Cemetery
- Sampras Ousted in Quarterfinals
- Northridge Comes Up Short on Long Night in Long Beach
- Theater Review : Herculean Struggle Ends in Lost 'Labors'
- FINANCIAL MARKETS : Dow Posts Small Loss as Yields Rise; High-Tech Surge Drives Nasdaq Up
- Councilwoman Apologizes for Obscene Gesture at Feinstein
- At Chapman, Using 'Living History' to Study a Living Nightmare
- Fund Loss Blamed on Museum Controversy
- Dayworkers Can Counter Wage Fraud
- Judge Agrees to Delay Tucker's Sentencing Until After Election
- Man Who Solicited for Sex With Child Sentenced to 8 Years
- Asch Was Involved in Inquiry Into Clinic
- Highway Sign Urges Daytime Headlights
- Capistrano District Defends Its Suit Over Court Costs
- Nash Teaches Maryland a West Coast Lesson
- Colleges Hope Revived Off-Campus Courses Will Increase Enrollment
- DeShields Takes a Leading Role
- Picking Through the Ruins : Harrick Expects Young Bruins to Grow Through Their Pains
- Album Reviews : * 1/2 Underworld, "Second Toughest in the Infants," TVT.
- TV Reviews : Teen Heroine Propels 'Files of Shelby Woo'
- Woodbridge Does What's Expected
- Wrestling Tournament Goes Down to Wire
- Art Review : Classic Strokes of Cheekiness : Three Venues Offer Works of Artist Who Tweaks Icons
- ORANGE COUNTY ALMANAC
- Quake Clears Way for Future at St. John's
- Construction Affects Westminster Traffic
- Keeping a Weather Eye on Mexico's Popocatepetl
- Central Los Angeles : 'Human Race' to Be Run May 11
- Trade With Flyers Gets Gretzky an Old Oiler Playmate
- Countywide : 2 Officials Endorse Scott for Supervisor
- Sampras, Agassi Vanish in Desert
- Fullerton Pitching Makes It Look Easy
- ANGELS
- Princeton Stirs Enthusiastic Reaction
- Hope Is Still Alive for Burned Youth
- Calabasas' Trosper Can't One-Up Himself
- Campbell Hall Steps Up Again but Gets Knocked Down
- Hart Girls Again Must Spend a Season in Mourning
- Dreamers Had Better Get Real
- SEC Rethinks Stock Market 'Circuit Breakers'
- Looking Ahead to Lean Years
- THE MEDIA : Campaign Roller Coaster Ends as It Began--Dole in Charge : Although many journalists are praised for tackling complex issues, some feel embarrassed by the bumpy ride. The profession's tendency to prognosticate draws criticism.
- Soldier Shot by Intruder at Bosnia Base
- Measure Seeks Change in City Water Billing
- Rep. Berman Considering Running for Mayor of L.A.
- 6 Bands to Perform at Cal Lutheran Event
- Ruling on Misconduct Accusations Due March 25
- Election Makes Bitter Rivals of Co-Workers
- Crash Kills Driver After He Clips Van
- Van Nuys : Market's Request for Liquor Permit Denied
- Sidewalk Dining Gets OK for a Year's Trial
- Down by 17, Iowa Comes All the Way Back
- Bibby to Stay at USC
- Trading Places: Ducks' Sillinger, Canucks' Oksiuta
- Album Reviews : ** Iggy Pop, "Naughty Little Doggie," Virgin.
- The Balcony Scene
- U.S. Official Calls for Cooperation to Solve Land Issue
- Bishop Tells of Serving as Kevorkian Jury Foreman
- Council Urges 'Yes' Vote on Measure S
- Judge Bars Pilot Program to Save Police Overtime Costs
- Learning Facts Is a Waste
- Dent's Run on Back Nine Moves Him a Shot Behind the Leaders
- Golden West Beats Cypress in 10th on Tuggle's Single
- There's No Doubting Thomas as Dominguez Gets a Convincing Victory
- Louisville Gets Bumper Crop of Wheat, 82-80
- The Certainty of No Doubt : Even as It Makes a Splash in the Home Pond, the Anaheim Band Knows to Take Naught for Granted
- Judge Demands Interview Tapes
- Motor Voter Law Drives Registration to High Levels
- Russia to Boycott U.S. Meeting on Bosnia
- Nation IN BRIEF : NEW YORK : Charity's Ex-Leader Admits Stealing
- Montgomery Case Shifts to a 4th Attorney
- Westside : FAA Drops Plans to Reinstall Beacon
- Dayworkers Can Counter Wage Fraud
- Conversation: WITH SONAM WANT CHUK of the GYUTO MONASTERY : 'We Never Saw a Bad Kid'
- NCAA TOURNAMENT / DAILY REPORT
- Unlike Him, UCLA Never Had Answer for Princeton
- EAST REGIONAL
- Soft Greens Lead to Low Scores at Newport Beach
- Racquetball Singles Players Team Up for Doubles Event
- Cable TV Company Bids to Purchase Flyers, 76ers
- Mounties Always Get Most From Their Man
- 'Raiders': The Music Brings Back the Film : *** JOHN WILLIAMS, "Raiders of the Lost Ark" soundtrack, DCC Compact Classics
- Outsiders in Their Own Land
- GOP Leader Gives $40,000 to Democrat
- MATADORS: But Friday wasn't Ramirez's day. He...
- Pilots to Set Own Routes Under FAA's New 'Free Flight' System
- RJR Attacks LeBow in Paper Ad
- TRANSPORTATION
- Taper of King Beating Defends LAPD
- Reports Show Modest Growth for Economy
- Huffington Opts Out of '98 Races
- Enforcement Ranked High on Drug Czar's Funding List
- It's Possible to Rub-a-Dub Rust From Your Old Tub