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354cd492ba50056f8cbc07e8697d95ce | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-12-31-fi-5681-story.html | Newsday to Raise Price: New York Newsday... | Newsday to Raise Price: New York Newsday...
Newsday to Raise Price: New York Newsday will hike its newsstand price by 10 cents to 35 cents for its weekday editions, the first price increase for the tabloid in five years. The metropolitan area’s youngest tabloid, which is owned by Los Angeles-based Times Mirror Co., had... |
a328519643608434f32fa3e96bdf50b9 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-12-31-fi-5683-story.html | Saudi Arabia Reopens Key Refinery: Saudi Arabia’s... | Saudi Arabia Reopens Key Refinery: Saudi Arabia’s...
Saudi Arabia Reopens Key Refinery: Saudi Arabia’s Ras Tannurah refinery, a key fuel supplier to U.S.-led forces in the Persian Gulf, resumed production after two weeks of repairs due to fire damage, oil industry sources said. They said the refinery--the world’s bigge... |
1fcc9c623a1b35fbe61c3cffcedb9f5a | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-12-31-fi-5684-story.html | Airline Tests Device for Heart Attack Victims:... | Airline Tests Device for Heart Attack Victims:...
Airline Tests Device for Heart Attack Victims: Air New Zealand is testing a high-tech device known as an automated defibrillator in its long-range aircraft as a means of saving the lives of passengers who suffer airborne heart attacks. Murray Vaile, the airline’s market... |
18e38442c829cd262a1c225c53caad45 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-12-31-fi-5685-story.html | Investor Boosts First Executive Stake: Los Angeles... | Investor Boosts First Executive Stake: Los Angeles...
Investor Boosts First Executive Stake: Los Angeles investor David T. Smith, who has been accumulating First Executive Corp. depositary preference shares, has acquired 5.7% or 588,800 shares of the Los Angeles-based insurer’s series G cumulative convertible preferred... |
0088ec527644ae3009c3a81e4636d04d | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-12-31-fi-5686-story.html | Matsushita Completes $6.13-Billion Tender for MCA | Matsushita Completes $6.13-Billion Tender for MCA
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. announced over the weekend that it had completed its $6.13-billion tender offer for MCA Inc.--the largest takeover ever of an American company by a Japanese.
Matsushita said in a statement that 77.7 million shares of Universal City-bas... |
173ddc230b93b8d708c5c076d7138ac0 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-12-31-fi-5687-story.html | Gulf States’ Oil Revenues Jumped 55% in 1990 : Energy: The reason was a surge in world crude prices after the invasion of Kuwait. The Saudis are paying a lot for troops in the area, however. | Gulf States’ Oil Revenues Jumped 55% in 1990 : Energy: The reason was a surge in world crude prices after the invasion of Kuwait. The Saudis are paying a lot for troops in the area, however.
Oil revenues of the Persian Gulf Arab states other than Kuwait and Iraq jumped by more than 50% during 1990 due to higher crude p... |
9d0b7759c6c0627158c81be2f65055f5 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-12-31-fi-5689-story.html | Tool Orders Fall; Industry Is Optimistic | Tool Orders Fall; Industry Is Optimistic
Orders for machine tools fell 24.1% in November due to the sagging economy and volatile Middle East situation, but they were still higher than a year ago, a trade group reported.
Albert Moore, president of the Assn. for Manufacturing Technology, said other causes for optimism in... |
42eb379fae0e93981a418f071dfb1505 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-12-31-fi-5691-story.html | IBM Is on Rebound With Streamlined Operations, New Product Lines : Computers: Dispelling its reputation as an arrogant giant helped the nation’s fourth-largest industrial firm pull out of a slump, analysts say. | IBM Is on Rebound With Streamlined Operations, New Product Lines : Computers: Dispelling its reputation as an arrogant giant helped the nation’s fourth-largest industrial firm pull out of a slump, analysts say.
A few years ago, some industrial experts feared that IBM, one of the nation’s most important companies, had s... |
1ff2aa8ca25ec036d2649d80bf9a83d6 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-12-31-fi-5692-story.html | Ruble Confusion Leads to <i> Dollarization</i> | Ruble Confusion Leads to <i> Dollarization</i>
The U.S. dollar is rapidly becoming the currency of choice in the Soviet Union due to growing confusion over the value of the ruble during the country’s struggle to become a market-driven economy.
Rubles are worth nothing outside the Soviet Union because the government ref... |
24e4b61a66da5319c7f18183d79a9cbc | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-12-31-fi-5695-story.html | Bond Outlook for Early ’91 Is Good : Credit: Treasuries historically do well when stocks, property and other investments appear at their riskiest. | Bond Outlook for Early ’91 Is Good : Credit: Treasuries historically do well when stocks, property and other investments appear at their riskiest.
With recession on most economists’ calendars for the first half of 1991, the outlook for bonds is good.
U.S. Treasuries, the safest investment available, historically do wel... |
e247eafa780ab19c75294652afea6c45 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-12-31-fi-5696-story.html | Medical Issues Led Stocks in 1990 : Markets: They advanced an average of 20% in value. Bank and savings and loan shares dominated Wall Street’s sick list. | Medical Issues Led Stocks in 1990 : Markets: They advanced an average of 20% in value. Bank and savings and loan shares dominated Wall Street’s sick list.
In the anemic environment that prevailed on Wall Street in 1990, medical and drug stocks proved to be the best prescription for financial health.
At the same time, s... |
5c4a4e209d849eb9612a00082fb847a4 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-12-31-fi-5749-story.html | Day of the Deal-Maker Is Over : Real Estate Managers Are Supplanting Entrepreneurs : Questions & Answers: JAMES J. GORMAN | Day of the Deal-Maker Is Over : Real Estate Managers Are Supplanting Entrepreneurs : Questions & Answers: JAMES J. GORMAN
James J. Gorman used to be a real estate executive before joining the executive search firm Korn/Ferry International two years ago. Now he specializes in rounding up executives for Southern Californ... |
7c76c7f688e7e46083d19dc252b34796 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-12-31-fi-5752-story.html | His Entrepreneurial Spirit Pointed to Success : Retail: Larry Imperiale, 1986 winner of San Diego State’s business plan competition, saw a niche among the point-of-sale giants and filled it. | His Entrepreneurial Spirit Pointed to Success : Retail: Larry Imperiale, 1986 winner of San Diego State’s business plan competition, saw a niche among the point-of-sale giants and filled it.
Not all winners of the annual San Diego State University business plan competition go on to start a business, much less become su... |
6a31a3c58b87ceead8aa9d73fd955219 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-12-31-fi-5753-story.html | A weekly look at office and industrial real estate in the county. | A weekly look at office and industrial real estate in the county.
EL TORO COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL REAL ESTATE As of Sept. 30, 1990. OFFICE BUILDINGS Existing Buildings Number: 9 Total square feet: 393,938 Vacant space: 57,399 Vacancy rate: 14.57% Monthly Lease Rates Per Square Foot Existing Vacant Office Space Averag... |
418bf2bda449828e47169b5230bd3440 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-12-31-fi-5776-story.html | P.M. BRIEFING : USG Postponing Debt Payments | P.M. BRIEFING : USG Postponing Debt Payments
USG Corp., one of the nation’s largest building products manufacturers, said today that it is postponing debt payments and selling a major subsidiary because of the declining construction industry.
The company said its major bank lenders have agreed to cooperate in the refin... |
a77875a4e2a5108c67807fb77becabf2 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-12-31-fi-5777-story.html | London Stocks Tumble 16.9 | London Stocks Tumble 16.9
Share prices ended lower in an abbreviated session today on London’s Stock Exchange.
The market closed about four hours earlier than normal on New Year’s Eve.
At the close, the Financial Times-Stock Exchange 100-share index was down 16.9 points, or 0.8%, at 2,143.5.
For the year, the 100-share... |
02cb16a5ffadb1b653cfd825465d5575 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-12-31-fi-5778-story.html | P.M. BRIEFING : Data General Drops Japan Pact | P.M. BRIEFING : Data General Drops Japan Pact
Troubled Data General Corp. has dropped a product development agreement with Japan’s Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp., company officials said today.
The agreement with NTT to build high-speed hubs for private data communications networks was announced in 1987. The communi... |
82c6141bdcd61b4681619d14ba7aff55 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-12-31-fi-5779-story.html | P.M. BRIEFING : Gusts Whip Boston Airport, Jet | P.M. BRIEFING : Gusts Whip Boston Airport, Jet
Wind gusts damaged a passenger jet and a cargo building at Logan International Airport this morning, forcing at least one flight to be canceled and a terminal gateway to be closed. No injuries were reported.
An unoccupied USAir 737-200 was pushed against a jetway in the in... |
f171a25dcb3c786fe39df2747b361ae9 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-12-31-fi-5783-story.html | Colum-bust : U.S. Plan to Honor Discovery of America Hits Stormy Waters | Colum-bust : U.S. Plan to Honor Discovery of America Hits Stormy Waters
A presidential commission planning the 500th anniversary celebration of Columbus’ voyage to America has been plagued by problems: a tiny budget, few corporate donations and, until this month, almost no publicity.
Now add a conflict-of-interest cont... |
172f3f032dcdb776a8af392dfa632ebb | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-12-31-fi-5784-story.html | StyroCop Gets Star Billing in Fight on Foam | StyroCop Gets Star Billing in Fight on Foam
Like a patrolman on the beat, Lee Barrett strides into a Chinese restaurant, flashes his ID card and has a look around. “StyroCop” is on the trail of illicit carryout containers.
The city has gotten a complaint that the restaurant is putting its egg rolls and fried rice in bo... |
bb96c3ea24ee2bcf9e9d343942e296d7 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-12-31-me-5479-story.html | LOTTERY RESULTS : DEC. 29 | LOTTERY RESULTS : DEC. 29
Saturday’s Winning Numbers: 5-20-21-28-33-46
Bonus Number: 1
Saturday’s Jackpot: $4.5 million
Winners per Category
No. of Prizes Winners Each 6 of 6 1 $4.5 million 5 of 6 plus bonus 2 $264,510 5 of 6 116 $4,560 4 of 6 7,260 $66 3 of 6 151,016 $5
The Big Spin
Margaret Halford, Sacramento, $100,... |
48a90f32e3c67d927c4431e16d27e37c | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-12-31-me-5484-story.html | Rx for the ‘R’ Word? : Another Fed drop in rates might thaw banks | Rx for the ‘R’ Word? : Another Fed drop in rates might thaw banks
The recession that is about to grip the U.S. economy has set off an unusual and disturbing phenomenon of deflation which is pushing down prices, particularly in the real estate market. Falling prices in normal times would be a boon to consumers, but now ... |
cd95e007f1d0e743b99430cdc293f98b | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-12-31-me-5485-story.html | ETHICS WATCH : Alibi Suite | ETHICS WATCH : Alibi Suite
In no-fault America, a Christmas package that arrives around New Year’s Day may elicit a sympathetic whine: “Good help is so hard to find.” From space programs, where failure costs big bucks, to toy ducks that won’t quack, explanations are often handled by lawyers, public relations staff or f... |
332f4e50adb6ed0eae52aa851b261857 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-12-31-me-5488-story.html | The Cost of Good Intentions : Times series on minority programs reveals abuses | The Cost of Good Intentions : Times series on minority programs reveals abuses
A sort of Head Start program for adults, designed to help companies owned by minorities and women break down racial barriers in heavy construction, can, in the wrong hands, turn into a greedy free-for-all.
The goal is too worthwhile to be ab... |
47fc31a31dc1f237551c09891ec4f80e | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-12-31-me-5583-story.html | Straight Talk Leaves Him Out of Work Again | Straight Talk Leaves Him Out of Work Again
Howard Robbins has talked his way into unemployment again.
Some months ago, I told you how Robbins, 24, was fired as a security guard in Sorrento Valley after urging an engineering firm to recycle its trash.
Since then, he signed up with Volt Temporary Services, which found hi... |
4b0463f3e61c57d75e8447542e289d22 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-12-31-me-5584-story.html | King Tut, Zoo’s Famous Longtime Greeter, Dies | King Tut, Zoo’s Famous Longtime Greeter, Dies
King Tut, the salmon-crested cockatoo that served for 64 years as the San Diego Zoo’s official greeter and became one of its best-known symbols, died Sunday. The oldest bird at the zoo, he was believed to be at least 67.
Tut, who greeted well over 100 million visitors from ... |
d9523beb450e090cdbe9e829dc976c01 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-12-31-me-5585-story.html | Loss Reinforces Oceanside’s Ties With Marines : Changing times: Once embarrassed by its identity as a military town, the community is rediscovering its link with Camp Pendleton’s Marines. | Loss Reinforces Oceanside’s Ties With Marines : Changing times: Once embarrassed by its identity as a military town, the community is rediscovering its link with Camp Pendleton’s Marines.
For years, Oceanside has fought its reputation as a raunchy garrison town where young Marines from neighboring Camp Pendleton busted... |
e4837db13a3db19a7ccfd1f9e6c0041d | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-12-31-me-5588-story.html | Arson Suspected in Fire That Killed 3 U.S. Servicemen | Arson Suspected in Fire That Killed 3 U.S. Servicemen
Arson is suspected in a fire that roared through a hotel early Sunday near a U.S. Navy base in the Philippines and killed three Americans, including one believed to be assigned to the San Diego-based aircraft carrier Ranger, U.S. and Filipino officials said.
Officia... |
c8c091087bb68c3c8f771f159cdabe27 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-12-31-me-5596-story.html | Riot Fear Cancels Concert by ‘Bad Religion’ Band | Riot Fear Cancels Concert by ‘Bad Religion’ Band
One day after a crowd of violent concert-goers trashed a North Hollywood theater and damaged neighboring storefronts, promoters of the popular punk rock band Bad Religion canceled a Sunday performance in West Hollywood.
Organizers of the canceled concert at the Whisky sa... |
20bc22d36057ec7120583788c8e077e8 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-12-31-me-5598-story.html | Popular Fund-Raising Sergeant Reassigned : Police: Alex Gomez is given patrol duties and his successful community relations unit is told to return to ‘basics.’ Officials say the job change is routine and issue new rules for charity efforts. | Popular Fund-Raising Sergeant Reassigned : Police: Alex Gomez is given patrol duties and his successful community relations unit is told to return to ‘basics.’ Officials say the job change is routine and issue new rules for charity efforts.
In the three years since Sgt. Alex Gomez took control of the community relation... |
f497b1a41a679a6ac32e3b872019a860 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-12-31-me-5599-story.html | Science / Medicine : Anti-Suicide Programs Questioned | Science / Medicine : Anti-Suicide Programs Questioned
School suicide-prevention programs for teen-agers can do some youngsters more harm than good, researchers said last week. Columbia University researchers said they found little evidence that such programs reduced suicides or suicide attempts, according to a study in... |
2ff6c98482bf08d7adb9b30e3be42459 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-12-31-me-5600-story.html | Science / Medicine : Clotting Substance Copied | Science / Medicine : Clotting Substance Copied
Doctors report that a new drug designed to help make blood clot in people with hemophilia is safe and effective. The drug is supposed to be an exact copy of the natural clotting substance known as factor VIII. It was developed through genetic engineering techniques by Cutt... |
5f71a94344f1d5c7815986ff89e72f9d | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-12-31-me-5601-story.html | Science / Medicine : Toothpaste Linked to Asthma | Science / Medicine : Toothpaste Linked to Asthma
Asthma sufferers who find themselves wheezing and coughing might look to their toothpaste as a possible cause of their problems, two doctors said last week. An artificial mint flavoring found in a brand of toothpaste made from an opaque paste instead of a gel apparently ... |
aea5c46563b7dc95891d6adf27d7f2d5 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-12-31-me-5603-story.html | Science / Medicine : Galapagos Isles Remain a Science Lab : Evolution: Wellspring of Darwin’s theories 145 years ago, life on the isolated archipelago continues to be studied by researchers. | Science / Medicine : Galapagos Isles Remain a Science Lab : Evolution: Wellspring of Darwin’s theories 145 years ago, life on the isolated archipelago continues to be studied by researchers.
“Both in space and time, we seem to be brought somewhat near to that great fact--that mystery of mysteries--the first appearance ... |
3825263fe9a1b9fc6dbcf1f637067307 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-12-31-me-5605-story.html | Juanita St. John Arrested on Drunk Driving Charge | Juanita St. John Arrested on Drunk Driving Charge
Juanita St. John, a former business associate of Mayor Tom Bradley who faces trial on charges of stealing money from a city-funded trade task force, was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol, authorities said Sunday.
A California Highway Patrol... |
399c304872554fdb9b1868dcfb25a1f4 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-12-31-me-5642-story.html | Officers View Gang Threats as Part of Job : Crime: Police in Van Nuys react with concern and cool indifference after receiving warnings of deadly retaliation over a crackdown on drugs. | Officers View Gang Threats as Part of Job : Crime: Police in Van Nuys react with concern and cool indifference after receiving warnings of deadly retaliation over a crackdown on drugs.
While three alleged members of a Van Nuys gang remained in custody Sunday, arrested in a plot to kill police on New Year’s Eve, officer... |
49240e7c21c483ee58d256f1e06ff037 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-12-31-me-5644-story.html | Copters Douse 15-Acre Fire Above Chatsworth | Copters Douse 15-Acre Fire Above Chatsworth
About 15 acres of grass and brush were burned Sunday in a fire above Chatsworth that was quickly doused by helicopters dropping water, the Los Angeles Fire Department reported.
The fire apparently broke out in the ruins of an abandoned house about half a mile north of Topanga... |
a6a0c426fb7b82b36407d4214af4ab0a | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-12-31-me-5645-story.html | Early-Morning Fire Damages Hillside House | Early-Morning Fire Damages Hillside House
An early-morning fire caused about $110,000 in damage Sunday to a hillside house in Sherman Oaks, the Los Angeles Fire Department reported.
The blaze in the 3900 block of Oakfield Drive apparently began when heat from a gas furnace ignited a wall, Battalion Chief Larry Krokes s... |
2e5f1d40dbd7224416e8c8ff68e0132b | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-12-31-me-5698-story.html | 1990 in Ventura County : YEAR IN REVIEW : Going to War : Duty Calls Residents | 1990 in Ventura County : YEAR IN REVIEW : Going to War : Duty Calls Residents
Within weeks of Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait, more than 2,000 Ventura County residents were on their way to the Persian Gulf.
About 1,800 Seabees--three-fourths of the total based at Port Hueneme--were deployed to Saudi Arabia, where they are bu... |
45f9d0849ceaa84baa07fe6970378574 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-12-31-me-5699-story.html | CYA Wards Learn How to Get a Job : Offenders: The program teaches youths eligible for parole skills that may help keep them out of trouble. | CYA Wards Learn How to Get a Job : Offenders: The program teaches youths eligible for parole skills that may help keep them out of trouble.
More than 100 young offenders up for parole from the California Youth Authority’s Ventura School will get special counseling in how to write a resume, how to handle an employment i... |
caa227cb00354da04c9e2051d1207989 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-12-31-me-5703-story.html | Growers Relieved as Cold Front Misses Area : Weather: Some farmers stay at their wind machines and smudge pots all night to battle the expected freeze. But no significant damage is reported. | Growers Relieved as Cold Front Misses Area : Weather: Some farmers stay at their wind machines and smudge pots all night to battle the expected freeze. But no significant damage is reported.
A last-minute shift in wind pushed a frigid mass of Arctic air toward the Rocky Mountains on Sunday, sparing Ventura County farme... |
10acb4960400f6059e715bbb8cc7d11a | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-12-31-me-5705-story.html | 1990 in Ventura County : YEAR IN REVIEW : Elys Arrested : College District Rocked | 1990 in Ventura County : YEAR IN REVIEW : Elys Arrested : College District Rocked
On Aug. 14, a scandal that began in the spring culminated in the arrests of Tom Ely, a Ventura County Community College District trustee, and his wife, Ingrid.
First came newspaper reports that Tom Ely owed thousands of dollars to Nevada ... |
020b000641d5a2718aa861bfe5d565e0 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-12-31-me-5706-story.html | 1990 in Ventura County : YEAR IN REVIEW : Slavery Allegations : Rancher Charged | 1990 in Ventura County : YEAR IN REVIEW : Slavery Allegations : Rancher Charged
It was an improbable, incongruous story for an Easter Sunday.
At a flower ranch in the pastoral town of Somis, Mexican workers claimed they had been imprisoned as slaves, required to work 16-hour days and forced to spend their meager wages ... |
ceae37942e98614cb71480cfcd0d6c7a | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-12-31-me-5707-story.html | 1990 in Ventura County : YEAR IN REVIEW : Growth : Slow Down, Voters Say | 1990 in Ventura County : YEAR IN REVIEW : Growth : Slow Down, Voters Say
After a decade of rapid growth, voters in 1990 sent a message to county government: Enough already.
The messenger was 25-year-old Maria VanderKolk, manager of a product-licensing firm and a resident of Ventura County for less than two years.
Despi... |
99e607a72bf720750f96e6e73ea876f5 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-12-31-me-5708-story.html | 1990 in Ventura County : YEAR IN REVIEW : Fires : Brush Cleanup Pays Off | 1990 in Ventura County : YEAR IN REVIEW : Fires : Brush Cleanup Pays Off
From Ventura to Thousand Oaks, from Ojai to Santa Cruz Island, brush fires erupted in spurts throughout the year, charring thousands of acres and bearing witness to the drought with miles-high monuments of smoke.
Unlike nearby Santa Barbara, howev... |
a1bb82dd15a40173a3e8ace3a830e5bb | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-12-31-me-5709-story.html | 1990 in Ventura County : YEAR IN REVIEW : The Drought : Down to the Last Drops | 1990 in Ventura County : YEAR IN REVIEW : The Drought : Down to the Last Drops
As the statewide drought entered its fifth year, its impact in the county spread from a few cities to virtually every farm and community.
Ventura, which has perhaps the most severe shortage in the county, passed a mandatory conservation ordi... |
6b937ee5d2673bc31bcb7ba4094c6623 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-12-31-me-5711-story.html | 1990 in Ventura County : YEAR IN REVIEW : Slow Economy : Freeze Ruins Crops | 1990 in Ventura County : YEAR IN REVIEW : Slow Economy : Freeze Ruins Crops
The late December freeze that destroyed millions of dollars worth of crops was the last of a series of blows to Ventura County’s economy in 1990.
First came a collapse in home sales. By year’s end, the median price of a home was $12,000 less th... |
d34065f2b2af53bb26ff53ed7eff48d6 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-12-31-me-5713-story.html | 1990 in Ventura County : YEAR IN REVIEW : Stun Guns : Suits Target Police | 1990 in Ventura County : YEAR IN REVIEW : Stun Guns : Suits Target Police
On Feb. 13, cardiac patient Duane Johnson began throwing himself against the walls of his room at Ventura County Medical Center to protest plans to transfer him back to a mental health facility.
Hospital officials summoned Ventura police officers... |
de32f082ec9e818ae6ccef7e3d5a4e58 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-12-31-me-5714-story.html | Clerks at 13 Stores Arrested After Minors Buy Alcohol | Clerks at 13 Stores Arrested After Minors Buy Alcohol
Using 19-year-old cadets in an undercover operation, Ventura County sheriff’s deputies arrested clerks at 13 stores in Moorpark and Thousand Oaks on suspicion of selling alcohol to minors.
Friday’s undercover operation, which encompassed 70 stores and restaurants th... |
14eae8b0a580d1e5022869ae27de29e9 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-12-31-me-5722-story.html | Van Touches Off Wild Chase at Checkpoint | Van Touches Off Wild Chase at Checkpoint
A van apparently smuggling illegal immigrants from Mexico bolted the Border Patrol checkpoint near San Clemente Sunday and led lawmen on a 40-minute chase through Orange County, sometimes against oncoming freeway traffic.
The fleeing driver, identified only as a Mexican citizen,... |
e3457a6d978c961f4c61fcb3451f5667 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-12-31-me-5724-story.html | Golden Hood Ornament and Dented Hubcap Awards | Golden Hood Ornament and Dented Hubcap Awards
As the clock ticks toward the end of 1990, it’s time to take stock of another year on the traffic-stalled streets of Orange County. So, with no further ado, a drum roll please. . . .
Ta-da!
Yes, folks, it’s the First (and perhaps Last) Golden Hood Ornament and Dented Hubcap... |
7bf410eb78e4d00f7785bc88cd073a4e | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-12-31-me-5725-story.html | Police Shoot Reported Attacker of Woman : Crime: A suspect was critically wounded in the second recent shooting by Anaheim officers. Police said the man confronted them but would not say if he was armed. | Police Shoot Reported Attacker of Woman : Crime: A suspect was critically wounded in the second recent shooting by Anaheim officers. Police said the man confronted them but would not say if he was armed.
In the second shooting by city police in three days, an officer on Sunday critically wounded a man who reportedly wa... |
377c4635919730db3044c4fe1ce4271c | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-12-31-me-5726-story.html | IRVINE : City May Sweeten Pot for Commuters | IRVINE : City May Sweeten Pot for Commuters
More extensive--and expensive--measures will be required in the new year to encourage city employees to car-pool, ride bicycles, buses or walk to work.
Under Southern California air quality rules, the city of Irvine, like all large employers, must encourage employees to reduc... |
34b3607024aa0e1194e7dbe69b70d495 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-12-31-me-5728-story.html | COUNTYWIDE : Fees on Projects Near Tollways May Rise | COUNTYWIDE : Fees on Projects Near Tollways May Rise
Officials planning Orange County’s three new tollways are considering increases in the fees paid by developers along the routes, which are expected to cost more than $2 billion when completed around the turn of the century.
The increase in fees is necessary to keep p... |
e9d5d709fecf8130dd55cef8b22bad48 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-12-31-me-5729-story.html | MISSION VIEJO : Council Agenda Full of Strategy Sessions | MISSION VIEJO : Council Agenda Full of Strategy Sessions
Locked in a dispute with the Mission Viejo Co. over land-use, the City Council has scheduled six meetings in January, mainly to develop strategies to deal with the dispute.
At stake is control of the rapidly dwindling pockets of undeveloped land in this city of 7... |
04d05699c47208bcf039745c0f5bdbfc | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-12-31-me-5730-story.html | IRVINE : Police Reserve Unit Called to Active Duty | IRVINE : Police Reserve Unit Called to Active Duty
Members of the 440th Military Police detachment based in Irvine are scheduled to report for active duty at the Army Reserve Center at Los Alamitos on Thursday to receive equipment and fill out paperwork before leaving for training at Ft. Ord.
The 10-member 440th, which... |
24b7c4b559c7044e08429e6fdb21011a | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-12-31-me-5731-story.html | COUNTYWIDE : O.C. Youth Parole Program to Cease | COUNTYWIDE : O.C. Youth Parole Program to Cease
The California Youth Authority’s Volunteers in Parole program for Orange County ends the year primarily in boxes and crates, as its director, Patricia C. Ruhlman, prepares to close down the office.
Volunteers in Parole, which matches attorneys with ex-youth offenders in a... |
10f2be6507378211ce05798b371bf58c | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-12-31-me-5732-story.html | COUNTYWIDE : Groups Get $70,000 From United Way | COUNTYWIDE : Groups Get $70,000 From United Way
United Way of Orange County has made a grant of more than $70,000 to 10 social service agencies. Programs benefiting from the onetime grant include:
* Assessment Treatment and Service Center, which received $5,785 to provide counseling for grandparents who are raising the... |
278bf87940ec3e5f989c1b2d2c7bfa2e | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-12-31-me-5734-story.html | HUNGTINGTON BEACH : 1991 RESOLUTIONS | HUNGTINGTON BEACH : 1991 RESOLUTIONS
My personal goal is to create a (community) awareness on the many assets Hungtington Beach has to offer. I want to build a quality photo and slide library that truly represents the image of Huntington Beach. Through marketing and promotion, I want to place Huntington Beach on the ma... |
55ffcdd0f8d4ba02e580fb96e70fc14d | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-12-31-me-5737-story.html | TUSTIN : Fatal Attack, Others Assumed Connected | TUSTIN : Fatal Attack, Others Assumed Connected
Detectives investigating the death of a restaurant worker beaten as he walked home Saturday morning say they continue to assume that he was a victim of men wielding baseball bats who may have attacked three others in Orange and Santa Ana in less than two hours.
“We’re jus... |
9948419e4c3507c5162832e00eba6807 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-12-31-me-5738-story.html | ANAHEIM : Officer, 3 Others Injured in Crash | ANAHEIM : Officer, 3 Others Injured in Crash
A Santa Ana man was in intensive care Sunday, recovering from injuries he suffered when the car he was driving ran into a police car stopped on the shoulder of the Santa Ana Freeway, police said.
The driver, Jose Blanco, 32, of Santa Ana was arrested on suspicion of felony d... |
6bc4758ceaf7683f7196a4d78267ebdd | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-12-31-me-5739-story.html | ANAHEIM : Nominees for Youth of the Year Sought | ANAHEIM : Nominees for Youth of the Year Sought
Anaheim is seeking nominees for its annual Youth for the Year awards. Nominees should be teen-agers who have been outstanding in their dedication to community involvement.
Three high school students will be chosen among those nominated by teachers, community leaders or ot... |
8809d5ce59829fce3d2a47d8b3b6387c | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-12-31-me-5740-story.html | ORANGE : He Wants to Do Justice to TV Ads | ORANGE : He Wants to Do Justice to TV Ads
Furman B. Roberts, Orange’s city attorney for 22 years, wouldn’t mind becoming television’s next Mr. Whipple.
On Friday, Roberts, 61, stepped down from the job he had held since 1968 to embark on a career as an actor in television commercials.
While still the city attorney, Rob... |
532a933635489d779e74f4c0143891d0 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-12-31-mn-5523-story.html | Albanians Streaming Into Greece in Massive Exodus : Migration: At least 500 seek political asylum. And for the first time in decades, Jews are being allowed to emigrate to Israel. | Albanians Streaming Into Greece in Massive Exodus : Migration: At least 500 seek political asylum. And for the first time in decades, Jews are being allowed to emigrate to Israel.
Hundreds of Albanians streamed across the Greek border Sunday in what may be the biggest one-day exodus since Albania’s Communist government... |
2fb5a80fa43dcad3fc40973fec0e1fc0 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-12-31-mn-5524-story.html | Soviet Police Raze Tent City for Homeless : Crackdown: Residents are rounded up before bulldozers go into action in Moscow. | Soviet Police Raze Tent City for Homeless : Crackdown: Residents are rounded up before bulldozers go into action in Moscow.
Police moved in with bulldozers under the cover of darkness early Sunday and razed a tent and shack city set up as a protest by homeless people near the Kremlin, the first concrete sign of a hard-... |
c05a38322741dddad02774b52b395294 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-12-31-mn-5534-story.html | Russ Coughlan; Bay Area Radio, TV Figure | Russ Coughlan; Bay Area Radio, TV Figure
Russ Coughlan, a 40-year San Francisco Bay Area broadcaster and one of the founders of Armed Forces Radio. Coughlan, who kept his age a mystery, spent over 30 years with ABC television and served as anchor of Channel 7’s 6:30 a.m. news program before being named special assignme... |
911bc1104178f4f7eeaa72f07e619f2c | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-12-31-mn-5536-story.html | Harold Town; Painter Set New Path for Canadian Art | Harold Town; Painter Set New Path for Canadian Art
Abstract artist Harold Town, a founding member of Painters Eleven, a group of 1950s modernists who marked a new direction for art in Canada and brought Canadian painting into the international mainstream, has died. He was 66.
Town, who had been battling cancer, died Th... |
4ceef2cdd181773bb44626650e063b00 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-12-31-mn-5573-story.html | Bus Crash, Explosion Kill 18 in Colombia | Bus Crash, Explosion Kill 18 in Colombia
Thirteen people were killed when a bus plunged into a ravine and five others died when an illegal fireworks factory blew up in Medellin, officials said Sunday.
At least 20 people were injured in the bus accident near the town of Cimitarra, about 95 miles north of Bogota, municip... |
88fd22de7238a7bba2fedc58c3419037 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-12-31-mn-5575-story.html | Gulf, Economy May Throttle Congress’ Plans | Gulf, Economy May Throttle Congress’ Plans
Two crises, one international, the other domestic, have cast a dark cloud over the agenda of the 102nd Congress even before it convenes Thursday.
A war in the Persian Gulf or a deep economic recession at home--or both--could seriously hobble Democratic leaders’ plans. They wou... |
1f16ba05d647975b97d916bb987280b2 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-12-31-mn-5576-story.html | Black S. African Police Walk Lonely Beat : Racial conflict: Despised by other nonwhites, officers live in constant fear. | Black S. African Police Walk Lonely Beat : Racial conflict: Despised by other nonwhites, officers live in constant fear.
At dawn in deepest Soweto, Philemon Sibanyoni prepared for what is always the riskiest part of his day--the drive to work.
He peered out his living room windows, coated in clear plastic on the inside... |
f203a383ab7d52376788c8e9e0ee7ed9 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-12-31-mn-5578-story.html | Murder in New Nicaragua Stirs Fear of Old Ways | Murder in New Nicaragua Stirs Fear of Old Ways
Jean Paul Genie had no future in the old Nicaragua. Some of his friends had gone to battle and come home crippled. Others had fled to avoid conscription. His parents, fearful for their only child as he neared draft age, made plans to abandon the country.
Then last February... |
a71ab5fbf232ea77697815124b93feb7 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-12-31-mn-5579-story.html | U.S. Hospitals in Europe Not Ready for War | U.S. Hospitals in Europe Not Ready for War
U.S. military hospitals in Europe are quietly taking extraordinary steps to prepare for mass casualties from the Persian Gulf should war break out, but the key facilities still appear woefully ill-equipped to treat large numbers of wounded.
A lack of beds, specialists and burn... |
7b1143738402278fab49e1ce9e061b48 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-12-31-mn-5581-story.html | CALIFORNIA LAWS ’91 | CALIFORNIA LAWS ’91
There’s good news for Californians who are concerned about increased air pollution from smoky cars, trucks and buses or those griping about the aerial spraying of malathion. There’s bad news for convicted highway litterbugs and companies that sell telephone fax numbers to merchants and advertisers w... |
d205964ad84ca17cc93b221197eb1969 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-12-31-mn-5623-story.html | Albanians Streaming Into Greece; Jews Allowed to Go | Albanians Streaming Into Greece; Jews Allowed to Go
Hundreds of Albanians streamed into Greece on Sunday in the biggest one-day exodus since their country’s Communist rulers began a reform program, and Albania announced it is also allowing Jews to depart.
Thirty-seven Jews, all related, flew to Rome from the Albanian c... |
dfb8b6878ba6d7404decc488f5b0b612 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-12-31-mn-5624-story.html | Britain’s ‘Gong Show’ Is Both Praised, Damned : Awards: The Establishment loves the honors system. Critics argue they are rank political patronage. | Britain’s ‘Gong Show’ Is Both Praised, Damned : Awards: The Establishment loves the honors system. Critics argue they are rank political patronage.
Insiders call them “gongs.” The Establishment says they are recognition for service. Critics argue they are rank political patronage. The Times of London writes that they a... |
919e666fcda39829320627b76cf2423f | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-12-31-mn-5625-story.html | In Northwest, specialty coffee is the hot drink : Seattle residents line up for exotic beverages at stores and offices. The craze may spill over to L.A. | In Northwest, specialty coffee is the hot drink : Seattle residents line up for exotic beverages at stores and offices. The craze may spill over to L.A.
It is a curious ritual, and it is practiced here with cheery determination.
People go to the supermarkets. But before they load their carts, they stand in line. They g... |
58ab316893abb2e8d0c61fc7b511c125 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-12-31-mn-5626-story.html | WASHINGTON INSIGHT | WASHINGTON INSIGHT
UNIFORM VIEWS: President Bush has the unanimous support of his own top advisers in his decision to move quickly to attack Iraqi forces if Iraq fails to withdraw from Kuwait by the Jan. 15 deadline set by the United Nations Security Council.
Despite reports to the contrary, Administration sources say ... |
c8fdb51022fd83b2121330e7705faf59 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-12-31-mn-5628-story.html | Moscow Police Raze Tents, Shacks Built by Homeless | Moscow Police Raze Tents, Shacks Built by Homeless
Police moved in with bulldozers under the cover of darkness early Sunday and razed a tent and shack city set up as a protest by homeless people near the Kremlin, the first concrete sign of a hard-line crackdown, witnesses said.
The three dozen residents of the makeshif... |
28ed6a6fa27b85f74da69d9ebafb6e8d | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-12-31-mn-5630-story.html | GULF WATCH: Day 151 : A daily briefing paper on developments in the crisis : Diplomatic Front: | GULF WATCH: Day 151 : A daily briefing paper on developments in the crisis : Diplomatic Front:
Vice President Dan Quayle, on a visit to the Persian Gulf, met with Saudi Arabia’s rulers and said he wants them to provide more financial support to the gulf effort. The Saudis agreed.
European Community foreign ministers wi... |
93084123d7fce9400df7e1adaa0ebf92 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-12-31-mn-5631-story.html | Baghdad Warns U.S. of Guerrilla Attacks : Terrorism: Retaliation is threatened if gulf war is launched. Hussein calls Bush a Judas. | Baghdad Warns U.S. of Guerrilla Attacks : Terrorism: Retaliation is threatened if gulf war is launched. Hussein calls Bush a Judas.
The ruling party in Iraq warned the U.S. government Sunday that its vital interests around the world would be targets for guerrilla attack if the U.S.-led multinational forces in the Persi... |
04fc2c8cd63ef581e9a97853a0e5167c | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-12-31-mn-5632-story.html | Policeman, 4 Others Die in Natal Province | Policeman, 4 Others Die in Natal Province
A policeman and four civilians were shot or stabbed to death in political and factional black violence in strife-torn Natal province, police said Sunday.
The violence followed an outburst of fighting in black townships of the Indian Ocean province on Friday that left 12 people ... |
f5f1101f3ad31a944699875296b337ff | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-12-31-mn-5634-story.html | Flooding Closes Roads, Forces Evacuations in Midwest : Weather: Another winter storm warning is issued in Washington state. More record lows are set in the plains. | Flooding Closes Roads, Forces Evacuations in Midwest : Weather: Another winter storm warning is issued in Washington state. More record lows are set in the plains.
Flooding forced evacuations and closed roads Sunday in Indiana and Ohio, and a new storm headed into wind-ravaged Washington state with a threat of snow and... |
6ead817d2f3ec3cb7e8df00d05dd2f6a | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-12-31-mn-5636-story.html | Algeria Hijackers Release Hostages and Surrender | Algeria Hijackers Release Hostages and Surrender
A 36-hour hijacking ended peacefully at Annaba in eastern Algeria on Sunday when two armed Algerians freed 52 hostages unharmed and surrendered to police, the state Air Algerie airline said.
The two men had commandeered the Boeing 737 on Friday evening, shortly after it ... |
355f3fe41e91eb00b98a310f402f036d | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-12-31-mn-5637-story.html | Greece Drops Plans to Free 13 From ’67 Junta | Greece Drops Plans to Free 13 From ’67 Junta
The Greek conservative government, battered by a storm of protest, Sunday dropped controversial plans to free from prison 13 military officers who seized power in 1967 and imposed a brutal seven-year dictatorship.
A government announcement said the decision to back down from... |
fe3795af166a92697d1ab3a1ca622811 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-12-31-mn-5639-story.html | 2 More Teens Are Shot at Home by Attacker Outside | 2 More Teens Are Shot at Home by Attacker Outside
In the third attack on teen-agers at home over the weekend, two 16-year-old boys were shot through a bedroom window in Torrance on Saturday night, police said.
“This was not a drive-by,” said Torrance Police Lt. Wally Murker.
In the 16900 block of Eastwood Avenue--"a ty... |
eaacb0f564a7bfa5897e07eaac1badbf | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-12-31-mn-5718-story.html | Casualties of the American Resolution | Casualties of the American Resolution
OK, so you didn’t shed those pounds or kick that cigarette habit. And you haven’t finished that house project, erased your debts, gotten that promotion or taken those lessons you promised yourself.
Cheer up. A New Year is aborning and the fitness gurus, money managers, career couns... |
6f9db06e4ace30d511d51da21ff84d04 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-12-31-mn-5720-story.html | Deukmejian’s Legacy Is Seen in O.C.'s Roads | Deukmejian’s Legacy Is Seen in O.C.'s Roads
The legacy of Gov. George Deukmejian’s eight years in office is being indelibly etched on the Orange County landscape with the concrete ribbons of freeway lanes and the bulldozed beds of future toll roads.
More than anything, say local officials, frustrated commuters and road... |
925dc2e1cfc07fa0400627fd25c19610 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-12-31-mn-5755-story.html | NATION : Bush New Year’s Eve Low-Key | NATION : Bush New Year’s Eve Low-Key
President Bush plans to spend a quiet New Year’s Eve with his wife, his daughter and two of his grandchildren at Camp David, the White House said today.
The Bushes have not invited any outsiders to ring in 1991 at the presidential retreat in the Cacoctin Mountains of Maryland about ... |
69c7011a3304770b4f2141e5f5d64788 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-12-31-mn-5757-story.html | LOCAL : Chatsworth Cycle Shop Burns | LOCAL : Chatsworth Cycle Shop Burns
A Chatsworth motorcycle dealership sustained $600,000 damage in a fire early today just hours after it had been burglarized.
The blaze at International Motorcycle Co., a Yamaha dealership in the 9500 block of De Soto Avenue, was reported shortly before 4 a.m., said Los Angeles Fire D... |
0368d077ef366c0d8c36dc4bc5483340 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-12-31-mn-5759-story.html | Israel Fires American Chief of Dead Sea Scrolls Project | Israel Fires American Chief of Dead Sea Scrolls Project
Israel today announced it has fired the American academic who led an effort to translate the Dead Sea Scrolls, the oldest known copies of the Old Testament. The decision came after the professor made anti-Jewish remarks.
The announcement cited “health reasons” for... |
cb9a1bf72ad14f376559768c8c00dd2c | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-12-31-mn-5760-story.html | LOCAL : Man Charged on 9 Arson Counts | LOCAL : Man Charged on 9 Arson Counts
A 38-year-old transient was charged this morning on nine counts of arson in connection with the fires that broke out almost simultaneously and caused $2.5 million in damage on a Ventura Boulevard commercial strip in Studio City last week.
John Charles Kellogges faces one count of a... |
0a55953ca0f3a67ceadcd5243f3bd3c6 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-12-31-mn-5761-story.html | Quayle: Patience Waning : No Vietnam, He Assures Gulf Troops | Quayle: Patience Waning : No Vietnam, He Assures Gulf Troops
Vice President Dan Quayle told U.S. troops today he shares their frustration with Saddam Hussein’s refusal to budge from Kuwait, saying the time for patience is about up.
Quayle spent the eve of 1991 not far from the Kuwaiti front, addressing a crowd of cheer... |
f0c43ddf6bcf9d3f0027fcf96b1fd253 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-12-31-mn-5762-story.html | Somali Rebels Claim Hold on Capital City | Somali Rebels Claim Hold on Capital City
Rebels in Somalia said today they control most of the capital of Mogadishu and President Mohamed Siad Barre was at the airport preparing to flee the country.
“I think he will be gone in the next 24 hours,” said a spokesman for the United Somali Congress, one of the main rebel gr... |
143fb02db7e4cf77c6f2dd827d7ed6b7 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-12-31-mn-5763-story.html | WORLD : 56 Die in Fiery Soviet Bus Crash | WORLD : 56 Die in Fiery Soviet Bus Crash
Fifty-six people were killed when a passenger bus traveling at high speed collided with a truck and caught fire in southern Russia, police said today.
A traffic police spokesman said the accident occurred Sunday morning on the highway linking Rostov-on-Don and Voronezh. He gave ... |
7f48ecdd4ac07b5c510fab11f67443de | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-12-31-mn-5764-story.html | STATE : Torrance Ticket Has 6 Numbers | STATE : Torrance Ticket Has 6 Numbers
A ticket purchased in Torrance for the California Lottery’s Saturday night “Lotto 6-53" contest had all six numbers worth the top prize of $4.5 million, lottery officials said today.
Tickets bought in Port Hueneme and Santa Clara had five numbers plus the bonus number to win $264,5... |
b97bbe921e7f1b0ff4226d5d2647ab6e | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-12-31-mn-5765-story.html | LOCAL : Girl, 14, Dies in Drive-By Incident | LOCAL : Girl, 14, Dies in Drive-By Incident
A 14-year-old girl sitting alone on a suburban porch was killed in a drive-by shooting, one of seven young people who were among the 14 people to die violently during the final weekend of 1990, authorities said today.
The girl was hit once in the upper torso about 10 p.m. Sun... |
f18a289245f929d39da932eca528d3fa | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-12-31-mn-5767-story.html | NATION : Quayle Guard Accused of Theft | NATION : Quayle Guard Accused of Theft
The Secret Service has begun an internal investigation of an agent charged with stealing a $280 ski jacket in Vail, Colo., while assigned to protect Vice President Dan Quayle, a spokesman said today.
The agent, Joyce Fletcher, 39, of Washington, D.C., was accused of stuffing the j... |
60400a9e0f1a9e8fac1a11d1fa4c5540 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-12-31-mn-5768-story.html | NATION : Beckwith Arrested for 2nd Time | NATION : Beckwith Arrested for 2nd Time
te supremacist Byron De La Beckwith was arrested for a second time in less than two weeks today on a warrant stemming from the 1963 slaying of civil rights leader Medgar Evers.
In a move intended to speed his transfer from Tennessee to Mississippi, Beckwith, 70, was arrested on a... |
e84caef31fbeb277871ab6dfbe4b0ed2 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-12-31-mn-5770-story.html | Documents Indicate JFK Remarks Drew Careful Eye of British | Documents Indicate JFK Remarks Drew Careful Eye of British
Britain closely followed the late John F. Kennedy’s bid for the U.S. presidency after he allegedly remarked in private that the British had made a mess of foreign policy, especially in the Middle East, confidential papers released today show.
The documents, rel... |
28494db70841072db7878ccf0becbba2 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-12-31-mn-5772-story.html | 12 Guerrillas Die in Israeli Raid on Base : Mideast: The death toll in the air attack on a PLO facility is the highest of the year. In Jerusalem, an Arab woman is killed by her own bomb. | 12 Guerrillas Die in Israeli Raid on Base : Mideast: The death toll in the air attack on a PLO facility is the highest of the year. In Jerusalem, an Arab woman is killed by her own bomb.
Israeli planes bombed a PLO guerrilla base near Sidon early today, killing all 12 of the fighters manning it, police and the PLO said... |
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