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68534a9452d1deff3b6b07f0d4c0a4b4 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-02-28-hl-3067-story.html | Compton : Hearing Scheduled on Plans for Spending Federal Grant | Compton : Hearing Scheduled on Plans for Spending Federal Grant
A public hearing will be held at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Compton City Council chamber so residents can tell city officials how they ought to spend an estimated $2.3 million in federal funds.
This year the city spent the majority of its $2.6 million in Com... |
e4f7aeacc000d8db4dc3f859ec769f46 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-02-28-hl-3068-story.html | Norwalk : School Budget Cuts Target 5 Jobs, Administrators’ Pay | Norwalk : School Budget Cuts Target 5 Jobs, Administrators’ Pay
Norwalk-La Mirada Unified School District officials are proposing to cut $1 million from next year’s budget to make up for an anticipated loss in federal and state funding.
The proposed cuts would include elimination of five administrative positions and a ... |
eed7c1923cdde3af88a993bfbc172634 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-02-28-hl-3069-story.html | Montebello : New Homeowners Invited to Breakfast Talk at Mall | Montebello : New Homeowners Invited to Breakfast Talk at Mall
New homeowners in the city have been invited to a breakfast mixer Saturday at the Montebello Town Center.
City officials have sent out 1,000 invitations to people who recently have bought homes in Montebello, asking them to attend the New Residents’ Breakfas... |
9c11d5614b0528836f5e4d71dfc0d51a | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-02-28-hl-3070-story.html | Bell : Survey of Child-Care Needs Begins Under State Grant | Bell : Survey of Child-Care Needs Begins Under State Grant
As part of an in-depth look at child-care programs offered in Bell, more than 5,000 surveys are being distributed to residents and people who work in the city.
The 90-question surveys, which are printed in English and Spanish, ask residents and employees in the... |
3a5358a282cd5cfeef076c6b6dbbf078 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-02-28-hl-3071-story.html | Lakewood : Surcharges for Excessive Water Use Imposed by Law | Lakewood : Surcharges for Excessive Water Use Imposed by Law
An ordinance imposing fines for misusing water and surcharges for excessive use was adopted Tuesday by the Lakewood City Council, making it the sixth city in the Southeast area to take such action against the drought.
The measure, which calls for voluntary wa... |
f4f1a43326de13239667b50c25da055c | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-02-28-hl-3072-story.html | Long Beach : Proposed Ordinance Would Tighten No-Smoking Limits | Long Beach : Proposed Ordinance Would Tighten No-Smoking Limits
Nonsmokers could breathe easier under a Long Beach City Council proposal that would tighten local restrictions on smoking in the workplace and restaurants.
The proposal, drafted by a council committee, would prohibit smoking in all common work areas, cafet... |
3ce6025a19de4bc42802c97538ed8fe9 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-02-28-hl-3073-story.html | Fund-Raiser in Bellflower Is Shut Down Again : Charity: The attorney general has alleged illegalities in the way American Veterans Committee operates. | Fund-Raiser in Bellflower Is Shut Down Again : Charity: The attorney general has alleged illegalities in the way American Veterans Committee operates.
A Superior Court judge has shut down the American Veterans Committee indefinitely after the state attorney general’s office charged the group engaged in illegal fund-rai... |
ca640d83e66d6a643673dc79cd043ab1 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-02-28-hl-3074-story.html | Belmont Team Takes a Bruising From Archrival : Rugby: The Long Beach and San Diego clubs were undefeated and tied for first in league standings until the bloody contest. | Belmont Team Takes a Bruising From Archrival : Rugby: The Long Beach and San Diego clubs were undefeated and tied for first in league standings until the bloody contest.
When the ball at last would emerge from the straining, pushing pack of humanity that formed the scrums and stirred up the sand beneath the sun-swept f... |
16d85ec0c38b41c1c59204b20bd3d9ff | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-02-28-hl-3076-story.html | Jordan, Millikan in Clash for I-AA Title | Jordan, Millikan in Clash for I-AA Title
Jordan High School’s boys basketball team will try to win its first CIF Southern Section championship when the Panthers play Moore League rival Millikan in the I-AA title game Saturday night at 8:30 in the Los Angeles Sports Arena.
The 22-6 Panthers, coached by Ron Massey, advan... |
22decf77b8ecb0b0159f20eedaefa508 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-02-28-me-2533-story.html | College Student’s View on Gulf War | College Student’s View on Gulf War
In reference to Zimmerman’s column: Tongue-in-cheek. The ultimate cynicism. These were my first thoughts. However, the article reflected accurately the thoughts of the eight relatively successful young adults who I asked to read it and share their reaction independently of the others.... |
38080e3b59b1470887f00b4403aa444f | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-02-28-me-2534-story.html | A Foundation for More Housing | A Foundation for More Housing
Millions of poor Americans need affordable housing, but financially strapped governments haven’t the funds to finance massive new construction or rehabilitation projects. Enter a newly formed private consortium funded by seven leading philanthropic foundations and a major insurance company... |
425355f273f98411ab65869bc0de1479 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-02-28-me-2535-story.html | Comparing Hitler and Hussein | Comparing Hitler and Hussein
Isn’t it convenient for Germany to have the excuse of a constitutional prohibition against sending its sons and daughters to fight alongside coalition troops? Not only does this excuse save Germany from the tragedy of dead and wounded German soldiers, it also prevents the black irony of Ger... |
94622b85efef0654000ece7ea10c1be6 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-02-28-me-2538-story.html | Comparing Hitler and Hussein | Comparing Hitler and Hussein
How refreshing to see the commentary by Enzensberger. He stated what I have been thinking since last August; that is, Saddam Hussein is nothing more and nothing less than the second coming of Adolf Hitler. We and the coalition forces should be devoting our time to ferreting out this psychop... |
bdaa1f48aea36a78aa2d6d3da2af7769 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-02-28-me-2539-story.html | Comparing Hitler and Hussein | Comparing Hitler and Hussein
In response to Hans Magnus Enzensberger’s column “Like Hitler, His Enemy Is the World” (Commentary, Feb. 14):
I found myself asking the question “and how about us Americans?” If Saddam Hussein’s basic guideline is self-preservation, how about us Americans? Is not preserving the American way... |
7293614e6011f8f8d6bf9596e1f84524 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-02-28-me-2541-story.html | Twain Manuscript | Twain Manuscript
I write in praise of the anonymous librarian who shunned possible great wealth and the illumination of fame. What she had in her possession was the greatest literary treasure of the 20th Century, certainly of the American 20th Century. It was the manuscript of the first half of Mark Twain’s “Adventures... |
2e6f27dde0eb160d2f9d1d6e163d6574 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-02-28-me-2542-story.html | Burma Is on the Wrong Road : Leader arrested for the startling offense of winning an election | Burma Is on the Wrong Road : Leader arrested for the startling offense of winning an election
Aung San Suu Kyi. She is a symbol of both the hope and despair of Myanmar, the Asian country formerly known as Burma. Nine months after a stunning election victory, Suu Kyi, leader of the victorious National League for Democra... |
cdd067ece98327369de7585a6fb9ae56 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-02-28-me-2544-story.html | Ethics Director’s Pay | Ethics Director’s Pay
An editorial (“The Ethics Commission Is a Special Case,” Feb. 11) raised the issue of the salary for the Los Angeles Ethics Commission’s executive director, and advised the City Council to “leave the matter alone.” I’d like to set the record straight.
Your editorial stated that the council “cut” t... |
2643741374914ecd0a2b375f5535f367 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-02-28-me-2545-story.html | College Student’s View on Gulf War | College Student’s View on Gulf War
Young Joshua Zimmerman, a journalism student in the Princeton class of 1991, presents himself to us as, essentially, an Ivy League chicken hawk (“Make War in the Gulf--But I Just Want to Watch,” Campus Correspondence, Opinion, Feb. 17). From the comfort and safety of an elite campus h... |
115774365465ef371090e88c1bd5e09f | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-02-28-me-2546-story.html | Comparing Hitler and Hussein | Comparing Hitler and Hussein
Enzensberger’s essay contains an insight that all should note well, especially in light of the flap over Iraqi civilian casualties: Like the Germans in 1933, the Iraqis today have the government they want. No one should doubt that 17 million Iraqis (or any determined portion thereof) could ... |
2e62c4085c5187b4a1686e7bb630279b | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-02-28-me-2606-story.html | Shelter for Addicted Mentally Ill to Close Next Month | Shelter for Addicted Mentally Ill to Close Next Month
Friend to Friend, the only transitional housing program in San Diego devoted solely to mentally ill homeless adults with drug and alcohol dependencies, will close next month due to lack of funding, a director said Wednesday.
The 14-bed residence for men and women, s... |
c17b50a461231035f5db0fb9c8243c11 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-02-28-me-2704-story.html | Boundary Plan Criticized at 2nd Hearing : Schools: Parents from the Saticoy and Cabrillo Village areas oppose the Ventura district’s proposal to shift some students to new campuses. | Boundary Plan Criticized at 2nd Hearing : Schools: Parents from the Saticoy and Cabrillo Village areas oppose the Ventura district’s proposal to shift some students to new campuses.
In a public hearing Wednesday on a controversial plan to redraw Ventura’s school boundaries, several of the more than 200 parents, echoing... |
70a0bac64e9514cf93f1fd7033658fe6 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-02-28-me-2710-story.html | Palmdale Closes City’s Only Adult Bookstore, but It Reopens After Threat of a Lawsuit | Palmdale Closes City’s Only Adult Bookstore, but It Reopens After Threat of a Lawsuit
A fight over the sale of sexually explicit material in Palmdale escalated Wednesday as the city tried to close the area’s first and only hard-core adult book and video store.
City officials ordered Sunshine Gifts and Things closed Wed... |
b13d6ecdb615cbf8a17ed978e50286c3 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-02-28-me-2714-story.html | SIMI VALLEY : Firm Wins Contract to Build Connector | SIMI VALLEY : Firm Wins Contract to Build Connector
A Simi Valley construction firm has been awarded the contract to build the long-awaited connector for the Simi Valley and Moorpark freeways, and work is expected to begin in early April, officials said Wednesday.
C. A. Rasmussen Inc.'s bid of $33,097,902 was the lowes... |
ff0d347feaabb85136fc4e59b3fe9b42 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-02-28-me-2718-story.html | Santa Clarita Law Raises Specter of Rationing Despite Ample Water | Santa Clarita Law Raises Specter of Rationing Despite Ample Water
While most of Los Angeles County prepares to enter the war against The Drought, Santa Clarita will join the battle as a volunteer instead of a conscript.
While most communities face mandatory rationing programs, Santa Clarita residents are being asked to... |
0aaf2661af7853538aa4f6c06085ea41 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-02-28-me-2726-story.html | Missing Police Sergeant Suspended From Duty | Missing Police Sergeant Suspended From Duty
A Los Angeles police officer, who was the subject of an intense search in December when he disappeared for five days, has been suspended from duty as punishment, his commanding officer said Wednesday.
Sgt. Christopher Vasquez, 41, told supervisors after he safely returned hom... |
5a895f81eac26a1febc4658e261920ae | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-02-28-me-2733-story.html | The Rev. Jesse S. Perry; Retired Minister | The Rev. Jesse S. Perry; Retired Minister
The Rev. Jesse S. Perry, who established a Pentecostal church in Newhall, has died at his residence in Holmen, Wis. He was 84.
Perry died Sunday of cancer, said his son, Luther (Luke) Perry.
Born in Columbus, Ohio, Perry came to California in 1953. He worked as a tool and die m... |
45b43299f9c6d375479923df9292e64f | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-02-28-me-2734-story.html | Hotel, Golf Project Should Be OKd | Hotel, Golf Project Should Be OKd
Judging from the recent spate of letters to various local newspapers, there appears to be an organized opposition developing in regard to the proposed hotel/golf course at the former Marineland site. These letter writers obviously want no new development at the site and have predicted ... |
2e7f27c3eda465b62a174a7958fc6a42 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-02-28-me-2735-story.html | Redondo Official Replies to Critics | Redondo Official Replies to Critics
On Tuesday night (Feb. 12), at what I considered an improper special meeting, I was falsely accused of “actively campaigning” for a personal friend. Contrary to what was said, it is important for me to set the record straight.
First and foremost, I have not been nor shall I “actively... |
5b276060a7705c4a9bbb8c475c69f200 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-02-28-me-2737-story.html | Ella M. Skleba; Hospital Volunteer | Ella M. Skleba; Hospital Volunteer
Ella M. Skleba, who volunteered 33,000 hours over 20 years at Glendale Memorial Hospital and Health Center, has died in a Glendale senior citizens complex. She was 85.
Mrs. Skleba died Sunday of cancer, said her son, Bill MacNider.
Born Ella M. Halfen in Chicago, she came to Californi... |
268ccc659153e2550ebd9db29fa8c712 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-02-28-me-2790-story.html | Guard for Studio Said He Set Fire, Court Told : Arson: An investigator testifies Michael Huston admitted starting last November’s Universal blaze with a cigarette lighter. | Guard for Studio Said He Set Fire, Court Told : Arson: An investigator testifies Michael Huston admitted starting last November’s Universal blaze with a cigarette lighter.
Hours after the $25-million Universal Studios fire erupted last November, a private security guard admitted to authorities that he started the blaze... |
25c4b3190dcac1c4ef0707255e12ccf4 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-02-28-me-2799-story.html | Student Shot on Campus; Gang Links Suspected | Student Shot on Campus; Gang Links Suspected
A 16-year-old student was shot Wednesday morning on the Centennial High School campus in Compton in what school and city police are calling a gang-related incident.
Michael Wynn was listed in stable condition at Martin Luther King Jr./Drew Medical Center after being shot in ... |
265a5c1e9e80ef5ff49cfc178a225416 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-02-28-me-2932-story.html | SEND IN THE MARINES: Camp Pendleton’s 1st... | SEND IN THE MARINES: Camp Pendleton’s 1st...
SEND IN THE MARINES: Camp Pendleton’s 1st Marine Division and its leader, Brig. Gen. James M. Myatt (above), were singled out for special praise Wednesday. . . . Desert Storm commander Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf said the Marines did a “brilliant, absolutely superb job.” The ... |
c33c1834abd7302b7bbc3bd940d3f3ec | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-02-28-me-2936-story.html | First Wave of 3 Storm Fronts Causes Flooding, Snarls Traffic | First Wave of 3 Storm Fronts Causes Flooding, Snarls Traffic
The first of three storm fronts blowing across the Pacific struck Orange County on Wednesday, causing severe flooding and scores of traffic accidents, including one fatal collision.
The rain left many county streets and freeways virtual parking lots and force... |
7d678941ecf46a63977245c86df56ed7 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-02-28-me-2941-story.html | CLIPBOARD : O. C. Hospital Births--January | CLIPBOARD : O. C. Hospital Births--January
Hospital Births St. Joseph 400 UCI 379 Fountain Valley Regional 373 AMI Medical of Garden Grove 292 Martin Luther 268 Hoag 262 Santa Ana Medical Center 259 Kaiser Permanente 239 Saddleback Memorial Medical Center 215 Mission Regional Medical Center 193 FHP 185 St. Jude-Fullert... |
116b53947302095e6fb4cedf12dc1cb8 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-02-28-me-2942-story.html | STANTON : Arson Suspected in Market Blaze | STANTON : Arson Suspected in Market Blaze
Sheriff’s deputies on Wednesday investigated a possible arson fire at a market where the owner had complained to authorities that he was being harassed repeatedly by gang members.
No one was injured during the blaze, which caused about $150,000 in damage to the market and an ad... |
16dd1148508d1e2a7ad51ede9661962c | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-02-28-me-2945-story.html | SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO : Historic Home in Artistic Hands Now | SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO : Historic Home in Artistic Hands Now
If the ghost of Judge Richard Egan still roams the halls of his 19th-Century downtown home, he undoubtedly has a smile on his face.
For even Egan, dubbed the “king of Capistrano” by Madame Helena Modjeska around the turn of the century, could not have foreseen h... |
e996e5a3085c564393bf7fbee3bcbeba | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-02-28-me-2947-story.html | PLACENTIA : Deep Cuts Outlined by School Officials | PLACENTIA : Deep Cuts Outlined by School Officials
Placentia Unified School District officials outlined a preliminary proposal to eliminate all school counselors and nurses, as well as some physical education and music programs in elementary schools, in an effort to trim $9.2 million from the district’s budget.
The pro... |
242e623aa3034180e3a982dc7d3cd98a | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-02-28-me-2951-story.html | The Mosleys: Parents of a Fighting Man | The Mosleys: Parents of a Fighting Man
Chuck and Marie Mosley dreamed of leaving a legacy to their youngest son. They didn’t expect it to be war.
Today, they wear buttons with a picture of their son, a Marine on the front lines in the Gulf.
Chuck Mosley Sr., a Marine veteran, fought in Vietnam. Since then, he has gone ... |
b44df0c3d1354ac04cc4cbe3f593736c | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-02-28-me-3012-story.html | County’s Hispanic Population Up 86% | County’s Hispanic Population Up 86%
Reflecting statewide trends, San Diego’s population became more racially and ethnically diverse in the 1980s, with the county’s white majority shrinking while Hispanics and Asians recorded sizable increases, U.S. Census data shows.
Hispanics now account for 20% of the county’s nearly... |
bc4b9e3e26b2226a98446c3e615cfcef | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-02-28-mn-2639-story.html | Five More Youths Slain in Medellin | Five More Youths Slain in Medellin
Unidentified assailants dragged five youths from their homes and shot them to death Wednesday in western Medellin, police said.
It was the latest in a string of massacres often attributed to gangs backed by the city’s powerful cocaine cartel. The slayings occurred hours after gunmen k... |
89c1195a413b0c72517be800ceea404d | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-02-28-mn-2640-story.html | World IN BRIEF : BANGLADESH : Zia Party Leading Parliament Election | World IN BRIEF : BANGLADESH : Zia Party Leading Parliament Election
The party headed by Khaleda Zia, widow of assassinated President Ziaur Rahman, and the party of Sheik Hasina, daughter of another slain president, held early leads in Bangladesh’s first parliamentary elections that represent Bangladesh’s first democrat... |
5536c9aa6b8d47cf69663d25959373d1 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-02-28-mn-2641-story.html | World IN BRIEF : SOVIET UNION : Officers Accuse 8 of Vilnius Coup Plot | World IN BRIEF : SOVIET UNION : Officers Accuse 8 of Vilnius Coup Plot
An investigation by pro-reform military officers accused eight Communist Party leaders of plotting a coup attempt in Lithuania, and said President Mikhail S. Gorbachev must have known about the plan. The officers concluded that Soviet troops were re... |
d235643cda32e61e55cb44aef1ae83b6 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-02-28-mn-2642-story.html | World IN BRIEF : PERU : Cholera Resurgence Found in Port City | World IN BRIEF : PERU : Cholera Resurgence Found in Port City
Doctors reported a strong resurgence of cholera in the northern port city of Chimbote, five weeks after the first outbreaks of the disease were reported there. Reporters who visited Chimbote said doctors began seeing an increase in the number of cholera pati... |
0c8776ece14ca277ec4a7b6a7481fabe | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-02-28-mn-2643-story.html | World IN BRIEF : ETHIOPIA : Rebels Claim to Hold Two More Towns | World IN BRIEF : ETHIOPIA : Rebels Claim to Hold Two More Towns
Rebels claimed to have seized two more towns in a 5-day-old offensive that has pitched the country into what the government says is a “dangerous and critical situation.” However, Western diplomats in Addis Ababa said at least two of three major highways st... |
1097c915557d395c7790839701b6fbcc | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-02-28-mn-2644-story.html | World IN BRIEF : INDIA : New Delhi Extends Rule Over Kashmir | World IN BRIEF : INDIA : New Delhi Extends Rule Over Kashmir
India vowed to crush separatism in the mostly Muslim state of Kashmir, and Parliament voted to extend New Delhi’s direct rule over the state until September. At least 2,000 people have been killed in Kashmir since the central government took direct control a ... |
6526b0b43520fe89e1ccefa314f2c77d | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-02-28-mn-2645-story.html | FIRSTS IN THE GULF | FIRSTS IN THE GULF
Here are some of the firsts in the Persian Gulf conflict:
* Largest helicopter assault in military history: The Screaming Eagles of the 101st Airborne Division, with 300 attack helicopters, blasted deep into Iraq in the first days of the ground war.
* 100,000-sortie mark passed in a matter of weeks: ... |
b60ab98cdb1e1a158066820998111170 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-02-28-mn-2646-story.html | U.S. ‘Phantom Brigade’ Spearheads Drive : Offensive: 3rd Infantry unit met little opposition but mass surrenders slowed its assault. | U.S. ‘Phantom Brigade’ Spearheads Drive : Offensive: 3rd Infantry unit met little opposition but mass surrenders slowed its assault.
This 1st Armored Division is part of the massive American armored force that roared nearly 100 miles into Iraq, virtually unopposed, across miles of empty desert in an overland assault sl... |
818db0f904cbc036d46e584e39c492c7 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-02-28-mn-2648-story.html | Better Care of Allied POWs Urged : Troops: A new group has begun a letter-writing campaign asking Iraq to treat prisoners properly and to release them when the fighting ends. | Better Care of Allied POWs Urged : Troops: A new group has begun a letter-writing campaign asking Iraq to treat prisoners properly and to release them when the fighting ends.
Aided by the wife of a captured Camp Pendleton Marine, a newly formed organization Wednesday demanded better treatment by Iraq of allied prisoner... |
d7878dcdbf060d93a6c195f7a788bcfa | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-02-28-mn-2649-story.html | TV AND THE GULF WAR : Victory Covered With a Sense of Celebration | TV AND THE GULF WAR : Victory Covered With a Sense of Celebration
Television’s coverage of the Gulf War on Wednesday already looked like a mop-up operation.
President Bush’s dramatic TV statement at 6 p.m. that “Iraq’s army is defeated” and that the allies were suspending offensive combat operations made it clear the n... |
61a2c5d991aa354006008dda4570bb8d | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-02-28-mn-2650-story.html | Iran, Iraq to Trade POWs | Iran, Iraq to Trade POWs
Baghdad is sending home 76 Iranians captured in its 1980-88 war with Iran and Tehran will repatriate 76 Iraqi prisoners captured in the war, Mohammad Ali Nazaran, an Iranian official in charge of POW affairs, said Wednesday.
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41f7826d61af312cfa9f0943736b67ae | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-02-28-mn-2651-story.html | 3 Cars Burned at U.S. Base | 3 Cars Burned at U.S. Base
Vandals set ablaze three cars owned by personnel at the U.S. Air Force base at San Vito dei Normanni on Wednesday and police said they believed the arson was to protest the Persian Gulf War.
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55de4b85f8e72260f73cc91ac7f8f0ca | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-02-28-mn-2652-story.html | New York OKs Covenant House Reorganization | New York OKs Covenant House Reorganization
The state attorney general on Wednesday concluded an investigation of Covenant House by approving organizational changes that he said would restore public confidence in the troubled shelter for teen-agers.
Atty. Gen. Robert Abrams formally approved previously agreed on changes... |
4dbdc297027b3f5af71bc9c8f14b3be4 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-02-28-mn-2653-story.html | California IN BRIEF : EUREKA : Offshore 4.2 Quake Causes No Damage | California IN BRIEF : EUREKA : Offshore 4.2 Quake Causes No Damage
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake occurred off the coast of Northern California, officials said. The temblor was centered about 75 miles southwest of Eureka and resulted in no damage or injuries on land, said Lu Page, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Geological Surv... |
f100fa4008e44e649d59ccca21952fb1 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-02-28-mn-2655-story.html | California IN BRIEF : SACRAMENTO : Thrill Killer Breaks His Weekly Pattern | California IN BRIEF : SACRAMENTO : Thrill Killer Breaks His Weekly Pattern
A serial thrill killer who broke his weekly pattern by lying low is still out there and “certainly could kill again,” the county’s top homicide detective warned. Sheriff’s Lt. Ray Biondi said a night of heavy patrolling by a large force of detec... |
33af3f874d3f235b9ac1a8ced50ede6f | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-02-28-mn-2754-story.html | * Nathan Ehrlich; Longtime Leader of Cake Bakers Union | * Nathan Ehrlich; Longtime Leader of Cake Bakers Union
Nathan Ehrlich, 87, a union leader who baked cakes for presidents. Ehrlich led the Cake Bakers Union, Local 51, in New York, for more than 40 years. “The people in his union were the artisans of the cake industry,” his daughter, Sandra Banner, said. She said her fa... |
3867323a6fd32a8be9923a411cc5f478 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-02-28-mn-2778-story.html | California IN BRIEF : SAN FRANCISCO : 3 Insurers Accused of Unfair Practices | California IN BRIEF : SAN FRANCISCO : 3 Insurers Accused of Unfair Practices
State Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi filed charges of unfair practices against the California State Automobile Assn. and two other insurers. Garamendi charged the CSAA Inter-Insurance Bureau with unreasonable delays in payment of health... |
232668bd99a2ef6f8112fc205dd0b522 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-02-28-mn-2829-story.html | Bush Halts Combat : ‘War Is Now Behind Us,’ He Says : Gulf conflict: The President lays out conditions for a permanent cease-fire. Iraq must immediately free all prisoners and comply with U.N. resolutions. | Bush Halts Combat : ‘War Is Now Behind Us,’ He Says : Gulf conflict: The President lays out conditions for a permanent cease-fire. Iraq must immediately free all prisoners and comply with U.N. resolutions.
President Bush announced a suspension of hostilities in the Persian Gulf War Wednesday night, declaring to the nat... |
ed8cca270d0332abde19a5de7ec5a71b | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-02-28-mn-2831-story.html | COLUMN ONE : Feeling on Top of the World : The prevailing sentiment across the country is that the nation showed its greatness in standing up to Saddam Hussein. But some still doubt whether war was necessary or wise. | COLUMN ONE : Feeling on Top of the World : The prevailing sentiment across the country is that the nation showed its greatness in standing up to Saddam Hussein. But some still doubt whether war was necessary or wise.
And so the war had come to this, few Americans killed, the enemy turned tail, the “mother of all battle... |
853b5287eda262ba6391ce42555fc264 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-02-28-mn-2833-story.html | Ethics Panel Says Cranston Broke Rules in Keating Ties : Thrifts: He is the only one of the five senators involved in the case who is judged to be in violation. | Ethics Panel Says Cranston Broke Rules in Keating Ties : Thrifts: He is the only one of the five senators involved in the case who is judged to be in violation.
The Senate Ethics Committee ruled Wednesday that Sen. Alan Cranston (D-Calif.) engaged in “an impermissible pattern of conduct” by intervening with federal reg... |
dc1ed3dab9a1be7a4ce6a792fd493ec6 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-02-28-mn-2834-story.html | Schwarzkopf’s War Plan Based on Deception | Schwarzkopf’s War Plan Based on Deception
The battle plan for vanquishing the Iraqi army mapped out by Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf was one of the most complex military campaigns ever devised, yet it rested upon a fundamental principle as old as human conflict--deception.
From the opening minutes of the air war in the pr... |
d4f512c0004622464ae37fe427f22a3f | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-02-28-mn-2837-story.html | Senate Panel Plans Trip Despite Crunch | Senate Panel Plans Trip Despite Crunch
Even as Gov. Pete Wilson and the Legislature grapple with resolving the state’s unprecedented budget shortfall, the Senate Rules Committee on Wednesday decided to approve a taxpayer-financed visit to Manila and Hong Kong for six senators.
Demonstrating that old habits die hard at ... |
3a7cdd58d5b0d26c9b75c073334a1fe9 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-02-28-mn-2838-story.html | End of the Road Arrives for Embarcadero Freeway | End of the Road Arrives for Embarcadero Freeway
A symbolic chiseling of concrete from the Embarcadero Freeway, California’s first interstate highway and one of this city’s most infamous landmarks, on Wednesday signaled the long-awaited start of demolition for the earthquake-crippled structure.
In a festive noon ceremon... |
323e450e8d3f3466a714fe2c73af4b3f | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-02-28-mn-2839-story.html | MWD Ready to Fine Water Agencies for Not Conserving | MWD Ready to Fine Water Agencies for Not Conserving
The Metropolitan Water District is preparing to levy stiff fines against more than half of Southern California’s water agencies for failing to conserve water, The Times has learned. Most notably affected is San Diego’s water authority, which may face a penalty as high... |
0a34bd5e3d1486033e19e4231716cd1b | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-02-28-mn-2841-story.html | Smog Checks to Get in Gear With Air Act : Pollution: The ceiling for repair costs may be increased. Other changes in the state’s program may be required to comply with new federal law. | Smog Checks to Get in Gear With Air Act : Pollution: The ceiling for repair costs may be increased. Other changes in the state’s program may be required to comply with new federal law.
The new federal Clean Air Act will require changes in California’s smog check program, and it’s a safe bet they won’t be universally po... |
2f96c7183d545cb9137eb43e506bafee | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-02-28-mn-2842-story.html | Wilson Criticizes Union’s Opposition to School Cutbacks : Budget: If the governor can’t override the funding guarantees in Proposition 98, it will mean $2 million in cuts elsewhere, analyst says. | Wilson Criticizes Union’s Opposition to School Cutbacks : Budget: If the governor can’t override the funding guarantees in Proposition 98, it will mean $2 million in cuts elsewhere, analyst says.
Gov. Pete Wilson stepped up his efforts to suspend $2 billion in school funding guarantees Wednesday, calling opposition by ... |
9ecacd91d228ca527392d6e976d381f0 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-02-28-mn-2867-story.html | A First: ‘Lenin’ Gets Out of Town | A First: ‘Lenin’ Gets Out of Town
For the first time in the history of the Soviet Union, a town named after V.I. Lenin has been renamed.
The official Tass news agency said Wednesday that the Parliament of the Central Asian republic of Tadjikistan had decided that the town of Leninabad would revert to its former name of... |
ab50a33748cfb3d33910dd6619b65eab | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-02-28-mn-2868-story.html | 20,000 Marchers Demand That Aquino Quit, U.S. Bases Be Shut | 20,000 Marchers Demand That Aquino Quit, U.S. Bases Be Shut
More than 20,000 protesters demanded Wednesday that President Corazon Aquino resign, in a rally that brought together leftists, rightists and former supporters of the Philippine leader.
Speakers charged that Aquino betrayed the “people power revolution” that s... |
756360a83f8265166da7cd8e344e74cc | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-02-28-mn-2869-story.html | Experts Will Confer on Shuttle Cracks | Experts Will Confer on Shuttle Cracks
NASA managers canceled a key launch review Wednesday and headed to Houston to discuss whether the shuttle Discovery can be cleared for liftoff next week despite door hinge cracks.
“It’s just a matter of trying to tie up loose ends,” said Leonard Nicholson, shuttle program director ... |
847269545184f5b60d7381e6d88da6b5 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-02-28-mn-2870-story.html | Drug Cartels’ Easy Access to Arms Told : Narcotics: Mercenary testifies before Senate panel probing terrorist training. He says weapons are ‘readily obtained’ from Eastern Europe. | Drug Cartels’ Easy Access to Arms Told : Narcotics: Mercenary testifies before Senate panel probing terrorist training. He says weapons are ‘readily obtained’ from Eastern Europe.
Mortars, submachine guns and other modern military weapons can be “readily obtained” by Colombian drug traffickers from Eastern European man... |
45d0f41490a28666f89e5e6b4c49a46b | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-02-28-mn-2871-story.html | Decision to Fire Gays Stirs Anger : Rights dispute: A restaurant chain says it has discontinued the practice. Activists criticize the policy as ‘archaic.’ | Decision to Fire Gays Stirs Anger : Rights dispute: A restaurant chain says it has discontinued the practice. Activists criticize the policy as ‘archaic.’
A country restaurant chain that fired several employees because they were homosexual, then apparently backed off the policy, has set off a struggle with gay rights a... |
ce06403199d59165d8e03749bd38e322 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-02-28-mn-2872-story.html | NEWS ANALYSIS : Hussein Playing His Final, Desperate Card : Iraq: Once again he appeals to nationalist pride, casting country as the invaded rather than the invader. | NEWS ANALYSIS : Hussein Playing His Final, Desperate Card : Iraq: Once again he appeals to nationalist pride, casting country as the invaded rather than the invader.
Playing a final political card for survival, Iraqi President Saddam Hussein on Wednesday tried to recast his unpopular, losing battle for Kuwait as a nati... |
411ba791fa55794ef8d3f5871b789455 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-02-28-mn-2873-story.html | The Day in the Gulf | The Day in the Gulf
BUSH HALTS ATTACK: What was called the largest U.S. tank battle since World War II was halted when President Bush ordered the allies to hold their fire. The battle pitted the U.S. Army’s VII Corps against Iraq’s Republican Guard about 50 miles west of Basra in southeastern Iraq. It involved as many ... |
cc1f90ab07d8fbbba9291a8d53b58b43 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-02-28-mn-2876-story.html | THE GULF WAR: The Battle Front : Luxury Bunkers | THE GULF WAR: The Battle Front : Luxury Bunkers
American troops who had heard accounts of starving Iraqi soldiers are surprised by some of the WELL-APPOINTED BUNKERS they’ve found. Pvt. Reuben Perez, a combat engineer from La Puente, Calif., said he cleared a bunker with a large velour sofa, a generator-powered TV, a s... |
5764185bcdf3b37798cd32981e41f6ec | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-02-28-mn-2877-story.html | THE GULF WAR: The Battle Front : Chinook CH-47 | THE GULF WAR: The Battle Front : Chinook CH-47
The giant transport helicopter played a key role in Sunday’s air assault into Iraq, the largest helicopter-led operation in military history. Chinooks ferried ammunition, aviation fuel, field artillery and even trucks to newly established allied fueling stations in Iraq. C... |
6f26e20179082dd02f2888300c40ac8b | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-02-28-mn-2878-story.html | THE GULF WAR: The Battle Front : Gulf Weather | THE GULF WAR: The Battle Front : Gulf Weather
Forecast low Wednesday night, high today:
Dhahran Partly cloudy 43/71 Riyadh Partly cloudy 46/75 Kuwait city Partly cloudy 41/67 Baghdad Cloudy 39/62
Outlook: Northern Iraq will experience mostly cloudy skies Friday, while partly cloudy to sunny skies prevail elsewhere with... |
780169fd0eae99b3835165b52b5fa908 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-02-28-mn-2879-story.html | ACCIDENTAL DEATHS | ACCIDENTAL DEATHS
Military experts say that death by “friendly fire"--accidental attacks by one’s own forces--is always a risk in war. On Wednesday, the British military said that friendly fire killed nine of its soldiers. Among the friendly fire incidents in the Persian Gulf War:
Feb. 27: During a battle with Iraqi tr... |
703f8ec14712dc5e378a9e69da12fdfb | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-02-28-mn-2880-story.html | SCHWARZKOPF’S STRATEGY | SCHWARZKOPF’S STRATEGY
The strategy was launched Aug. 7, just five days after Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait. It was relentlessly executed through months of U.N. negotiation, six weeks of allied bombing and five days of lightning-fast ground war against experienced Iraqi forces that greatly outnumbered allied combat troops.... |
8bb5c50fd72a924e72e2693df06c0507 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-02-28-mn-2881-story.html | No Poison Gas--a Mystery for the Allies : Military: Officers are baffled but relieved that Hussein did not use chemical weapons. | No Poison Gas--a Mystery for the Allies : Military: Officers are baffled but relieved that Hussein did not use chemical weapons.
As Iraq’s once-vaunted Republican Guard went down to final defeat in the last battles of the Persian Gulf War, one of the great puzzles of the conflict was why Saddam Hussein did not use the ... |
a1c115d997590f386b70524214befda8 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-02-28-mn-2882-story.html | Marines Are Still at Sea--and Unhappy : Combat: The amphibious force proved an effective diversion for Iraqi forces. But the troops were hoping for a piece of the action. | Marines Are Still at Sea--and Unhappy : Combat: The amphibious force proved an effective diversion for Iraqi forces. But the troops were hoping for a piece of the action.
As the allies’ air-and-ground war against Iraq reached a rousing climax Wednesday night, many of the 17,000 members of the much-feared Marine amphibi... |
001494c148bfab278bb43691d4487cff | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-02-28-mn-2883-story.html | Iraqis React With Disbelief, Defiance as War Comes to Their Country : Baghdad: Residents learn of battles on their territory. They believe the allies mean to destroy the nation. | Iraqis React With Disbelief, Defiance as War Comes to Their Country : Baghdad: Residents learn of battles on their territory. They believe the allies mean to destroy the nation.
Surveying the wreckage of their shattered capital and the spectacle of their armed forces retreating under fire from allied artillery and airc... |
304b247ac7ac001e3718b1260dae31c0 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-02-28-mn-2884-story.html | THE GULF WAR: The Battle Front : Embassy Reopening | THE GULF WAR: The Battle Front : Embassy Reopening
The U.S. EMBASSY IN KUWAIT CITY should be back in business within the next few days, the State Department said. Spokeswoman Margaret Tutwiler said that Ambassador Edward W. Gnehm Jr., at left, will reopen the embassy. It was closed Dec. 13 when the last foreign diploma... |
8cd08bd35ecb97cde2285f6b152c640a | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-02-28-mn-2885-story.html | U.S. ‘Phantom Brigade’ Slowed by POWs : Offensive: 3rd Infantry unit, spearheading the drive into Iraq, meets little opposition. But mass surrenders are frustrating. | U.S. ‘Phantom Brigade’ Slowed by POWs : Offensive: 3rd Infantry unit, spearheading the drive into Iraq, meets little opposition. But mass surrenders are frustrating.
They seemed to come from everywhere and nowhere, prisoners materializing in the desert, white flags suddenly visible across the sand.
Tattered, thin and h... |
61f80fc81891a75a83f217241e6e89e2 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-02-28-mn-2887-story.html | THE GULF WAR: The Battle Front : Words on the War | THE GULF WAR: The Battle Front : Words on the War
“The calls for ‘punishment of the aggressor’ and for ideological restructuring of Iraq have an all-too-familiar ring. The 1980-88 Iraq-Iran War dragged on as long as it did because the Iranians stubbornly demanded that Saddam and his regime be punished for invading Iran... |
932ac2c0de77127900164cefa8e5b526 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-02-28-mn-2888-story.html | Baghdad May Not Have Full Power for a Year | Baghdad May Not Have Full Power for a Year
The government will need at least one year to restore full electricity supplies to Baghdad because of severe bomb damage, a senior Iraqi engineer said Wednesday.
The engineer, Thakir Ismail Qubaisi, said U.S.-led air raids in the first week of the Gulf War destroyed all 10 of ... |
ad01170711be725d92322e073810d0e0 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-02-28-mn-2890-story.html | THE 12 U.N. RESOLUTIONS | THE 12 U.N. RESOLUTIONS
These are the 12 resolutions adopted by the U.N. Security Council since the invasion of Kuwait. Baghdad Radio said the Iraqi leadership had agreed to abide by three of the resolutions--660, 662 and 674. White House Press Secretary Marlin Fitzwater said the statement fell short, adding that the I... |
952944b69c742db1b0c652baff4e2f82 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-02-28-mn-2891-story.html | THE GULF WAR: The Diplomatic Front : In the Mideast | THE GULF WAR: The Diplomatic Front : In the Mideast
In Damascus, SYRIAN President Hafez Assad and LEBANESE President Elias Hrawi held talks on the future of the Middle East after Saddam Hussein’s defeat in Kuwait. Prime Minister Mudar Badran told JORDAN’S Parliament that Iraq’s retreat from Kuwait was not a defeat but ... |
6730bb1feac6a2e4eb72d74a6aa4025c | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-02-28-mn-2893-story.html | Congress Steps Up Pressure on Allies to Pay Their Share : Costs: Anger and frustration are mounting over unpaid pledges. Lawmakers worry that the money won’t arrive. | Congress Steps Up Pressure on Allies to Pay Their Share : Costs: Anger and frustration are mounting over unpaid pledges. Lawmakers worry that the money won’t arrive.
The war in the Persian Gulf is rapidly drawing to a close. American and coalition troops are liberating Kuwait and trouncing the Iraqi Republican Guard. N... |
f64220759071c2c1c881e353e6f7a1de | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-02-28-mn-2894-story.html | THE GULF WAR: The International Front : Willing to Work Abroad | THE GULF WAR: The International Front : Willing to Work Abroad
U.S. companies with contracts to snuff out hundreds of oil well fires in postwar Kuwait are being deluged with telephone calls from THOUSANDS OF JOB APPLICANTS. But most of the companies aren’t hiring; the teams have been formed for months. Red Adair Co., p... |
5c6a9248047d2659b535fe0dccaae5d8 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-02-28-mn-2897-story.html | Soviet Paper Tells of Iraqi ‘Courage,’ Alleges U.S. Blood Lust : Propaganda: The message the journal apparently wants to get across is the continued imperialistic bent of Washington. | Soviet Paper Tells of Iraqi ‘Courage,’ Alleges U.S. Blood Lust : Propaganda: The message the journal apparently wants to get across is the continued imperialistic bent of Washington.
The 1.8 million readers of the arch-conservative daily Sovietskaya Rossiya opened their newspapers Wednesday to a gripping and detailed, ... |
834630b33bfb377fb1324cfd4c926ab5 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-02-28-mn-2899-story.html | THE GULF WAR: The Home Front : Musical Protest | THE GULF WAR: The Home Front : Musical Protest
Seventeen members of the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra will not take their seats until the playing of the national anthem is done. Kirk Trevor, conductor of the 100-member orchestra, said the protest was not against the Gulf War but AGAINST THE KIND OF ZEALOUS PATRIOTISM th... |
49e15e6b6cb4ce480f8ea817a1f1113b | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-02-28-mn-2900-story.html | THE GULF WAR: The Home Front : Market Update | THE GULF WAR: The Home Front : Market Update
Oil: Crude rose 49 cents to $18.86 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange.
Dow Industrials: The stock market rallied with renewed force amid increasing signs that the Gulf War was nearing an end. The 30 industrial average rose 24.51 to 2,889.11.
Credit Markets: Governm... |
abb2670b782f266b012ee2fb9f8ddf27 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-02-28-mn-2901-story.html | Pennsylvania Area Mourns 10 of Its Reservists Killed by an Iraqi Missile : Casualties: Two of the dead are women. The unit had been in Saudi Arabia only five days and was far from the front. | Pennsylvania Area Mourns 10 of Its Reservists Killed by an Iraqi Missile : Casualties: Two of the dead are women. The unit had been in Saudi Arabia only five days and was far from the front.
The news of imminent victory in the Persian Gulf was not uppermost Wednesday in the minds of residents of this small town and oth... |
00480bb09f459f066ba6a4547406a9ce | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-02-28-mn-2903-story.html | PARTIAL LIST OF SCUD VICTIMS | PARTIAL LIST OF SCUD VICTIMS
Here is a partial list of those killed Monday when an Iraqi missile struck a U.S. Army barracks near Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. The names were provided by Army officials and relatives. Specialist Steven E. Atherton, 25, Dayton, Pa.
Specialist John Boliver Jr., 27, Monongahela, Pa.
Specialist Jo... |
a94db42f3d641adc72d0c79aaee62793 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-02-28-mn-2904-story.html | Police in Santa Barbara Defuse 2 Bombs | Police in Santa Barbara Defuse 2 Bombs
Two pipe bombs, one of which carried an anti-war message, were discovered Wednesday at offices used by a U.S. congressman and a university ROTC program and later disarmed by police.
The bomb left at the Santa Barbara office of U.S. Rep. Robert J. Lagomarsino (R-Ventura) was accomp... |
2bad5dc1a13f7f0e3940234e83cd3808 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-02-28-mn-2906-story.html | THE GULF WAR : Israel: Soviet Immigration | THE GULF WAR : Israel: Soviet Immigration
The war has drastically reduced the pace of SOVIET IMMIGRATION to Israel, with the February rate--between 180 and 370 a day--running at less than half the December figure of 1,000 a day. At that rate, the Israeli government says, 300,000 Soviet immigrants will arrive in 1991--
... |
b9434000336fb3a5124caec5811f75b7 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-02-28-mn-2908-story.html | Relief Teams Ready to Help Kuwaitis : Postwar aid: The U.N. meets today to coordinate efforts. A U.S. official says costs could exceed war expenditures. | Relief Teams Ready to Help Kuwaitis : Postwar aid: The U.N. meets today to coordinate efforts. A U.S. official says costs could exceed war expenditures.
International relief agencies have already begun sending humanitarian aid to Iraq, but similar assistance for war ravaged Kuwait will have to wait until disaster asses... |
20a01363d66d46afff1a6a533244f00b | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-02-28-mn-2909-story.html | THE GULF WAR : No Surrender, No Retreat | THE GULF WAR : No Surrender, No Retreat
Two words that apparently are not part of the Pentagon’s vocabulary: RETREAT AND SURRENDER. At least, no such listings can be found in the Joint Chiefs of Staff’s Official Dictionary of Military Terms. However, the book does contain “WITHDRAWAL OPERATION,” which is defined as “a ... |
1612f825c89129075652582def9099e2 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-02-28-mn-2910-story.html | TV AND THE GULF WAR : Networks Beat a Quick Retreat to Business as Usual : News: There were follow-ups to President Bush’s announcement, then a rush to get back to the end of the February ratings sweeps. | TV AND THE GULF WAR : Networks Beat a Quick Retreat to Business as Usual : News: There were follow-ups to President Bush’s announcement, then a rush to get back to the end of the February ratings sweeps.
At 6 p.m., President Bush made his announcement--you know, the one that said “Iraq’s army is defeated.”
By 7 p.m., K... |
550bfad798a037569a46e1bd7f9324fe | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-02-28-mn-2912-story.html | Trial of Noriega Co-Defendants Opens | Trial of Noriega Co-Defendants Opens
Two co-defendants of Manuel A. Noriega conspired with the former Panamanian dictator to smuggle a yacht “packed to the gunnels with cocaine” into Miami, prosecutors said Wednesday.
But lawyers for Brian Alden Davidow and William Saldarriaga said their clients are victims of politica... |
c64bc89e1b9c70f2d47865e69d82a172 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-02-28-mn-2913-story.html | New York City Schools to Hand Out Condoms | New York City Schools to Hand Out Condoms
After months of debate and a last-minute compromise effort, the Board of Education voted Wednesday night to hand out condoms on request in the nation’s largest school system, as part of a stepped up effort to fight AIDS.
Condoms initially will be available at 30 to 35 schools, ... |
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