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890b6564cc185089b7034241ced3a320 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-12-12-mn-286-story.html | Orion Files for Bankruptcy Protection | Orion Files for Bankruptcy Protection
Orion Pictures Corp., the financially troubled Hollywood studio that produced such acclaimed movies as “Dances With Wolves” and “The Silence of the Lambs,” filed for Chapter 11 protection Wednesday in New York Bankruptcy Court.
Known for backing talented filmmakers and giving them ... |
00944a16051529963fe673c5383dec9f | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-12-15-bk-555-story.html | A Jumbled Search for Meaning : HOPEFUL MONSTERS, <i> By Nicholas Mosley (Dalkey Archive Press: $21.95; 551 pp.)</i> | A Jumbled Search for Meaning : HOPEFUL MONSTERS, <i> By Nicholas Mosley (Dalkey Archive Press: $21.95; 551 pp.)</i>
Nicholas Mosley’s novel of ideas--the scientific, philosophical, historical and spiritual ideas of the 20th Century--is a work of soaring intention. So is a card pyramid, until you touch it and it collaps... |
3f1cb4b4a782bbe395c57e2b5c0b8c7c | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-12-15-mn-997-story.html | Major Fight Looms Over Initiative on Vouchers : Schools: Leaders of the education Establishment have blasted a proposal to send tax dollars to private institutions. Advocates of the plan, which could appear on November’s ballot, say it would give parents ‘a real choice.’ | Major Fight Looms Over Initiative on Vouchers : Schools: Leaders of the education Establishment have blasted a proposal to send tax dollars to private institutions. Advocates of the plan, which could appear on November’s ballot, say it would give parents ‘a real choice.’
Causing alarm among public school advocates, sup... |
545693f707e49825c7a0ab15393043cc | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-12-16-mn-500-story.html | Pentecostals Find Refuge : Sacramento Area Is Home to Burgeoning Soviet Christian Population in U.S. | Pentecostals Find Refuge : Sacramento Area Is Home to Burgeoning Soviet Christian Population in U.S.
It all began three years ago in a makeshift church in the back yard of Vladimir and Nadezhda Kuzmenko, who had just moved to this Central Valley city with their eight young children.
The congregation of 35 quickly outgr... |
96606423f1caeb6f0ec62f8ebd92a8bc | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-12-16-mn-504-story.html | A monumental controversy may be at an end : Memphis is settling in with its $65-million auditorium pyramid. | A monumental controversy may be at an end : Memphis is settling in with its $65-million auditorium pyramid.
You can’t call it the Great American Pyramid any more. Now it’s just The Pyramid.
This city’s new steel blue, 32-story sports arena beside the Mississippi River is shaped like a colossal Pharaoh’s tomb, but as it... |
9113a9eadeff526dfb34d750d78b4636 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-12-19-mn-1010-story.html | NEWS ANALYSIS : Bush’s ‘Chicken Kiev’ Talk--an Ill-Fated U.S. Policy : Ukraine: Efforts to keep the Soviet Union intact are recalled with bitterness by some in new nation. | NEWS ANALYSIS : Bush’s ‘Chicken Kiev’ Talk--an Ill-Fated U.S. Policy : Ukraine: Efforts to keep the Soviet Union intact are recalled with bitterness by some in new nation.
One offended critic called it the “Chicken Kiev” speech, and it left a bitterness some Ukrainians could still taste as Secretary of State James A. B... |
615590c4e480924f3e4a9496549d3ec6 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-12-25-mn-801-story.html | Laguna Beach Artist Thomas Matthew Chambers, 33 | Laguna Beach Artist Thomas Matthew Chambers, 33
Thomas Matthew Chambers, a longtime Laguna Beach resident and well-known local artist and ceramist, died suddenly at South Coast Medical Center here Sunday. He was 33.
Chambers, who had reportedly been in good health, was feeling ill Sunday morning and was taken to the em... |
0eb7f2f64277058787ac1c40a1adfddf | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-12-26-sp-1227-story.html | All in the Family : P.J. and Page Jones May Have Inherited a Genetic Advantage in Racing From Their Dad, Parnelli | All in the Family : P.J. and Page Jones May Have Inherited a Genetic Advantage in Racing From Their Dad, Parnelli
By the time Parnelli Jones’ sons, P.J. and Page, get to the Indianapolis 500--as they probably will--they won’t lack for experience.
P.J., 22, and Page, 19, already have been pegged as two of the most talen... |
bdb822f225b1b85ea33520f5557bde4c | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-01-01-ca-1163-story.html | The Magical Kingdom of Firefly Hill : Arts: Celebrities came to Noel Coward’s winter retreat for the Jamaican sunsets and for their host’s wit and wisdom. | The Magical Kingdom of Firefly Hill : Arts: Celebrities came to Noel Coward’s winter retreat for the Jamaican sunsets and for their host’s wit and wisdom.
Actors and actresses from Hollywood, from Broadway and the London stage, political leaders and royalty for years beat a path to this remote mountain-top lair overloo... |
eeaef982494f39417ae9df3e0e3823fc | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-01-03-fi-5767-story.html | ‘Infomercial’ May Sell Your Avocado Peeler, but . . . | ‘Infomercial’ May Sell Your Avocado Peeler, but . . .
Small-business owners have made millions of dollars selling everything from car wax to travel irons via “infomercials,” those 30-minute television commercials that run day and night on cable and broadcast stations across the country.
“Most small-business owners don’... |
d3bdd789ac60295eac96f0b18a7336e9 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-01-04-ca-1101-story.html | Gifted Teacher of Actors, Directors Receives Many Gifts in Return | Gifted Teacher of Actors, Directors Receives Many Gifts in Return
By the time she was 30, Nina Foch was a hot commodity thanks to her performances in such films as “My Name Is Julia Ross,” “Scaramouche,” the Academy Award-winning “An American in Paris” and “Executive Suite,” for which she received a best supporting act... |
7664d729b1579fce81d29e6bf473dc78 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-01-04-mn-1282-story.html | Dame Judith Anderson, 93; Acclaimed for Classic Roles | Dame Judith Anderson, 93; Acclaimed for Classic Roles
Dame Judith Anderson, the Australian-born actress who stalked the world’s stages and films in potent portrayals of complex and tormented women, died Friday.
The quintessential Medea, Lady Macbeth and the obsessively deranged Mrs. Danvers of “Rebecca” was 93.
She die... |
78d4574d2e39914d86c3d6447ae56e6f | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-01-13-me-231-story.html | Science / Medicine : Orangutans in the Mist : Woman’s 20-Year Study of Elusive Rain Forest Apes Finds They’re Not Antisocial After All | Science / Medicine : Orangutans in the Mist : Woman’s 20-Year Study of Elusive Rain Forest Apes Finds They’re Not Antisocial After All
About 30 years ago, noted anthropologist Louis Leakey sent the first of three women to Africa and Asia to study primates in the wild. By learning how the primates lived and interacted, ... |
6984cb155a62682ef25dda78b18235a6 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-01-13-sp-84-story.html | Run and Shoot: 258-141 : It’s Basketball, Not Electronics, as Troy State Shatters Scoring Record Against DeVry Institute | Run and Shoot: 258-141 : It’s Basketball, Not Electronics, as Troy State Shatters Scoring Record Against DeVry Institute
Troy State eclipsed its own NCAA scoring record on Sunday, averaging more than six points a minute in a 258-141 victory over DeVry Institute.
The Division II Trojans turned in a record-setting perfor... |
a380efdec60521c7da1039f5bad579cc | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-01-17-ca-45-story.html | Digital Cassette Becomes the Talk of the Town | Digital Cassette Becomes the Talk of the Town
The first full-fledged exhibit of the digital compact cassette player (DCC) was the talk of the just-concluded Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.
The big selling point of this unit, principally developed by Philips Electronics N.V., is that it plays both a digital cass... |
4009160a0f432fe73d09dc1cf4c25b4f | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-01-24-ca-787-story.html | Chicano Secret Service On Duty : Comedy: The Los Angeles-based group brings its satire to Orange County for the first time. | Chicano Secret Service On Duty : Comedy: The Los Angeles-based group brings its satire to Orange County for the first time.
Action at the tiny Teatro Cometa Playhouse heats up today and Saturday as the Los Angeles-based Chicano Secret Service brings its self-proclaimed guerrilla comedy to Orange County audiences for th... |
8d375ac4132215a2a35295e15bd19d97 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-01-26-ca-1125-story.html | A look inside Hollywood and the movies. : QUICK BITES : Bet You Thought Bela Lugosi’s Neck Biter Was True to Bram Stoker | A look inside Hollywood and the movies. : QUICK BITES : Bet You Thought Bela Lugosi’s Neck Biter Was True to Bram Stoker
Director Francis Ford Coppola wants to make it quite clear that his Dracula movie is unlike any other Dracula movie. He’s calling it “Bram Stoker’s Dracula,” and claims it is the only film version of... |
1bd69ba535dd60efb51aa172e128381b | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-01-26-mn-1476-story.html | Clinton Accuser to Drop Lawsuit : Politics: Larry Nichols says case alleging infidelity by presidential candidate has ‘gone way too far.’ Arkansas governor and wife will appear on TV. | Clinton Accuser to Drop Lawsuit : Politics: Larry Nichols says case alleging infidelity by presidential candidate has ‘gone way too far.’ Arkansas governor and wife will appear on TV.
A former Arkansas state employee whose lawsuit alleging marital infidelity by Bill Clinton helped trigger a crisis for the Arkansas gove... |
3e20027fd4acff7c801ff20dc91a8756 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-01-26-tm-1124-story.html | A Fundamental Education : To Shield Their Children From the Secular Ways of Public School, Parents of the Religious Right Are Turning to Teaching at Home | A Fundamental Education : To Shield Their Children From the Secular Ways of Public School, Parents of the Religious Right Are Turning to Teaching at Home
KEN EMMIL NEVER GOT A CHANCE to talk to the dark-haired boy who came out for three preseason drills with the Colville Indians football team. Emmil, the high school co... |
d435fa0dc0b48c4240bf1cbd67b5c67b | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-01-26-tm-1126-story.html | the prime of ms. julie kavner : AMERICA’S MOST LOVABLE SECOND BANANA BREAKS OUT OF THE BUNCH IN HER FIRST STARRING ROLE | the prime of ms. julie kavner : AMERICA’S MOST LOVABLE SECOND BANANA BREAKS OUT OF THE BUNCH IN HER FIRST STARRING ROLE
IT HAPPENED ONE DAY IN HOLLYWOOD, sometime after the five-year run of her hit series “Rhoda” had ended but before her string of prestige appearances in five Woody Allen movies, before her supporting r... |
053c0e05bd45c0c6a0e5275aed556279 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-01-28-fi-1078-story.html | ‘Hare Jordan’ May Give Animation Ads a Lift | ‘Hare Jordan’ May Give Animation Ads a Lift
Th-th-that’s not all, ff-ff-folks.
Nike’s much talked about “Hare Jordan” Super Bowl commercial, featuring an animated Bugs Bunny teaming up with Michael Jordan to outsmart some basketball bullies, may mark the beginning of a surge of TV commercials that mix live action with ... |
785d43588f9404e85c768dac037941dd | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-02-02-me-1796-story.html | ‘Cascade Curtain’ Symbol of a State’s Split Personality | ‘Cascade Curtain’ Symbol of a State’s Split Personality
Each November, Washington state’s split personality erupts in a ritual of cross-state football rivalry called the Apple Cup.
The contest pits the Seattle-based University of Washington against Washington State University, a land-grant school in Eastern Washington.... |
caa42f914e06dcbd55ef91d041a7d985 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-02-05-sp-1224-story.html | Little Change in Vincent Position on Mariners | Little Change in Vincent Position on Mariners
Commissioner Fay Vincent said Tuesday there was still a chance, though remote, that the Seattle Mariners would be sold to a Japanese-led group.
Hiroshi Yamauchi, president of Nintendo Co. Ltd., has proposed to finance a group that would purchase the Mariners from Jeff Smuly... |
05b43aa7df49f2e7a0f60cd2100a0bbb | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-02-08-hm-1274-story.html | GARDENING : Happily Led Down the Primrose Path | GARDENING : Happily Led Down the Primrose Path
Primulas, better known as primroses, add vivid colors to what can be a drab winter garden. Although they’re often planted in November, primroses can be planted now to yield months of vibrant color, especially along the coast where they’ll bloom into the summer months.
“Pri... |
c788a483bf282b4039c9142c41b2b9f0 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-02-08-mn-1400-story.html | Insanity Plea in Slaying of 2 Daughters Accepted | Insanity Plea in Slaying of 2 Daughters Accepted
In an unusual move, prosecutors agreed Friday to an insanity plea from a Laguna Niguel woman who admitted killing her two young daughters and trying to shoot herself.
Deputy Dist. Atty. Jeoffrey L. Robinson said the October, 1991, shooting of the two children by Kristine... |
bd1b2371b3359dd5f2598f58bab36cbd | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-02-10-sp-1134-story.html | Wrestling Bear Is No Match for Sheriff; Act Gets Axed | Wrestling Bear Is No Match for Sheriff; Act Gets Axed
“Terrible Ted” roams the country, engaging in wrestling exhibitions. But his act was banned in Centralia, Ill.
Ted, you see, is a 500-pound Siberian bear, whose owner was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct and cruelty to animals before the event began outs... |
96d650744a417b5930e0ced962f43af0 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-02-12-mn-1550-story.html | Japanese Bashing--a Novel Tack | Japanese Bashing--a Novel Tack
Flu smitten, radiating fever and self-pity, I have spent the first quarter of February lying under a pile of quilts, looking like something from Currier and Ives. But an invalid’s life does have its advantages. With time to burn, I have become the first on my block to finish reading the n... |
987c729e167fea421e000813adcbc8f7 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-02-14-me-2165-story.html | Inglewood Says Film Portrayal Is a Bum Rap | Inglewood Says Film Portrayal Is a Bum Rap
Furious that the movie “Grand Canyon” portrays their city as a crime-torn ghetto, Inglewood officials threatened Thursday to ban movie production in the city unless the movie’s producers apologize.
In an open letter to the Hollywood community, Inglewood officials called the mo... |
d22fc54c57eb4b17825cb5ce2f85c5c6 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-02-23-bk-4878-story.html | ‘A Wild and Private Place’ : MARGARET WISE BROWN; Awakened by the Moon, <i> By Leonard S. Marcus (Beacon Press: $24.95; 352 pp., illustrated)</i> | ‘A Wild and Private Place’ : MARGARET WISE BROWN; Awakened by the Moon, <i> By Leonard S. Marcus (Beacon Press: $24.95; 352 pp., illustrated)</i>
“In the great green room / There was a telephone. . . .”
I don’t know about your household, but ours owns two copies of “Goodnight Moon.” One is still in active use, though w... |
826f609d841bc973c0a80c704a6b1472 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-02-23-mn-5070-story.html | Bush Secret Effort Helped Iraq Build Its War Machine : Persian Gulf: Documents show that 9 months before Hussein’s invasion of Kuwait the President approved $1 billion in aid. Objections from others were suppressed. | Bush Secret Effort Helped Iraq Build Its War Machine : Persian Gulf: Documents show that 9 months before Hussein’s invasion of Kuwait the President approved $1 billion in aid. Objections from others were suppressed.
In the fall of 1989, at a time when Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait was only nine months away and Saddam Husse... |
20f2fe7fbed8897a1e2aada146e7d3a2 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-02-28-me-3127-story.html | Liz Taylor Stars at Disneyland : Birthday bash: Supporting cast of hundreds take over Disneyland for private salute to Hollywood ‘survivor’ who turned 60 in a very big way. | Liz Taylor Stars at Disneyland : Birthday bash: Supporting cast of hundreds take over Disneyland for private salute to Hollywood ‘survivor’ who turned 60 in a very big way.
Elizabeth Taylor swooped into Disneyland in a horse-drawn white carriage Thursday night as hundreds of her Hollywood friends turned out to salute a... |
9c056988ba3e8cd296845d9d68651706 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-03-03-sp-2921-story.html | Alaskans Have a Different Opinion About Sled Dog Race | Alaskans Have a Different Opinion About Sled Dog Race
The Iditarod, the thousand-mile-plus sled dog race underway in Alaska, is partly portrayed by promoters as a link to Alaska’s cultural heritage, to pre-snowmobile times, when Alaskans used dogs for winter transportation.
However, not all Alaskans buy that interpreta... |
92683e7ea0ba03b568e6dd964a51dbcf | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-03-04-mn-3139-story.html | Oscar-Winning Actress Sandy Dennis Dies at 54 | Oscar-Winning Actress Sandy Dennis Dies at 54
Sandy Dennis, the Academy Award-winning actress who made an art form of intense, nervous mannerisms, has died of cancer in Connecticut.
Her longtime friend, Doris Elliott, told the Associated Press that she learned of the 54-year-old actress’ death from Dennis’ agent, Bill ... |
cd0db89e59e7e399656895f8819f81bc | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-03-04-mn-3149-story.html | Heart Attack Fells Menachem Begin : Israel: Former prime minister, a Nobel Peace Prize winner, is in serious condition. | Heart Attack Fells Menachem Begin : Israel: Former prime minister, a Nobel Peace Prize winner, is in serious condition.
Former Prime Minister Menachem Begin, who won the Nobel Peace Prize for leading Israel to peace with Egypt, suffered a heart attack Tuesday and was unconscious and partially paralyzed in a Tel Aviv ho... |
657001d9af78be9ea63bed11882674b6 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-03-05-mn-4702-story.html | Infertility Doctor Is Found Guilty of Fraud, Perjury | Infertility Doctor Is Found Guilty of Fraud, Perjury
A federal jury convicted an infertility specialist, who admitted inseminating patients with his own semen, of 52 counts of fraud and perjury Wednesday.
On the fourth day of jury deliberations in Alexandria, Va., Dr. Cecil Jacobson was found guilty of lying to women a... |
b106b38d7334688f6c6bda38d79eeef9 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-03-07-me-3379-story.html | County Also Faults Child Abuse Response : Report: Chief administrative officer suggests help from the outside. His criticisms, which follow grand jury and Juvenile Justice Committee reports, will be debated by supervisors. | County Also Faults Child Abuse Response : Report: Chief administrative officer suggests help from the outside. His criticisms, which follow grand jury and Juvenile Justice Committee reports, will be debated by supervisors.
San Diego County’s beleaguered system of responding to allegations of child abuse not only needs ... |
6cfda5671ac29d47dffbb989efee7e95 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-03-09-mn-2565-story.html | U.S. Gives Albania’s Democrats a Helping Hand : Election: Americans, convinced Communist rule will hinder reforms, put their weight behind the opposition. | U.S. Gives Albania’s Democrats a Helping Hand : Election: Americans, convinced Communist rule will hinder reforms, put their weight behind the opposition.
Two spanking-new Jeep Cherokees parked outside the crumbling headquarters of the Democratic Party speak louder than any campaign speech about the American preference... |
b1c940d46aa335849dfb58290aebcf0b | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-03-15-fi-6793-story.html | A TALE FROM THE DARK SIDE : John Rinaldo’s Life as a White-Collar Criminal | A TALE FROM THE DARK SIDE : John Rinaldo’s Life as a White-Collar Criminal
Any doubts Paul Sarkozy had about investing his life savings--about $600,000 of the settlement from an auto accident that left him a paraplegic--with John Rinaldo vanished after the glib moneyman hosted a dinner party for Sarkozy at a splendid h... |
1d7992325047f0729eacc3389fa8187a | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-03-16-mn-2824-story.html | Cause of Bird Deaths at Salton Sea Eludes Experts : Wildlife: Some 100,000 eared grebes have died. If cause is traced to a contaminant, other species may be in peril. | Cause of Bird Deaths at Salton Sea Eludes Experts : Wildlife: Some 100,000 eared grebes have died. If cause is traced to a contaminant, other species may be in peril.
Beginning shortly after dawn, workers navigate air boats along the frothy shoreline of California’s largest lake, pausing periodically to scoop up cluste... |
9ce435f67344d42d5e358594cecb3179 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-03-19-mn-5905-story.html | Islamic Jihad Says It Bombed Embassy; Toll 21 | Islamic Jihad Says It Bombed Embassy; Toll 21
Workers uncovered more bodies Wednesday in the bomb-wrecked rubble of the Israeli Embassy, while a terrorist group in the Middle East claimed responsibility for the devastating attack.
In Beirut, a statement bearing the name of the pro-Iranian group Islamic Jihad (Islamic h... |
96a2a2a8dff3d126c03489d65e081f1f | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-03-19-ti-6050-story.html | Students Write Community’s News | Students Write Community’s News
El Original’s small newsroom is buzzing with activity. Reporters discuss their stories with editors and type away at computers while other staff members scramble to deal with last-minute crises. Burritos lie half-eaten on conference tables, victims of an impending deadline.
The young Lat... |
cb8fa5f2f9115b51687432beae093975 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-03-20-ca-4070-story.html | MOVIE REVIEWS : Blood and Lust | MOVIE REVIEWS : Blood and Lust
“Basic Instinct” is a reminder of the difference between exhilaration and exhaustion, between tension and hysteria, between eroticism and exhibitionism. The line may be fine, but it is real enough to separate the great thrillers from the also-rans. And “Basic Instinct” is not a great thri... |
c32dad5f1e74f66af924d3faf7902ba5 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-03-22-mn-7204-story.html | John Ireland; Played Tough Guys in Movies, TV Shows | John Ireland; Played Tough Guys in Movies, TV Shows
Veteran actor and director John Ireland, who appeared in more than 200 movies and was nominated for an Oscar for his supporting role in “All the King’s Men,” died Saturday at age 77 at a Santa Barbara hospital, officials said.
Ireland died of leukemia, said Cottage Ho... |
b7299c81bf6ff25cfea23a1f36f499d3 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-03-25-fi-4362-story.html | Judge OKs Rebates to Settle Milli Vanilli Class-Action Suit | Judge OKs Rebates to Settle Milli Vanilli Class-Action Suit
In a move likely to fuel debate over lip-sync fakery in the music industry, a Chicago judge granted final approval on Tuesday to a cash rebate to resolve a class-action fraud lawsuit against Milli Vanilli’s record company.
Under the terms of the agreement, Ari... |
fa39c50c47a8134746da361c3cbefc38 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-03-25-fi-4386-story.html | Optical Firm’s Stock Dives on Report of FDA Probe | Optical Firm’s Stock Dives on Report of FDA Probe
Shares of Azusa-based Optical Radiation Corp. plummeted Tuesday on a published report about a federal criminal inquiry into the firm’s Orcolon eye gel, which allegedly can cause blindness.
The Wall Street Journal, quoting sources it didn’t identify, said Food and Drug A... |
502acd1a611999c98b7f0a983b0ac496 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-03-27-fi-4639-story.html | Disney to Put Fast-Food Unit in Deep Freeze | Disney to Put Fast-Food Unit in Deep Freeze
Hold that Mickey Burger.
After a two-year “experiment,” the Walt Disney Co. said Thursday that it has decided to close Mickey’s Kitchen, a would-be chain of fast-food restaurants.
Instead, the company will focus on expanding its successful Disney Store operation over the next... |
faafb8d794e233523f7183d3507f9bab | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-03-27-sp-4531-story.html | Mets’ Cone Sued for Sexual Harassment | Mets’ Cone Sued for Sexual Harassment
The New York Mets, their image already tarnished by rape allegations against three of their players, were hit hard again Thursday when three women named Met pitcher David Cone in an $8.1-million civil suit that includes charges of sexual harassment.
The suit charges that Cone lured... |
648e24ad570861dfc0baee4fb29c6d24 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-03-29-mn-487-story.html | Star UC Player Now Star Witness in Sect Trial : Cult: Football standout Robert Rozier Jr. tells of random killings, Death Angels and blind devotion in the Florida case against Yahweh Ben Yahweh. | Star UC Player Now Star Witness in Sect Trial : Cult: Football standout Robert Rozier Jr. tells of random killings, Death Angels and blind devotion in the Florida case against Yahweh Ben Yahweh.
As a star defensive end for UC Berkeley, he had a promising future. And sure enough, when Robert Rozier Jr. left school in 19... |
30df82fce2b75fe44c3ef1fee87ff4ed | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-03-31-ca-65-story.html | TV Reviews : ‘The Price She Paid’: Ugly, Schlocky, Silly | TV Reviews : ‘The Price She Paid’: Ugly, Schlocky, Silly
Good taste takes a holiday with “The Price She Paid,” a made-for-TV thriller so ugly, so silly and filled with such staggering implausibilities that it could easily qualify as low camp if it didn’t deal with a subject so inherently unlaughable--rape. (This prime ... |
15ca8cd1c7fe0aa35a189d015f405243 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-03-31-vw-171-story.html | Common Ground : ‘Cohousing’ residents give up a little privacy when they share chores. But they get more time with their families. | Common Ground : ‘Cohousing’ residents give up a little privacy when they share chores. But they get more time with their families.
With two careers, two kids and a four-bedroom, two-bath house, Daniel and Catherine Mountjoy were living the American dream.
They just didn’t have time to enjoy it.
So last fall, they chuck... |
f788ae12cedd4831c2a55e61e7056eaa | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-04-01-mn-133-story.html | W. Hendricks; Founder of Toys for Tots Gift Program | W. Hendricks; Founder of Toys for Tots Gift Program
William L. (Bill) Hendricks, the retired Marine Corps colonel who was inspired by a homemade rag doll to found the Toys for Tots campaign that has brought a measure of Christmas festivity to millions of needy youngsters for 45 years, has died.
Hendricks, whose civilia... |
17ddd277587c1691198a0e8711c5bb75 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-04-04-me-368-story.html | Survey Finds Most Believe Moral Absolutes Are Few | Survey Finds Most Believe Moral Absolutes Are Few
In an age of relativity in science and religion, most Americans believe there are few moral absolutes about what is right or wrong, saying it usually depends on the situation.
In other words, the view is that justification for snitching an apple or loaf of bread might b... |
d1ef64d85e686d5cce8046d49580f76e | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-04-06-ca-387-story.html | TV Reviews : Dinosaur ‘Barney’ to Join PBS Gang | TV Reviews : Dinosaur ‘Barney’ to Join PBS Gang
The star of the popular children’s home video series “Barney & the Backyard Gang” now has his own PBS television series. “Barney & Friends” premieres Tuesday and will continue to air weekdays at 7 a.m. on KCET Channel 28.
In case 5-year-olds of your acquaintance haven’t i... |
5f04adc0fd17b386cc8694decade0f7a | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-04-07-sp-518-story.html | Police Use Tear Gas to Halt Fans on Michigan Campus | Police Use Tear Gas to Halt Fans on Michigan Campus
A group of Michigan fans rioted when police tried to disperse them early Tuesday, throwing rocks and bottles and injuring at least one officer and one student.
Police fired at least 10 volleys of tear gas into the crowd of 5,000 to 6,000 gathered on University Street ... |
f436f6dece8638a5891d57825998eaf5 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-04-12-sp-377-story.html | NOTES : P.J. Jones Scores an Easy Victory | NOTES : P.J. Jones Scores an Easy Victory
Pro know-how prevailed Saturday in the pro-celebrity race at the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach.
P.J. Jones, son of former Indianapolis 500 winner Parnelli Jones and touted as a rising star on the road-racing scene, took advantage of amateur errors and drove to an easy victory... |
9609aef31e62067790e952cedf9e56db | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-04-18-mn-537-story.html | Saudi Arms Link to Iraq Allowed : Mideast: Under Reagan and Bush, U.S. weapons were secretly provided to Baghdad, classified documents show. The White House kept Congress in the dark. | Saudi Arms Link to Iraq Allowed : Mideast: Under Reagan and Bush, U.S. weapons were secretly provided to Baghdad, classified documents show. The White House kept Congress in the dark.
The Bush and Ronald Reagan administrations secretly allowed Saudi Arabia to provide American-made weapons to the Iraqi regime of Saddam ... |
81411f657016133f21f37a1ecb2d213b | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-04-19-ca-666-story.html | This Cure Is Not Worth the Pain : ** THE CURE; “Wish” <i> Fiction/Elektra</i> | This Cure Is Not Worth the Pain : ** THE CURE; “Wish” <i> Fiction/Elektra</i>
“I really don’t know what I’m doing here,” Robert Smith announces--all too disingenuously--at the beginning of the Cure’s 12th album. For the next hour or so he proceeds to do what’s worked so well for him over the bulk of 11 prior projects: ... |
77ace27a6e6cf359b4ebd6d8c258919a | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-04-21-me-783-story.html | Authorities Arrest Board Game Creator : Investigation: The Dana Point resident is charged with 48 counts of grand theft and securities fraud. | Authorities Arrest Board Game Creator : Investigation: The Dana Point resident is charged with 48 counts of grand theft and securities fraud.
A creator of board games based on the lives of the rich and famous was charged Monday with 48 counts of grand theft and securities fraud in connection with a Michael Jackson game... |
ba370ab4b4f4879792a50d14b989098d | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-04-21-sp-443-story.html | PADRES UPDATE : NOTEBOOK : Scout Rates Braves’ Sanders Most Exciting Player Around | PADRES UPDATE : NOTEBOOK : Scout Rates Braves’ Sanders Most Exciting Player Around
Hugh Alexander has been scouting baseball for 50 years. He watched Ruth and Gehrig perform. He scrutinized Mays and Mantle. He studied Clemente.
“I’ve been watching this game for so long,” said Alexander, who scouts for the Chicago Cubs,... |
550bc63177f6027316cfa37801c56276 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-04-22-fi-633-story.html | BankAmerica Takes Over at Security Pacific : Acquisitions: The merger becomes official today, creating the nation’s second-largest banking company. | BankAmerica Takes Over at Security Pacific : Acquisitions: The merger becomes official today, creating the nation’s second-largest banking company.
Security Pacific Corp., a Los Angeles institution for more than a century, officially disappears today when it is merged into San Francisco-based BankAmerica Corp. to form ... |
e32074cfd771ca0e4c0b258fdc9de189 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-04-22-mn-509-story.html | Witness to the Execution: A Macabre, Surreal Event | Witness to the Execution: A Macabre, Surreal Event
The hiss of flowing liquid was our sign that the execution of Robert Alton Harris had begun.
Sulfuric acid filled the two vats beneath his seat. He peered down, between his knees, into his personal abyss. In seconds, he knew, cyanide pellets would drop, react with the ... |
d20919deac66f35b085f35e5aefdce08 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-04-26-ca-1288-story.html | A look inside Hollywood and the movies. : HOLY WARS : So, This Is What You Meant When You Said You Wanted Me to Play a Sister? | A look inside Hollywood and the movies. : HOLY WARS : So, This Is What You Meant When You Said You Wanted Me to Play a Sister?
Bette Midler as a nun didn’t fly, so Touchstone Pictures’ upcoming singing-nun comedy “Sister Act” stars Whoopi Goldberg instead.
The story follows Goldberg, who plays a casino lounge singer on... |
dfced04faee417dc52a9930fb9468035 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-04-28-mn-966-story.html | COLUMN ONE : ‘I Was Like a Crazed Wolf ' : Andrei Chikatilo looks like a harmless schoolteacher. But 53 murders make him the most horrible serial killer Russia--perhaps the world--has ever seen. | COLUMN ONE : ‘I Was Like a Crazed Wolf ' : Andrei Chikatilo looks like a harmless schoolteacher. But 53 murders make him the most horrible serial killer Russia--perhaps the world--has ever seen.
Even now, as he stands in the caged-in dock with his head shaven and his hideous crimes confessed, there is something innocuo... |
c1cae61c1611c9d864e4b7be9c8df238 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-04-29-ca-850-story.html | AN APPRECIATION : The Tortured Vision of Francis Bacon | AN APPRECIATION : The Tortured Vision of Francis Bacon
Francis Bacon was inarguably the greatest British figurative painter of the 20th Century, one of those typical stand-alone artists that England produces--Gainsborough, Turner, Blake. He died of a heart attack Tuesday in a Madrid hospital while vacationing in Spain.... |
88bae5190353bd972da91596e8dd216c | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-05-02-mn-1322-story.html | Gerard K. O’Neill; Space Futurist | Gerard K. O’Neill; Space Futurist
Gerard K. O’Neill, a Princeton University physicist and advocate of space colonization, died of leukemia Monday at Sequoia Medical Center here. He was 65.
In 1956, O’Neill invented the storage ring principle for colliding particle beams, the basis for most high-energy physics research ... |
8b8e64c5e50b47d28e37a19cd05f6165 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-05-03-bk-2023-story.html | Being There : THE AGE OF MISSING INFORMATION, <i> By Bill McKibben (Random House: $20; 252 pp.)</i> | Being There : THE AGE OF MISSING INFORMATION, <i> By Bill McKibben (Random House: $20; 252 pp.)</i>
How quickly we have come to the awakening--overnight, it seems--that things aren’t working any more. How quickly these rude new understandings have passed into common knowledge: that our systems are failing; that we’re t... |
35fe4d41689039996bf0d8f5c7cf8a67 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-05-03-mn-1945-story.html | A CITY IN CRISIS : 30,000 Show Support in Koreatown March : Demonstration: Various ethnic groups gather. They call for peace: ‘We want no more fighting.’ | A CITY IN CRISIS : 30,000 Show Support in Koreatown March : Demonstration: Various ethnic groups gather. They call for peace: ‘We want no more fighting.’
An estimated 30,000 people--some wearing white headbands of mourning, some carrying brooms and plastic garbage bags--marched through Los Angeles’ Koreatown on Saturda... |
f439d8a8934ff9f3852fe09e6d10bfb3 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-05-04-mn-1016-story.html | Preachers Urge Worshipers to Improve Society | Preachers Urge Worshipers to Improve Society
From the riot-ravaged neighborhoods of South Los Angeles to the peaceful middle-class communities of Irvine and Simi Valley, tens of thousands turned to their churches Sunday for solace, hope and deliverance from the violence and chaos that descended upon the region.
Speakin... |
b4a23c0499abf03a4872133ece8781d4 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-05-04-mn-952-story.html | For Marines in L.A., It’s a Battle With Boredom | For Marines in L.A., It’s a Battle With Boredom
Lance Cpl. Mark Hale gripped his M-16 rifle, 60-round ammunition magazine locked in place, and peered into the unyielding midnight. The young U.S. Marine’s mission was simple: to protect his territory against hostilities.
It’s a scene Americans have seen many times before... |
34482cab33ea4f822c56f1f98f2068fb | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-05-07-hl-2657-story.html | AFTERMATH OF THE RIOTS : The Violence Started in Long Beach Even Before the Verdicts Were Announced | AFTERMATH OF THE RIOTS : The Violence Started in Long Beach Even Before the Verdicts Were Announced
Here is a chronology of the violence in Long Beach after not guilty verdicts in the Rodney G. King case.
WEDNESDAY
* 3 p.m.: A few minutes before the verdicts were announced, about 50 people began breaking windows at the... |
20563f0a8b78d94c1f3388ccfb0f6f75 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-05-08-mn-1884-story.html | Black-Owned Businesses Pay a Heavy Price | Black-Owned Businesses Pay a Heavy Price
Six days after rioters set fire to Broadway Federal Savings and Loan’s headquarters on South Broadway at 45th Street, the charred remains of the blue stone building still gushed plumes of smoke.
Paul Hudson, the 45-year-old thrift’s president, sat in one of the firm’s branch off... |
b37cbbcf952284d37adbb7aba9ff48e0 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-05-10-mn-2503-story.html | Waters Focuses Her Rage at System : Politics: She says inner-city woes have been simmering and need action. | Waters Focuses Her Rage at System : Politics: She says inner-city woes have been simmering and need action.
There are times when the pain that she manages to hide so well bubbles to the surface, when the caustic, angry voice gets thick and the words come hard, when the eyes well up. But those times are few and far betw... |
4f7a27b18f557d6694018993ec950410 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-05-13-ca-1436-story.html | TELEVISION | TELEVISION
‘Secret’ Comeback: “I’ve Got a Secret,” the highly successful panel show from the ‘50s and ‘60s, is coming back in a new syndicated version that will be ready for the fall 1993 season. Rights for the show have been acquired by Carsey-Werner Co., the company behind such sitcom successes as “The Cosby Show,” “... |
ca4fec86eaf95207e80fb876747e1a6b | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-05-14-me-3227-story.html | Buchanan Links L.A. Riot to Immigration Problems | Buchanan Links L.A. Riot to Immigration Problems
Amid accusations that he is inciting racial tensions, Republican presidential hopeful Patrick J. Buchanan charged again Wednesday that illegal immigrants were responsible for much of the disorder that rocked Los Angeles earlier this month.
Citing U.S. Atty. Gen. William ... |
17e7837451852b004c32d7194d71b560 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-05-14-mn-3004-story.html | Senators Put a Price on New Russian Aid : Arms control: Foreign Relations panel votes to block assistance if Moscow goes through with rocket sale to India. | Senators Put a Price on New Russian Aid : Arms control: Foreign Relations panel votes to block assistance if Moscow goes through with rocket sale to India.
A key Senate committee voted Wednesday to block further U.S. economic aid to Russia if Moscow goes ahead with a $250-million rocket sale to India.
The unanimous 19-... |
b92a1e1afcb38b82af11a579e1f16d22 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-05-15-ca-2061-story.html | ART REVIEWS : Diane Arbus: Pictures From the Institutions | ART REVIEWS : Diane Arbus: Pictures From the Institutions
During the year before her suicide in 1971, Diane Arbus traveled to several institutions for mentally retarded women outside of New York and photographed their inhabitants. Of the 29 pictures she decided to print, 22 are presented at Jan Kesner Gallery. These ra... |
2b8129d2872dca32f746fd183b77cb6d | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-05-16-mn-1986-story.html | Philippines Candidate Calls for Voter Protests : Election: Charging fraud, Santiago urges her supporters to take to the streets. But an opponent warns of civil war. | Philippines Candidate Calls for Voter Protests : Election: Charging fraud, Santiago urges her supporters to take to the streets. But an opponent warns of civil war.
Growing protests over alleged cheating and inexplicably slow counting of Monday’s election returns threatened to worsen into political instability after a ... |
666e80f5f34024b343d93c763ff87380 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-05-21-me-168-story.html | Foes Agree on ‘Murphy Brown’ : Abortion: Both sides in the debate square off in Torrance. They also praise the title character of the TV series who gave birth to a son. | Foes Agree on ‘Murphy Brown’ : Abortion: Both sides in the debate square off in Torrance. They also praise the title character of the TV series who gave birth to a son.
The protesters who faced off along Lomita Boulevard in Torrance Wednesday had staunchly opposing views on abortion.
And many of them vehemently disagre... |
b0e7159e28441df7c12520a1e91f8df1 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-05-22-ca-116-story.html | All-Star Cast in Bronze : Tributes: The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences honors TV’s legends with sculptures at its North Hollywood headquarters. | All-Star Cast in Bronze : Tributes: The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences honors TV’s legends with sculptures at its North Hollywood headquarters.
Presidents get libraries, baseball players get into a hall of fame, and movie actors get their footprints in cement.
But what about those other national icons: Lucy, Unc... |
66a0981039ac46e6107aeddd6851e03e | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-05-24-me-138-story.html | Chumash Battle to Protect Their Heritage, Buried Ancestors in Malibu | Chumash Battle to Protect Their Heritage, Buried Ancestors in Malibu
Long before Johnny Carson, before Sylvester Stallone, before Cher, Malibu was home to the Chumash Indians.
It was the southern capital of a Chumash territory that stretched 200 miles north, a coastal paradise of rugged canyons, enchanting cliff sides,... |
7382fb084551e942bc3e955a08e625ca | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-05-25-mn-259-story.html | Ex-CIA Officer Clines First Iran-Contra Figure Going to Prison | Ex-CIA Officer Clines First Iran-Contra Figure Going to Prison
Arms middleman and retired CIA officer Thomas Clines today will become the first participant in the Iran-Contra scandal to go to prison.
Clines is scheduled to serve a 16-month term at a minimum-security federal correctional facility in Schuylkill County, P... |
97999835f0c7ca301e4de973f2d31478 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-05-26-mn-147-story.html | Media Failed to Examine Alleged LAPD Abuses : Press: Eulia Love case brought a tougher look. But complaints about patterns of use of force weren’t explored. | Media Failed to Examine Alleged LAPD Abuses : Press: Eulia Love case brought a tougher look. But complaints about patterns of use of force weren’t explored.
Before Rodney G. King, there was Eulia Love.
Love was a 39-year-old black woman who was shot to death by two Los Angeles police officers early in 1979 as she was a... |
94d531f7f8b1d39f549134663d3dc526 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-05-28-me-289-story.html | LOCAL ELECTIONS / 30TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT : Replacing Roybal: Key Race for Latinos | LOCAL ELECTIONS / 30TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT : Replacing Roybal: Key Race for Latinos
To borrow a line from Ronald Reagan, the free-for-all primary among 10 Democrats in the 30th Congressional District is “the big casino.”
Reagan used the casino characterization to describe the winner-take-all prize of 167 Republican ... |
ead3ba462648fe6c490ff0974c9f2c29 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-05-29-ca-427-story.html | Xtra Large Becoming a Giant : Rock: The Orange County alternative band has an agreement in the works that includes a debut album on the label. | Xtra Large Becoming a Giant : Rock: The Orange County alternative band has an agreement in the works that includes a debut album on the label.
Xtra Large, something of an all-star group of Orange County alternative-hard rock musicians, has struck a deal with Giant Records and is scheduled to release its debut album by ... |
75b143fce668dd860b9b369bc0f46a4a | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-05-30-hm-109-story.html | Working With Plywood Requires a Different Touch | Working With Plywood Requires a Different Touch
Working with plywood requires different techniques than those used with ordinary wood. Here are some tips for cutting, installing and finishing plywood:
Before You Start
Before using plywood panels, store them off the floor in a cool, dry place, preferably for several wee... |
3e8a0334b46ade917eab066cecf0488c | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-05-30-sp-78-story.html | NOTEBOOK : Experience Helps Titans’ Nevin Feel Relaxed at Plate | NOTEBOOK : Experience Helps Titans’ Nevin Feel Relaxed at Plate
Cal State Fullerton Coach Augie Garrido said his players were a little edgy, a little nervous before Friday night’s College World Series game against Florida State.
But third baseman Phil Nevin seemed plenty relaxed when he hit his grand slam in the sixth ... |
17745784f64860d84a41a409e9656604 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-06-02-sp-391-story.html | Astros Make Nevin No. 1 Selection of Draft : Baseball: The Cal State Fullerton third baseman is one of six Southland players picked during the first round. | Astros Make Nevin No. 1 Selection of Draft : Baseball: The Cal State Fullerton third baseman is one of six Southland players picked during the first round.
Third baseman Phil Nevin of Cal State Fullerton was selected by the Houston Astros as the top pick in baseball’s amateur draft Monday.
Nevin, 21, Baseball America’s... |
656ffd200bdf3a1620da41c3cfc6b002 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-06-04-fi-1484-story.html | OTHER NEWS | OTHER NEWS
Henshey’s Going Out of Business: Henshey’s, one of the region’s few remaining independent department stores and a fixture in Santa Monica since 1925, will shut its doors by the end of next month. Company representatives this week blamed the recession, a shrinking customer base and the relentless competition ... |
4e47932a58e50e78eb966209b944f677 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-06-07-ca-284-story.html | A look inside Hollywood and the movies. : REALLY SCARY KIDS : Before the Crypt Opens on Dracula, a Little Surgery | A look inside Hollywood and the movies. : REALLY SCARY KIDS : Before the Crypt Opens on Dracula, a Little Surgery
Ever since an early April research screening in San Diego of Francis Ford Coppola’s production of “Bram Stoker’s Dracula,” the director has been busy reducing the amount of blood in the movie--but adding fo... |
369b96ac7b95933955b02baff55e5201 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-06-07-re-487-story.html | Your Mortgage : Mortgage Brokers Pressured to Disclose Fees | Your Mortgage : Mortgage Brokers Pressured to Disclose Fees
Despite a 31-year-old state law, many mortgage brokers are still reluctant to provide home buyers with a detailed breakdown of their loan fees and commissions. The problem has gotten the attention of California Real Estate Commissioner Clark Wallace, who is ma... |
a3fa4103ae0818dd3dd9a0b4394351d9 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-06-12-fi-344-story.html | A Nose for Profit : ‘Pinocchio’ Release to Test Truth of Video Sales Theory | A Nose for Profit : ‘Pinocchio’ Release to Test Truth of Video Sales Theory
In a summertime ritual, Walt Disney Co. is readying another animated classic for re-release in theaters, 7 1/2 years after the movie’s last appearance on a marquee. “Pinocchio,” the 1940 film, has been spiffed up by a restoration team for its s... |
9c2faf0b93a36fef961ee9d46f43fff5 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-06-12-mn-226-story.html | 600 Azerbaijanis Slain at Khojaly, Investigator Says : Civil war: Ethnic battle with Armenians in February was the bloodiest since the Soviet breakup. | 600 Azerbaijanis Slain at Khojaly, Investigator Says : Civil war: Ethnic battle with Armenians in February was the bloodiest since the Soviet breakup.
More than 600 Azerbaijanis, most of them civilians, were killed by Armenian forces during a bloody February engagement in the Nagorno-Karabakh town of Khojaly, the chief... |
3d97bf399401d06913b25f8a39c3ec00 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-06-15-ca-401-story.html | RIAA an Ally in Fight Against Censorship | RIAA an Ally in Fight Against Censorship
It’s time to set the record straight. Too many half-truths and misconceptions are flying about, particularly since Chuck Philips’ recent article (“Rock Industry Rapped for Inaction,” June 4), concerning Washington state’s erotic material bill.
To clear up these misconceptions, l... |
4a1cc1f437e2fac88b9c5b0859649c1d | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-06-19-fi-531-story.html | Latino Group Asks FCC to Block Sale of Univision | Latino Group Asks FCC to Block Sale of Univision
The National Hispanic Media Coalition filed a petition with the Federal Communications Commission on Thursday asking that it deny the sale of the Univision Spanish-language television network and its nine stations to a group that includes Latin American investors.
The co... |
ee4e5a1b14d4e781091e243bcbf7392e | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-06-27-fi-869-story.html | Hinshaw’s final sale brought out the crowds . . . : . . . that weren’t there a week ago. : Departed Stores : Hinshaw’s in Arcadia Is Latest Retailer to Be Squeezed Out | Hinshaw’s final sale brought out the crowds . . . : . . . that weren’t there a week ago. : Departed Stores : Hinshaw’s in Arcadia Is Latest Retailer to Be Squeezed Out
When Hinshaw’s opened its doors Friday, the Arcadia retailer promoted its bargains with placards that have become signs of the times for more and more p... |
3df4362ce351987ba89155b24a739440 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-07-02-vw-2079-story.html | Arrival of Fun-Loving Fergie Forever Changed Diana’s Life | Arrival of Fun-Loving Fergie Forever Changed Diana’s Life
In just two years, from 1984 to 1986, Princess Diana dramatically transformed herself from a shy, awkward young princess into a confident, dashing young woman who would win praise from fashion experts around the world for her poise, elegance and style.
It was al... |
cf2ffba4684a6dbdd7f5301795f7259d | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-07-07-ca-1562-story.html | ART REVIEW : A Goddess for L.A.? : New Graham Sculpture a Welcoming Figure | ART REVIEW : A Goddess for L.A.? : New Graham Sculpture a Welcoming Figure
She stands serenely nude contemplating waterfalls that tumble down L.A.'s Bunker Hill Steps. She is Robert Graham’s bronze “Source Figure.” If there is any aesthetic justice, it will become as much a landmark for this town as Augustus Saint-Gaud... |
800ba993860b3afda49af9a129c391bf | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-07-07-mn-1671-story.html | Bus Busts Are End of Line for Florida Drug Couriers : Narcotics: Civil libertarians object to boarding, searching luggage. Supreme Court has upheld method. | Bus Busts Are End of Line for Florida Drug Couriers : Narcotics: Civil libertarians object to boarding, searching luggage. Supreme Court has upheld method.
The Greyhound bus station on shady South Marion Street is painted pale blue. A sign over the doorway reads, “Welcome to Lake City.” For most travelers, a stop here ... |
43f36bdb89bea46679e8e841d0860a18 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-07-10-mn-1845-story.html | Clinton Picks Gore as Running Mate in Break With Tradition : Democrats: Arkansas governor rejects geographical balance in choosing the Tennessee senator. Strategists believe his moderate positions can help unite divided party. | Clinton Picks Gore as Running Mate in Break With Tradition : Democrats: Arkansas governor rejects geographical balance in choosing the Tennessee senator. Strategists believe his moderate positions can help unite divided party.
Casting aside decades of conventional political wisdom that calls for balancing a ticket with... |
c991845fa6e313284dfa12ef920551fa | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-07-11-mn-1432-story.html | Doris Tate; Mother of Slain Actress Crusaded for Victims | Doris Tate; Mother of Slain Actress Crusaded for Victims
Doris G. Tate, who helped forge the crime victims’ movement after her daughter Sharon was murdered by the Charles Manson clan in 1969, died Friday.
Tate, 68, died at her Rancho Palos Verdes home Friday morning with family members by her side, said her daughter Pa... |
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