"Aren't you probes a Mouseketeer" recalls asked one of the girls whose knowledge could only have come from her parents or early morning re-runs on cable television Burgess, now 46, smiled and nodded. But for Letkins, who works for a home-video distributor in Irvine, nervousness gives way to "the beauty of it when (the national anthem) is sung the way it was written, and when you make it sound like it's the first time you've ever sung it" "It never ceases to be fun" said Judy Jeffreys, formerly of NBC's "Santa Barbara" who sings the anthem a cappella "at march tempo with a band playing along in my head" "But you have to remember" she said, "people don't come just to hear you; they like to hear the anthem done with respect" Free-lance broadcaster Lisa Bowman, 33, of La Canada, overcomes the jitters before singing by telling herself that not all the fans are seated yet. At first, reports reached the West that as many as 2,000 might have died almost instantly, with tens of thousands more injured. Alderman Timothy Evans, considered a potential candidate and an opponent of interim Mayor Eugene Sawyer, called the ruling a "marvelous, marvelous victory" for the citizens of Chicago. At the Comedy & Magic Club in Hermosa Beach, an employee who didn't want to give her name said Thursday that the club has a ladies' night on Tuesdays, when tickets for women are half-price, but it has a men's night, too, on Wednesday's, with the same discount "Isn't that fair" she asked. The thriving use of solicitation by telephone, or telemarketing, has spawned scams in "near-epidemic proportions" one expert says.

With little fanfare, the Fulfillment Fund also throws a holiday party at UCLA for several hundred of the city's most disabled . "When served with fresh asparagus and Dijon sauce, it's beautiful" he said, "and people assume you've been hard at it for hours" It is pork tenderloin that has been sliced and pounded thin, covered with bread crumbs and sauteed in butter . At the same time, such perennial conservative favorites as the balanced-budget constitutional amendment appear doomed . Despite official assurances, the official news agency Tass acknowledged, there was a feeling of "anxiety" for the welfare of children in Kiev . "With the little bit of money he had, and no name recognition, he had to get a really fast start in Iowa, and he didn't, and I think that did it" said Gary Orfield, a University of Chicago political science professor, and a losing Simon alternate delegate. More than 60 high-profile types paraded before hundreds of cheering women at "Gentlemen's Haberdashery" the benefit at the Hilton for the Sisters of the Society Devoted to the Sacred Heart. Vaguely uneasy ever since he'd landed in Africa, Stan Binstead is overcome with a nameless dread so intense that it makes him physically ill.

In a community noted for showing off houses, this was one with a twist as architecture, design and music-not to mention sunny weather-were combined in the Musical Homes Tour to raise funds for the 6-year-old South Coast Choral Society . Itoh's new dormitory for 250 single men in the suburbs of Tokyo . A vigorous writer, lecturer and political philosopher, Paton seemed ageless in his energy . Accountants like Otchis work themselves into a pinstriped frenzy during the three months beginning in mid-January to meet the annual deadline for individual income tax returns . Although the cervigram is more sensitive to detection of lesions, he said, the false positive rate tends to be higher for cervigrams than for Pap smears. On the Sidelines Now Yeah, this was spring, all right, he thought, but what a difference a year makes.

But it was Feld, she found, who had the most inventive method of fitting stars . More Difficult to WinSAN FRANCISCO — The state Supreme Court on Thursday granted broad protection to prescription drug makers, ruling that injured consumers cannot collect damages unless they prove that firms were negligent in making the drugs or in failing to warn of potential dangers . Cobb who first said, 'Whenever I feel the urge to exercise, I lie down until it goes away' writes Wilson Buckner of San Juan Capistrano . Temple City does not levy a property tax and relies on sales tax revenue to pay for city services . Bich Lien Nguyen, a seventh-grader at Muscatel who turned 13 last week, drew from her memory of being 7 years old and temporarily separated from her parents when they were "boat people" escaping Communist Vietnam. The Soviet leader virtually ignored an offer from the NATO side of limited, first-step, token troop reductions to be accompanied by adequate verification measures for a three-year trial period. This year he is back for a rematch, hoping to unseat Perez, 53, an engineer who has lived in the city for 29 years and served on the council since 1972 "Everything is quiet and running smoothly now" Perez said.

When I leave for work in the morning, my wife kisses me goodby and says, "Your name is Al Martinez and you write for the L. A . "I refuse to even respond to orders for spanking or bondage photos" he said . Knudsen is a subsidiary of Winn Enterprises, which is based in Fullerton. . For kids, it's a chance to see colorful Indian traditions come to life . One of the Few Peterson said the Door of Hope, which can house up to five six-member families at a time, is the only facility in the San Gabriel Valley that provides both shelter and counseling for an entire family. O'Connell Bridge spanning the Liffey offers a fine panorama of Dublin: the bookstalls along the cobblestone quays and old warehouses turned into outlets for Irish tweeds and knit sweaters. Observers said the proposition is too vague, with no one knowing the actual cost. AVALON — Historically, the city's mayor has been selected by City Council members from among themselves for a one-year term But last year, all five wanted to be mayor.

"It is not a glamorous event, but people have been wonderful" he said, with a reminder that the Education Division last year involved 300,000 students, 11,000 educators and 91 school districts in achieving their goal of making the arts available to everyone . SAN FRANCISCO-For years, employees of Esprit de Corp, the women's clothier known for bright colors and simple designs, had been able to take courses in Italian and Japanese . On the other hand, China has made such headway against tuberculosis (whose bacillus is carried by phlegm) that it is no longer considered the serious problem it once was . "Rivera helped pave the way for Latinos in higher education" said Armando Martinez, archivist in charge of the Rivera collection . Practice is as crucial to distance sports as to any athletic feat-a dance routine, a tennis tournament, a softball game. "I spoke to a few people, and they said, 'Go for it' " he said last week. Dukakis and Jesse Jackson recorded good weekend showings in Kansas, Texas and Puerto Rico.

"But if they stay home" he said, "it's Michigan" referring to the March 26 balloting in that state where Jackson trounced Dukakis by 2 to 1 . They withdrew from the area after several weeks because its isolation makes it costly to maintain troops there . Bear in mind that I was the one who always reminded you of that sweet roundelay, "Hey, hey, it's the first of May, outdoor smooching begins today" The reason I'm asking for your softest thoughts is that there is a strong possibility that I will not be around to help you day through wearisome day . They are among more than 6,000 young men and women chosen by the National Merit Scholarship Corp . Differences in available technologies as well as cultural differences meant the three could not give the Soviets the same advice they gave the Los Angeles library staff Sonic Youth Tickets . The sale came just weeks after the company said it expected to be plagued by losses throughout its 1985 fiscal year, which ended Sept 30.

The participants were the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Belgium, Britain, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Turkey and the United States . Last Friday, the jury acquitted Kurtzman of the first-degree murder charge that had been filed against him . Shoppers slip between a fish counter and a meat counter that is heavily weighted in favor of such organ meats as tongue (both pork and beef) and tripe . "The Afghan nation will be able to build its life according to its own ideas, without outside interference, on the basis of general national reconciliation" Shevardnadze said . Simultaneous acts of terror in Washington and Italy would fit the Japanese Red Army's pattern of behavior. "In all the years I've been active as a representative of 30 charter companies here, I have never seen cancellation statistics like the present ones" said Menachem Laufer, director general of Laufer Aircraft. The SEC has argued in several federal court motions that the cash belongs to 1,500 investors who lost $40 million to $60 million in several of Carter's businesses.

Earlier figures from the Orange County Department of Education and published in The Times showed that Tustin teachers who had 60 units of graduate credit and at least 10 years' experience earn a maximum of $29,564 a year. Ross said $29,564, in fact, is not the district's maximum annual salary . The withdrawal will start two weeks before the scheduled summit meeting in Moscow between President Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail S Gorbachev . It is within the discretion of the Sandinistas to make these talks succeed or fail" Critics Blast Bill Meanwhile, critics of the Contras denounced the legislation as a strategy reminiscent of early U. S involvement in the Vietnam War . Scientists for the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases said they were encouraged by the new data, which was obtained last week . The United States apparently has no photographs or other positive identification of the hijackers. It calls for stepped-up attacks on Israeli soldiers and settlers.

Five others, including two in San Diego, had significantly low bypass surgery death rates . "Now, when we happen to anchor at this cove, we affectionately refer to it as Skiff Cove" The board also deferred action on Skiff Cove . Maureen Thomas, a spokeswoman for the Santa Ana Police Department, said the only effect the Santa Ana winds have on police activity that she was aware of was "more false alarms" because the winds set off car alarms . What we've got to do is let the process play out and then unify around the nominee" Jackson's national campaign manager, California Assembly Speaker Willie Brown, also said Tuesday he didn't think there would be a stop-Jackson movement, adding: "I don't think they want to get caught doing that" Brown, who conferred with House Speaker Jim Wright (D-Tex) on Jackson's behalf, told reporters he was writing letters to all 645 of the Democrats' "super delegates-the elected officials and party leaders who are automatically entitled to a vote at the national convention-urging them to support Jackson for the nomination . A two-mile stretch of coastal highway will be closed for six months beginning next week to allow for reconstruction of the bridge over the mouth of Agua Hedionda Lagoon, officials said Wednesday. Then, after a struggle to lock Kudick in a cell, Hoglund "threw a bucket of water on him" Heidke said. We might try to step up the visibility of that in terms of drug interdiction or in terms of foreign travel" Drug interdiction is a reference to Bush's role as head of two federal anti-drug panels.

Campbell helped create the program, based on a similar model in Canada in which French is taught to English-speaking schoolchildren in Montreal. One of the hardest seats to get in Culver City is not at a concert or a sporting event, but in a kindergarten class in the Spanish Immersion Program at El Rincon Elementary School . Running strongly in white and black areas, Jackson got nearly twice as many popular votes as Dukakis, and also appeared to be winning considerably more delegates than Dukakis, based on the popular vote in the 18 congressional districts . Halpin, the prosecutor, complained that too much time already has passed since Ramirez's arrest last Aug 31 in East Los Angeles "This case should be rolling There's no reason to delay justice" Halpin told reporters "I hope the issue of who is going to represent Mr . Capone had lived on the fifth floor of the hotel, just south of the Loop business district, during the late 1920s and early '30s, a time when Chicago gained its unshakable reputation as the nation's gangster and corruption capital . And, as of early this week, not only were all 140 seats reserved, but there were 150 people on a waiting list. An allied group is under the command of Lukonyomoi p'Otunno, a powerful orator who used to preach unorthodox Christianity in Gulu and who now has a reputation as Kony's most influential adviser. English writer Godfrey Smith called it "the noble summer game" and asserted that the game was "one vast global village" Novelist Charles Morgan, writing about batsmen getting put out at the fabled Lord's cricket ground in London, said, ".