On almost explains any day imparts of the week, they can be found wandering the darkened hallw. view of things to come is not shared by some other Western diplomats, notably the British, who think the Najibullah government has more support-and more staying power-than the Americans believe. Although Dukakis leads solidly in state polls, aides fear that an especially heavy turnout among blacks for Jackson, or an erosion of Jewish support from Dukakis to third-place rival Albert Gore Jr, could undermine Dukakis' lead. The Pentagon, citing other Soviet weapons advances, has found that: -Additional strategic ballistic missile submarines in the Typhoon and Delta IV classes, each capable of sending nuclear warheads to targets about 5,000 miles away, have been launched from hidden underwater launch sites. "Waste oil has become a very easy medium to kind of dump stuff into and get rid of" said Stephen Lavinger, a toxic substance enforcement official with the California Department of Health Services. PTL officials vowed to fight an Internal Revenue Service ruling stripping the bankrupt television ministry of its tax-exempt status and blamed big salaries paid to Jim and Tammy Bakker for PTL's troubles. In an effort to help businesses cope with the disruption, City Manager Gregory Meyer will recommend to the City Council next week that the city sell validation stamps to merchants at a reduced rate during the construction period.

While Iran has fired more than 70 surface-to-surface Scud missiles at targets in and around Iraqi urban areas during the so-called war of the cities, Wednesday's attack was believed to be the first time that Iran has launched such a missile against a third country . Ostlind said that he and Moe plan to cross-country-ski across the Scandinavian peninsula following old Lapplander trade routes . A student pilot who survived after his plane crashed into a mountain in San Diego County was found about a mile from the wreckage by a sheriff's search party . It is not clear what impact such a ruling would have on the Iran-Contra indictments of former White House aides North and Poindexter and the conviction of former Reagan aide Lyn Nofziger for illegal lobbying . The program was tested last year in some cities in the Southeast, where an earlier survey showed such an alarmingly high incidence of stroke that the Sun Belt's 14 contiguous states have been dubbed the "stroke belt"NEW YORK — Black Americans are the targets of one of the country's top killers-stroke-whose cause can be as silent as it is deadly. The marmalade can also be a bright idea for Christmas gifts, if made to be stored in sterilized sealed jars. and Soviet military officials, after a year of talks since a Soviet sentry killed Maj Arthur D Nicholson Jr.

He looks straight at you and has a feeling for people that's tremendous" Nikolas Patsaouras, a director of the RTD and a well-known leader in Southern California's 75,000-strong Greek community, said most Greeks in California are registered Republican . The council should be able to find funds somewhere to upgrade downtown" Stach said . One gives residency status to illegal aliens living in the Unites States since 1982 . One self-proclaimed OMS, in fact, is Ross LeBaron, Ervil's older brother, a harmless, gentle old eccentric with a hoary white beard who recently even guest-hosted a talk show on station KZZI, operated by a brazen band of Texans who take open delight in antagonizing the Mormon church leadership . On a cruise, you can talk to any number of provocative people or stay in your deck chair and watch the water change from jade to amethyst. The dolphins made their entrance right on schedule, making their silken leaps in perfect formation. "It took him 2 1/2 years before the people of this state ever really got a chance to see him anywhere. Neither Gerson nor any of the outgoing council members-Benjamin H.

On May 3, about 500 students staged a sit-in at the Sorbonne, the old and respected university in Paris, to protest disciplinary action at Nanterre . Batson also said that his campaign literature accurately reflects Melton's comments on crime and safety in the downtown-area district . Heinlein was the winner of an unprecedented four Hugo awards, given by a popular vote of science fiction fans for best novel of the year . They had been understanding and supportive after the death of their father . An eye-level awning only partially impeded a view of Fashion Island and the ocean beyond. The inauguration was accompanied by an all-day conference focusing on the three major points of Rivera's life: literature, civic activism and education. Nader made his pledge after organizers said that "it's going to be close" in obtaining the 372,178 valid signatures necessary to qualify the measure, one of five proposals vying for voters' attention that promise relief from high insurance costs.

The photograph on the dust jacket of his new book, "Freaky Deaky" is by Annie Leibovitz"for the American Express Card" an apparent reference to the kind of commercial endorsement that is a sure sign of celebrity . Most of our Irish ancestors who came to the New World before 1815 were young men, 16 to 40 . "Do we want the new leadership or the old? I don't believe they're going to vote on programs" Knowles, a council member since 1978, and Margrave supported the proposed construction of a new civic center at El Centro and Meridian avenues . 'Hands-On Style' As he has before, Bush again pledged to personally sit at the table with congressional leaders and negotiate details of a deficit-reduction plan if he is elected This is part of what he describes as his "hands-on" style . High winds pushed the flames across parts of five counties north and east of Abilene, with the bulk of the damage in Shackelford County to the north of Clyde. . Born in Odessa on the Black Sea, he was only 5 when admitted to the prestigious Odessa Institute of Music and Drama and eight years later gave what accounts of that day described as a "sensational" first recital. Middlebrooks, the 6-7, 240-pound power forward who was named the WCAC player of the year, averaged 19. 6 points a game and topped the conference in rebounding with a 10. 7 average.

On weekends, though, he becomes a modern-day Pony Express rider, heading out in his black Ford pickup to train near Lake Elsinore, where horses Billy and Mogli and his ride-and-tie partner, Gary Polhill, live . Limitations on movement for the Southern Command troops were decreased Friday to "alpha" level, the least strict of four restrictions . Urges Equal Payments Answering questions, the secretary general said he believes the five permanent members of the Security Council "should pay more or less the same amount because they are privileged persons in this house" The United States, Britain, France, the Soviet Union and China, as permanent members of the Security Council, hold veto power over its actions, although their contributions range from the United States' 25% downward to 0. 79% paid by China A proposal by Sen . The nation's major accounting firms, law firms, insurance companies and stockbrokerages already have offices in the county . Hillery, now 54, has had two death sentences in the case overturned because of legal technicalities He won a new trial when the U S. At the request of Councilman Evan Anderson Braude, the council voted 7 to 1 Tuesday night to send the matter to the Legislation Committee, headed by Braude. 27% of all students had used marijuana in the previous month 7% of all students had used cocaine in the previous month.

He was reported in stable condition Saturday at County-USC Medical Center . Sally McElwreath cited "very poor bookings" for the decision to cancel the flights, which have not operated since the April 2 bombing that blew a hole in a Boeing 727 and killed four Americans aboard Sesame Street Live When Elmo Grows Up Tickets . The Colorado Democrat offered his help and kind words but no endorsements to the five hopefuls still vying for nomination at the 1988 National Democratic Convention "The people are the strength of this country . 2 contender was starting the final lap of the long primary season as the campaign turned to the major industrial states of the North and West . Flashes of Lights Flashes of lights illuminated the southern and eastern sectors of the city, where Kadafi's residence and headquarters, in the Aziziya Barracks, and the military airfield that was once the United States' Wheelus Air Force Base, are located Bright orange tracer shells streaked across the sky. From the Philippines came an antique, rather formal gown with high, stiff, butterfly shoulders. Barks, the City Council's official delegate to the sister city, made hotel and travel arrangements for each of the three years He purchased plane tickets for the trips from Beach Travel.

A spokesman for Affirmation, a Methodist gay caucus, said his group expected the defeats Monday . Cory Aquino is not the type that will be a dictator" he said . "None of us know the truth" said Timothy Couch's sister, Sandra, who was also at the mortuary on Monday Los Angeles Police Sgt . Whitworth as early as 1973 that she knew her husband "was recruiting him to spy" and warned him that John Walker "couldn't be trusted" In an emotional 45 minutes of testimony about her life as the wife of a spy for the Soviet Union, Barbara Joy Crowley Walker said her husband gave her "two black eyes" when she accused him of spying, told of accompanying him on "drops" of classified information to prove "how much I cared" and described years of agonizing over whether to turn her husband in . Cabrera was in charge of police who allowed Marcos loyalists to camp out across the street from the U. S Embassy in downtown Manila for about three weeks. But analysts said upward pressure on prices is only going to worsen in the months ahead, stirring speculation that the Federal Reserve Board might tighten credit to both dampen inflation and prevent the dollar from losing further value. The plan probably will be on the council's agenda when it meets next Tuesday, she said.

"This is a campaign over whether the swap meet will elect the council, or the people" Weldon said . "I go into county government offices" Worden said, "and most of them have maps that end at the San Fernando Valley on the north, and then there's a little inset, that's not even to scale, that shows where we live Even the county workers don't know where we are They think we're next to Lancaster . But I've never been defeated and never will be" Dole, who has been without a primary win for more than a month, tipped his hat to Bush . They like living in ivy-covered lawns, bushy shrubs and full, mature trees often found on the sprawling grounds of multimillion-dollar homes in places like Brentwood, Bel-Air, Benedict Canyon and Beverly Hills . Under the new system, state and local law enforcement agencies will forward individual records to the FBI each month for selected crimes and arrests rather than submitting monthly summary statistics, as they now do. UCLA Coach Glenn Bassett said the outlook for 1989 should be good with the five incoming freshmen, seven returning players from this year's squad and a healthy Dan Nahirny, the All-American who missed this season with a knee injury. The feeling is one of an all-out war" 'Less Than Animals' At the funeral last month of Tirza Porat, a 15-year-old Israeli killed during a rock-throwing melee in a West Bank Arab village in which two Palestinians were shot to death by an Israeli guard, Deputy Prime Minister David Levy thundered that the stone throwers were "less than animals" (An army report on the incident released last week confirmed that the girl was accidentally shot to death by the Israeli guard, not stoned to death by the villagers.

No one is sure how many Americans have stayed on here, except for the Libyans, and they will not say. TRIPOLI, Libya — It was right after last month's Gulf of Sidra crisis, and Col . The court held unanimously that unlike manufacturers of other products, drug makers cannot be held strictly liable for harm caused by product defects . The Internal Revenue Service is as inept and clownish as any agency I have ever dealt with in my life . On the average, 70% of such applications result in residential units being built . "We think this strengthens our stand that emergency planning shouldn't be passed off as an exercise" said Nora Bredes, executive coordinator of the Shoreham Opponents Coalition. Challengers Mark Werksman and Ron Stone have both criticized Schulte for voting to allow a Sunset Boulevard building project soon after receiving a political contribution from the project's developers. The struggle flared up again last month when Arcadia ignored protests from El Monte and granted a conditional-use permit that will allow the owner of the property to sell three acres of the site to Public Storage Inc for a storage facility.

Miller was portrayed Friday as "silly and lightheaded" from margaritas and cognac as he drove with his Russian girlfriend to San Francisco in 1984 to deliver secret FBI documents to KGB officials at the Soviet Consulate . We still don't succeed in all cases, although we do in the vast majority" said Dr Thomas E . "I only like poisonous snakes" he announced, as he tried to outstare a nonpoisonous Coastal Rosy Boa, whose habitat is Southern California . "Hoover claimed that he had read 'literally thousands of books, giving at least two hours nightly and all spare time on long voyages' " Robert V Frampton of Pasadena notes that Hoover and Mrs . If it succeeds, the House probably will consider a vote of its own Friday. When the parts supplied were subsequently tested during the criminal investigation, "all of them failed" Fahey said. The former secretary wrote to complain about job stress because, in part, she was working overtime and on weekends to handle her secretarial tasks and the dissertation.

Joseph Montoya (D-Whittier, one of three sponsors of Proposition 73, a June ballot measure to limit campaign contributions, has appealed to lobbyists to contribute $500 each to what he is calling his "last-chance" fund-raiser . The blast of frigid air blowing south from Canada was expected to bring subfreezing weather to northern Florida and near-freezing temperatures to central Florida by this morning . In a speech in Boston, Weinberger defended the Strategic Defense Initiative, a research and development program commonly known as "Star Wars" which was first announced by President Reagan three years ago and designed to protect the United States from a Soviet missile strike . To them, Lehder was the prime catch: more than a kingpin smuggler, he was also a political screwball . The nonprofit committee got $9. 8 million in dues and contributions in 1984, according to its accountant Joseph Ransom, up from $1. 7 million in 1983. Two other companies reportedly also are making similar devices. On the development issue, he said that it was important to maintain the city's ambiance.

9, bore "a striking similarity" to the timing of his nearly successful coup last Aug 28, the president said . Basically, arepas are something like jelly doughnuts stuffed instead with anything from cheese to chicken, pork or beef-and always butter, lots of butter . Neighbor Jason Wesner, 18, said: "People might make it like a Ramirez thing, but I don't think people should be scared" Later neighbors learned that the attacker reportedly wore a cap similar to that worn by Richard Ramirez, suspected of being the Night Stalker . He was also reported to be angry at the focus on astrology, and an aide assured reporters that "we do not intend to have stargazers in this Administration" The inauguration was then rescheduled to 12:01 a. m . Authorize parole boards to order restitution as a condition of parole and allow correctional authorities to garnishee the wages of prisoners and parolees. Since last summer, American warships have been escorting 11 newly U. S-registered Kuwaiti oil tankers to underscore its commitment to keeping open vital sea lanes leading to the oil-rich gulf. "I wonder if this stuff will come off" Society chairwoman Eva Schneider was credited not only with the tux-and-tennies theme but with organizing the entire gala, sans committee "I had a lot of help from the staff" she said But Caldwell put it another way "This wasn't organized by a committee" he said.