Raising questions assesses posed by shows Gorbachev's restructuring, Plekchanov, deputy director of Moscow's Institute for U. S. A. Fred Hallett, a senior vice president at Nassco, said work on the conversions is under budget and seven months ahead of schedule. Spokesmen at Navy and Marine Corps bases in California, and those at the command center in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, would not say whether the message from Lyons, which base commanders received Thursday, was prompted by calls from Libyan officials for Arab "suicide squads" to attack U. S installations and embassies worldwide However, an aide to U. S Rep Duncan L. Maxwell, chairman and chief executive of the Federal National Mortgage Assn-known as Fannie Mae-told a packed audience that if a federal program is not created soon, the nation will pay later, "not just in dollars, but in almost incalculable social costs"Maxwell, who was co-chairman of the task force, said that half of all low-income renters nationwide now spend more than 50% of their incomes on rent. Despite the riots attending Lucy's admission, and years of turning away qualified black applicants with form letters, Rose said the university has come "to demonstrate to the world that we belonged to the human race-and that we belonged to the part of the human race that was highly civilized". 4, when a hearing will be held to determine whether a preliminary injunction will be granted. Last week, Asch announced to the Society of Gynecological Investigation, meeting in Toronto, that two young women suffering from premature menopause became pregnant through the GIFT technique.

McPhail grew up in Cambridge, Mass, so poor that "my brother said if we hadn't had roaches, we wouldn't have had anything to play with at all" Today the 39-year-old McPhail, with a law degree from the University of Michigan, is Detroit's chief criminal prosecutor, earning $65,000 a year . Prussia, who took over those duties in August, 1984, when Robert Frick was named a vice chairman . I just don't have that customer" Included in the inventory are a number of small, local manufacturers Bailey and her mother "discovered" along with bigger names like Liza Bruce, Anne Cole, Body Glove, Raisins and Why Things Burn . That can easily be done with no damage to national security by returning the Star Wars project to the status of a serious research program that it enjoyed for 20 or so years before it was turned into a public-relations spectacle more useful in politics than in military planning . Jacoby on the "Peter Gunn" television series that ran from 1958 to 1961. State welfare agencies will only use taxpayer money to fund the procedure if the recipient is a Los Angeles County resident, even if that resident is in the country illegally. Health experts have called skin-patch diet programs the latest questionable health fad.

Benjamin, a retired attorney who opened the first Wellness Community in Santa Monica six years ago: "Cancer patients who participate in their fight for recovery along with their physicians-instead of acting as hopeless, helpless, passive victims of the disease-will improve the quality of their lives and just may enhance the possibility of their recovery" The Wellness Community is a place where a cancer patient may shed tears in an intense therapy session one day, only to reel with laughter the next day at a joke session where cancer is the butt of the humor . "We're not trying to stonewall or be difficult" Burbank Councilman Robert R Bowne said "We just want to see these things resolved . It's like people (here) can't get away from the (image of) dark, dingy pool rooms (In Japan) it's a class event It's all tuxedoes and gowns "We were there for nine days . Tuell on Tuesday night urged the nation's second-largest Protestant church to bury the idea that Methodists may believe anything they want to . It would help if Gore would let his Southern charm show and, above all, let himself go-genuineness sells Rep Richard Gephardt : He had an awful Super Tuesday. They need to gather 5,260 signatures, representing 10% of Thousand Oaks voters, by Aug 8 to succeed. She also had a money market account ranging between $100,000 and $250,000.

The so-called Aviation Trust Fund stands at more than $5 billion, with another $3 billion-plus to go in during this fiscal year . Atencio, a former high school football player and an avid weightlifter, works as a box boy at the Vons supermarket at Harbor Boulevard and Edinger Avenue in Santa Ana . via Florida and Montreal, he says he is going down to Central America, where "I expect it won't be all fun and games" He says he realizes it will be dangerous in places, but "I'm counting on the bike's popularity to pull me through" People, he says, "run after me, follow me in their cars and cheer me on" Hollywood Chamber of Commerce President Bill Welsh probably was jesting when he described himself as an "irate reader" in complaining about an item here on the chamber's efforts to correct spelling along the Walk of Fame . In fact, the group, whose 1,500 members operate firms that generate $180 billion in sales, has made improved safety a "top priority" in the coming year, according to Tim Hammonds, senior vice president . After the blue pickup stopped, a man got out of the passenger's side, walked up with a handgun and fired one shot into Avila's chest. CINCO DE MAYO CELEBRATION Margaritas Chilled Avocado-Lime Soup Crocodile Cafe's Black Bean Chili With Sirloin Jane Dunn's Blue Cornmeal Bread Mexican Chocolate Velvet CHILLED AVOCADO-LIME SOUP 4 avocados 1 lime Salt White pepper 1/2 cup Chardonnay 1 quart chicken stock Avocado slices Thin lime slices Place avocado pulp in bowl, add lime juice and season to taste with salt and white pepper Turn avocado into food processor or blender Add Chardonnay and some of chicken stock and blend Continue adding stock until soup is creamy but easy to pour Taste and adjust seasonings as needed Chill soup Garnish each serving with avocado slices and lime slice Makes 8 servings. The conversation was all in Russian, and by most accounts, if a visitor closed his eyes and used a little imagination, it could have been a crowded apartment in downtown Moscow or Leningrad, with the heroes of one of the most successful human rights movements of the last generation sitting around a battered table, drinking strong tea and talking about the dream of emigration.

"We cannot 'out-seafood' some of the other seafood restaurants" said Randy Hiatt, vice president of specialty restaurant operations for W. R Grace . They'll be all right" Tuesday evening at Ferrara Colonial Mortuary in Orange, more than 20 mourners filed by Bottjer's casket . Wilson, the former mayor of San Diego, is running best in Southern California outside of Los Angeles County . Liquidity Improved "Financially, we are much more stable" said Robin H H Wilson, Western's president . The five killed were John Bakos, 22; Ronald Myers, 22; Anthony Sutton, 27, all of Seal Beach; Kathy Weaver, 24, of Laguna Beach, and Patricia Hulings, 20, of Downey. If the restriction hampers his commission duties, Hawthorne said, he would resign. To make matters worse for Apple, many of the companies that make Macintosh software are developing similar programs to run under OS/2's Presentation Manager.

That night, a student friend, who had taken advantage of the still clement temperature to get a midnight swim on a beach near Algiers, got the surprise of his life when an otherworldly craft spewed out at his feet a group of men in combat gear, of whom one introduced himself as U. S Gen James H Doolittle and requested directions and discretion . Delores Welty, a Leucadia resident, wrote the commission that Pac-Tex President Cecil Owens "does not appear to be a good business risk-an apparent reference to complaints from Pac-Tex investors that led to a run-in the company had with the U. S Securities and Exchange Commission last year . If you feel stressed, tired and fragmented, and seem to be going in 20 different directions at once, let Ta'i Chi Ch'uan bring your inner world into a clearer focus and you'll feel more peaceful, centered and whole. . trade performance implied American manufacturers have yet to feel much benefit from the declines in the dollar and interest rates The Commerce Department said the U. S . This particular institution holds about one-third of the $210-billion farm debt now owed banks and the government. Sparks said he and other members of the team from Blackman Mooring Steamatic Catastrophes Inc. Gorbachev is reported by his supporters to be preparing a whole speech on "history-the crimes of the Stalinist period-that he may deliver during a Communist Party conference in late June at which he will seek to extend his mandate for economic and political reform As a historian, Gorbachev is not without his critics Within the Politburo itself, Yegor K.

David & Co, the beleaguered La Jolla investment firm founded by J David (Jerry) Dominelli . The farm was "in the way of progress" a phrase I heard over and over again Eventually, the developers will have their way Every day, thousands pass by these and other city farms . More than 60 survivors of the massacre sued McDonald's and numerous other defendants in the search of compensation for the tragedy But the claims have slowly unraveled A U. S . The better-mousetrap builder must be able to afford many millions of dollars to gain public attention or the path to his door quickly will become overgrown with weeds Colorado Rockies Schedule . The Soviets say that control points should be established in both the East and West through which troops would pass and be checked when they are withdrawn from the "reduction zone" of the central front. VIENNA — After a few brief months of optimism after the Reagan-Gorbachev summit last November, the 14-year-old negotiations between the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and the Warsaw Pact on reducing conventional military forces in Europe are now going backward, officials said Thursday. "I think the experience of going to a Wolfgang Puck restaurant on the beach in Malibu will be unlike any other in Los Angeles" Crummer said. The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department as well as dozens of law enforcement agencies in the Southland use the hollow-point bullets.

Southern Nevada will be sunny and warm with highs from the mid-70s to the upper 80s . Eastland, 38, is a staunch political conservative who has helped craft many of Meese's most controversial speeches on subjects ranging from civil rights policies to criticisms of Supreme Court rulings Education Secretary William J . What are the implications for the county if a long and protracted lawsuit develops? Will the county be in a growth limbo? Simon: I think the county is going to be in a growth limbo if the initiative passes, whether there's a lawsuit or not, because it's going to take a considerable period of time for the county to get the rules in effect to implement it Grossman: It is, in fact, law as soon as it passes . "We're not dealing in the sphere of whether these individuals, or either of them, exercised good judgment or lack of good judgment in the expenditures they've made" he said . The Soviet Union is a prime target of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries' campaign to flood the already glutted market in a high-stakes gamble to compel outside producers to prop up prices by curbing exports. "Work hours were up, hourly wage was up, overtime hours were up" Levine said. Supreme Court says the NAACP can move its battle up to the federal courts.

The man-made pond, used by cattle during the region's ranching days, is backed by some handsome boulders . The final closing of the deal between GM and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the sole owner of Hughes Aircraft, could occur as early as Dec . That's a separate issue" It remained a matter of major importance to Sherman Oaks leaders late Monday, however . Now, the TVs and almost everything else is coming this way from Japan" National Metal's trading record and Faversham's experience are allegorical . The company assigned workmen Tuesday to investigate problems with the stucco-covered block wall, which is perched atop a 20-foot slope and shields homes from traffic on Thousand Oaks Boulevard. The recipe lends itself to processor preparation since the machine grates Parmesan and Romano cheeses and kneads the bread dough in about 1 minute. He said Ward is a suspect in the killing of Jessie Hall, 24, who was shot in the back May 21 in what police believe was a drug deal that went awry.

And her chief strategist in the Southeast operation said that county voter records show that O'Connor's efforts in the minority community turned out more total voters in council District 4 than voted in the 1983 mayoral primary . Convicted of a series of political crimes, he was executed immediately after that trial in August, 1936 Lev B . If Afghanistan is to regain its independence, the moujahedeen must unify to form a single authority that can govern the country . Chirlin granted his request to represent himself, relieving court-appointed attorneys Richard A Leonard and Rita-Jane Baird . Mitchell of Maine, appearing on CBS-TV's "Face the Nation" with Boschwitz, declared that Meese devotes most of his time to defending himself against an array of accusations and should step down in the interests of the nation. It included suggestions about the community's future, but it was not a comprehensive planning document addressing urban problems in the language and scope of city planners. Confusion on Outlook Investors were still adjusting to Tuesday's announcement of a stunning decline in the March trade deficit.

Between 80,000 and 100,000 Jews left their native Russia or Europe, sailed the Atlantic Ocean, journeyed to the American interior and worked the resistant land on settlements financed by De Hirsch and other philanthropists . In Tokyo, the First Lady began another day of cultural events this morning with a visit to a "sister school" of an elementary school in Washington D. C Mrs . After Torres was told that the plastic bag had been taken to the office, police said, she went there and asked for an "Amway" product she had left in the bag "Stupidly, I guess, we gave it to her" Cloeter said . Ambassador Thomas Pickering, was signed by most members of the right-wing Likud Bloc in the Israeli Parliament and by the left-wing Mapam faction . The IRS would question the numbers, and if the taxpayer explained honestly, the IRS "would assign them an internal processing number, for the IRS alone" says IRS spokesman Shirley Nakagawa in Los Angeles. "John's a dear boy, but he can't sing" one elderly woman said. The Korean firm was a joint venture partner with Northrop to build a hotel in Seoul.

Not bad, says his mother, for a kid who's only been skateboarding a year Better yet for someone 3 1/2 years old . But, at last count by the Los Angeles Zoo, there were 25 to 45 turtledoves in the Old Plaza area . The labor-delivery-recovery rooms enable the mother to labor and deliver "in an environment that is relaxed and homelike, and will make short stays possible" health officials said . These mentally ill individuals were not part of our landscape 25 years ago when we started emptying state mental hospitals . A bit of planning and some make-ahead recipes will satisfy those hunger pangs while ensuring that the cook doesn't miss any action either. He designed the kangaroo in 1980 to protest the exportation of kangaroo meat and hides from Australia. It's an old-time hootenanny during Mother's Day weekend, May 7-8.

As "grip men" and conductors soon learned, and it seems that engineers knew at the time, the rebuilt system still had its problems-among other things, droopy cables, quirky gearboxes and a new car barn, or garage, that did not meet the city's own building and safety codes Today, four years later, the country's only mobile U. S . The hotel/clinic, classified by the Romanians as a deluxe hotel, would be classified by Americans as a "good" hotel . The Developmental Disabilities Center in Orange has named Carl Karcher, founder and chairman of Carl Karcher Enterprises Inc, which operates Carl's Jr restaurants, as Employer of the Year . It occupies more than 1,600 square feet, with each room measuring 6-by-15 feet . Does your dog have cataracts? Bring the animal here for precision eye surgery. The library already is collecting historic materials on the controversies of the 1980s. SACRAMENTO — During his long career as a crusader against taxes, the late Howard Jarvis got an encouraging letter from British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and had his picture taken in the White House. Just go out there and shoot, then shoot some more and, finally, shoot even more.