In November, updates the trade defines gap narrowed by $4. 4 billion to $13. 2 billion and closed further in December to $12. 2 billion. Supporters called the measure landmark legislation that was long overdue because the legal protections of the federal 1968 Wiretap Act are not adequate to cope with today's explosion in communications technology. They apparently hoped that the time was ripe to press for resolution of a long-held grievance. Organizers also could conduct a march on public sidewalks-while obeying traffic laws-without being asked for reimbursement. The pay and status of teachers of the youngest schoolchildren should be equal to that of other teachers. 'Take Off the Gloves' "We've got to take off the gloves" DeConcini said.

While there are indications that some rebels have smuggled drugs, no evidence of any systematic Contra involvement in the drug trade has been made public . forces in the country, set to begin next Tuesday, will be the third in three weeks The Defense Department dispatched 420 U. S . There is a $3-million judgment for a 19-year-old who dove into the San Lorenzo River-and was pulled from it a quadriplegic . They already are pressing the incumbents' unpopular positions as an issue in the campaign Other Candidates Also running are Gail V Anderson, James C Hodge Jr, Evelyn Fierro Peterson and James S (Jim) Woollacott Jr Jay Don Laurence has dropped out of the race . The doctor was notified by phone and in writing March 31, Waitley said. Not only did the bouncing workout help them get down to size-Finnegan dropped from size 16 to 6, 120 pounds; Smith from 14 to 8, 124 pounds-it helped them to view life in a brighter light "Rebounding taught me to be happy with myself. El Alisal in Spanish means the Sycamore, which was the tree that in numbers shaded the three-acre grove at Avenue 43 and Carlota Boulevard, which Lummis selected as the site for his rancho in 1897.

And unlike the slick, romantic Wild West image usually associated with mustangs, Suzie Q is ugly . Recently, he recalled, he was three hours late arriving back in Chicago from Kansas City, too late in the day to go to his office . Torres, 56, a recovered alcoholic, decided to start a program for Southern Californian longshoremen who wanted to recover from alcoholism or drug addiction With the cooperation of the Pacific Maritime Assn . She learned of them from her Secret Service detail after attending a Sunday luncheon in Bangkok with Prime Minister Prem Tinsulanonda Telephoned Husband Mrs Reagan called her husband immediately . But no more! We intend to clear this word game up! Hopefully the enclosed will serve as a reminder" The enclosed was a pad of gummed 3x4-inch memo slips with the name Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce, the chamber's logo, and the slogan, "We cover the whole area" printed in blue I see the chamber's problem. If passed by a two-thirds vote, the bed tax measure would impose an 8% tax on the use of hotel rooms in Commerce.

Apold added that in case of rioting or attacks on Americans, he would try to drive his family to nearby U. S bases for shelter Little Bit of U. S . "I made contact with everybody on the conference committee, Senate and House" he said, acknowledging that friendships spun over two decades in Congress had helped him gain access to the legislators . However, there were signs that concern over the attorney general and his ability to lead the department has not died on Capitol Hill, although no congressional opposition to Meese's nominees is apparent . David Wyss, an economist with Data Resources Inc, a forecasting firm in Lexington, Mass, noted that fully one-quarter of the new jobs-about 45,000-were in manufacturing, where employment has generally been lagging . "The thing I like most is the light on the water" Suzanne Cooke said. Under the previous law, governmental agencies, businesses and other defendants with "deep pockets" could be held liable for damages based on their ability to pay, regardless of their degree of fault.

Before his current hospitalization, Biden, 45, had been recuperating at home from surgery to repair a weakened artery supplying blood to the brain He faces a similar operation on a second artery. . Unlikely Proposals City Manager Bud Ovrom said the proposals for the farm and spaceship were "spacey ideas" the city is unlikely to accept "You always get stuff like that" he said . The United States maintains 10,000 combat troops in Panama as part of the U. S . Dingell (D-Mich) said the amendment would have little effect on criminals but "would seriously impair the rights of law-abiding citizens and sportsmen" Members voting yes wanted to keep the 1968 Gun Control Act essentially intact How They Voted Yea Nay No vote Rep Moorhead (R) x Rep Roybal (D) x Rep Waxman (D) x . But, if you are poor, you just don't get a fence" Salvino said he also objects to the city telling property owners what types of materials can be used for fencing. "I think when we look at challenges, no matter how difficult they may be, we're never given something that we don't have the ability to handle I truly believe that there's something to be gained by it. Briggs of Long Beach Poly High School will receive a scholarship from GTE Corp He is planning a career as a professional cellist.

Catholic Bishops' National Advisory Council, the 55-year-old Granada Hills resident is in a position to play a part in the fashioning of American church policy . And, he added, in the home "women are better at communicating fitness to kids than men They're with kids more They buy and prepare the food they eat . In successive primaries and caucuses, he had finished no better than third and failed to convince skeptics that he could draw large support outside his Southern base In New York, he received only 10% of the Democratic vote . All three also risk losing millions of dollars in future international bank loans and reductions in lucrative U. S sugar quotas . Akweldi Hahmedi, one of five officers who led the 1969 revolution that brought Moammar Kadafi to power. "It may not have all of the news about every subject, but as a general, panoramic cover of the world news, it's pretty hard to beat" The steady decline of AP's longtime rival, United Press International, has increased media reliance on AP in recent years. Salaries Too Low Turning to teachers, the report said both the standards and the salaries of the nation's instructors were too low to ensure top-quality faculties.

He's stuck on Mindanao thinking the Japanese haven't surrendered" But Bork has found a receptive audience Since resigning from the federal appeals court here Feb . A rent-control initiative, drafted largely through the efforts of Santa Monicans for Renters' Rights, passed by 54, and rents were immediately rolled back to what they had been a year earlier Element of Crime Tickets . You like to be with friends, but you don't just call your friends and say: 'Let's go to Maxim's tonight' The men are always in ties and dark suits, and the women mostly wear cocktail dresses It's a respect not for Maxim's It's a respect for you . economic pressure on Panama, today ordered that a $6. 5-million payment due that country on Tuesday be put into escrow . "We're all in this together" The President made clear, however, that the United States still retains the right to take unilateral action. Presently, there's a list of 30 to 40 teen-agers waiting to become club members. "The body isn't in the morgue yet, but this is giving it the last rites" said Lungren, also a member of the panel.

If profit is a main consideration in coin collecting, then only investment-quality coins should be purchased . These might include total closure of the bridges to Jordan, widespread power cutoffs in the territories and disruption of local as well as international telephone service, the sources said . The death penalty has not been carried out in California since 1967 . -To continue the current policy of observance but, in retaliation for Soviet violations of existing arms pacts, to increase spending on decoys and other measures that would improve the effectiveness of U. S missiles . In subsequent interviews, some executives attributed the low response rate to the diversity of the county's economy, in which no single industry predominates as the building industry once did. (Oley) Olsen III, seeking a second term, recently ran an ad in the city's weekly newspaper, the Catalina Islander, saying "Vote for Holly's Dad" Presumably, everyone knows that Holly is his 3-year-old daughter Councilwoman Irene L.

Three of the surplus school properties-Portuguese Bend, Loma del Mar and Pedregal-are in Rancho Palos Verdes and all are zoned for institutional use"There would have to be zone changes and amendments to our general plan before anything could be done at those sites" Negendank said . Streams of cars, trucks and campers-bearing license plates of Arizona, Michigan, Nebraska and Wisconsin, among others-flow through the gates of Rocky Mountain National Park on a typical day The number of park visitors peaked at 3. 1 million in 1978 The 1984 total was 3 million . LONDON — The number of people killed in accidents on British roads in 1985 dropped to 5,199, the lowest total in 31 years, the government said Thursday . There is always someone who sees a moth when everyone else is hoping for butterflies . Like the Caesar salad, which most people feel was tossed for the first time with its 1 1/2-minute egg at Caesar's Bar in Tijuana, the martini has its own cachet. Formidable Obstacle Nonetheless, the liability insurance matter could pose a far more formidable obstacle for the group. Time Donated On the other hand, the Kiwanis Club of Palos Verdes, which has held the 26-mile Palos Verdes Marathon in June for more than 20 years, paid nearly $3,200 for county sheriff and road costs last year, according to race director George Owens.

Using the imaging technique known as positron emission tomography (PET, which converts digital information from the brain into computer-generated pictures, scientists are recording brain activity in real time . And you know it's the '60s, when Big Ben leans over a staircase and ends their relationship by intoning, "I divorce you, I divorce you, I divorce you" Instinctively, Rachel goes north to find Jacob and his new Canadian girlfriend to ask them both for help . EST, said there was no "crisis atmosphere" in the White House that he could detect . Pimen responded that the church has no shortage of young recruits for seminaries and religious academies . His three-paragraph statement did not mention the grand jury inquiry or a series of demonstrations planned for today. PHILADELPHIA — Isom Ingram, a soft-spoken bricklayer with graying hair, said Monday that he was a little uneasy when he first started rebuilding the homes destroyed last May after police bombed a radical group's home here and fire spread out of control. Many of these comments have been enthusiastically reported in China's state-controlled media as evidence of democratization. Pete Wilson came before the Sierra Club and said he was studying controversial federal legislation to grant wilderness status to millions of acres of California desert land.

"You cannot have one country winning at the expense of all the others" the former Ford executive complained . The newspaper said Kadafi spoke in Arabic and his remarks were translated by his foreign secretary, Kamal Hassan Makour . Magistrate Claudia Wilken against Agriculture Secretary Richard E . Staff Strategy "The staff has decided to get together in its off-duty hours and figure out what we're going to do about this" Jorgensen said of the 24 employees at the park . attorney's office called "clearly illegal" ordered a convicted cocaine dealer to serve a year in prison, in defiance of a 1984 law requiring five-year minimum sentences for defendants convicted of dealing large quantities of cocaine. All of us ache for the day it will all stop, but we have to realize that war still goes on.