People who expresses never need unravels a truck to haul anything more than groceries and kids are trading in their old passenger cars for a taste of "urban cowboy" driving in new mini-pickups. The other four, including the 22-year-old pilot, were pulled out of the water by harbor police, who found two men clinging to pontoons and two grasping for other bits of wreckage They were not seriously injured. "We're just now getting into the fire zone" Hechter said in an evening telephone interview 'Could Have Been Much Worse' Nevada Gov. Schwantes said the slide has accelerated and now covers "10 times the area mapped by the county in 1981" Councilwoman Ginny Leeuwenburgh took issue with the consultants for not considering a series of county reports that monitored the ever-widening landslide during 1984 and 1985 "I am concerned about your information" Leeuwenburgh said City Manager Terrence L. Their wedding July 29, 1981, was among the monarchy's most elaborate events and one of the biggest television spectacles in history-watched by an estimated 1 billion people in 70 countries. LONDON — Gone is the empire upon which the sun never set and Britain's power has dwindled during her reign, but Queen Elizabeth II has propelled the British monarchy to the pinnacle of international superstardom. A look at the companies that led the state in sales last year shows that, for some at least, older means bigger And richer. The funding level for the Pentagon in both the House and Senate versions of the bill is 1% lower than last year when adjusted for inflation. .

Having been through the process so many times, she has a feel for the peculiar psychological spin of a development battle, she says . But it added: "We do not agree that our decision today will undermine the contribution the challenge generally makes to the administration of justice . For example, the school's percentage of correct answers on the math test was 68. 2 in 1983-84, 62. 7 in 1984-85 and 66. 3 in 1985-86 . By pressuring Muslim militants to release three French hostages in Lebanon earlier this month, Iran probably hoped to drive a wedge between Europe and the United States and break up what had been a solid Western front opposed to Iranian interests both in the United Nations and in the gulf region . Wes Herman, an engineer-inspector with the Santa Barbara County Fire Department, said the toxic cloud was carried upward, allowing it to dissipate before it fell back to earth. Early SettlersDICKSON, Soviet Union — Igor Perlovsky is a big man in Dickson He runs the only bar in town He owns the only video recorder. 31, including 2,722 who have died from the disease. The initial draft of a long-awaited Los Angeles County study on the human and financial impact of the AIDS epidemic was released Friday with predictions that as many as 340,000 people in the county may be infected with the AIDS virus by 1991-far higher than any previous prediction.

— The water at Richardson Bay was as still and smooth as a sheet of green glass one recent morning, but Larry Moyer, who has lived on houseboats here for nearly 20 years, says that when storms pass through, the bay can become a pretty rough place to live . Even though Jackson was running second, his showing was a strong one, more than doubling the 16% of the vote he received in 1984 Jackson was expected to get about 16 of the delegates . "It's easy for anybody to distort something as a way to advocate This distortion goes beyond advocacy" James L . Congress, which at one point had threatened to cut off funding to the Justice Department and various agencies over the contracting stay issue, intervened in the present case in seeking to have the law held constitutional . Gabrial Groves, a spokeswoman for the Air Force's Space Division in Hawthorne. Lauder would not confirm or deny the seven-figure fee reportedly being paid to the Czech-born birthday girl, who will appear in all ads and commercials for the $300-an-ounce woodsy perfume, which debuts at Bullock's on Sunday. 'The Best Place' Torres, who has been conducting a legislative review of the program, said the controller's office "is the best place to put the victims program" because Davis already has a well-trained auditing and fiscal review staff in place.

According to Israeli government sources, the final go-ahead was given Wednesday, April 13, at a meeting of the 10-member inner Cabinet . "At first, I thought we'd simply move commencement to under the shade of the trees" McCoy said . And the postwar concern for historical beauty, once people were properly housed, helps to explain how West Germany has largely managed to avoid the "Brave New World" approach of cold-blooded modernism that has turned out to be so unappealing to many urban dwellers. . Miller explained that the Red Ribbon 100 is a pilot program for the American Red Cross . Another brother apparently died in the explosion on the plane, the newspaper said, not mentioning how the fifth family member might have died. "I'm dismayed that we keep getting questions related to teachers' issues" said Jerome Orlando Torres, a candidate in District 3, responding to a question regarding academic freedom. The City Council gave final approval last July to a $1-billion downtown redevelopment project whose centerpiece included renovating and expanding the aging building.

If no action is taken, the city will be hit harder in subsequent cases over the same safety hazard . In apparent warnings to private business, the "state of urgency" declaration accused store owners of purposely paying workers with checks, knowing that because banks are closed here owing to a shortage of dollars, the checks are worthless . Lending some support to this scenario Thursday was Brown, who has backed the trial lawyers in the past but who said in an interview that he had assured Robbins in discussions this week that he will "put no roadblocks in the way" of his measure . They may call the wind Maria in some places (mostly in folk songs, but hereabouts they call it the Santa Ana . "I think people are going to vote 'Yes, we do not want gambling in Cudahy' " Gambling proponents like Lynwood Evans, one of the councilmen defeated last month, argue that taxpayers will only hurt themselves if they turn their backs on the potential revenue that card clubs can generate. The source said an additional, unpublicized payment of $330 million was made later. Capitol Hill officials said more than a half million phone calls were received by congressional offices on Thursday, running as high as 80,000 an hour.

In the program, teachers speak only Spanish with the children for the first two years of school, although the children speak mostly English among themselves and to the teachers, according to Vera Jashni, assistant superintendent of Culver City Unified School District . The eighth girl and assistant coach Steve Nicolai were treated for minor injuries and released . Smith did not disclose the nature of their proof in their filing . Allen, a professor of government at Harvey Mudd College in Claremont and one of two black candidates in the primary for the nomination to oppose Democratic Sen . The pact also contains a controversial clause requiring the United States to end weapons shipments to the guerrillas once the Soviet troops begin to depart, even though Moscow would be under no similar obligation to stop supplying weapons to the Marxist government in Afghanistan's capital, Kabul. Many of the people there are severely mentally retarded and physically deformed Some cannot hear or see or speak or walk. In the program, teachers speak only Spanish with the children for the first two years of school, although the children speak mostly English among themselves and to the teachers, according to Vera Jashni, assistant superintendent of Culver City Unified School District Sol Jibe Tickets .

McFarlane, in a deal struck with the Iran-Contra independent counsel, pleaded guilty today to four misdemeanor charges of withholding information from Congress about Reagan Administration efforts to help Nicaraguan Contra rebels during a statutory ban on military aid McFarlane, standing before U. S District Judge Aubrey E . Both applauded the designer's short black coatdresses, slim-skirted navy suits with dotted silk blouses and her red or black jersey dresses with mid-calf-length skirts . Bernard Katzman, president of the California Applicants' Attorneys Assn, a group representing lawyers who specialize in compensation cases, criticized Mangiafico and other business leaders for generating hysteria over stress cases that incorrectly puts the blame for the increase on attorneys and the victims . In all, with several cities flunking both the ozone and the carbon monoxide tests, 107 areas, including 24 of the country's 25 largest metropolitan regions, had unhealthful air during periods of 1987, the new EPA data showed. EPA officials emphasized that weather problems aggravated pollution in 1987 . With 115 of the Kansas caucuses reporting, Dukakis had the support of 278 delegates to the state's regional conventions, Jackson had 235 and Tennessee Sen Albert Gore Jr had 125 Trailing was Missouri Rep Richard A Gephardt with 12 delegates, while Illinois Sen Paul Simon had none Another 114 delegates were uncommitted. Other plans had included carving up the building so that it could house a number of smaller businesses, Millais said. Kinko's Professional Publishing Co, a chain of 400 photocopying shops best known for operating 24-hour stores near college campuses, will move its headquarters from Santa Barbara to the vacant former home of Vetco Offshore in Ventura, company officials announced Wednesday. SAO PAULO, Brazil — A revolt at the Neves jail near the central Brazilian city of Belo Horizonte ended peacefully Tuesday when 20 inmates released 28 hostages they had been holding since Saturday, prison officials said. .

Over the years, the storefronts, had, in Riggio's words, become "all garbaged up with old signs"The story of Norwalk's Front Street shopping district is the usual tale of small-town eminence chipped and faded to a memory by the onslaught of suburbia . "It's a war, and yet not a war in the sense we've known it" House Minority Leader Robert H Michel (R-Ill) said . Tenzing, who was not even sure of the year he was born but thought it was 1914, worked as a porter for at least six earlier Everest expeditions (the number varied in the telling, but the first was in 1936) attempting to scale what the devout Buddhist Sherpas call "Goddess-Mother-of-the-World" Treacherous Slopes Those experiences not only familiarized him with the treacherous slopes of Everest but enabled him to develop a smattering of French and English . One reason for the lower level of political activity, the candidates agree, is the fact that there there are only three people running . Their faces lose the wide-open girlish quality; instead, the mouths become drawn and thin, the eyes tightly focused and hard. "All units and individuals must respect the nation's constitution and laws, protect the unity of the motherland and the unity between its nationalities and oppose any person making use of religious places or religious activities to carry out illegal criminal activity" the posters said, in a warning to independence-minded Tibetans. 2,000 Residents Affected About 600 homes were destroyed and 200 others damaged, said Mayor Rick Rhodes, who added that more than 2,000 of the city's 12,000 residents had been affected Rhodes imposed a 7:30 p. m curfew Saturday in the damaged area Gov Mark White was scheduled to tour the town today.

I was probably gored about 14 times in 30 seconds" Others at the camp whisked Alex away, safely stashing him up a tree . Although tan-promoting products are still the biggest sellers, sales of sunscreens and sunblocks are increasing at twice the rate of the rest of the market, a Kline spokesman said, adding that people in the industry attribute this to a greater public awareness of the link between skin cancer and sun exposure . Appeal Possible The 12 other Palestinians ordered deported today may appeal Israel has deported more than 1,000 Palestinians since 1967 . The setbacks represented a steep fall for Garamendi, who only last summer was regarded as a potentially strong challenger to Bradley for this year's Democratic gubernatorial nomination, and who privately was feared by strategists for Republican Gov George Deukmejian . The house is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. — The first man to invoke Colorado's "Make My Day" defense in a shooting has been convicted in a separate case of murdering his estranged wife and wounding her boyfriend. Clad in a fire-truck-red coat-dress with blue velvet lapels, Leona Helmsley held her head high, linked arms with her husband and smiled at the mass of reporters outside the courthouse.

John Seymour (R-Anaheim, chairman of the Senate Republican caucus . The district's superintendent has resigned, partly over a dispute with the school board over his recommendation that two of the former teachers be retained as substitutes . "It's a guerrilla war that's sometimes hot, sometimes cool" said Merton H . "The concussion was so strong we told everybody to get back inside" he said. . The settlement came four days before the wrongful death lawsuit brought by Patricia Ann Ridge was to begin trial in Orange County Superior Court and three years after 5-year-old Patrick Andrew Mason was accidentally killed in his mother's apartment by Anthony Sperl. The statistics below are based on the July exam, with schools ranked by the highest percentage of first-timers that passed Schools listed in bold are in Orange County Rankings of correspondence schools are not included First Timers School No. Once, McKee closed the door of her second-floor apartment on 77th Street to get away from that noise.

If Congress believes that the President is not carrying out his duty, it can impeach him, he concluded . He knew his marketing could be through the sport's two organizations, its national championship, its magazines and mailing lists. SANTA BARBARA — The literary journey is as familiar as a family classic . A sign on the gates said entry was by special permit only "due to a high number of complaints" . He was at the center of Democratic efforts to block aid to the Nicaraguan insurgents . McInerney, wide receiver Marco Sanchez and wingback Joey Magdaleno were All-County in football. payments to the Philippines are only one-sixth of the total of $1. 3 billion that America pays the governments of Greece, Turkey and Spain to maintain military bases there, and he reiterated his belief that Clark and Subic exist only to further America's security interests, not those of the Philippines In a recent interview, Defense Secretary Fidel V. These "lodges" some of them centuries old, are filled with the sweet, rich smell of Port maturing in oak casks that can be up to 21 feet tall.

"If you had been with us when we made this proposal you would have voted against it like other members of the council" Bernardi shot back . Myrtle Siemsen said at Voula Hospital near the airport, "It sounded like there was an explosion right outside the window . MOSCOW — The Soviet Union still wants a full summit with President Reagan in Washington despite Kremlin leader Mikhail S . "Those sexy Italians" saw Antonio Cagnolo, owner of Antonello's restaurant in Santa Ana, and Domenick Roppolo taking the ramp to whistles and howls from applauding onlookers . Consolidated Aeronautics is accused of providing used, altered and refurbished hydraulics parts for a variety of military aircraft-including the A-7, B-52, F-104 and C-141. Moorpark is also out of action, tending to wounds suffered during an injury-riddled season that produced a record of 11-23, 6-19 in WSC play. "We were told that the purpose of the centennial committee was to promote centennial events.

George Deukmejian, who appointed Lungren after the death last August of Democratic state Treasurer Jesse M Unruh . A speech by Beijing University President Ding Shisun endorsing some common complaints of students and intellectuals-delivered during a small group discussion session at the Political Consultative Conference last Monday and reported the next day in the newspaper Chinese Youth-apparently helped touch off the poster writing at the university and the subsequent demonstration Sunday. BEIJING — A small group of university students staged a sit-down demonstration Sunday in Tian An Men Square in the heart of Beijing to press for increased funding of education and higher pay for intellectuals . "The generation that is in elementary school now, they're certainly in the video age" Lincoln said . Malcolm, 33, of South Gate were arrested after a short vehicle chase and foot pursuit by the South Gate police . Candidates for psychological counseling "have a vague sense of uneasiness or depression (and) they're not sure where it's coming from" added Burns. Follow your interests to where you know the market and mailing lists are. Long Beach, the state's fifth-largest city, will take the first step toward revamping the structure of both its city government and that of the unified school district.