Many Americans reveals may remember informs Operation Phoenix, the South Vietnamese program to identify Viet Cong, which some said was nothing more than an assassination program. Republicans initially voted against the Assembly's $45. 1-billion version of the governor's budget, saying they wanted to send it back to the Ways and Means Committee to make further cuts. Though I doubt I'll ever get the Miocene and Pliocene ages right, I did learn the difference between a natural arch and a natural bridge, a mesa and a butte, and Indian pictographs and petroglyphs. If I had to find the perfect phrase to describe Utah as seen from our motor home during a tour of the southern portion of that state, it would be deja vu. Budget cuts mandated by the new Gramm-Rudman-Hollings balanced-budget law will make it necessary to cut back, or possibly eliminate, some federal aid to students, the Reagan Administration has said. Given the choice of an IRS audit or what we used to call a Sunday drive, the average county commuter probably would pick the audit. Partly for that reason, some aviation and electronics industry observers doubt that Air/Space America will get off the ground May 13 for its planned nine-day run.

Newport Beach teen-agers would have more of a say in how their city runs, particularly in how they are treated by local police and government leaders, if the City Council votes Monday night to establish a youth council . Hodel overreacted in an apparent attempt to cut political losses . But now, said Beswick, he is doing it out of concern that Caltrans, which has ultimate say over the murals, might decide to simply sandblast or paint over the murals . In a very positive tone and with much enthusiasm the little boy declared, "It's that fuzzy stuff you find under the bed" Lent, of course, is the six-week period before Easter Sunday . "It's just spinning like a little top by itself" Cooper said of the low-pressure system, "and it will pass over Southern California (today" Like a balloon without a string, Smith said, the unattached low-pressure system is expected to continue its south to southwesterly drift by weekend. That's when I decided to replace the religious figures with 13 Chicano heroes.

Christopher Cox's campaign in the 40th District, said a candidate's stand on issues such as the budget deficit or regional transportation may not be as important as the candidate's integrity and forthrightness with voters. The damage has been done . "Incredibly, 14 years before the start of the 21st Century and 210 years after the signing of the Declaration of Independence" McClosky wrote, "we still find ourselves having to write an opinion defending the right of American women to equal opportunity in a secular organization of approximately 20,000 clubs, with more than 900,000 members" Chapter Thrives Duarte's chapter, which has thrived as the Ex-Rotary Club, will not return to the international fold immediately, however . The Air Quality Management District is considering restricting trucks from the freeways during peak traffic hours to reduce the amount of time their big diesel engines spend idling . Suppose I had tried to persuade the cardinal-or better yet, let him persuade himself-that a new need was being faced now, one that required the same kind of skill he had applied to building all those churches Maybe I could have convinced him It might have worked It might have changed things I could have been on the side of the angels To this day, I still kick myself for missing that chance . Feathers Ruffled MacDonald did ruffle the feathers of some opponents, however, when he won board approval identifying a 100-acre site at the northeast corner of I-15 and California 76 for either high-density residential or industrial use. Burbank Averages GivenIn the Burbank school district, students averaged 65. 1% in reading and 65. 1% in written expression The spelling average was 70. 4% and math average was 68. 8. The vote this week came after seven months of discussion and planning spurred by angry residents, particularly homeowners in north Inglewood neighborhoods.

"I ran in junior high but not until now did he really help me" Even now, Miller says her father doesn't push her as much as some people might think. Mike Knowles, assistant girls track coach at Muir High in Pasadena, remembers his reaction when he first saw sprinter Inger Miller run in a youth track meet last year . He knows a lot of people, and that will be a plus down the road" Through March 31, Cox had raised $348,775 for his campaign, compared to $343,779. 71 for Rosenberg and $234,993. 44 for Baker, according to contribution and expenditure reports filed with the Federal Election Commission . Woo Favors Fulton Two months ago, Woo approved the posting of a sign at Fulton Avenue marking the boundary between the two communities . No one realistically expects that these differences can be bridged at the summit . Because of incorrect information supplied by the city clerk's office, a statement in a Thursday story on a proposed anti-discrimination ordinance in Irvine was erroneously attributed to Irvine resident Eleanor Petredis. The interviews are to air once a week until the November, 1986, election. In two of the incidents, the victims were ambushed by attackers armed with shotguns, investigators said.

Although the lowest bid was just under $455,000, the department is recommending that the council hire a "more experienced" firm for the project, the Taymech Corp . In January, in a similar suit, a federal judge in Texas ruled against the INS and said the law's reference to "the government" should also "include the Internal Revenue Service and the Social Security Administration" Despite that, the INS has refused to alter its regulation. . Citgo Petroleum, a unit of Southland Corp, announced late Monday that it had dropped West Texas Intermediate to an industry low of $14 a barrel from $15 . A blue backpack, sparkling clean or perhaps it was new, embraced a muscular middleweight frame The blue of his high-toppers matched the blue of his shorts He was neat He was upright He was graceful I wished him good morning as I passed on the right "Morning" he said, and he was gone . gulf time, two groups of Navy warships struck the Iranian oil platforms Sassan and Sirri, 100 miles apart in the southern Persian Gulf. But the hospital changed its record-keeping procedures after it was cited by the health department in September, she said. "But I do see it speaking in greater detail on such issues as the environment, child care, education and urban problems" When asked whether the party would depart from the 1980 and 1984 platforms, whose drafting was dominated by hard-line conservatives, Nebraska Gov Kay A.

STYLED BY ERIN DONLEY HAIR AND MAKEUP BY NADIA TARICCO FOR CLOUTIER . Some of His Thoughts Taken together, shuffled and reshuffled, the thoughts of Dr . Watch for the orange awning) Gastronomic Delight Our last stop of the first leg was Carmel, and this area, along with Monterey and Pacific Grove, is a well-known gastronomic delight . Oh, I'm nothing special, they intimate, just a little house back here trying not to call attention to myself Don't take any notice of me But you do . A team headed by Carl Cotman, director of the UCI Neuroscience Assn, was one of five university groups picked for the first year of the company's grants program. The Constitution at that time failed that small group of Americans who by accident of birth were of Japanese ancestry. WASHINGTON — Rep Norman Y. In the Carson campaign, Forcier used Moriarty's contributions to create three committees that Forcier called "get-out-the-vote committees" and that publicly were not connected to the campaign of any candidate-even though Forcier, Keith and Egan all said the committees were created to help elect DeWitt.

But on the sewage issue, he had to call for growth limits-indeed, regional growth limits-because an urgent health issue forced him to . Not Seen as Serious Threat That left Morrow, a former three-term councilman and former local Democratic Party chairman, as O'Connor's only major opponent . Warren Roberts, president of the Birth Control Institute of Southern California, the parent organization of the clinic that was firebombed twice in San Diego, refused to give the exact location of his new facility "Just say it's in Orange County" he said . The 16-story Irvine Marriott, for instance, has sprinklers and smoke detectors in all rooms, as well as pressurized air in all stairwells, designed to blow smoke back out into hallways when doors are opened, according to Shirley Costello of the hotel's engineering department . After my arival in Manila Numero Duo appeared in my room, accompanied by several very serious young companions I recognized him immediately but he was suspicious of me It was just like in the movies. Bill Goedike, a vice president at Western Waste who administers municipal contracts nationally, said he was unaware of Snow's recommendation. Many of the charges had surfaced earlier in the Reader, the Union and on KFMB-TV (Channel 8.

The study found no indication that insurers are "redlining" unfairly, said Everett Brookhart, the department's chief of consumer affairs . Requiring proof of intent to kill is a necessary check against the arbitrary imposition of the death penalty . When a Times reporter asked for a copy of the memo Tuesday night, mayoral spokesman Paul Downey said no one on the mayor's staff had seen the memo . Strong Challenges Ahead Whatever the arithmetic, aides acknowledge that Dukakis first must fend off a series of challenges in upcoming contests if he is to win the nomination That may not be easy . Louis Cardinals for an introduction to Ponce de Leon, however, and before you send condolences to Dodger catcher Mike Scioscia, there are some questions about how much all of this should mean. Why is an orchestra so fragile, especially in our city? Not everyone will like the answers, but reality must be faced and the collective myopia of many corrected.

Ransome-Kuti's approach to an array of problems is nothing short of a complete reform of the health care system and his program has won praise from the World Health Organization in Geneva . People drop in and (the women) appreciate seeing people care about them They are very grateful" . -61% of the survey said that antibiotics and hormones administered to poultry and livestock were a serious hazard . The Immigration and Naturalization Service is processing asylum requests from the 17 . In the first deal, Northrop paid $6. 25 million four years ago to Asia Culture Travel Development Co, an organization set up by the late C K. But a departure from these tracks is being considered at the western end to serve Warner Center, and in the eastern end because of strong neighborhood opposition Detroit Tigers Schedule .

She ran from the school and took refuge in a nearby home, where she shot a 20-year-old man and committed suicide . "A few small programs scattered through our neighborhoods will not make the difference " according to a statement from the two groups. . and study the information"The on-again, off-again phenomenon known as El Nino-the abnormally warm ocean current that wreaked global havoc three years ago, including a spate of intense winter storms that destroyed millions of dollars' worth of property along the California coast-is apparently off for now, research scientists said Tuesday . And there are signs of anti-government stirrings within a middle class that has long been politically passive . "We cannot continue sending medical volunteers if they disappear like Dr Jan Cools" the Norway group said in a statement. For some, attending a Chinese-American church is one way of exposing their American-born children to Chinese culture. officials have made it no secret that Washington's ultimate objective is to overthrow Kadafi, preferably by sparking a rebellion within the Libyan armed forces.

Ever since Harvey Firestone and Henry Ford used to pal around together while jointly putting the world on wheels, Firestone has been synonymous with tires in America . By disdaining laws and remedies developed by successive Administrations and Congresses, it has undermined the domestic and international systems for managing trade protection . Anthony Franciosa, the former star of "The Name of the Game" and "Matt Helm" among other series, will be a guest star on the March 23 episode of CBS' "Jake and the Fatman" He plays a former policeman who has become a successful author . At a busy Carl's Jr . He did not know that I had spent a long and sunny lunch in that same Berber village. And when Libya called for an emergency Arab summit meeting, at least four governments-Iraq, Jordan, Syria and Saudi Arabia-were able to say that, for varying reasons, they would not or would rather not attend. The number of foreign-born people living in the Los Angeles metropolitan area totaled 1. 7 million at the time of the 1980 census and has increased greatly since then.