Her story, updates "The Passover" indicates only the second she had published, won Japan's most prestigious literary prize, the 1985 Akutagawa award. Burke was part of the first military government unit assigned to conquered areas of Germany, served as a military judge in trials of German civilians in several cities, was almost overrun during the Battle of the Bulge and left the Army as a major in 1946 Honor Promise On his return, he was appointed by Gov. Staying Off Everyone's Toes With that many giant egos packed into one palace, extraordinary care was taken not to offend any of them. Expanding the runways is restricted by state law under the joint-powers agreement negotiated when the cities of Burbank, Glendale and Pasadena purchased the airport from Lockheed in 1978. The base contacted the substation after the explosion and requested assistance in setting up roadblocks, Schade said, but no other information was available. Djerejian said the Soviet announcement makes no difference to the U. S schedule of nuclear tests. In a key trade-off, the United States, in return for acceptance of its initiative for a strengthened system of global economic cooperation that will include Canada and Italy, dropped its effort to win commitments from West Germany and Japan for more stimulative domestic policies and did not press France for a firm date to begin a new round of trade talks.

"The reactor is within 400 kilometers (250 miles) of the entire Ukrainian food producing area, the 'bread basket' of the country" "This is the second disaster for Gorbachev, neither of which was of his making" Simes said . Christine Chatterton, a principal of Chatterton Jezek Partners, has been involved in the creation of numerous marketing information centers, whose costs ranged from $250,000 to $400,000 . Nine of the teams were either champions or co-champions of their leagues Daniel Murphy won the CIF-Southern Section 2-A title . Because the effects of sun exposure are cumulative, they naturally show up most frequently in older people, Barr said . If the applicant is a registered voter, a ballot is sent to his or her home. From a practical standpoint, people who are on a limited budget can literally outfit a family, top-to-toe, in quality merchandise (none of the organizations sell ripped, dirty, stained or otherwise tattered clothing) for what it might cost at moderate retail prices to clothe just one. A union representing about 250 non-teaching employees is also at an impasse in contract talks The district offered a 3. 25% raise also, Boothroyd said.

"There must have been some kind of irregularity in the propellant itself" said the source . A city task force said last year that the harbor patrol was inadequately trained to deal with the increase in criminal activities such as boat thefts and drug trafficking . El Monte, frustrated for years in its attempts to annex all or part of the land, has filed a lawsuit in an attempt to stop the transaction . European government have been infuriated and often frustrated by the Irish Republican Army in Northern Ireland, the Basque separatists in Spain, the Baader-Meinhof gang in West Germany, the Red Brigades in Italy, and many other deadly though smaller groups like the Armenian nationalists . Five years ago, all four of the Downey district's middle and junior high schools offered both metal and wood shop classes; today only wood shop is offered at each school Other districts have similar stories. But, he said: "When I talk to them about my daughter, they tell me, 'I'm afraid to say anything' But I know that they're going to get them (the killers) because I dream about my daughter and she's told me that the police are going to get them" Ramirez is a musician who sometimes travels with his band throughout the Southwest He is divorced and has three other children, ages 13 to 16. But in the 1960s and '70s, shopping malls began to sap old-fashioned main streets like Reseda's.

However, those atmospheric clouds-and news accounts of their movement-have cast an anxious shadow over parts of the Northwest . Mesa also said it pledged its Unocal stock and other assets to obtain a $250-million revolving credit line from a group of banks led by Citibank. . The county turned over more than 99% of its tax increment money for that project . The records show that for the campaign Delivuk has raised $5,200, Guillen $3,087 and Mosier $2,032 . Khan said some people-he is uncertain how many-lost their homes as well as their savings. "We wanted to do something really different and splashy for National Library Week" explained Cheryl Pruett, the library's community relations coordinator, who collaborated on producing the poster with Lynn Elms, the library's graphic artist, and photographer John Pearson, the library's audio visual specialist. Apartment construction rose by 2. 9% in October, failing to recover fully from a 9. 1% decline in September James Christian, chief economist of the U. S.

In the Saddleback District, three seats on the seven-member board are up for election . Highest Bidder They also rejected the second-lowest bid, made by Ticketmaster, Ticketron's chief competitor in the small, scrappy computerized ticketing industry . An attorney hired to represent the city in its attempt to have an X-rated movie theater declared a public nuisance survived an attempt by the theater's attorneys to have him disqualified from the case Monday . The topic of discussion for Friday's show will be "Should Pasadena Have a Strong Elected Mayor" . Most hoped to market a service to meet the needs of college-bound juniors and seniors but ended up closing their doors because of a lack of business. Our Korean villages and towns are very attuned to nature, and the harmony between them unfolds in subtle, almost hidden ways" Namwon, like its surrounding villages, is an ancient place, and Kim's family has lived there for centuries. Committee officials said the group is active in speaking out against racism and discrimination and supporting human rights Basically, the committee acts as a media watchdog.

The senior Pentagon official and others have said that the investigation will delay subsequent launches for a minimum of four months and probably at least six months . Several deputies in Hicks' office have also formed a group opposing Bird, Reynoso and Grodin, primarily because of their high number of reversals of death penalty verdicts . "I think my retirement just kind of brought it to a head" Both Peck and Kathy Hamm, who has been city clerk since 1978, said they were in favor of the measure because it is important to have professionals in those jobs . Bel-Air Prep advanced to the finals in the CIF Small Schools Division There were also some strong performances among girls teams . Police detectives said that the possibility of a Libyan connection was under investigation, but they stressed that they have no firm information about who carried out the attack No one has claimed responsibility. It was so cold there in the middle of winter, he said, that he wore electrically warmed socks"So you wouldn't get cold feet in your face-to-face meetings" Assistant U. S Atty William Buck Farmer quipped "That's right" Walker replied. CompuSave Corp, plagued by continuing losses and bedeviled by a smear campaign, said Wednesday that it has completed the sale of about 408,000 unregistered and restricted shares of its common stock to private investors, raising about $612,000 of much-needed cash.

Whenever they hear of a new miracle worker, the Rationalists set out to find a scientific explanation for what he has done . Biggest Battle Ahead The restored wetlands would be added to an existing state ecological reserve, created after a 1973 land swap between Signal and the state to resolve a title dispute . Today there will be a Salute to the Armed Forces parade from the Coliseum to Patriotic Hall at 18th and Figueroa streets, beginning at 1 p. m . They're buying a tradeable unit, and they know who stands behind it-the weight, fineness and legal-tender value "Investors are also concerned about liquidity . The case will probably be referred to the Police Department's Asian Task Force, Pikor said. . "It's what we've been working for all year" May, who has produced a Division II-record mark of 312-78 . 800, said that all of her championship teams have been different. Next the harvest will spread north into the San Joaquin Valley heartland, by far the major source of the state's navel orange crop, sending forth a steady stream of fresh oranges to the nation's produce markets until May, when the Valencias will renew their annual appearance Dickey Betts and Great Southern Tickets .

"Good faith is not a defense for first-degree murder" read the unanimous opinion of the 4th District Court of Appeal in West Palm Beach . Specifically, Artukovic is accused of issuing four orders that led to the deaths of hundreds of men, women and children . Stoessel Jr, a former ambassador to Poland, the Soviet Union and West Germany who retired from his post as under secretary of state in 1982, marked the first high-level contact that the Reagan Administration has allowed itself with the Polish leadership since Jaruzelski suppressed the independent Solidarity labor union under martial law in 1981 . The school's first basketball coach was Rich Makoff, then the school's athletic director and-at least nominally-head coach when the Roadrunners won the school's first CIF title in 1982, when Turret was Makoff's assistant . Former Drug User Sage described Jones, 38, as a former drug user who had decided to rehabilitate herself by volunteering at the Police Department. Perez, a 54-year-old engineer, said Gonzales has alienated and embarrassed his colleagues by refusing to sit with them at head tables during official functions. "By requiring trial courts to be sensitive to the racially discriminatory use of peremptory challenges, our decision enforces the mandate of equal protection and furthers the ends of justice" Chief Justice Warren E Burger and Justice William H.

As you say in the United States: Winners are not quitting, and quitters are not winning" Peres, head of the moderate Labor Alignment, is scheduled to switch jobs in October with Foreign Minister Yitzhak Shamir, leader of the right-wing Likud Bloc, in Israel's national unity government so he has little time to push a peace initiative . 12 crash of a charter Arrow Air DC-8 at Gander, Newfoundland, which killed 248 soldiers and a crew of eight . LONG BEACH — An annual lesbian and gay pride festival may be in jeopardy because organizers have been unable to obtain the $1-million liability insurance policy required by the city . Hawks, brother of director Howard Hawks, and their Pasadena wedding party included a cast that reflected what MGM was then boasting of its studio"More stars than there are in heaven" The bridesmaids included Mary Astor, Norma Shearer, Bebe Daniels, Carmel Myers and Blanche Sweet Irving Thalberg, Louis B . "People were just fed up with Lynn and Faye" said Georgia Scrivner, the 70-year-old woman who is leading the push to make gambling illegal in Cudahy. Brown, who has worked with the agency since 1980, said SCCWRP monitors the entire coastal area from San Simeon to Ensenada in Baja California, but the agency has focused in recent years on municipal waste disposal points off Palos Verdes, in the Santa Monica and Newport bays and off Point Loma, San Diego. . "If it hit one place in the ocean and it was all tied up together, even if it was crumpled there would be a concentration" he said "It obviously.

Both EPA and state health officials said that residents in the area of the dump site, along Del Amo Boulevard near Normandie and Vermont avenues, face no serious health risks . Only 8 months old, the CCW is headed by Thomas Renesto, who produces the TV shows which have copied the WWF format in which wrestlers commit studio mayhem while being interviewed by the show's host, who for the CCW is Barry Richards, a former radio disc jockey . The ceremony, together with a banquet May 6 at which Hirohito will play host to the visiting leaders attending the economic summit meeting in Tokyo, has for the moment focused an unaccustomed spotlight on the emperor . Their triumph officially entered the annals of crime Thursday when Giovanni Claudio Leone of Beverly Hills was arraigned in Van Nuys Municipal Court on four counts of burglary . Museum supporters enticed community and financially endowed friends to come. Now one of Japan's blue-chip companies, Hitachi boasts of its basic scientific research and has historically stressed the development of its own technology, advertising itself at home as "Gijutsu no Hitachi, " or "Hitachi of Technology" That sets it apart from some other Japanese firms which have tended to rely on technology acquired one way or another from U. S firms. Later in the day, Shultz conferred for almost an hour-about twice as long as scheduled-with Turkish Foreign Minister Vahit Halefoglu in what U. S officials said was a brief preview of four days of talks.

But the "response we're getting is very low" said John Ramirez, a bureau spokesman . Kadafi's 15-month-old adopted daughter was reportedly killed in the raid, and his two youngest sons were severely injured . The Glendale property is the church's main asset and profits from its sale would be used to reimburse parishioners if the bankruptcy is judged invalid, he said . And while the choice of the Bay of Pigs on Cuba's south coast as the landing site also has drawn criticism from military experts, he said it was one of the few coastal areas with swamps offering an assault force an opportunity to defend a beachhead easily-with air cover . Queen Elizabeth II has one, along with 30 heads of state, 37 foreign ministers, 87 ambassadors, 300 diplomats and 63 top corporate executives throughout the world. Atwell exacerbated his problem at work, the spokesman said, by lying to his superiors about why he was in jail. Each year, about 500,000 people in the United States walk out of doctors' offices pondering the news that they have non-melanoma skin cancer, according to the Skin Cancer Foundation in New York This represents a 15 to 20% increase in the past 15 years.

With the Roman Catholic Church challenged by evangelical Protestants in the Hispanic-American community as well as throughout Latin America, the time may be propitious-in one cleric's words-for an "affirmative-action saint" For the second time in California history, Junipero Serra is at the right place at the right time, and the success of his cause typifies the politics of sainthood. VATICAN CITY — The plain white package Father Juan Folguera carried across the cobblestones of St . PIERRE, S. D . I felt they were the only constants in my life-my only sure home . Don Thrane, an Annrita Avenue resident, said simply: "It stinks" A Drastic Departure Torrance Mayor Katy Geissert, cautioning that the council's call for the study was not a statement on the merits of the project, agreed that approval of such a high-rise would be a drastic departure from the size of other residential buildings in the city, and she said she feared it could set a dangerous precedent . But under California law, a father under 21 cannot legally assert paternity or any rights to the child. For example, a statue of Sigmund Freud in a Vienna University courtyard gives the year of his death as 1934 rather than the actual 1939. Anaheim firefighters battled a spectacular fire Sunday night at a vacant 1950s-style rock 'n' roll nightclub while people in an adjacent restaurant were evacuated and streets around the blaze were cordoned off, authorities said.

Botha's government worked with leaders of the National Education Crisis Committee to meet as many black demands as possible, and Botha's lifting of a state of emergency three weeks ago was due in part to the committee's pressure . But Paris conversely credited Reiner with his own and the show's successes "Carl listens to everybody So few people listen because they're so insecure . Until the late 1960s and early '70s, the mobile phone remained an unnecessary luxury, a contrivance for the wealthy 100,000 in L. A . Even so, the company's results were a comedown from its second-quarter performance, when profits jumped 51. 4, to $272,140 . History indicates that such earthquakes occur at fairly regular intervals. Case Involved Video Store "We have never held or said that such a 'higher' standard is required by the First Amendment" Justice William H Rehnquist wrote for the majority. Gilbert was sentenced to a mandatory minimum of 25 years in prison.