But Exxon exhibits said that shows operating profits, which exclude such special charges as $190 million in quarterly foreign exchange losses and $135 million for closing a refinery and chemical plant in West Germany, rose 10. 5% from a year earlier. In the case before the court, an Arkansas inmate sentenced to life without parole for the robbery-murder of a gift shop and service station owner, challenged his conviction on the grounds that persons flatly opposed to capital punishment were improperly excluded from the jury, unfairly increasing the likelihood that he would be found guilty. Cvetko are in favor of the mobile home measure, saying that limits on rent increases must be imposed on several of the city's 45 mobile home parks However, the four have different views on redevelopment. Programs to revive the battered environment and attract new jobs to the area are under way, but their success is far from guaranteed.
The Iranians reported that a child was killed in Tehran and that several other persons were injured in the latest missile attacks . By New York standards, he is a lunatic"One black man in his 60s, wearing tattered jeans and leaning on a cane, stood beaming but with tears streaming down his face as Jackson spoke in Spanish Harlem, mouthing "Jesse Jackson" over and over again . "The proposal is designed as a package, and it has to be considered as a package . The spaceship wouldn't fly, but just sit in the middle of downtown Burbank It would contain department stores for earthbound consumers .
Last year Cooper Building owner Stan Hirsh opened the Orange County offshoot (the only other Cooper Building so far, although Hirsh plans others in the San Fernando Valley and the Palos Verdes peninsula) because so many of the Los Angeles shoppers were from Orange County . Since the recent condemnations, the number of calls from property owners seeking state-sponsored mine-subsidence insurance has doubled, authorities say . But they are also responsible for drumming up new business from other companies, pension funds and the like . Port wine, named after this town, was invented by the English in the 1600s and came as a result of the thriving trade of English wool for Portuguese wines .
PEKING — In what is apparently the most serious case of its kind here, Chinese authorities Monday executed one former government official and sentenced another to 17 years in jail for taking bribes from foreign businessmen and "leaking important state secrets" to them . At a Madrid news conference in which both he and Danish Prime Minister Poul Schlueter criticized the raid, Prime Minister Felipe Gonzalez of Spain said that U. S Ambassador to the United Nations Vernon A . "In essence we now have an allied policy" During a trip to Brussels this week for a meeting of NATO defense ministers, Carlucci met with his European counterparts to discuss the new U. S . Then, May 10 Springfest/Ojai gives impetus to the season with a black-tie bash at Ojai's new Soule Park Club House Mrs . And voters for both candidates expressed virtually identical concerns about the issues-crime, drugs and gangs being chief among them "There is a lot of random choosing" by voters, said I. A Lewis, director of the Times Poll.
The idea is to look beyond fashion-never trendy, always happily preppy. . Things are 100% better than when (Jimmy) Carter was President" As for the federal deficit, Christopher, a retired Navy pilot and former securities broker, said he has yet to figure it out . And the Postal Rate Commission-the watchdog group that is separate and apart from the Postal Service, and which makes all rate increase recommendations-really threw it to the third-class mail users (the direct mail advertisers) who got hit with a 24. 9% rate increase . Bennett Johnston of Louisiana-declared their intentions to run for majority leader . In the Soviet Union, divorces are frequent but are enormously time-consuming. MOSCOW — Glasnost , the official Soviet policy of openness, tolerates a lot these days, but could it tolerate Las Vegas? The Communist Party newspaper Pravda on Monday published a lengthy profile of Las Vegas, portraying the city as civilization in its most unflattering form and describing in detail the gambling, prostitution and other "entertainment" found there.
Part of Debate A trade consultant to the domestic chip industry, former Commerce Department trade expert William Finan, said the dumping cases have become part of the debate in yet another case-the U. S . However, after vigorous party advertising, Long whipped Irey, 3 to 1 . "This loudmouth came through Balboa one Saturday night with a friend who looked as big as a barn and played football at USC . In the July 30, 1978, issue of the Los Angeles Times Home Magazine, we looked at some other possibilities for parkways, asking noted landscape architects for suggestions . The wine is strictly controlled for quality by the Port Wine Institute. In the case of a runoff, the candidate could spend up to 50 cents per person in the district-or an average of $21,000 per race for a runoff. "Homemade rolls, Indian pudding, great seafood and a superb view.
government has been seeking more effective anti-drug action by Bolivian authorities, and the Pope took a firm position on the U. S side in a Mass here Friday . Palmer Harding of Pacific Palisades, who also couldn't find a decent timer, solved that problem by buying a Big Ben wind-up alarm clock and setting it for any time period he needs . Low pressure brings winds from the south, wafting aromas of bread, pies and sweet rolls along with it . Good-faith negotiations might work, but only if there is considerable political muscle exercised on California's side of the table. . "We decided he was just throwing out bait to get somebody to bite and then play for time" said Roberto Aleman, a Crusade official. The Vatican envoy could not be reached for comment. Ventura's antique prices, Thiros claims, are "about 50% less than Los Angeles" Therefore, he says, Ventura's clientele is largely out-of-town "and many of my customers are antique dealers from the (San Fernando) Valley and Los Angeles" So look for Nicholby's, where the emphasis is European and the bargains are ebony dresser sets and mahogany wardrobes.
A sheriff's spokesman said Thompson had never called deputies about the threats . That works out to seven days at $342. 85 a day at the high end, lodging only, or $14. 28 an hour . She staunchly defended Britain's own nuclear safety record and pledged that her government would press for tougher international standards . Maniscalco's attorney, Joanne Harrold, informed the court that she planned to appeal to the 4th District Court of Appeal immediately . He was shot in the neck and suffered permanent nerve damage in one of his arms. He vowed to smash the first radio he saw upon leaving prison But that day does not appear to be coming soon. Indeed, the ruling party's failure to win control of the assembly has brought into the open new questions about Roh's leadership and his support from the ultimate arbiter of South Korean politics: leaders of the 625,000-strong military.
No reason was given for Valdes' removal, just two months before the Cuban Communist Party holds its third congress, but persistent rumors have circulated of a clash between him and Justice Minister Juan Escalona . In California 904,000 have applied for amnesty, with 642,515 of those applications coming from the Los Angeles district, according to Robert Warren, chief statistician for the INS . The debate was technical, and the participants were sent scrambling to the county rule book like beginners in a bridge game . But he added that a disagreement persists over on-site inspection procedures . UCLA Coach Glenn Bassett said the outlook for 1989 should be good with the five incoming freshmen, seven returning players from this year's squad and a healthy Dan Nahirny, the All-American who missed this season with a knee injury. "If things get out of hand, I think we will have to make our own decisions" said Robert Apold, an inspector at the canal. With a bit of luck and serendipity, and no small degree of old-fashioned can-do spirit, Effinger is rebuilding his career.
