That a branch of the nation's largest health charity could be the focus of a massive criminaL tax fraud over a period of nearly 20 years illustrates the state of financial accounting and cash controls at many of the nation's estimated 325,000 charitable organizations. Walker Jr, pleaded guilty last October and drew two concurrent life terms, with parole possible in 10 years, in a plea bargain with the government. When the large gate finally did come crashing down, Brix, who survived the final street battles, was near tears. Baker III also predicted a lower trade deficit, testifying before the Joint Economic Committee that "by the end of 1986, I do believe we will see some good results in beginning to lower the deficit" However, of even greater weight in the new Commerce Department report was a $6. 9-billion swing in inventories, from the earlier estimate of a $1. 9-billion increase to a $5-billion decrease. This week's hearings ended the first phase of the commission's 120-day assignment from President Reagan to determine the cause of the Challenger disaster and recommend fixes.

Habib" But as soon as the courtesies were over, both Marcos and Aquino reportedly delivered more sobering messages. SPICE OF LIFE-That's what Variety Clubs are, and it's a spicy party that the Variety Club "Big Heart" Community Achievement dinner has in store April 6. Coach Jeff Shimizu will once again field a strong team, bolstered by many of the starters who led the Gondoliers to a 26-6 record and an 8-5 win over Palisades at Dodger Stadium for the 3-A City Championship last year. Banking on a Failure They believed that gases that shot past the first O-ring would press against the second O-ring and force it to seal before the torquing of the metal joint could occur and possibly dislodge it. Susan Wood of Temecula, who also was looking for the syrup, was told by the company that the product is available only in the New England states. Chele Graham of Hollywood is not trying to make a monkey out of anybody when she says she is looking for someone interested in the almost-100-foot monkey puzzle tree "with an absolutely plum and flawless trunk" in her yard; she's convinced that the tree would make a wonderful mast for a ship But there are few boats-albeit many showboats-in Hollywood. In several letters written to Kellogg and given to The Times, board members and the administrator of the old-age home state their intentions of remaining faithful to Kellogg's wishes. I'm doing all in my power (to stop it) because I think it is wrong"Michel responded to O'Neill: "Today, you're wrong, you're wrong, you're wrong" Both the White House and the Democratic leadership maneuvered for votes Wednesday and early today drawing the opposing sides so close as to make the outcome too close to call before the vote.

Small, specialized businesses such as ice rinks are often passed over by the large underwriters, he said "It's not a very large premium to the (large) companies. On Friday, the State Department announced that the staff of 275 diplomats at the Soviet mission must be cut to 170 in four stages by 1988, while two other Soviet U. N. Some belong to former members of the Marcos government, the official said. Appointments Questioned But in their moment of victory, even some Aquino supporters questioned her appointments to the Cabinet and other high-level positions. But the order also potentially puts the Philippines' first woman president into a direct conflict with the military leaders who staged the relatively bloodless rebellion that helped bring her to power. It is what both sides feel is the best deal they can live with" Even if approved, the settlement with the pilots appeared to leave Lorenzo's buy-out offer in place. Right of Expulsion Over the years, a number of Soviet and Warsaw Pact envoys have been ordered to leave the United States.

Why are you here? What's going on in your life? If it's, 'My husband just died and I want to get my mouth redone so I'll look better' beware" Levinson, 40, who practiced dentistry for six years, now teaches and consults about dental-psychiatric problems exclusively. Pressures and frustration undermined the detailed charts and the calculations. That unique approach helped put the city in a good position when it applied to get a share of the first money the state has appropriated specifically for latchkey programs. policy" "It would severely damage our credibility with adversaries who would test our mettle and with those around the world who rely on us for support in their battles against tyranny" Shultz said in a text prepared for delivery here today before a meeting of the Veterans of Foreign Wars meeting. I'm 34, but I look like death warmed over" said another woman addict who has served two sentences at the California Rehabilitation Center in Norco, where the state sends most drug addicts for rehabilitation. But at a breakfast with a group of reporters Wednesday the President rejected the idea "Having looked at it and studied it I have to say that I'm opposed" Reagan said.

He said that the products must be fresh and the farmers must grow the products they are selling. Their presence has fueled the Communists' contention that oppression and elitism will not end under Aquino, whose pleas that the local death squads surrender their weapons have gone largely unanswered "In every way, Gen. Culver City Police Chief Ted Cooke has been elected president of the California Police Chiefs Assn, which represents the top municipal police administrators in the state. "The only problem is the White House hasn't picked up on it and sold it yet" As part of the reform drive, the Administration has decided to fund a new United Nicaraguan Opposition representative office in Washington, headed by Carlos Ulbert, a Harvard-educated businessman close to Cruz.

Marcos at a combination Roman Catholic Mass and political songfest in a huge park on Manila Bay. "We should be reaching out to the Tuum Est family, which is considerable" McNally said. A merger between Eastern and Houston-based Texas Air, which already owns New York Air and Continental Airlines, would create one of the nation's largest carriers. Governor Will attend the opening ceremony of the extension of the San Diego light rail system and speak to a luncheon of the San Diego County Federation of Republican Women today. He kicked off his reelection campaign in traditional fashion by holding press conferences in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Sacramento and San Diego.

But, pleads Miller, a veteran of 21 years in the Bureau of Sanitation, this is not like those sooty backyard incinerators that belched ashes on the patio and soiled the hanging laundry This is high-tech. And it began to happen at the party's weekend convention here. Graham told the House panel that a decision to proceed immediately with construction of a new orbiter might require a supplemental appropriation of $500 million in the space agency's budget for the current year$300 million to start work on a new orbiter and $200 million for other costs resulting from the accident. "There is a tremendous amount of frustration among the poor now, and there is a real risk that something like this may set if off" an Egyptian political analyst said. Nielson said the decision by Holiday Quality Foods to discontinue the ticket sales was made last Wednesday after store accountants discovered that some of the largest lottery sales in recent weeks occurred in the flood-ravaged areas of Yuba County where an estimated 21,000 people were temporarily forced out of their homes when a levee broke.

Now, after watching both men serve nearly 20 years in office, Perez thinks it is time for a change. Sales tax exemptions won approval in Connecticut, Iowa, Minnesota and Tennessee. Ambassador Romeo Fernandez said he will recognize Marcos as president only until his term expires today. Yet no trash-burning plant has proven it can meet the state's stiff air emission rules. In his job with the City of Los Angeles, Michael Miller has taken his nose to Japan and toured the East Coast from New England to Florida At every stop he sniffed the local garbage Few envy Miller. think about all the terrific work that newspapers do in terms of content. Markey (D-Mass) questioned "the appropriateness of assumptions" used to reach conclusions about the safety of the Galileo and Ulysses satellites, each fueled by 69 pounds of deadly plutonium-238.

Students, faculty and non-UCI scholars also will sometimes be allowed to touch and read the folio, he said. That represents 10% of the company's Kern River production and about 1% of the state's total. Texaco closed down about 1,500 oil wells in California's huge Kern River field near Bakersfield last weekend because the collapse of oil prices has made them unprofitable, the company said Wednesday. "This is what I prayed would happen" said Lugar, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. The Federal Reserve Note is $10 to $15 while the Confederate bills are in the $2-to$5 range. Marcos, who won an official count riddled with missing ballots and mysterious vote surges, says he is the legal winner.

Vulnerable to Shock "These people were very vulnerable to the shock of war" Kubey said. "It happens, and it isn't rare" asserted Virginia Newell, head of the Outpatient Institute, a San Diego treatment center. SAN DIEGO — Bob is 41 His daughter, Melissa, is 16 They first "did drugs together" when she was 11 The basic high? Marijuana "I never considered marijuana a drug" he said "I thought it a sacrament-a religious experience. While one new member was added to the Politburo, two octogenarians were removed as non-voting members, and newcomers were selected in their place. My own view was that if you did anything worthwhile people would eventually see it and write about it I didn't like the PR side of government.

"So the very sick (heart attack patients) go to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center or UCLA Hospital " Bergenfeld said. "What this means is that we have an identified piece of debris from the right solid rocket booster in very close proximity to a critical piece of unidentified (rocket) debris" Burnette said. 'Gathering Place' "For some reason, my house became a gathering place for all these people" Radke said, referring to the Philippine military friends allied with Ramos. Although the guerrilla-sponsored Patriotic Union is expected to win only a small fraction of the vote, its participation is a landmark in Colombian peace efforts and political development. "We're not interested in anything short of getting the President's package approved without restrictions" Speakes said. "Senator, what do you think" At the time, American officials were wringing their hands in fear that the stalemate between Marcos and military leaders loyal to opposition leader Corazon Aquino would lead to bloodshed in Manila Marcos was barricaded in his palace, imagining that a U. S. Only staff photographers were permitted inside the "presidential tent" of red, white and blue erected over the drained-for-the-occasion swimming pool.

effort, European scientists sold the project to the member countries of the European Space Agency on the basis of support from the United States as a joint effort. The Rock-o Plane, Sizzler, Paratrooper and Loop all reached for the sky and waited to whirl, spin, gyrate and thrill. "There's no question this was a very, very important step-maybe the most crucial so far" Billy Esposo, one of Aquino's top advisers, said. But, so far, only seven of the 61 homes have been completed and the city last week fired the developer overseeing the project for defaulting on the contract.