-Tom Thrasher's jump from an airplane at 12,500 feet may have made him the first person to sky-dive after receiving a heart transplant. Ken Welty of Community Resources Against Street Hoodlums, the Los Angeles police anti-gang unit. Backers of the initiative, which also include representatives of labor unions concerned about toxics in the workplace and government officials, must collect at least 393,835 valid signatures of registered voters by May 26 to qualify for the November ballot. In return for the gift, the city will allow the development rights of the entire parcel to be transferred to the 26 vacant acres, which the school district intends to sell.

In one small group, there were two Americans, a Filipino, a Korean, an Ecuadorean, an El Salvadoran, two Mexicans and two students from Vietnam, one of whom was of Chinese descent. Sometimes it seems like people are dying left and right, all in a pile, just like ants. and a former director of Lotus Development Corp, has been appointed to the Caltech Board of Trustees Rosen received an undergraduate degree from Caltech. . Reagan was said to be responding to similar criticism by Rep John P. 1 certain new restrictions on the tax-exempt bonds issued by state and local governments. They are trying to get some coherent thinking on the intellectual chaos that is surrounding public policy" The Nation has always welcomed its watchdog role, publisher Hamilton Fish III said, "and I think the opportunity now is greater than it was before.

I was certain that I would be defending people like Marlene Dietrich, but ironically, I (became) a prosecutor, and I haven't seen too many like her in the lockup" But that's about all he hasn't seen. Downard resisted having to follow the rules because, he said, most of his patrons were heterosexual men and women, although some bisexual and homosexual men also were customers. "It isn't necessary for us to rely on a high school publication for our reputation" But the journalism students at Redondo High, and their adviser, Margaret Lee, think differently Lee said a house advertisement in the Feb. As Waters would later testify to the Los Angeles County Grand Jury, the strategy session was "a general meeting to talk about. " Sin, too, warned of holdout loyalists who may be regrouping to attack the new regime. "John is the type of player that constantly has to be playing sports The more he plays, the better he is He really loves his sports. San Luis Obispo defeated Cal State, 73-72, in their first meeting Jan 31.

Most complied with the dress code, which requested period (Roaring '20s) attire, and headache bands and fedoras blossomed all over the two-story garage. Authorities said he had access to many of the government's top secrets involving Asian affairs. . Church officials, who kept the center open despite the injunction, denied that the policy change was an attempt to evade the court order Co-pastor Ronald G. Moreover, Febres Cordero's opponents in the backbiting melee that is Ecuadorean national politics charge that his jovial democratic face, which he wore on a visit to the White House in January, masks a streak of authoritarianism.

UCLA has been awarded a $750,000 grant from the McKnight Foundation to establish a predoctoral student training program in the field of plant genes J. Marcos' cavernous bedroom with walls, ceiling and floor of polished dark wood, are windowless. AFL-CIO county chief William Robertson and Dredsen Graham chatted over dinner with Gene La Pietra. Kyodo News Service reported he wanted to study painting in the United States. . Automatic transmission fluids take a real beating when they overheat.

Writing Block Brides can develop mental blocks against writing, she said: "It builds up and becomes such a chore. Earlier in the month, the government announced the expropriation of Duvalier's holdings here. "When people suggest we can afford that, I just shake my head in disbelief" said Roger Fleming of the Air Transport Assn in a recent interview Fares would also be very high. They based their decision to go ahead on their own observations and on what local educators and police officers said "We think there's a need.

Rodney Symmonds, the county attorney, said: "Why would a man who sits there on Sunday morning proclaiming to be a man of God, why would this man become involved in a plot to kill a parishioner's husband? Love and money are some of the oldest motives that ever existed" The jury convicted Bird of plotting to kill Anderson He was sentenced to prison for a term of 2 1/2 to 7 years. Whitworth, the retired Navy chief radioman accused of receiving $332,000 from the Soviet Union for turning over secret military code and message information, goes on trial in San Francisco today, with his alleged American spymaster set to testify against him The spymaster, John A. "He is making deals with other board members to put people in certain positions" Draper said, alluding to a recent incident in which Fortune sided with the board majority in overlooking a search committee's recommendation for a receptionist and instead hiring the third choice for the job. Funding Crunch RTD officials concede that better bus service is needed, but say the district lacks funding to implement new routes.

"This is what I prayed would happen" said Lugar, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. "This election is the most significant political event since the death of (former Mayor Richard J) Daley and the election of Washington" says Samuel Betances, a sociologist with Northeastern Illinois University. Several days later, a second bottle of poisoned Tylenol capsules was found in a Bronxville store less than two blocks from the A&P market where the first bottle had been purchased. Without such agreement, he said, "there's no consensus" Brown, his voice rising, said Dymally "would be well advised to keep his nose in Congress. My own reactions to Califano's analyses and policy recommendations are that I do not believe that Corporate America will significantly affect the total costs of our health-care system by seeking lower insurance costs and through insisting that its employees pay more out of pocket in seeking health-care services.