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Two Los Angeles entertainment companies and a Moscow cooperative have united to produce T-shirts and sweat shirts in the Soviet Union that will be sold in both countries.

“We’ve made some that relate to Russian themes and say things like glasnost and perestroika, “ said Michael Jensen, a spokesman for the local companies, Story First Entertainment and Sanctuary. “We’ve also got an anti-Stalin shirt.”

Samples arrived in New York the other day for a Soviet trade show coinciding with the visit of Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev. Jensen said it was obvious that the manufacturers had a few problems with their English.

“There was one that pictured a Soviet and an American whale in reference to the ice-breaking in Alaska,” he said. “It was supposed to say, ‘Break the Ice,’ only it was spelled, ‘Breake.’ ”

Jensen said future lines will incorporate Hollywood themes as well as a Soviet version of New York’s slogan--”I Love Moscow.” He added that it’s too early to tell whether the manufacturers might emulate Los Angeles’ motto with a “Moscow’s the Place” model.

The cars on the Angels Flight railway always chugged along at a slow pace, but no one ever thought they’d fall 17 years behind schedule.

However, when the 300-foot railway was dismantled in 1969 to make room for the Bunker Hill renewal project, the city promised it would be back in operation in two years. Don’t strain your ears to hear the clanging of the Olivet and Sinai cars beside the 3rd Street Tunnel. They’re still in storage.

But there’s talk of releasing them from captivity, at least for ceremonial purposes. They’re too deteriorated to ever get their old jobs back.

The Community Redevelopment Agency Board voted Wednesday to move ahead with plans to display one of the cars in an Angels Flight museum at Heritage Square near Mt. Washington.

The display would include the refurbished car, the archway that marked the entrance to the railway and a drinking fountain from the original station.

However--there always seems to be a however--the museum project depends in part on the success of the agency’s application to the state for a $500,000 grant. So no one’s predicting when this museum might open.

Meanwhile, the second car is scheduled to go on display at the site of the reopened Angels Flight railway, which will operate about half a block south of its original location. Latest estimate for that reopening is 1995--if all goes according to schedule.

Walter Nash, the director of ticket operations for the Dodgers, said he hasn’t heard from any ticket-holders alarmed over the newly discovered earthquake fault that runs under downtown Los Angeles, including Dodger Stadium.

However, pitcher Orel Hersheiser sounds a bit nervous. He told reporters that if his contract demands aren’t satisfied, he might move. “I don’t want to sit around L.A. and wait for the Big One,” he said.