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General Mills will announce on Saturday which Winter Games stars will join the ranks of athletes who have had their pictures displayed on Wheaties cereal boxes.
Feb. 19, 1998
Archives
Politics: The gated retirement community of Leisure World prepares to vote on cityhood, presenting sociologists and residents with much to consider.
March 1, 1999
California
Next to the Southern Pacific Railroad tracks at the edge of Chinatown is a forgotten jewel of the city--a fading brick building belonging to the Capitol Milling Co. that is the oldest commercial structure in Los Angeles.
June 14, 1993
World & Nation
A family named Cannon carved this Piedmont town out of a forest of loblolly pine and hickory, built a textile mill and for 76 years ran the two like a private fiefdom.
Aug. 25, 1985
Food
If you have your hopes set on being the next Betty Crocker--or, more accurately, a part of the new computer-generated Betty Crocker--you’d better hurry.
Oct. 12, 1995
Business
Philip Morris Cos. said Monday that it will buy the U.S. and Canadian ready-to-eat cold cereal businesses of RJR Nabisco Holdings Corp. for $450 million in cash.
Nov. 17, 1992
The state attorney general’s office is investigating possibly illegal fund raising by a Santa Clarita organization founded to locate missing persons, but an attorney for the group’s founder said any violations were accidental and unintentional.
Sept. 22, 1990
Aging: Some say a vote for incorporation would help meet the special needs of its 18,000 elderly residents. But others oppose more government.
Election: Laguna Woods, as it’ll be known, clears by 342 votes; absentee count still out. Council also is chosen.
March 3, 1999
In its second restaurant venture beyond fast food, Taco Bell Corp. said Monday that it is joining forces with a well-known Orange County restaurateur to develop a chain of sit-down eateries featuring moderately priced Southwestern-style cuisine.
June 8, 1993