Threeofthefirefightersdiedatthescene.TheywereJessMcLeanofBeaumontandJasonMcKayofPhelan,whowereboth27andhadbeenintheForestServiceforseveralyears,andDanielHoover-Najera,20,aseasonalworkerfromSanJacintoonhissecondtouroffireduty.

    --WachusetMountain,inMassachusetts,isatpresentthetarryingplaceofProf.Bache,andseveralotherOfficersoftheCoastSurvey.FromthiseminenceBostonHarbor,nearlyonehundredmilesdistant,maybeseeninaclearday.

    Mr.Thomasleased12Volvobuses,eachholding49people,fromaDutchcompanyandhiredEnglish-speakingdrivers.Heaimedhisbusinessatstudentsandyoungpeople,buthasdiscoveredthatsofar30percentofhisclientsareover30.

    Ithasawaytogo:mysweetcreamandvanillawithcaramelandhotfudgesaucesprovedtobeextremelyrich,thoughwithverylittlecharacteror,ultimately,taste.

    Ms.Monnahan,whoisinherearly50’s,isaninteriordesignerwhoseclientsincludeSydneyPollack,thefilmdirector,andJohnDemsey,agrouppresidentofEstéeLauder,thecosmeticscompany.Beforemovinghere,shespentmostofherlifeshuttlingbetweenParisandManhattan,wheresheworkedasafashionmodel,astylistandanartdirector.

    AlisonBerger,aglassartistinLosAngeles,designedtheGlassStoolbythebedroomfireplace.Ithasa2-inch-thickglasstopandabronzebase,andcanbeadjustedtorise16½to22¼inchesinheight.Thepriceis,650fromHollyHunt,150East58thStreet,(212)891-2500.ELAINELOUIE　　THEtwolittlegirls,sisters,weren❽somucheatingtheirpeachicecreamconesaswearingthem.TherewerebitsoffruitontheirT-shirtsandrivuletsofcreamontheirchins.UpinBrooklynHeightstheairwasstillandhumid,butdownonthebanksoftheEastRivertherewasabreezerunning,anditruffledthegirls✩air.Still,stickinessradiatedoffthemlikeheat.

    Theadsdonotsetup“abattleofthesexes,”headds,butratherpresentPMSassomething“thesexesstrugglewithtogether.”

    TheindictmentchargesthatMr.McLaughlintookmorethan0,000fromthestreetlightsdivisionofLocal3oftheInternationalBrotherhoodofElectricalWorkers,forwhichheservedasbusinessrepresentative.Italsoaccuseshimoftaking5,000fromtheCentralLaborCouncil,morethan,000fromtheStateAssembly,andmorethan0,000fromhisownre-electioncommittee.Inaddition,theindictmentchargesthatheillegallyreceivedmorethan.4millionfromstreet-lightingcontractorsandothercompaniesandthatthelightingcontractorsgavehimthreecars--oneofwhichhegavetohissonandanothertoasecondwomanwithwhomhehadaclosepersonalrelationship.

    Mydoctoratedegree,achievedin1966,isinpsychology,notinmusiceducation.Iholdabachelorofmusicdegree,withamajorinpianoandaminorinorgan.Asanundergraduatestudent,Ioftenplayedjazzontheorganatdancestoaddtomyincometoachievemyeducationalgoals.

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    Groupsoffirefightershavediedbefore,oftencaughtinthefuriousSantaAnawindsthatblowthistimeofyearandgiveeachfiretricky,hard-to-foreseeelements.Inthiscase,thewindshavebeenparticularlyerratic,somuchsothatfirefightingaircrafthavenotalwaysbeenabletoattack.