NOTEBOOK

By KATHLEEN ADAMS, NADYA LABI, LINA LOFARO, EMILY MITCHELL, ALAIN L. SANDERS AND GABRIEL SNYDER

WINNERS & LOSERS

FACES IN THE NEWS

[WINNERS]

SANDY ALOMAR JR. After brother Bobby's spitting incident, his All-Star game MVP saves face for the Alomars

JANET RENO Stone-faced A.G. nixes John Huang's immunity bid, keeping heat on him and off Clinton

McDONALD'S MANAGEMENT New faces in charge want a food fight with Wendy's

[LOSERS]

MIKE TYSON Former champ faces the music for his mastication: license revoked and a $3 million fine

AMADO CARRILLO FUENTES Call it the fatal face-lift: druglord dies during plastic surgery intended to fool cops

SALVATORE GRAVANO First the Bull's face was adjusted. Book profits next?

DATA FILE

IT'S A BORE BEING POOR Income has risen in the past two decades, but America's tide of prosperity hasn't floated all boats equally

Segment of 1995 Average Growth population income since 1975[*]

Richest 5% $188,962 54.1% Top 20% $109,411 35.4% Second 20% $52,429 13.0% Middle 20% $34,106 6.7% Fourth 20% $20,397 4.4% Bottom 20% $8,350 1.5%

[*] Adjusted for inflation Adapted from MONEY; Who Has How Much and Why by Andrew Hacker; published by Scribner; (c) 1997 by Andrew Hacker. All rights reserved.

ROCK STARS

Naming features on the red planet is hardly an exact science. After putting in 16-hour days, says Bob Reid of the Mars Pathfinder science team, "we choose names that keep us happy." Match each Martian formation below with its terrestrial namesake.

Barnacle Bill: 1=D Yogi: 2=C Casper: 3=B Twin Peaks: 4=A

MARS IN OUR YARDS

It's going to be a bummer if Mars turns out to be like us," Newt Gingrich was quoted as saying last week. Well, whether or not it's a bummer is a matter of opinion, but one thing is certain: any Martian who lands in one of our kitchens is going to feel very much at home.

COMMERCE

CONVERTING THE RED PLANET INTO GREEN While the most successful Mars-related product has so far proved to be Mattel's Hot Wheels Mars Rover Action Pack (for a mere $5 you get mini versions of Sojourner, Pathfinder and the lander), those who would rather own something more real than realistic may contact Dennis Hope of Rio Vista, Calif. He will sell you 2,000 acres of prime Mars real estate for $19.99 plus shipping and handling and $1.51 for Martian tax. In 1980 Hope informed various Earth governments that he was claiming ownership of all the land in the solar system; inasmuch as no one protested, he began selling it. So far, he has sold around 13,000 parcels on the moon and more than 1,000 on Mars. "It's a great investment for future generations," he says. Does Hope have plans to develop the apparently barren property? "Personally, no. But on the moon, I've had 25 companies purchase different licenses to provide things like telecommunications, water and power."

TIME CAPSULE

When DOROTHY CHANDLER died last week at 96, Los Angeles lost a cultural patron. Wife of the publisher of the Los Angeles Times, she was the driving force behind the establishment of L.A.'s Music Center:

"Immediately after the opening number, Conductor [Zubin] Mehta turned to the audience... 'I would like you all to join me in paying homage to the one person who is most of all responsible for the creation of this edifice...' Dorothy Buffum Chandler sat shyly in her seat...while the applause rose around her. Only after four minutes, when her son Otis tugged her to her feet, did she rise and grin happily at the applauding audience...

"'Buff' Chandler...almost singlehanded raised a staggering $18.5 million to build [the Music Center], and organized a company to float another $13.7 million in bonds to finish the job. It was perhaps the most impressive display of virtuoso money-raising...in...U.S. womanhood... 'What is important here tonight,' she said [later that evening], 'is not the fund raising or the building that we are in. The only really important thing here tonight is the music we heard performed. That will go on forever.'"

--TIME, Dec. 18, 1964