Path: bloom-picayune.mit.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!news.media.mit.edu!americast.com!usa-post Newsgroups: usa-today.news From: usa-post@AmeriCast.Com Organization: American Cybercasting Approved: usa-post@AmeriCast.com Subject: news Mon, Feb 24 1992 Date: Mon, 24 Feb 92 06:25:44 EST Message-ID: DECISIONLINE: News USA TODAY Update Feb. 24, 1992 Source: USA TODAY:Gannett National Information Network CIVIL RIGHTS GROUPS FALL BEHIND: Civil rights groups are falling behind the times, a Gannett News Service:Detroit News poll shows. The nationwide phone poll of 1,211 black adults found that 94% want traditional civil rights groups to fight crime and provide jobs. "They should be camping out in the mayor's office" helping jobless and homeless, said a Baltimore homeless advocate. The poll's margin of error was 2.8%. BROWN, TSONGAS SPLIT MAINE: Former California governor Jerry Brown's "power-to-the-people" campaign fought Paul Tsongas to a draw in Democratic caucuses in Maine Sunday. With 97% of the precincts reporting, Tsongas now a target by other candidates, got 30%; Brown, 29%. Bill Clinton got 15%; Tom Harkin 5% and Bob Kerrey 3%. Sixteen percent were uncommitted. Others split the remaining votes. U.N. IRAQ MISSION ENDS: Monday, the United Nations' chief weapons inspector ends a mission to Baghdad frustrated by Iraq's "rejection" of gulf war cease-fire terms. Rolf Ekeus took to Iraq a statement from the Security Council telling Saddam Hussein to cooperate or face "serious consequences." Military action hasn't been ruled out. Iraq says it has disclosed all weapons after losing the war. CUBA FACING CONDEMNATION: The U.N. Human Rights Commission is certain to condemn Cuba next week for human rights violations, according to a draft U.N. resolution. The report obtained by USA TODAY blasts Fidel Castro's regime for what it calls recent "mob action" against dissidents. Cuba's former economic benefactor, Russia, is expected to back the resolution when it's released the week of March 2. QUAYLE DENIES BUSH SHIFT: Vice President Quayle Sunday denied that President Bush is hastily shifting rightward to stifle accusations of liberalism by GOP challenger Pat Buchanan. He rejected charges that Buchanan's political challenge prompted the sudden firing over the weekend of John Frohnmayer, head of the National Endowment for the Arts, who gave support to art conservatives regard as obscene. DANCE LEGEND STILL FASTING: Modern-dance legend Katherine Dunham Monday enters the 24th day of a water-and-cranberry-juice hunger strike in protest of Haitian refugees being denied asylum. Dunham is 82. Coast Guard cutters have picked up 15,824 Haitians trying to sail to Florida since a Sept. 30 coup. Nearly 5,400 have been sent back on grounds that they are economic refugees not entitled to political asylum. BUILDING CONTINUES TO SHIFT: Residents living near a San Francisco apartment building, which has been teetering on a hillside since rains triggered a rock and mudslide, were evacuated Sunday as officials monitor the building's continued slide. A porch and wall collapsed from the wooden structure precariously perched on Telegraph Hill. Officials say the building has moved nine inches since Wednesday. SPRINKLER USE CRITICIZED: The American Civil Liberties Union wants Los Angeles Skid Row store owners to stop using sprinklers to drive away homeless. "Unless they are breaking the law, people have a right to be on a public sidewalk," said the ACLU's Linda Burstyn. Merchant Jack Simone said his sprinklers are effective. The homeless build fires for warmth; "I didn't want to ... find my business burned down." LAND WAR BEGAN A YEAR AGO: A year ago, the long-awaited land war in Iraq and Kuwait began. Except for a Scud attack in Al-Khobar, Saudi Arabia, that killed 28 Army reservists, the largest toll in a single incident in the 100-hour land war occurred when seven soldiers from an engineering battalion were killed Feb. 26, 1991, when mines they were clearing from an Iraqi airfield exploded. LAWMAKERS FOCUS ON STALKING: Stalking is gathering attention. And it's prompting some lawmakers to try to stop stalkers and prevent violence. So far, California is the only state with an anti-stalking law - a 1990 measure that makes repeated stalking a felony, punishable with prison time. Virginia is likely to pass a bill this week and Florida and Ohio may pass similar laws this year. DOW JONES OPENS ON DOWNSWING: The Dow Jones average of 30 industrials opens Monday at 3280.19 after closing down 0.45 Friday. The New York Stock Exchange composite opens at 227.46, down 1.14. The American Stock Exchange market value opens at 412.85, down 0.01. The NASDAQ OTC composite opens at 629.75, down 2.48. HEAVY RAIN TO HIT TEXAS, OKLA.: Thunderstorms will roll through the Gulf Coast states Monday. Intense activity will bring an inch or two of rain to northern Texas and Oklahoma. A weak storm system will sweep the Northwest's mountains, bringing snow to elevations above 7,000 feet and ice to northern Idaho valleys. Arizona will be sunny and dry, with winds kicking up over areas. News Editor: Beth Mann. (1-919-855-3491) Making copies of USA TODAY Update (Copyright, 1992) for further distribution purposes violates federal law. 08:0002240000D0224 ADVE- R O 541-magazines-launched-in-1991........ A D0224 This article is copyright 1992 Gannett News Service. Redistribution to other sites is not permitted except by arrangement with American Cybercasting Corporation. For more information, send-email to usa@AmeriCast.COM