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 Thu, Feb 27 1992 Date: Thu, 27 Feb 92 06:04:26 EST Message-ID: DECISIONLINE: News USA TODAY Update Feb. 27, 1992 Source: USA TODAY:Gannett National Information Network NASA CHIEF ISSUES WARNING: Outgoing NASA chief Richard Truly Wednesday said "the cheap shots must end" if the space program is to survive. Truly resurrected the program after the Challenger exploded in 1986. He was forced to resign Feb. 12 in a power struggle with the National Space Council, headed by Vice President Quayle. Council reports have criticized NASA's space station program. Truly leaves April 1. UNITED WAY HAS PHONE CONFERENCE: United Way of America Thursday offers a telephone conference with local groups in an effort at damage control. The agency is facing accusations of mismanagement, and President William Aramony has been the subject of reports charging lavish spending, cronyism and poor financial accountability. The national organization is separate from the 2,100 local agencies, with no direct control. 9-0 RULING GIVES TITLE IX TEETH: The Supreme Court Wednesday put teeth into the 1972 Title IX law barring sex discrimination at any education program that gets federal aid. That's virtually all public and private institutions. The 9-0 ruling means bias victims, including would-be female quarterbacks and male cheerleaders, can sue institutions for money damages rather than just a promise to end the bias. CHECK BOUNCERS COULD BE NAMED: Two dozen House members might be named publicly as the most flagrant abusers in Congress' check-bouncing scandal. An investigation by six members of the House Ethics Committee found 24 lawmakers repeatedly overdrew large amounts from their checking accounts at the now-closed House bank. The committee would not specify the amounts. QUAYLE BASHES BUCHANAN IN GA.: Vice President Quayle in Georgia Wednesday tried to link conservative challenger Pat Buchanan to liberal Democrats in anticipation of Tuesday's primary. It's the first in a series of Southern contests that will decide the future of Buchanan's challenge. Buchanan's political director Paul Erickson says Georgia is one of the states Buchanan needs to win. HAITIAN REPATRIATION DENOUNCED: Civil rights groups, black leaders and members of Congress Wednesday denounced as "racist" the Bush administration's policy of sending Haitian refugees back home. The Bush administration says most of the Haitians are economic refugees from Haiti's poverty, not fleeing persecution. The House met Wednesday to consider legislation halting for six months the forced return of refugees. YANKEE ROWE SHUT DOWN: Yankee Atomic Electric Co. Wednesday said that it will permanently shut down Masschusetts' Yankee Rowe nuclear plant because of continued regulatory and economic uncertainty. The plant was voluntarily shut down in October 1991 due to Nuclear Regulatory Commission concerns over the condition of the reactor vessel. Testing and inspecting the plant would cost $23 million. PERU COMPLAINS AT CONFERENCE: Because of objections from Peru, President Bush's drug summit likely will end Thursday without a specific set of goals to wipe out the drug trade by 2010. Earlier in the conference, Peru's president said the USA should provide more money to help farmers convert to alternative crops. He said 60% of the world's coca is grown in Peru, which receives .5% of the drug-fighting budget. MIXED TAX BILL DEFEATED 427-1: The House began congressional debate over tax cuts Wednesday by voting 427-1 against a plan disowned by Democrats and Republicans. The rejected bill threw together all of Bush's proposed tax cuts but excluded the spending cuts to pay for them. Thursday, Bush's seven point package breaks against the Democrats' six-year plan, with a two-year middle-income tax cut of up to $800 total. SADDAM MAY STRIKE AGAIN: As Kuwaitis celebrated the emirate's 1-year-old celebration Wednesday, Emir Jaber Sabah warned citizens in a televised address that Iraq may try to invade the oil-rich nation. Saddam Hussein "still harbors evil intentions toward Kuwait," he said. Meanwhile, in Kuwait City, Kuwaitis gathered despite liberation ceremonies being canceled out of respect for Kuwaiti POWs. MUCH OF USA TO BE DRY: Dry weather will be the rule for much of the USA Thursday. Record highs are expected in portions of the West Coast, northern Rockies and northern Plains. Sunny skies will greet the Plains. Dry weather accompanied by clouds will extend across the mid-Atlantic states. Florida welcomes sunshine and less humid air, with expected temperatures in the 60s and 70s. DOW JONES OPENS ON UPSWING: The Dow Jones average of 30 industrials opens Thursday at 3283.32, after closing up 25.49 Wednesday. The New York Stock Exchange composite opens at 229.23, up 2.55. The American Stock Exchange market value opens at 413.97, up 4.19. The NASDAQ OTC composite opens at 632.40, up 11.00. News Editor: Beth Mann. (1-919-855-3491) Making copies of USA TODAY Update (Copyright, 1992) for further distribution purposes violates federal law. 08:0002270000D0227 ADVE- R O Kids-see-20,000-ads-per-year.......... A D0227 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