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, Mar 30 1992 Date: Mon, 30 Mar 92 05:43:33 EST Message-ID: DECISIONLINE: News USA TODAY Update March 30, 1992 Source: USA TODAY:Gannett National Information Network CLINTON TRIED MARIJUANA: Bill Clinton Sunday said he had tried marijuana "a time or two" while a Rhodes scholar in England from 1968-70. He often has said he's never "broken the laws of my country." The remarks came during a debate with rival Democratic hopeful Jerry Brown, who said he never broke any drug laws. Brown also said, "Why don't you lay off ...? What he did (then) is not really relevant." REPORTS SHOULD SHOW RECOVERY: Economists say reports due this week should indicate consistently that a recovery has begun. When the reports are all in, it should be clear "we have entered a recovery" - even if it's a weak one, says Allen Sinai, economist at Boston Co. Economic Advisors. Reports this week should be in line with good news Friday from the Commerce Department on spending and personal income. TAXOL TO BE AVAILABLE SOON: Taxol, the experimental drug made from the Pacific yew tree, should be available next year for women with ovarian cancer, officials said Sunday at an American Cancer Society meeting in St. Petersburg, Fla. Current supplies would only provide for the treatment of 12,000 women, the National Cancer Institute's Dr. Michael Friedman said. Annually, 13,000 women die from the disease. LIBYAN SANCTIONS LOOM: The United Nations Security Council could approve sanctions against Libya Monday after Arab diplomatic efforts Sunday. That would punish Libya for not cooperating in the probe of the 1988 Pan Am bombing over Lockerbie, Scotland. The Arab League appealed to the U.N. Secretary-General to avert sanctions but its letter likely won't satisfy Western demands for the supsects' extradition. AIDS-INFECTED MAN ARRESTED: AIDS-infected businessman Edward Savitz was arraigned on sex charges Sunday. Philadelphia street hustlers knew him as Uncle Ed, Fast Eddy or Dr. Feelgood, and prosecutors say he paid well for homosexual sex. Police have located 10 boys - four under age 16 - who claim they had contact with Savitz. Prosecutors say he targeted those 15 to 19. WHITE HOUSE PERKS IN REVIEW: White House perks will be included in a government-wide review of special privileges, House Speaker Thomas Foley, D-Wash., said Sunday. Foley, criticized for not moving aggressively enough in the House bank and post office scandals, said perks will be reviewed to ensure there are only those "necessary to do the job." Foley also said he will seek re-election despite the scandals. CRASH PUTS RUNWAYS IN SPOTLIGHT: Twice in 2 1:2 years, jets have plunged off La Guardia runways into the water, but it's not the only airport with inadequate safety zones. Researchers are looking at running jets into beds of foam to stop them safely, and Boston officials will replace plane-breaking seawalls with gravel-covered slopes. At many airports, "if you go off the end, there's no hope," says a consultant. BUSH TO SPEAK ON SOVIET AID: President Bush promised Sunday to unveil a long-awaited new aid package for the former Soviet republics this week. The aid question likely will be unveiled at the White House as early as Tuesday. He has been under fire from European leaders, members of Congress and even former president Richard Nixon for response to urgent aid pleas from the republics. TESTIMONY DISTURBING: A Miami jury this week begins deliberations in the drug-running trial of former Panamanian leader Gen. Manuel Noriega. His trial and that of reputed mob boss John Gotti, with prosecution built largely on testimony obtained through deals, have alarmed Congress. Rep. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., says he's "very disturbed" by prosecutors deal-making in the Noriega case. IRAQ DESTROYS MANY MISSILES: Iraq has destroyed a "substantial" number of long-range missiles under terms of the cease-fire it signed after losing the gulf war, a U.N. inspection team said Sunday. On Saturday, U.N. experts made a surprise visit to a site near Baghdad and extended their stay by a day to see more rockets Iraq says it destroyed on its own, U.N. team leader Derek Boothby said. DOW JONES OPENS ON DOWNSWING: The Dow Jones average of 30 industrials opens Monday at 3231.44, after closing down 36.23 Friday. The New York Stock Exchange composite opens at 223.31, down 2.18. The American Stock Exchange market value opens at 394.36, down 4.50. The NASDAQ OTC composite opens at 604.67, down 10.73. RAIN MOVES EASTWARD: The Ohio and Tennessee valleys will see rain Monday, with the dampness spreading to the Atlantic seaboard by evening. A cold Canadian air mass will bring snow to the western Great Lakes and northern Minnesota. Scattered thunderstorms will dot the Great Basin and the mountains of Arizona and New Mexico. The California coast will see a few showers. The Northwest will be rainy and cool. News Editor: Beth Mann. (919-855-3491) Making copies of USA TODAY Update (Copyright, 1992) for further distribution violates federal law. 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