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 Wed, Apr 1 1992 Date: Wed, 1 Apr 92 05:43:26 EST Message-ID: DECISIONLINE: News USA TODAY Update April 1, 1992 Source: USA TODAY:Gannett National Information Network STUDY DONE ON CANCER COSTS: Families can spend as much as $20,000 in just three months to care for a cancer patient, new research shows. Insurance may cover hospital and doctor bills, but other costs mount once the patient is sent home. A three-month study of 190 middle-class cancer patients and family care-givers, shows average out-of-pocket expenses were $659 per family; the range was $60 to $3,380. DESEGREGATION ORDERS EASED: A Supreme Court ruling Tuesday makes it easier to end court-ordered desegregation. More than 500 school districts are under such orders. Unanimously, the court said federal judges could release school districts from desegregation decrees in stages. A racially divided system can be tolerated if it results from housing and population shifts that are not the school board's fault. COMMONWEALTH AID PLAN DUE: President Bush Wednesday unveils his plan for aid for the former Soviet republics. He's expected to say that a relatively small investment will aid the republics' move toward democracy and capitalism. U.S. voters have expressed anti-foreign aid feelings. But many observers are worried the USA could miss the chance to foster democracy in the former Soviet Union. WOMEN IN KUWAIT CAN BE HELPED: Thirty-one U.S. women's groups are urging people to help women who say they've been mistreated in Kuwait. The groups ask that cables be sent to the State Department and Kuwait Embassy. USA TODAY has reported, among other incidents, that 400 women from the Philippines, Sri Lanka, India and Bangladesh have taken refuge in embassies. Call 800-372-2626, operator 9231. SANCTIONS IMPOSED ON LIBYA: The United Nations Tuesday imposed sanctions on Libya, calling it a terrorist state for six men accused in two airline bombings. Libya has until April 15 to turn over the six suspects. If not, the sanctions will ban airline flights and arms sales to Libya; demand compensation; and ask members to expel most Libyan diplomats. Two suspects are sought for a 1988 bombing; four for a 1989 explosion. BROWN WINS IN VERMONT: Jerry Brown easily beat Bill Clinton, who did not campaign, in Vermont's caucus Tuesday. With 93% of precincts reporting, Brown was beating Clinton 47% to 17%, with 25% supporting uncommitted delegates. Paul Tsongas, who has dropped out, had 9%. With 54% of Republican precincts reporting, President Bush had 81%, Pat Buchanan, 2%, and Ross Perot, 1%. The remainder: Uncommitted. FOREIGN AID MONEY CONTINUES: The House moved quickly and quietly Tuesday to keep funds flowing into foreign aid programs for an additional six months. Up against a midnight deadline, lawmakers passed a stopgap resolution holding foreign aid spending to about $14.2 billion. The measure, sent to the Senate on a 275-131 vote, bypasses the controversial $10 billion in loan guarantees sought by Israel. KENTUCKY COULD SEE FED. PROBE: Kentucky appears to be the next target of federal investigators probing possible state legislature corruption. FBI agents Tuesday subpoenaed records from the General Assembly Board of Ethics and the campaign finance records of at least six senators. In recent years, investigations have resulted in criminal charges against officials in California, Mississippi and South Carolina. GOLDIN CONFIRMED FOR NASA: The Senate Tuesday confirmed aerospace executive Daniel Goldin, 51, to head NASA. He replaces Richard Truly, who was ousted in a dispute over the space agency's direction. The National Space Council, headed by Vice President Quayle, wants increased control over space policy. "Times are tough," Truly said in a farewell to NASA workers. PIGS SPARED: The Department of Agriculture Tuesday decided to spare 74 pigs that were to be burned to test incinerators at a Florida animal import center. Residents objected when the USDA bought healthy pigs to destroy. Officials said the tests, to comply with a new state emissions law, might use abandoned pets or sick race horses and other animals already doomed by disease. SPRING STAYS ON THE BACK BURNER: A wintry blast continues to move through the Midwest and eastern portions of the Plains Wednesday. Snow showers will likely whiten the Great Lakes. Several inches are expected to cover the region. Showers and thunderstorms will continue to douse southern California, Arizona and New Mexico. Fair and unseasonably mild weather will blanket the northwestern quarter. DOW JONES OPENS ON UPSWING: The Dow Jones average of 30 industrials opens Wednesday at 3235.47, after closing up 0.23 Tuesday. The New York Stock Exchange composite opens at 223.25, up 0.26. The American Stock Exchange market value opens at 395.04, up 1.43. The NASDAQ OTC composite opens at 603.77, up 1.70. 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