Path: bloom-picayune.mit.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!news.media.mit.edu!americast.com!usa-post Newsgroups: usa-today.snap From: usa-post@AmeriCast.Com Organization: American Cybercasting Approved: usa-post@AmeriCast.com Subject: snap Tue, Mar 3 1992 Date: Tue, 3 Mar 92 06:00:08 EST Message-ID: 03-03 0000 cc cc Mar. 3, 1992 SNAPSHOTS: A look at the news, money, sports, and lifestyle statistics that shape our world from the pages of USA TODAY. DEADLY YUGOSLAV WAR: During the first seven months of Yugoslavia's civil war, 22 journalists have been killed. Journalists killed covering recent wars: Vietnam, (1955-1975) 63 El Salvador, (1980-1990) 40 Afghanistan, (1987-1988) 7 Nicaragua, (1978-1979) 2 Source: Committee to Protect Journalists MINIVANS STILL ROLLING: Chrysler popularized minivans when it entered the market late in 1983 with its then-radical front-wheel-drive small vans. How minivan sales have grown: Year sales Total minivan sales Share of vehicle 1983 30,948 0.3% 1991 811,565 7.0% Source: Ward's Automotive Reports COUNTING HEADS IN CAMP: Major league baseball teams carry 25 players on their regular season rosters. Most and fewest players opening spring training camps: Most: Team Players Cincinnati 58 St. Louis 58 Fewest: Los Angeles 45 Boston 46 Detroit 46 Source: USA TODAY research KIDS GET THE MESSAGE: A conference on advertising directed to children opens today in New York. Products advertised most often during children's programming: Toys 34% Breakfast foods 23% Snacks:drinks 18% Source: Children's Advertising Review Unit of the Council of Better Business Bureaus 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