Path: bloom-picayune.mit.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!americast.com!americast.com!americast-post Newsgroups: americast.twt.news From: americast-post@AmeriCast.Com Organization: American Cybercasting Approved: americast-post@AmeriCast.com Subject: Headline Article Date: Thu, 5 Nov 92 17:01:12 EST Message-ID: \SE A;TOP OF THE NEWS;NATION \BY FROM WIRE DISPATCHES AND STAFF REPORTS S=NEW STORY Arlo Guthrie named as a 'Point of Light' HOUSATONIC, Mass. - Folk singer Arlo Guthrie, whose song "Alice's Restaurant" became an anti-war anthem for the Vietnam generation, has been named one of the nation's "Thousand Points of Light" by President Bush. Mr. Bush, who tried to elevate President-elect Bill Clinton's anti-war activities into a major campaign issue, honored Mr. Guthrie for his "record of concern for those in need" and for "making a difference in the lives of those around you." The honor, which Mr. Guthrie described as a surprise, was apparently to commemorate his work over the past seven years with his spiritual teacher, Jaya Sati Bhagavati Ma, on behalf of AIDS sufferers, the singer said in a statement. Mr. Guthrie is the son of legendary folk singer Woody Guthrie. S=NEW STORY President Bush signs veterans health bill President Bush signed into law yesterday a bill that extends psychological counseling services to women in the military who are harassed or sexually assaulted and sets up a registry of troops exposed to noxious smoke in Kuwait. The registry, to be maintained by the Veterans Affairs Department, will allow the soldiers and Marines to be tracked for possible health problems that may develop. "Sexual harassment of women in any setting is abhorrent," Mr. Bush said, calling on the military to halt it but providing help when trauma occurs. The bill also implements a nursing-home construction program, extends the so-called "respite" program to take chronically ill veterans into hospitals to relieve stress in their families, and continues a nursing scholarship program that allows repayment through service. S=NEW STORY Three die in accident aboard Navy destroyer NORFOLK - Three crew members of a Navy ship died yesterday when sheet-metal panels overturned on them in a passageway, the Navy said. The names of the victims - two enlisted men and one enlisted woman - were being withheld pending notification of relatives. The accident occurred about 2 p.m. aboard the USS Shenandoah, a destroyer tender docked at the Norfolk Naval Base. Cmdr. Ryland Dodge, a spokesman for the Navy's Atlantic Fleet surface forces, offered no other details immediately but said the accident was under investigation. S=NEW STORY Air Force aborts ICBM test in flight VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. - The Air Force blew up an unarmed intercontinental ballistic missile two minutes into a test flight over the Pacific Ocean, officials said. The Minuteman III missile was about 520 miles off the West Coast when officers decided to abort the test flight Tuesday, said Air Force Sgt. John B. Dendy IV. He didn't specify what went wrong. The missile was aimed at a target 4,200 miles away in the Kwajalein Missile Range in the Marshall Islands. It was the second failure in two weeks at the base, 200 miles northwest of Los Angeles. S=NEW STORY Michael Jackson scent on sale for holidays LOS ANGELES - Multimillionaire pop star Michael Jackson has joined the superstar perfume sweepstakes, with part of the proceeds going to poor children. The perfumes - Legende de Michael Jackson for men and Mystique de Michael Jackson for women - will be available in time for the holiday season. The fragrances have been declared "environmentally safe," and each slender bottle comes with a hologram of Mr. Jackson on it. The perfumes will sell for $30 a bottle and will also be available by mail order, with a portion of the proceeds going to Jackson's Heal the World Foundation. S=NEW STORY Former Gotti underboss admits bribing juror NEW YORK - John Gotti's turncoat underboss, who helped send the notorious mobster to prison for the rest of his life, testified yesterday that he helped bribe a juror to acquit the boss in another case five years ago. Salvatore Gravano, 47, made his second appearance as a witness in federal court to say he took part in a scheme that led to a 1978 acquittal that gave Gotti his "Teflon Don" nickname. Gravano was underboss of the Gambino family, the country's largest Mafia syndicate, and was a co-defendant with Gotti in a 1990 racketeering case when he turned against his boss and agreed to cooperate with federal investigators. He testified this week in the trial of George Pape, 53, who was one of the anonymous jurors in Gotti's seven-month racketeering and murder trial. Gotti was found not guilty on all counts in the 1987 trial. S=NEW STORY Multitransplant girl listening to music PITTSBURGH - Five organs transplanted into a 4-year-old girl in a grueling operation that ended early Tuesday were functioning well yesterday, doctors said. A spokeswoman for the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center's Presbyterian University Hospital also said Charlie Fourstar, a Sioux Indian girl from Poplar, Mont., was awake and had listened to her favorite country music, although she was still breathing with the help of a respirator. "She's awake and still breathing with a respirator, and expected to be on the respirator for another day or two," the spokeswoman said. Beginning at 9 a.m. Monday and finishing at 1:40 a.m. Tuesday, doctors transplanted a liver, small intestine, large intestine, pancreas and stomach into the girl. This article is copyright 1992 The Washington Times. Redistribution to other sites is not permitted except by arrangement with American Cybercasting Corporation. For more information, send-email to usa@AmeriCast.COM