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, 12 Nov 92 14:51:51 EST Message-ID: \SE A;TOP OF THE NEWS;NATION \BY FROM WIRE DISPATCHES AND STAFF REPORTS S=NEW STORY Ivana who? Trump steered clear of Clinton LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Ivana Trump tried to get a close-up look at President-elect Bill Clinton's home last night but Secret Service agents turned away her limousine. The ex-wife of business mogul Donald Trump told reporters she was in Little Rock to give a speech and had her driver take her on a tour of the city, including a pass by the Arkansas Governor's Mansion. Local police and the Secret Service have the road adjacent to the mansion blocked off and refused to allow Mrs. Trump's black limousine to pass by. S=NEW STORY Carter says U.S. racist toward Africa Former President Jimmy Carter said in remarks released yesterday that racism was to blame for Africa's low profile in the United States. "I'm the only American president who has ever even visited Africa," Mr. Carter said in a television interview. "This shows symbolically, and in actuality, the low priority that Africa has enjoyed on the political scene of our country." Mr. Carter, interviewed late last week for a special edition of NBC's "Today" show to be aired tomorrow, said Americans were more concerned by "a few dozen" deaths in Bosnia than by the threat of famine or war killing tens of thousands of Africans. "We have much less interest in people who happen to be black or brown than we do in Europeans who are white," he said. S=NEW STORY Pryor to undergo heart surgery LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - U.S. Sen. David Pryor, mentioned as a possible chief of staff for President-elect Bill Clinton, faced bypass surgery today to reduce his risk of another heart attack. Mr. Pryor, 58, was to have a possible quadruple bypass at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, said Frank Thomas, who heads the Little Rock office of the Arkansas Democrat. Mr. Pryor is among those mentioned as candidates for White House chief of staff for Mr. Clinton. But Mr. Thomas said Mr. Pryor told him: "I already think I have the best job in Washington as a senator from Arkansas. I have no intention of being anything but that." Mr. Pryor suffered a heart attack in April 1991 and spent 10 days in the hospital. S=NEW STORY Reporting on debates biased, survey finds NORWALK, Conn. - An independent survey of stories and headlines about the presidential debates has concluded that the reporting was riddled with biased writing, most often favoring Bill Clinton at the expense of President Bush. News articles before and after the three debates, held in October, gave Mr. Clinton favorable treatment 48.4 percent of the time compared with 29.7 percent for Ross Perot and 21.9 percent for President Bush, the survey found. Negative coverage of Mr. Bush occurred 71.9 percent of the time, Mr. Clinton 15.3 percent and Mr. Perot 12.8 percent, according to the survey released yesterday. The survey was conducted by the NEXIS division of Meade Data Central and PR Data Systems. S=NEW STORY Group lists 75 women worthy of Clinton posts A women's coalition yesterday offered 75 names, ranging from former astronaut Sally Ride to budget expert Alice Rivlin, to help President-elect Clinton meet his promise of an administration that "looks like America." "Staffing that looks like America should be half women," said Harriett Woods, head of the Coalition for Women's Appointments, which is composed of 62 organizations. Women on the list are pro-choice Democrats, she said at a news conference, and all have the experience and skills to hold Cabinet posts, run agencies or be senior policy-makers. Additional names, including qualified Republicans, will be released in the future, the coalition said. S=NEW STORY Veterans aid bill signed by Bush President Bush yesterday signed what could be the last two bills of his presidency. Mr. Bush signed the two pieces of legislation before leaving on a Florida fishing vacation. One of the bills, signed on Veterans Day, authorizes new services and benefits for homeless war veterans. The other bill deals with the government's program to collect past-due tax debt and expands a Justice Department pilot program authorizing the use of private counsel for debt collection. S=NEW STORY Lawyers quit ABA over abortion stance CHICAGO - More than 3,000 lawyers have canceled memberships in the American Bar Association to protest the group's decision to oppose laws restricting abortion rights, the group's president said. "I knew that there would be a number who would resign, but I really had no idea what the magnitude would be," said Michael McWilliams, president of the Chicago-based group, which represents half the nation's lawyers. Mr. McWilliams said about 3,100 people have left the 370,000-member group because of the policy, according to statements accompanying their resignations. Some offered general reasons, "such as just believing the ABA is becoming too political, but I believe the bulk of them are based on the ABA's abortion policy," he said. In August, the ABA's House of Delegates voted to end a 2-year-old neutrality policy and endorse a pro-choice abortion position. S=NEW STORY Zsa Zsa slapped with $3 million tab SAN ANTONIO - A federal court jury has ordered Zsa Zsa Gabor to pay a businessman $3 million for not honoring a contract to appear at a "fantasy week" where vacationers were to rub shoulders with Hollywood stars. Chief U.S. District Judge Lucius Bunton also accused the actress of thumbing her nose at the judicial system by not appearing for trial or having an attorney present. "I'm glad you returned a verdict of $3 million," Judge Bunton told jurors Tuesday. "I hope he collects every nickel from Mrs. Gabor." Len Safir, founder and president of Hollywood Fantasy Corp., had sued Miss Gabor for not honoring the $11,000 contract. Miss Gabor's manager, Cal Ross, said his client would have attended if she had known about the trial. Jurors ordered Miss Gabor to pay $1 million for breach of contract, $1 million for fraud and $1 million in punitive damages. "I'm sure she will appeal. I don't even know that she was aware of it," Mr. Ross said. But the judge said Miss Gabor had been notified. 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