Path: bloom-picayune.mit.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!news.media.mit.edu!americast.com!americast.com!usa-post Newsgroups: usa-today.news From: usa-post@AmeriCast.Com Organization: American Cybercasting Approved: usa-post@AmeriCast.com Subject: news Mon, Jun 22 1992 Date: Mon, 22 Jun 92 05:14:50 EDT Message-ID: DECISIONLINE: News USA TODAY Update June 22, 1992 Source: USA TODAY:Gannett National Information Network `BATMAN RETURNS' SETS RECORDS: "Batman Returns" had a record-breaking weekend. The Caped Crusader's second screen adventure hauled in about $46.6 million, a record three-day opening weekend, Warner Bros. said Sunday. The "Batman" sequel set box office records: Friday, $14.5 million; Saturday, $16 million. No film has grossed $15 million on a single day. Nor has any other film ever opened on as many screens - 2,644. CLINTON UNVEILS PLAN: Bill Clinton Sunday unveiled a detailed plan to rebuild what he called a Republican-battered economy. The Democratic presidential candidate offered a 26-page plan he'll begin pitching Monday in a meeting with mayors in Houston. Included: $200 billion in investment through 1996; $300 billion in spending cuts and tax hikes to finance new spending and halve the deficit by 1996. BAKER RULES OUT U.S. ACTION: Secretary of State James Baker Sunday again ruled out unilateral U.S. military action in Yugoslavia after weekend fighting in Sarajevo left 15 dead and 187 injured. Baker did warn of sterner measures if the U.N. embargo against Serbia fails. U.N. officials said efforts to open Sarajevo's airport won't resume until a cease-fire holds at least 48 hours. PEROT TO GIVE WRITTEN STATEMENT: Ross Perot has agreed to give a written statement to the Senate Select Committee on POW:MIA Affairs. Perot, who negotiated with Vietnam over MIAs in the 1980s, was to testify June 30. But he said last week he would not appear voluntarily before the Nov. 3 election. The panel's co-chairman, Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., said Sunday Perot had agreed to a "formal, sworn deposition." LEAP SECOND TO BE ADDED: Timekeepers at the U.S. Naval Observatory on June 30 will add another second to make up for the nearly full second the Earth's rotation has slowed since 1990. Adding what is known as a leap second keeps atomic time in sync with the sun and stars. If unadjusted, the gap could cause havoc for navigation equipment, satellites and computers that rely on synchronized pulses. BUSH TO ADD TO VETO COUNT: President Bush could veto as many as 10 more bills this year, adding to his record of 28 vetoes - all without a single override by Congress. This week, he's expected to veto a National Institutes of Health authorization that would end his ban on use of fetal tissue from induced abortions in federally funded disease research. Bush says the bill will encourage abortions. PEROT REACHING OUT: Ross Perot is reaching out to minorities, particularly blacks who appear to be more inclined to support Democrat Bill Clinton. "It's coming," Perot spokeswoman Sharon Holman said Sunday. Volunteers are focusing more on minority areas as they circulate nominating petitions. And Perot has been meeting with black leaders. Polls show 60% of blacks support Clinton; 22%, Perot. AMTRAK PREPARES FOR STRIKE: Amtrak began altering operations Sunday in anticipation of a strike that would shut down the system at 12:01 a.m. EDT Wednesday. Preparations include shortening or canceling overnight runs. First affected: A Los Angeles-to-Chicago run halted in Fort Worth, Texas. "We're going to make sure we don't have any trains out in a corn field in the middle of the night," said Amtrak's John Jacobsen. RIOT PROBE CONTINUES: Los Angeles police believe most riot-related murder cases will never be solved, The Los Angeles Times reported Sunday. But homicide detectives are aggressively pursuing leads in one particularly brutal case. They believe a single gunman cut down Louis Watson, 18 and two bystanders, apparently to get even with Watson for refusing to join a gang. MORE FED CRIMINALS INCARCERATED: More federal criminals are going to prison and for longer terms as a result of the Sentencing Reform Act that took effect in 1987, the Justice Department said Sunday. In 1986, 52% of federal offenders went to prison. By 1990, it was 74%. Federal prisoners released in 1990 had served an average of 19 months, 29% longer than in 1986. The law eliminated early parole. DOW JONES OPENS ON UPSWING: The Dow Jones average of 30 industrials opens Monday at 3285.35 after closing up 11.23 Friday. The New York Stock Exchange composite opens at 221.96, up 1.35. The American Stock Exchange market value opens at 379.39, up 1.90. The NASDAQ OTC composite opens at 554.20, up 5.03. COLD TO HIT THE EAST: A topsy-turvy weather pattern Monday will shake the East with record cold and scorch the West with record heat. In the Northeast, temperatures will fall as much as 25 degrees below normal. Temperatures in the 60s and 70s are on tap for the mid-Atlantic into the Southeast. In Texas, temperatures will be in the 90s and 100s. Across the Northwest, temperatures will hit the 100s. News Editor: William Snoddy. (1-919-855-3491) Making copies of USA TODAY Update (Copyright, 1992) for further distribution purposes 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