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 Thu, Jul 9 1992 Date: Thu, 9 Jul 92 05:13:14 EDT Message-ID: DECISIONLINE: News USA TODAY Update July 9, 1992 Source: USA TODAY:Gannett National Information Network DEM DELEGATES LIKE VP BRADLEY: New Jersey Sen. Bill Bradley is favored for vice president by delegates to next week's Democratic National Convention. A USA TODAY:NBC News poll of 837 randomly selected delegates found 15% want Bradley on the ticket with Bill Clinton - more than twice the support for governors Mario Cuomo of New York and Ann Richards of Texas. Those choices are not on Clinton's rumored short list. CALCIUM BUILDS STRONG BONES: Kids grow stronger bones when they consume more calcium than now recommended, a new study suggests. But whether a high-calcium diet in childhood will mean fewer broken bones in old age remains to be seen. The study, in Thursday's New England Journal of Medicine, shows pre-teens who get twice the recommended daily allowance grow denser bones than kids getting the RDA. YELTSIN WANTS TO DEAL ON DEBT: Russian President Boris Yeltsin stunned Economic Summit leaders in Munich, Germany, Wednesday by offering to swap land, minerals and property to reduce his debt. His deal came after leaders of seven industrial nations said they would support deferring payments on Russia's $70 billion international debt. "It was a bolt from the blue," said Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney. U.S. TOWNS, CITIES BROKE: More than half the USA's cities and towns are in the red. A National League of Cities survey of 620 towns found 54% have negative balance sheets, up from 52% in 1991. Of the cities surveyed, 72% have raised taxes to deal with the deficit; 73% slashed spending. Many cut down on city services such as using fewer people to pick up trash less frequently. IRAQ PROBE POSSIBLE: Congress will ask Attorney General William Barr, possibly as soon as Thursday, to name an independent counsel to investigate charges that Iraq built its war machine with U.S. tax dollars and the knowledge of the Bush administration, Reuters news agency said Wednesday. The request could fuel intense anger among Republicans who accuse Democrats of mounting an election-year witch hunt. FEWER COMPLAIN ABOUT AIRLINES: Consumers had 492 complaints against the aviation industry in May - down 18% from April and 16% fewer than a year ago. The Department of Transportation's monthly report showed 86.6% of flights by the 10 largest carriers arrived on time - within 15 minutes of schedule. That's the same record as April, and is exceeded only by the 87.9% record of September 1991. EYES ON ASBESTOS CASE: Court officials nationwide are closely watching the six cases in the nation's largest asbestos trial, expected to go to a 12-person jury Thursday. The consolidated personal injury trial, which began 4 1:2 months ago, pits 8,555 plaintiffs against six companies that manufactured, supplied or installed asbestos at industrial sites throughout Maryland from the 1940s to the 1970s. RULING IN ON PESTICIDE CASE: Cancer-causing pesticides in even trace amounts are not allowed in processed foods, a federal appeals court said Wednesday in a ruling that labor and environmental groups called "a major public health victory." The decision, in which the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals struck down a 1990 Bush administration policy, could affect thousands of foods ranging from bread to raisins. NEW TWIST IN NORIEGA CASE: Key prosecution witness Luis del Cid may recant his testimony from Manuel Noriega's trial, and accuse federal authorities of reneging on their plea agreement, del Cid's lawyer said. A recantation could allow Noriega to seek a new trial. Del Cid's lawyer, Samuel Burstyn, said he'll move to withdraw the guilty plea Thursday if the government doesn't make good on its promises. JURY HAS PAN AM 103 CASE: New York federal jurors ended their first full day of deliberations without a verdict on allegations Pan Am was negligent in the 1988 terrorist bombing of Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland. Relatives of 212 of the victims blamed shoddy airline security for allowing a bomb-laden suitcase on the Boeing 747. Pan Am, now bankrupt, has said all proper precautions were taken. SOUTHEAST TO GET SCORCHED: Hot, sultry air continues to build in the Southeast Thursday with some 100-degree readings expected in parts of Georgia and the Carolinas. The weather remains very active across the USA's northern tier. Periods of showers and thunderstorms will dampen locations from the Rockies eastward to the Northeast. The mid-Atlantic breaks into hot and humid weather. DOW JONES OPENS ON DOWNSWING: The Dow Jones average of 30 industrials opens Thursday at 3293.28 after closing down 1.89 Wednesday. The New York Stock Exchange composite opens at 225.49, up 0.34. The American Stock Exchange market value opens at 379.86, down 0.40. The NASDAQ OTC composite opens at 557.57, up 0.16. 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