Path: bloom-picayune.mit.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!news.media.mit.edu!americast.com!americast.com!usa-post Newsgroups: usa-today.news,americast.usa-today.news From: usa-post@AmeriCast.Com Organization: American Cybercasting Approved: usa-post@AmeriCast.com Subject: news Thu, Aug 20 1992 Date: Thu, 20 Aug 92 04:20:23 EDT Message-ID: DECISIONLINE: News USA TODAY Update Aug. 20, 1992 Source: USA TODAY:Gannett National Information Network BUSH GETS FAMILY BOOST: President Bush delivers a make-or-break speech Thursday after getting a boost from one of his greatest assets - Barbara Bush. Mrs. Bush spoke of family values Wednesday night and the president then joined his family on stage. With polls delivering a muddled message - from a modest bounce for Bush to a growing lead for Democrat Bill Clinton - Bush said he was up to the challenge. FIRE FORCES EVACUATIONS: A swift-moving fire crackling through mountains of northern California Wednesday forced evacuation of 14,000 people. The blaze has burned 11,000-acres near the town of San Andreas since Sunday. It was moving 1.25 miles per hour late Wednesday, cutting a northwestwardly swath toward the Nevada line. Fleeing tourists and residents from a 30-mile area jammed hotels and emergency shelters. JAPAN EXPERIENCES RECESSION: Layoffs, staff cuts and temporary shutdowns have hit Japan. Along with the layoffs, Japan's slowdown is exposing in-house unemployment, the Nikkei Weekly reported Wednesday. The Fuji Research Institute estimates Japanese companies employ 800,000 people they don't need. The institute says the unemployment rate, 2.1%, would be 3.4% if unneeded workers were counted. JURY DELIBERATES OVER CIA AGENT: A jury in Washington Thursday begins deciding whether ex-spy Clair George is guilty of perjury, making false statements and obstructing Congress and a federal grand jury. George is the highest-ranking CIA officer indicted on Iran-contra charges. His former subordinate, Alan Friers, has testified against George. Defense lawyers say Friers has lied to free himself of charges. UNITED WAY ADOPTS NEW MEASURES: United Way of America voted Wednesday to add local representatives to its governing board and change its bylaws to improve accountability and tighten spending. United Way has been rocked by scandal and sustained deep cuts in revenues from local affiliates. The changes follow the resignation of president William Aramony amid questions about spending and management. GUNMAN KILLED BY LAW OFFICERS: Law officers shot to death fugitive Robert Courtney, 48, Wednesday. Courtney was accused of gunning down three people in a Bakersfield, Calif., home. The shoot-out with Kern County sheriff's deputies came a day after Courtney, during a break in his trial on charges of assaulting county health inspector Cindy Volpe, 39, opened fire at her home. Volpe, her mother and brother were shot. BOSTON POLICEMAN SUSPENDED: Boston police upheld six of 27 federal misconduct allegations in the 1989 fatal shooting of Carol Stuart by her husband, Charles, on Wednesday. One officer will be suspended. Stuart was killed in October 1989 while with her husband. He accused a young black man, and police were criticized for harassing possible suspects before arresting Charles Stuart. He committed suicide while being sought. LEGISLATORS VOTE ON BUDGET: California legislators began voting Wednesday on parts of Gov. Pete Wilson's plan to close an $11 billion shortfall in his $57 billion state budget proposal. The debate pits the Republican governor against Assembly-majority Democrats who say too much would be cut from schools, while Republicans say the Democratic alternative would strip too much from law enforcement. CITIZEN SUES NEW YORK CITY: Diego Encalada said Wednesday he is suing New York City for $1 million, saying he lost money and was jailed because the city sold him a stolen car at auction. Encalada, 28, paid $1,400 for the Olds Cutlass in January. In April, despite documents showing the city sold the car, Encalada was jailed for 27 hours. He maintains that neither the car nor the money has been returned. HIGH SCHOOL KILLER SENTENCED: William Flynn, a 15-year-old student when he shot to death his lover's husband, was sentenced in Exeter, N.H., Wednesday, to 28 years to life in prison. Flynn, 18, shot to death Gregory Smart, 24, at the urging of Smart's wife, Pamela, a high school media specialist who seduced Flynn. Pam Smart is serving a life sentence. Two friends of Flynn are to be sentenced Thursday. OSPREY MAY HAVE RUN OUT OF FUEL: A V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft that crashed into the Potomac River near Washington, D.C., July 20, killing seven crewmen, may have run out of fuel. Aviation Week & Space Technology reported the story Wednesday. Boeing, which makes the experimental plane, wouldn't comment. DOW JONES OPENS ON DOWNSWING: The Dow Jones average of 30 industrials opens Thursday at 3307.06 after closing down 22.42 points Wednesday. The New York Stock Exchange composite opens at 230.41, down 1.49. The American Stock Exchange market value opens at 385.89, down 0.92. The NASDAQ OTC composite opens at 567.61, down 3.26. SOUTHEAST'S BRIEF RESPITE OVER: The Southeast is in store for thunderstorms. Fair, summer weather will envelop the northeastern quarter. Sunshine will hug the Great Lakes into New England. The Midwest will heat up as a warming trend crawls across the region. Thunderstorms will race through the Plains and the Southwest will once again sizzle with probable thunderstorms. Coastal California will cool off. News Editor: Martin Baucom. 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