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 Tue, Aug 25 1992 Date: Tue, 25 Aug 92 04:24:46 EDT Message-ID: DECISIONLINE: News USA TODAY Update Aug. 25, 1992 Source: USA TODAY:Gannett National Information Network GULF WATCHES FOR ANDREW: Gulf Coast residents are keeping a nervous watch for Hurricane Andrew, spinning slowly their way after its tear across southern Florida which killed at least 12. Forecasters issued a new warning for the Louisiana coast. Eight National Weather Service computers concurred on Andrew's path: Inland by Wednesday, heading for the coast between Pascagoula, Miss., and Vermilion Bay, La. TRANSPORTATION HIT HARD: Storm damage made it difficult to get around southern Florida. The worst hit areas were sealed off by the National Guard to prevent looting. Those wishing to leave did so with police escorts. Fallen billboards, telephone poles and other debris blocked roads and highways. Miami International Airport was closed Monday with about 2,500 people stranded inside. SBA WILL WRITE MOST CHECKS: The Small Business Administration will write most federal checks to repair homes, apartments and businesses damaged by Hurricane Andrew. The SBA will let homeowners borrow up to $100,000 to repair a primary residence, $20,000 to replace damaged personal property. Businesses can borrow up to $500,000. SBA is the primary federal source of disaster relief money. BUSH PUSHES FOR JOB TRAINING: President Bush Monday proposed a $10 billion job training program for laid-off workers, those in danger of losing their jobs and youth. Bush, in a bid to show he's concerned about rising jobless rates, called the five-year program "innovative, and it is loyal only to the future." But he did not specify how to pay for the program to start in 1994 at a yearly cost of about $3 billion. FAMILY NOT AS EXPECTED: The proverbial American "family" behind the "family values" political debate isn't what a lot of people imagine. A report Monday by the Population Reference Bureau says only one in five families fits the image - a sole-wage-earner husband, a wife at home and at least two kids. The share of "dual-worker" families - now the most common type in the workforce - rose from 10% to 40%. TALKS REFLECT NEW ERA: A new era dawned Monday as the sixth round of Mideast peace talks opened in Washington - without name calling. There was a sense Monday of watching the first crack in the Berlin Wall. Arab negotiators detected a new tone from Israel: Syria welcomed Israel's new top delegate to their talks, Itamar Rabinovich, an historian who has taught Syria to classes at Tel Aviv University. `NO-FLY ZONE' CRITICIZED: President Bush's plan to unveil an allied "no-fly zone" in southern Iraq, which may be announced Tuesday or Wednesday, could be delayed by growing Arab concerns the action might split Iraq, diplomats in the region said Monday. Saddam Hussein, meanwhile, declared Iraq would be victorious against its enemies as the government rallied support against possible allied attacks. U.N. TEAM RESTRICTED: A U.N. team investigating charges of atrocities was refused entry into a Serb-run prison camp Monday. The mission's leader - Poland's former Prime Minister Tadeusz Mazowiecki - said Serbs running the camp were covering up conditions. Fighting in Sarajevo intensified in a new round of mortar and rocket attacks on the capital Monday, but the airport was reopened. CARRIERS FOLLOW NORTHWEST LEAD: Airlines' fall sale is turning into a fire sale in its last week. Following Northwest's ticket offers from Sunday, USAir cut its fall-sale fares to match Northwest's deal on routes where the two compete. Continental and United will accept Northwest's coupons on routes where they compete. United plans to offer its own coupons Wednesday. American could respond as soon as Tuesday. NO DECISION BY GEORGE JURY: The jury in the Iran-contra trial of ex-CIA spy chief Clair George, after saying it couldn't reach a unanimous decision on any charges Monday, was expected to resume deliberations Tuesday. The eight-woman, four-man jury, which began deliberations Thursday, reported twice to U.S. District Court Judge Royce Lamberth that it was unable to reach a verdict. AIRLIFT MAY BE TROUBLED: Relief officials warned Monday they may not be able to keep Somalia's bandits away from U.S. food to be airlifted to remote areas of the drought-ravaged country. United Nations' David Bassiouni said a 500-man Pakistani army unit to protect food shipments would not arrive before mid-September. An estimated 2,000 people a day are dying in war-torn Somalia. DOW JONES OPENS ON DOWNSWING: The Dow Jones average of 30 industrials opens Tuesday at 3228.17 after closing down 25.93 Monday. The New York Stock Exchange composite opens at 226.34, down 2.27. The American Stock Exchange market value opens at 380.90, down 3.41. The NASDAQ OTC composite opens at 555.39, down 8.31. RECORD HIGHS IN NORTHWEST: The Pacific Northwest will bask in sunshine Tuesday, with readings reaching into the 80s and 90s in interior locations. Cooler temperatures will hug the coast. In the Southwest and Great Basin, hot and dry conditions prevail. The northern and central Plains will be chilly, with rain expected for parts of Kansas and Nebraska, reaching into Minnesota. News Editor: Kate Coughlin. 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