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, Sep 10 1992 Date: Thu, 10 Sep 92 05:44:18 EDT Message-ID: DECISIONLINE: News USA TODAY Update Sept. 10, 1992 Source: USA TODAY:Gannett National Information Network BUSH SAYS NO MORE TAXES: President Bush, saying he learned the "hard way" after breaking his no-new-taxes pledge, said Wednesday in New Jersey, "I went along with one Democratic tax increase, and I'm not going to do it again. Ever!" Thursday, Bush's campaign spends about $500,000 for five-minute TV ads to present his economic plans - on ABC at 9:55 p.m. ET, and on CBS, NBC and CNN at 10:55 p.m. ET. FAMILY LEAVE ON THE LINE: House Democrats get another chance Thursday to attack President Bush's "family values" credentials when they take up a family leave bill that Bush is likely to veto. The bill would guarantee employees of firms with 50 or more workers up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave to take care of a new baby or an ill family member. Democrats sense a potent political weapon for the November election. BUSH HAS YET TO BE OVERRIDDEN: President Bush, who vetoed a similar family leave bill in 1990, now is campaigning for re-election on a platform of solicitude for families. He has yet to be overridden on anything, and he's likely to prevail on family leave, too. Opponents say the bill would be an unwarranted government intrusion in business that will cost jobs and benefit some workers at the expense of others. CLEARANCE LETTERS ARRIVING: FBI agents began delivering letters to House members Wednesday clearing them of wrongdoing in the House bank scandal. The number exonerated or their names was not revealed. Justice Department special counsel Malcolm Wilkey said most of the 329 accounts he reviewed of current and former members would get clearance letters. But most lawmakers who wrote bad checks had yet to get letters. LAWMAKERS PLOT END OF SESSION: House and Senate leaders of both parties went to the White House Tuesday night for a chat with President Bush over how best to move legislation in the final days of the 102nd Congress,despite the heat of presidential politics. Sen. Alan Simpson, R-Wyo., who attended the session, says the discussion included how to pass items such as the Russian aid package and the Energy bill. GEPHARDT TOP CRITIC OF NAFTA: House Majority leader Richard Gephardt Wednesday became the highest-ranking House member to oppose the North American Free Trade Agreement, which would create a free trade zone for the USA, Mexico and Canada. Gephardt, a Democrat, says the pact fails to protect jobs, health and the environment. SENATE APPROVES JUDGE CARNES: Ed Carnes won his eight-month battle Wednesday for an Alabama federal judgeship. The Senate approved Carnes 62-36 for an 11th circuit appeals judgeship despite intense lobbying by civil rights groups. But his victory could spell trouble for many of the 57 other Bush judicial appointees pending before the Senate. Carnes may be the last confirmation by the busy Senate in Bush's term. JAILS HOLDING MENTALLY ILL: America's jails increasingly are used as holding pens for the mentally ill, a disturbing trend and a "national disgrace," says a study released by the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill and Public Citizen's Health Research Group Wednesday. The study says 7% of total jail inmate population nationwide is mentally ill. And many are jailed without charges or on trivial infractions. ARTHRITIS DRUGS CAUSE ULCERS: Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, used by millions of people for arthritis and chronic pain, can cause ulcers and should be used with caution, research shows. The study in Thursday's New England Journal of Medicine says the top three such drugs are Naprosin, Voltarin and Feldene. Occasional use with over-the-counter varieties of ibuprofen are not associated with ulcer risk. TRANSPLANT RECIPIENT HAD HIV: The world's first recipient of a baboon liver transplant was infected with the AIDS virus, doctors confirmed Wednesday. The unidentified 35-year-old man, who died Sunday of a brain hemorrhage, was infected with the virus before the historic transplant, but did not show signs of AIDS. Doctors say the man's HIV infection did not influence the outcome of the transplant. FIRST BLACK WOMAN ON SHUTTLE: Mae Jemison, a 35-year-old physician, will make history Saturday. She will become the first black woman astronaut when shuttle Endeavour lifts off. Also on board is the first husband-wife team - Mark Lee and Jan Davis - and the first Japanese shuttle astronaut, chemist Mamoru Mohri. Launch of NASA's 50th shuttle mission is set for 10:23 a.m. ET Saturday. DOW JONES OPENS ON UPSWING: The Dow Jones average of 30 industrials opens at 3271.39 Thursday after closing up 10.80 Wednesday. The New York Stock Exchange composite opens at 229.10, up 0.73. The American Stock Exchange market value opens at 382.82, down 0.54. The NASDAQ OTC composite opens at 574.89, up 3.72. COOL IN THE MIDWEST: Cool high pressure is in the Midwest. This cold front will pass over the Appalachians bringing rain and storms. Chance of heavy storms is in upstate New York south to West Virginia. Humid weather hits much of the Eastern seaboard. Heat and scattered storms touch the Southeast. Sunshine is on tap for the northern and central Plains. A slight warming trend will heat up the Pacific Northwest. News Editor: Kate Coughlin. 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