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 Mon, Sep 28 1992 Date: Mon, 28 Sep 92 04:52:55 EDT Message-ID: DECISIONLINE: News USA TODAY Update Sept. 28, 1992 Source: USA TODAY:Gannett National Information Network RUNNING HOUSE COSTS $700M: Running the House of Representatives last year cost taxpayers $80,000 an hour for a total of $700 million in 1991. USA TODAY and Gannett News Service found an arcane system of disclosure in the 1991 Report of the Clerk of the House. A week-long special report will show that while lawmakers' spending is public, their individual allowances remain secret. MAIL ALONE IS BIG EXPENSE: Many House lawmakers tread the gray area between official duties and politics in their spending on mail. Taxpayers financed $45 million for franked mail in 1991, $5 million for printing and $127,000 for mailing lists, shows a USA TODAY:Gannett News Service study. In 1991, House members received over $515,000 to spend on personal staff and an average of $176,900 for office expenses. PEACE `WITHIN HALF A YEAR': Israel hopes for a peace treaty with longtime foe Syria "within half a year," Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres said Sunday. Peres, in an interview, also said Israel hopes to call limited Palestinian self-rule elections in four months. In Jerusalem, Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin indicated he seeks direct talks with Syrian President Hafez Assad. BUSH STAYS RIGID ABOUT DEBATE: President Bush says he won't compromise in his opposition to the debate format proposed by a bipartisan commission and favored by Bill Clinton - which could jeopardize the already delayed face-offs. Bush also says he does not plan to meet with Ross Perot when he visits Dallas Monday. But top-ranking delegations from the Bush and Clinton campaigns will be courting Perot and his supporters. PEROT LEADERS BRANCH OUT: Monday, Ross Perot leaders from every state grill delegations from both campaigns. Perot appears on NBC's "Today" (7 a.m. ET) and CNN's "Larry King Live." (9 p.m. ET). Perot wants more spending cuts to trim the deficit than either Bush or Clinton want. In new polls, Perot wins 9% in a three-way race, says Newsweek; a Time-CNN poll gives him 13% if he stays inactive, 17% if he runs. DIVORCED BOY BEGINS NEW LIFE: Gregory Kingsley's new life began Friday, when an Orlando judge terminated the parental rights of his natural mother, Rachel Kingsley, of St. Louis, for neglect and abandonment, and officially made him the son of George and Lizabeth Russ. He also changed his name to Shawn Russ. Monday, he appears on ABC's "Good Morning America." And already he has received 30 TV and film offers. GEO METRO XFI TOPS EPA LIST: Geo Metro XFi is still the most fuel-efficient car. The Environmental Protection Agency's ratings, out Monday, say it gets 53 mpg in city driving and 58 mpg on the highway. But those numbers aren't as big a priority for buyers as in the '70s, when gas prices were rising. The 1993 models get 28.1 mpg, the EPA says. In second was the Honda Civic hatchback VS, with 48 mpg city, 55 mpg highway. VA SECRETARY RESIGNS: Veterans groups are applauding Saturday's resignation of Veterans Affairs Secretary Edward Derwinski, but it's unclear if it will win votes for the Bush campaign. The VFW decided not to endorse a presidential candidate this year. It was one of the first groups to endorse Bush in 1988. Derwinski drew fire for proposing a pilot program to let rural poor to use two VA hospitals. DEATH PROMOTES PRACTICE BAN: A fifth suicide assisted by Jack Kevorkian in Michigan brought renewed calls Sunday for a state law to ban the practice. Kevorkian was charged after aiding previous suicides, but the charges were dropped. Kevorkian helped Lois Hawes end her life Saturday. Prosecutor Richard Thompson said legislators are "shirking their responsibilities" by not acting. `LOLITA' TRIES SUICIDE: Amy Fisher, the "Long Island Lolita" who admitted trying to kill the wife of an older man she says was her lover, survived a drug overdose Saturday but will remain hospitalized for psychiatric tests, her lawyer said. And the "Hard Copy" TV show released an audio tape in which a voice said to be Fisher, 18, claims her father abused her as a child. DETROIT TEACHERS RETURN TO WORK: Detroit teachers voted to return to work Monday, ending a four-week strike that idled 168,000 students in the nation's seventh-largest school district. Classes will resume Tuesday. Teachers, who also had complained of crowded classrooms and scant supplies, will get a 7% raise over two years, and more decision-making authority. Up to 250 teachers will be laid off to pay for the raise. FAA SETS DEICING RULES: Major U.S. airlines have until Nov. 1 to implement the first government-ordered deicing rules. Prompted by a crash that killed 27 people in March, the FAA Friday set limits on how long a plane can be exposed to snow or freezing rain before it must be checked again. The agency also ordered new training for pilots and ground crews. FIVE KEY REPORTS DUE THIS WEEK: This could be the most important week between now and the Nov. 3 election for voters who believe the economy is the campaign's crucial issue. Five major economic reports are due this week. Economists expect the Labor Department to say in a report out Friday that the jobless rate rose to 7.7% this month from 7.6% last month. The average fixed-rate mortgage popped up above 8%. DOW JONES OPENS ON DOWNSWING: The Dow Jones average of 30 industrials opens at 3250.32 Monday after closing down 37.55 Friday. The New York Stock Exchange composite opens at 227.73, down 2.25. The American Stock Exchange market value opens at 378.49, down 2.45. The NASDAQ OTC composite opens at 577.20, down 8.73. SOGGY SOUTHEAST GETS HIT AGAIN: Another wave of showers and thunderstorms pounds the Atlantic coast Monday, soaking the Southeast. Cold air will rip through the northern tier of the USA, biting Minnesota and Wisconsin. Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Louisiana will enjoy sunny, dry conditions. A warm, sunny day is in store for the Northwest. California will be hot, with possible record temperatures in interior locations. News Editor: Kate Coughlin. (1-919-855-3491) Making copies of USA TODAY Update (Copyright, 1992) for further distribution purposes violates federal law. 04:3109280000T2030 US01- R - USA-TODAY............................. A T2030 09-28 0000 cc cc Sept. 28, 1992 SNAPSHOTS: A look at the news, money, sports, and lifestyle statistics that shape our world from the pages of USA TODAY. EDUCATED FOUNDING FATHERS: Levels of education reached by the 55 delegates of the Constitution Convention in 1787: Bachelor of Arts 47% Master of Arts 11% Doctor of Medicine 4% Source: National Constitution Center BIG BONUS FOR BEING FIRST: Average signing bonus for baseball players picked in the first round of the amateur draft: 1990 $243,000 1991 $355,000 1992 $477,000 Source: Baseball America AND IN THE BEGINNING WAS THE WORD: Bible translations read by most people worldwide: New International 34% King James 25% New King James 10% Living Bible 7% New American 5% Source: Spring Arbor Distributors Bible Units Sales Trends 20:3009280000D0928 SABC- R - This-story-has-no-headline............ A D0928 09-28 0000 $$%1 USA TODAY RADIO SPORTS REPORT From the USA TODAY:Gannett National Information Network Monday, Sept. 28 This report: Copyright 1992, USA TODAY National League Baseball Sunday, Sept. 27 Montreal 1, Chicago 0 Pittsburgh 4, New York 2 St. Louis 8, Phil. 1, 1st game Houston 4, Los Angeles 2 Phil. 6, St. Louis 5, 2nd game Cincinnati 3, San Francisco 2 Atlanta 2, San Diego 1, 10 inns. American League Baseball Sunday, Sept. 27 Toronto 12, New York 2 Detroit 13, Cleveland 3 Boston 6, Baltimore 1 Minnesota 4, Kansas City 0 Milwaukee 5, Oakland 3 Texas 3, Seattle 2 Chicago 3, California 2, 11 inns. National Football League Sunday, Sept. 27 Chicago 41, Atlanta 31 Buffalo 41, New England 7 Denver 12, Cleveland 0 Minnesota 42, Cincinnati 7 Houston 27, San Diego 0 Tampa Bay 27, Detroit 23 Miami 19, Seattle 17 L.A. Rams 18, N.Y. Jets 10 Green Bay 17, Pittsburgh 3 San Fran. 16, New Orleans 10 SPORTS SHORTS: WASHINGTON MOVES TO NO. 1: The Miami Hurricanes (3-0) are still unbeaten. But they aren't No. 1 anymore. Washington, which did not play, moved past the Hurricanes in the USA TODAY:CNN Coaches' Poll after Miami's slim 8-7 victory against Arizona Saturday. No. 2 Miami hosts No. 3 Florida State (4-0) this week. Michigan moved into the No. 4 spot and Penn State moved to No. 6. DALY WINS B.C. OPEN: John Daly is back in the winner's circle - and it will cost him a possible spot on the 1993 Ryder Cup team. ``I will be back (next year) to defend my title, even though it's opposite the Ryder Cup,'' Daly said Sunday after his third consecutive bogey-free round gave him a six-shot victory at the PGA Tour B.C. Open in Endicott, N.Y. He finished with a 5-under-par 66 for 266. INFECTION WAS BROWN'S ENEMY: A recent viral infection was the probable cause of the dizziness that led to the cancellation of Simon Brown's WBC super welterweight title fight Saturday night with Terry Norris, Las Vegas neurologist Margaret Goodman said Sunday. The bout hasn't been rescheduled yet. $$%2 03:0109280000 CAGI DISCD0928 NEWS- R A This-story-has-no-headline............ A D0928 09-28 0000 DECISIONLINE: News USA TODAY Update Sept. 28, 1992 Source: USA TODAY:Gannett National Information Network RUNNING HOUSE COSTS $700M: Running the House of Representatives last year cost taxpayers $80,000 an hour for a total of $700 million in 1991. USA TODAY and Gannett News Service found an arcane system of disclosure in the 1991 Report of the Clerk of the House. A week-long special report will show that while lawmakers' spending is public, their individual allowances remain secret. MAIL ALONE IS BIG EXPENSE: Many House lawmakers tread the gray area between official duties and politics in their spending on mail. Taxpayers financed $45 million for franked mail in 1991, $5 million for printing and $127,000 for mailing lists, shows a USA TODAY:Gannett News Service study. In 1991, House members received over $515,000 to spend on personal staff and an average of $176,900 for office expenses. PEACE `WITHIN HALF A YEAR': Israel hopes for a peace treaty with longtime foe Syria "within half a year," Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres said Sunday. Peres, in an interview, also said Israel hopes to call limited Palestinian self-rule elections in four months. In Jerusalem, Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin indicated he seeks direct talks with Syrian President Hafez Assad. BUSH STAYS RIGID ABOUT DEBATE: President Bush says he won't compromise in his opposition to the debate format proposed by a bipartisan commission and favored by Bill Clinton - which could jeopardize the already delayed face-offs. Bush also says he does not plan to meet with Ross Perot when he visits Dallas Monday. But top-ranking delegations from the Bush and Clinton campaigns will be courting Perot and his supporters. PEROT LEADERS BRANCH OUT: Monday, Ross Perot leaders from every state grill delegations from both campaigns. Perot appears on NBC's "Today" (7 a.m. ET) and CNN's "Larry King Live." (9 p.m. ET). Perot wants more spending cuts to trim the deficit than either Bush or Clinton want. In new polls, Perot wins 9% in a three-way race, says Newsweek; a Time-CNN poll gives him 13% if he stays inactive, 17% if he runs. DIVORCED BOY BEGINS NEW LIFE: Gregory Kingsley's new life began Friday, when an Orlando judge terminated the parental rights of his natural mother, Rachel Kingsley, of St. Louis, for neglect and abandonment, and officially made him the son of George and Lizabeth Russ. He also changed his name to Shawn Russ. Monday, he appears on ABC's "Good Morning America." And already he has received 30 TV and film offers. GEO METRO XFI TOPS EPA LIST: Geo Metro XFi is still the most fuel-efficient car. The Environmental Protection Agency's ratings, out Monday, say it gets 53 mpg in city driving and 58 mpg on the highway. But those numbers aren't as big a priority for buyers as in the '70s, when gas prices were rising. The 1993 models get 28.1 mpg, the EPA says. In second was the Honda Civic hatchback VS, with 48 mpg city, 55 mpg highway. VA SECRETARY RESIGNS: Veterans groups are applauding Saturday's resignation of Veterans Affairs Secretary Edward Derwinski, but it's unclear if it will win votes for the Bush campaign. The VFW decided not to endorse a presidential candidate this year. It was one of the first groups to endorse Bush in 1988. Derwinski drew fire for proposing a pilot program to let rural poor to use two VA hospitals. DEATH PROMOTES PRACTICE BAN: A fifth suicide assisted by Jack Kevorkian in Michigan brought renewed calls Sunday for a state law to ban the practice. Kevorkian was charged after aiding previous suicides, but the charges were dropped. Kevorkian helped Lois Hawes end her life Saturday. Prosecutor Richard Thompson said legislators are "shirking their responsibilities" by not acting. `LOLITA' TRIES SUICIDE: Amy Fisher, the "Long Island Lolita" who admitted trying to kill the wife of an older man she says was her lover, survived a drug overdose Saturday but will remain hospitalized for psychiatric tests, her lawyer said. And the "Hard Copy" TV show released an audio tape in which a voice said to be Fisher, 18, claims her father abused her as a child. DETROIT TEACHERS RETURN TO WORK: Detroit teachers voted to return to work Monday, ending a four-week strike that idled 168,000 students in the nation's seventh-largest school district. Classes will resume Tuesday. Teachers, who also had complained of crowded classrooms and scant supplies, will get a 7% raise over two years, and more decision-making authority. Up to 250 teachers will be laid off to pay for the raise. FAA SETS DEICING RULES: Major U.S. airlines have until Nov. 1 to implement the first government-ordered deicing rules. Prompted by a crash that killed 27 people in March, the FAA Friday set limits on how long a plane can be exposed to snow or freezing rain before it must be checked again. The agency also ordered new training for pilots and ground crews. FIVE KEY REPORTS DUE THIS WEEK: This could be the most important week between now and the Nov. 3 election for voters who believe the economy is the campaign's crucial issue. Five major economic reports are due this week. Economists expect the Labor Department to say in a report out Friday that the jobless rate rose to 7.7% this month from 7.6% last month. The average fixed-rate mortgage popped up above 8%. DOW JONES OPENS ON DOWNSWING: The Dow Jones average of 30 industrials opens at 3250.32 Monday after closing down 37.55 Friday. The New York Stock Exchange composite opens at 227.73, down 2.25. The American Stock Exchange market value opens at 378.49, down 2.45. The NASDAQ OTC composite opens at 577.20, down 8.73. SOGGY SOUTHEAST GETS HIT AGAIN: Another wave of showers and thunderstorms pounds the Atlantic coast Monday, soaking the Southeast. Cold air will rip through the northern tier of the USA, biting Minnesota and Wisconsin. Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Louisiana will enjoy sunny, dry conditions. A warm, sunny day is in store for the Northwest. California will be hot, with possible record temperatures in interior locations. News Editor: Kate Coughlin. (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