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, Oct 5 1992 Date: Mon, 5 Oct 92 04:46:08 EDT Message-ID: DECISIONLINE: News USA TODAY Update Oct. 5, 1992 Source: USA TODAY:Gannett National Information Network ISRAELI JET CRASHES IN HOLLAND: An Israeli El Al cargo plane smashed into two apartment buildings near Amsterdam Sunday during an emergency landing, killing up to 200 on the ground in the worst aviation disaster in Holland's history. The El Al 747, which began its trip in New York, was en route to Tel Aviv when it crashed near Amsterdam's Schipol Airport after two engines failed. CABLE BILL VETO MAY FALL: Congress heads to a showdown Monday with President Bush, trying to override his veto of a cable TV bill. Congress has failed to overturn 35 Bush vetoes. But the cable re-regulation bill, his 36th veto, is considered the Democrats' best chance of breaking that streak. The White House is lobbying heavily to avoid an embarrassing override only a month before the election. HOUSE TO CONSIDER TAX BILL: A $27 billion package of tax breaks for savers, cities and the real estate industry comes up in the House Monday. A veto from President Bush or a Republican filibuster in the Senate is possible. Bush, who has vowed to never raise taxes again, must decide whether revenues raised to pay for the breaks constitute tax hikes. Two House Republican leaders said Sunday a veto is likely. GRAY DEFENDS BUSH: White House counsel C. Boyden Gray, President Bush's chief lawyer, dismissed allegations that Bush knew more about the Iran-contra scandal than he has acknowledged. Writing in The Washington Post Sunday, Gray labeled as "stale hokum" suggestions by Richard Secord and Howard Teicher that Bush, as vice president under President Reagan, played an active role in the deals. CALIF. WILDFIRE CONTAINED: Firefighters in California Sunday contained a swift-moving wildfire that scorched nearly 25,000 acres in the Sierra Nevada, destroyed 40 homes and claimed two lives. More than 5,300 firefighters battled the blaze that started Tuesday about 140 miles northeast of San Francisco in the Eldorado National Forest. Damage is estimated at $245 million. FORBES RANKS RICHEST: Forbes magazine ranks the 400 richest people in the USA in its Oct. 19 issue, on newsstands Wednesday. Holding the No. 1 spot this year: Microsoft Chairman William Henry Gates, followed by Metromedia founder John Werner Kluge. Texas billionaire and presidential candidate Ross Perot ranks 19th among 73 U.S. billionaires. Net worth: $2.4 billion. KING, L.A. FAIL TO AGREE: Settlement of a civil lawsuit between Rodney King and the city of Los Angeles appeared to have stalled, officials said Sunday. Three weeks after the City Council rejected a $5.95 million settlement proposal, King's lawyer, Stephen Lerman, said the city negotiated in bad faith. Lerman is accused of acting out of "greed" in rejecting a counteroffer worth $3 million for King. FLA. CANDIDATE CHARGED: Democratic Florida statehouse candidate Eric Kaplan withdrew from the race Friday, after being charged with attempted murder in the shooting of his opponent's wife. Kaplan is accused of firing five shots into the Orlando home of Rep. Robert Starks Sept. 27. Starks' wife was struck in the left calf. Starks, an airline pilot seeking a third term, has gone into hiding with his wife. SOCIAL HEALTH DOWN, SAYS STUDY: The USA's social health is at its lowest point in 21 years, says a Fordham University study out Monday. The Index of Social Health has tracked 16 measures of well-being since 1970. At their worst levels ever: Child abuse, teen suicide, health insurance coverage, average weekly earnings, out-of-pocket health costs for those over 65 and the gap between rich and poor. TV DESCRIBED AS HARMFUL: Researchers shared their work about the impact of television on the brains of young children in a recent conference sponsored by the Department of Health and Human Services. "We consistently find that heavy viewing of television - especially the action:adventure programs - is associated with more aggressive behavior," said Jerome Singer, a psychology professor from Yale University. EAST, SOUTHEAST TO BE COLD: Cold breezes will whip New England Monday, while sun breaks through clouds in the the mid-Atlantic. The Carolinas will be rainy and cool. Florida and Georgia should be sunny and dry. Storms will threaten the Dakotas, Nebraska and Kansas. Fog and drizzle will invade the northern Rockies. The South will be sunny and warm; California sunny and mild. The Northwest cool and dry. DOW JONES OPENS ON DOWNSWING: The Dow Jones average of 30 industrials opens at 3200.61 Monday after closing down 53.76 Friday. The New York Stock Exchange composite opens at 225.81, down 2.92. The American Stock Exchange market value opens at 371.24, down 2.92. The NASDAQ OTC composite opens at 571.63, down 6.70. News Editor: Christopher Goldthwaite. (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