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, Oct 6 1992 Date: Tue, 6 Oct 92 05:45:32 EDT Message-ID: DECISIONLINE: News USA TODAY Update Oct. 6, 1992 Source: USA TODAY:Gannett National Information Network CLINTON CONFIRMS IRAQI MEETING: Bill Clinton says he wasn't aware of Iraqi atrocities when he met with the Iraqi ambassador in 1986 to discuss Arkansas rice sales. "This was all before we knew they were dropping mustard gas on their own people and the Kurds," Clinton told CNN's Larry King on Monday. President Bush had said Sunday that Clinton "got ahold of" the Iraqi ambassador to push agricultural loans. BUSH TO MAKE ANOTHER APEARANCE: CNN said Monday President Bush will appear for the second time this week on "Larry King Live" at 9 p.m. ET Wednesday. The program, to be broadcast from San Antonio, will include call-in questions, unlike Sunday's taped show. BUSH SAYS CLINTON FLIP-FLOPPED: President Bush, campaigning in Dover, Del., Monday jumped on Bill Clinton's endorsement of the North American Free Trade Agreement, charging Clinton comes down "on all sides of every issue. ... He just tells people what he thinks they want to hear." Clinton Sunday conditionally endorsed the agreement, which would gradually eliminate tariffs between the U.S., Mexico and Canada. CABLE BILL BECOMES LAW: Congress for the first time rejected a veto by President Bush, voting overwhemingly Monday night to impose federal regulations on cable TV. The vote ended Bush's record string of 35 successful vetoes. "It's not a slap in the face to the President, it's merely a disagreement on an issue," said Sen. John Danforth, R.-Mo. "Some very strong presidents were overridden." STOCK MARKET BOUNCES BACK: Interest rate rumors took the market on a wild ride Monday. Fears that rates have stopped falling sent stocks into a skid, but they bounced back on hopes that rates still may be cut. The Dow Jones industrial average closed at 3179, down 21.61, after a wild morning session that sent the Dow plunging 105 points. More than 1 million shares a minute were traded during the morning session. USAIR CUTS BACK OPERATIONS: USAir scaled back operations Monday as thousands of ground crew workers walked out over wage concessions and work rules. The International Association of Machinists called the strike at 7 a.m. Monday. Picket lines were set up in Greensboro, N.C., Winston-Salem, N.C., Roanoke, Va., and at Washington National Airport and New York's La Guardia Airport. EYE LASER PROCEDURE RISKY: A laser procedure used on millions in the USA to improve vision after cataract surgery is under fire. A study shows the procedure actually raises the risk of vision loss in some cases. Cataract surgery involves removing a cloudy lens and replacing it with an artificial lens. An added procedure to restore vision caused two of 100 patients studied to suffer a detached retina. INSTITUTE CAN EXCLUDE WOMEN: A federal appeals court Monday upheld a ruling allowing Virginia Military Institute's all-male admissions policy, but ordered the state to offer similar programs for women. It ruled the institute's ban on women is justified, but the state must ensure women have equal access to military training, either by admitting women to VMI or setting up a similar school for women elsewhere. MORATORIUM PUT ON MOBILE HOMES: The Homestead, Fla., City Council Monday approved a six-month moratorium on granting permits for new mobile homes. In the wake of Hurricane Andrew - which demolished all but nine of Homestead's 1,167 mobile homes when it swept ashore Aug. 24 - city officials say they'll only grant temporary permits while studying how to make the homes safer. CONGRESS TAKES CUT: Congress on Monday approved spending $2.27 billion on itself next year, $29 million less than during the last year. The measure also orders the General Accounting Office to develop accounting guidelines for the House's legislative service organizations. USA TODAY and Gannett News Service reported last week that LSOs circumvent rules designed to limit Congressional spending. CRASH KILLS 250: Rescue teams sifted through smoldering debris Monday near Amsterdam after an El Al cargo jet plunged into two apartment blocks, engulfing homes in flames and killing an estimated 250 people on the ground. The Sunday crash, in a mazelike housing project for poor immigrants, appears to be one of the worst for non-passengers killed in a plane crash. SUNNY, BRISK IN THE EAST: Clouds and cooler temperatures cover the upper Mississippi Valley, with wet weather expected Tuesday night and Wednesday. Sunshine and brisk temperatures - in the 50s and 60s - will stretch from the New England into the Southeast. Most of the South will be sunny and mild. The southern Atlantic coast may receive scattered showers. The Midwest will be sunny, with temperatures in the 60s. DOLLAR OPENS MIXED OVERSEAS: The dollar opens mixed on Tuesday. It opens at 0.5867 British pounds, up from 0.5784; 4.8115 French francs, down from 4.7625; 1.4140 German marks, down from 1.4235; and 119.60 Japanese yen, up from 119.40. (As of 3 p.m. Monday. Source: First American Bank of New York.) News Editor: Ed Kelleher. (1-919-855-3491) Making copies of USA TODAY Update (Copyright, 1992) for further distribution 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