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 20 1992 Date: Tue, 20 Oct 92 04:35:16 EDT Message-ID: DECISIONLINE: News USA TODAY Update Oct. 20, 1992 Source: USA TODAY:Gannett National Information Network BUSH GETS HIS KIND OF DEBATE: President Bush got the debate he wanted and desperately needed Monday. Bush ticked off his mental list of points he and aides agreed he had to make: Democrat Bill Clinton will raise taxes. Clinton's record in Arkansas is suspect. Clinton can't take a stand. Bush did take some hits, notably from Ross Perot, who attacked him on U.S. policies toward Iraq before the gulf war. POLL SHOWS PEROT AS WINNER: Ross Perot's candor was the winner in Monday night's final presidential debate, but he's still a distant third in the race. A USA TODAY:CNN:Gallup taken among 423 registered voters who watched found 37% rated Perot the best, while President Bush and Bill Clinton tied at 28%. Perot also came away with 63% saying they had a more favorable opinion of him. Margin of error: 5%. PEROT LOOKED FAR FOR V.P.: Ross Perot considered more than 100 people for a permanent running mate, including Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf and former Sen. Paul Tsongas, according to Mort Meyerson, who headed Perot's vice presidential search. The speculation ran the gamut from Oprah Winfrey to Jeane Kirkpatrick to Jesse Jackson. Perot met with only Dr. Bernadine Healy, who is running Perot Systems in Perot's stead. FLOWERS TALKS TO PENTHOUSE: Gennifer Flowers is still talking. This time she does it in the November issue of Penthouse magazine. The woman who claims a 12-year relationship with presidential frontrunner Bill Clinton now says the Arkansas governor impregnated her shortly after their liaison began in the fall of 1977. Flowers says she had an abortion in February 1978 and produces the medical documents to prove it. EPA SAYS 86M LIVE WITH BAD AIR: Though smoggy conditions have improved significantly in 41 urban areas, the Environmental Protection Agency said Monday. More than 86 million people are still being exposed to unhealthful air. The EPA said 56 urban areas still can't meet federal air quality standards for ozone, a major smog component. The 41 areas showing improvement are mostly smaller cities. FAA UNCOVERS ENGINE CRACKS: Government-ordered inspections of Boeing 747s have turned up at least 20 airplanes so far with cracks or corrosion on vital engine mounting pins. The FAA ordered the checks following the Oct. 4 crash of an cargo jet in Amsterdam, after two of the jet's four engines had fallen off after takeoff. Airlines checking the devices have so far reported four cracked pins and one cracked fitting. AIRFARES ON UPRISE: Fliers face another increase in domestic airfares Wednesday - the third hike in three months - and more are likely. The only big airline not raising fares is Southwest. Other airlines are likely to hold the line on routes where they compete against Southwest, which serves only 34 cities. Restricted, discount fares are rising $10 to $30 round trip on many routes. MASTECTOMY HAS AN ALTERNATIVE: About a third of women with breast cancer could safely undergo "breast-conserving" treatment, but most doctors continue to recommend mastectomies, experts from three major medical groups say. The federal government two years ago said breast-conserving therapy is an option for many. However, in 42 states, 85% to 96% of cases are treated by mastectomy, who figures released Tuesday. DIABETES TREATMENT DISCUSSED: Transplanting a pancreas to eliminate daily insulin shots for type I diabetes should be recommended primarily when the patient faces kidney failure, says the American Diabetes Association. More than 1,100 transplants were performed in the USA in the past two years. But the November issue of Diabetes Care finds a lack of evidence that the transplants are safe and cost-effective. TEEN ABORTIONS NOT HIDDEN: Sixty-one percent of teen-age girls who get abortions do so with at least one parent's knowledge - and most of those parents back the decision, an Alan Guttmacher Institute study Tuesday says. The findings debunk the belief that most teenagers who get abortions "are sneaking around behind their parents' backs," it says. The survey found 45% told a parent. DALEY CRACKS DOWN ON PROJECTS: Chicago Mayor Richard Daley, responding to rampant violence at public housing projects, Monday ordered new security measures including closure of four buildings and relocation of first-floor tenants at others. Among the changes in the 160-building public housing system: Metal detectors at front entrances, security passes, exit-only turnstiles at rear doors and police "sweeps." PROTESTERS ARE SUED: Death-penalty protesters who caused a 20-mile traffic backup by blocking Washington, D.C.'s 14th Street Bridge over the Potomac River may be liable for civil penalties under a lawsuit filed hours after the protest disrupted morning commuters. The 95 demonstrators who were arrested face possible $50 fines. John Banzhaf, who filed the suit, suggests $30 per hour for each person caught in traffic. DUDERKIRK CHOSEN FOR RIOT TRIAL: Judge John Duderkirk, a white ex-prosecutor, will preside at the trial of three black men accused of beating white truck driver Reginald Denny during April's Los Angeles riot. Duderkirk replaces John Reid, also white, who was picked when prosecutors objected to a black judge and the defense nixed a white judge. An appeals court granted more challenges because of multiple defendants. JAPAN TRADE ATTACKED: Commerce Secretary Barbara Franklin says Japan must change its trading practices and buy more U.S. goods or face retaliation. Franklin, speaking to a trade forum Monday, said Japan still accounts for two-thirds of the merchandise trade deficit despite pledges to buy more U.S. products. Franklin says the administration will not hesitate to use trade laws to enforce free and fair trade. DOW JONES OPENS ON UPSWING: The Dow Jones average of 30 industrials opens at 3188.45 Tuesday after closing up 14.04 Monday. The New York Stock Exchange composite opens at 228.84, up 1.80. The American Stock Exchange market value opens at 368.54, up 1.21. The NASDAQ OTC composite opens at 590.67, up 8.06. EASTERN COLD SNAP TO END: The early season cold weather in the Eastern region will end over the next couple of days. Tuesday, rain will cover most of the Great Lakes, while partly sunny skies and temperatures in the 40s and 50s continue in the Northeast and mid-Atlantic. Rain and snow showers will visit interior locations of the Northeast. A cool morning in the Southeast will yield to sunshine and warmer weather. 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