Path: bloom-picayune.mit.edu!snorkelwacker.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 Wed, Nov 4 1992 Date: Wed, 4 Nov 92 05:08:35 EST Message-ID: DECISIONLINE: News USA TODAY Update Nov. 4, 1992 Source: USA TODAY:Gannett National Information Network CLINTON WINS IN LANDSLIDE: Bill Clinton rode voter anger detonated by a sour economy to a landslide win Tuesday. The outcome was the mandate the Arkansas governor sought, and was a repudiation of President Bush. Turnout was projected at 100 million voters - a USA record. The four TV networks declared the winner at 10:48 p.m. ET. Ohio put Clinton past the 270 electoral votes needed. BUSH WISHES CLINTON WELL: President Bush conceded the election at 11:15 p.m. ET. "The people have spoken and we respect the majesty of the democratic system," he said after calling Bill Clinton from Houston. "I wish him well." Results and exit polls showed Clinton heading toward a commanding win, taking at least 27 states and a plurality of the popular vote. ECONOMY WAS KEY ISSUE: Bill Clinton's focus on the economy turned out to be the magic wand that cut across geographic, educational, ideological and generational lines to clear a path to the White House Tuesday. Eight of 10 voters in exit polls who said the economy is "not good" or "poor," were voting for Clinton by a 2-1 margin. `RIGHT-TO-DIE' TO PASS: A California "right-to-die" proposal appeared headed for passage Tuesday, based on exit-poll voting trends. The measure would allow doctors to help some terminally ill people commit suicide. BRAUN ELECTED TO SENATE: Democrat Carol Moseley Braun of Illinois won Tuesday, becoming the first black woman elected to the Senate. There are only two women in the Senate now, but with a record 11 female candidates vying for seats, the margin could go higher. And Lynn Yeakel of Pennsylvania was ahead based on early returns. HUNT WINS N.C. GOVERNOR'S RACE: Former North Carolina governor Jim Hunt is expected to return to office - after surviving the state's traditional campaign style of vicious personal attacks and mudslinging. Republican Lt. Gov. Jim Gardner fired a non-stop barrage of accusations at Hunt, including a last-minute wiretapping charge. But Gardner was unable to make headway against Hunt. CLINICS CAN MENTION ABORTION: Counselors at federally funded family planning clinics will again be able to mention abortion as an option because of a Tuesday ruling by a federal appeals court. The court barred enforcement of the controversial "gag rule," saying the revised measure must be publicized and the public given chances to comment. PANEL WOULD LET WOMEN ON SHIPS: A presidential panel Tuesday recommended opening most surface combat ships to women but voted to continue banning women from air and ground combat. The vote on assigning women to combat ships excluded submarines and amphibious vessels, usually used to carry Marines ashore. The panel recommended the barriers be made law. WINGS NEED TO BE CHECKED OFTEN: Inspectors should check Boeing 747 wing-assembly units more frequently, the National Transportation Safety Board urged Tuesday. The NTSB, in a letter to the Federal Aviation Administration, referred to last month's crash in Holland of an El Al Boeing 747 cargo plane. The investigation into the Oct. 6 crash hasn't pinpointed why the fuse-pin assembly separated during flight. KING GETS LICENSE BACK: California motor vehicle officials on Monday reinstated Rodney King's driver's license. "It will be a thrill for me to drive again," said King, 27, the black motorist whose March 1991 beating by Los Angeles police was videotaped by a bystander. His license was lifted after his arrest on July 16 for investigation of drunken driving. SUPREME COURT ADMITS MISTAKE: The Supreme Court admitted Tuesday it made a mistake last March when it agreed to review a Montana case over whether a convicted child molester was wrongly imprisoned. Donald Imlay, convicted in 1989 of molestation, was sent to prison when he refused to admit his guilt in a court-mandated therapy program. The Supreme Court ruled 8-1 Tuesday to dismiss the case as "improvidently granted." SHOWERS SPLASH EAST COAST: Rain and mild temperatures will wash over the Eastern seaboard Wednesday from New York southward to the eastern Gulf Coast. Rain will slowly creep into New England and northern Florida, at the same time dissipating from the central and western Gulf Coast. Blustery cold winds and snow will continue to whip through the upper Midwest. DOW JONES OPENS ON DOWNSWING: The Dow Jones average of 30 industrials opens at 3252.48 Wednesday after closing down 9.73 Tuesday. The New York Stock Exchange composite opens at 231.24, down 1.24. The American Stock Exchange market value opens at 382.83, up 0.13. The NASDAQ OTC composite opens at 604.58, down 2.99. 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