Path: bloom-picayune.mit.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!news.media.mit.edu!americast.com!usa-post Newsgroups: usa-today.news From: usa-post@AmeriCast.Com Organization: American Cybercasting Approved: usa-post@AmeriCast.com Subject: news Mon, Mar 2 1992 Date: Mon, 2 Mar 92 05:57:42 EST Message-ID: DECISIONLINE: News USA TODAY Update March 2, 1992 Source: USA TODAY:Gannett National Information Network CANDIDATES GEAR UP FOR TUESDAY: The Democratic presidential contenders wielded debates and last-minute ads in preparation for Tuesday's primaries. Weekend debates were held in Atlanta, Denver and College Park, Md. Attacking opponents "(plays) into the hands of George Bush," Paul Tsongas warned. On the GOP side, ex-Education Secretary William Bennett said Sunday that Pat Buchanan "flirts with fascism." ADAMS QUITS CAMPAIGN UNDER FIRE: Sen. Brock Adams, D-Wash., withdrew from his reelection campaign after the Seattle Times Sunday quoted eight unnamed women who accused him of sexual harassment, with one claiming she was raped. The Times said it has been investigating a stream of reports in the 3 1:2 years since former congressional aide and family friend Kari Tupper claimed Adams drugged and assaulted her in 1987. MILKEN SAYS HE ISSUED WARNING: Michael Milken, often seen as the poster boy of merger mania, says it ain't so. In his first interview since being sentenced to 10 years in prison for securities fraud, Milken says in the Forbes out Monday he tried to warn companies to deleverage or sell stock to pay down debt. In 1989 and 1990, the junk bond market collapsed. Milken says that "junk bonds were around before I was born." PIONEER 10 CELEBRATES 20 YEARS: Pioneer 10, built to last 21 months, marks 20 years in space Monday as it skirts the fringe of the solar system. The NASA probe 5 billion miles from Earth is the most distant human-made object. Built to last long enough to explore Jupiter, it travels at 29,000 mph in a search for the outer reaches of the sun's influence. Its radio signal takes 7 1:2 hours to reach NASA's Deep Space Network. RENEWED IRAQ ACTION POSSIBLE: Iraq faces a deadline as early as next Monday to comply with U.N. orders to destroy its weapons or face renewed hostilities. Iraq plans to send delegates to the international body to explain its plan to convert military equipment to civilian uses. The commander of a U.S. fleet in the Persian Gulf said orders to start military action against Saddam Husseim's regime could come "at any time." ETHNIC BALANCE SPARKS LAWSUITS: Hispanics in California are at the center of a growing political debate that will change the face of politics in the state. Members of the state's fastest-growing ethnic group are using lawsuits and protests to challenge all-Anglo school boards. Two school boards in one town which is 60% Hispanic have no Hispanics. The city and school board are being sued for violating the Voting Rights Act. PROPERTY CASE TO BE CONSIDERED: The Supreme Court Monday considers whether South Carolina regulations amount to a "taking" of property for which the owner should be paid under the Fifth Amendment. In 1986, David Lucas bought two prime building lots in Isle of Palms, S.C. In 1988, the state enacted coastal zone regulations meaning that no houses or anything else may be built on his lots, for which he paid $975,000. CHARITY FINDS TEMPORARY LEADERS: Officials are scrambling to find a successor to William Aramony, forced out Thursday as president of the United Way of America. A top Aramony deputy and longtime friend, Alan Cooper, is "acting temporary interim president," but he'll be replaced by an "acting interim president" under a plan to be announced this week, a spokesman has said. A full search committee hasn't been named. GRAVANO TO TESTIFY MONDAY: Salvatore "Sammy the Bull" Gravano - the once-trusted underboss of John Gotti - is expected to "sing" from the witness stand in federal court in New York Monday. Gotti is the reputed don of the Gambino crime family, the USA's most affluent Mafia clan. Gravano was charged with participating with Gotti in three murders. He turned against Gotti last November. SUPREMACIST TO BE OUT ON BOND: White supremacist Byron De La Beckwith is expected to be released on bond Monday to await trial in the 1963 slaying of civil rights leader Medgar Evers. Beckwith, 71, whose wife has cancer surgery this week, would be released after a hearing in Jackson, Miss. He was tried twice in 1964 but all-white juries could not reach a verdict. New evidence led to his re-arrest in 1990. STORM MOVES ACROSS WEST: A storm system is expected to bring severe thunderstorms and soaking rains into the western regions of the USA Monday. The system hit Texas by Tuesday, dumping up to up to 3 inches of rain. The Great Plains and Southeast will enjoy gorgeous weather, with temperatures well above normal and clear skies. Record warmth will hit the Ohio and Tennessee Valleys. DOW JONES OPENS ON DOWNSWING: The Dow Jones average of 30 industrials opens Monday at 3267.67, after closing down 1.78 Friday. The New York Stock Exchange composite opens at 228.21, down 0.54. The American Stock Exchange market value opens at 416.09, unchanged. The NASDAQ OTC composite opens at 633.47, down 0.48. News Editor: Beth Mann. (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