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 Wed, Mar 11 1992 Date: Wed, 11 Mar 92 05:46:04 EST Message-ID: DECISIONLINE: News USA TODAY Update March 11, 1992 Source: USA TODAY:Gannett National Information Network CLINTON GRABS DEMOCRATIC LEAD: Bill Clinton marched through the South and over Paul Tsongas Tuesday to become the clear front-runner in the Democratic presidential race. The busiest day of the primary season allowed Clinton to build a commanding lead heading into Illinois and Michigan next week. Tsongas needs to win one of the two to survive. Former California governor Jerry Brown won none of the contests. TSONGAS WINS NORTHERN STATES: Arkansas Gov. Bill Clinton won seven of the 11 states in Super Tuesday's primary elections, losing only Paul Tsongas' home state of Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Delaware. A leafleting blitz portraying Tsongas as hostile to Jews helped Clinton win Florida. He also won Oklahoma, Tennessee, Louisiana, Texas, Missouri and Mississippi. The 11th Super Tuesday contest was a caucus in Hawaii. BUSH SWEEPS GOP PRIMARIES: President Bush Tuesday shut out conservative challenger Pat Buchanan in eight GOP primaries. Bush has almost two-thirds of the delegates needed to win nomination, although Buchanan drew a sizeable protest vote. Ex-Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke ran poorly everywhere he competed, failing even to win his home state of Louisiana. He called his showing "respectable." O'HARE RADAR IS BACK TO NORMAL: Chicago O'Hare should be back to normal operations Wednesday after a radar shutdown Tuesday tangled flights across the USA. At least 200 O'Hare flights were canceled after the 9 a.m. malfunction caused by winter storms. Hundreds of others elsewhere were affected by O'Hare's troubles, said city aviation spokeswoman Lisa Howard. "The domino effect has been tremendous." NAME MORE CHECK-BOUNCERS: Fifty-five lawmakers who bounced checks at the House bank should be named for abusing their banking privileges, says a report Wednesday by Republican members of the House Ethics Committee. The panel's minority report, obtained by USA TODAY, calls for the House to expand the list of 24 abusers proposed for public disclosure by the committee's Democratic majority. TAX-CUT PLAN IS DEBATED: The Senate Tuesday began debate on a Democratic tax-cut plan, just hours after President Bush vowed to "veto that tax increase bill as soon as it is sent to me." The Democratic plan, similar to one passed by the House, grants tax cuts to 31 million and increases taxes on the wealthiest 800,000. Bush last week said his acceptance of a 1990 tax hike was a mistake. NORIEGA DOESN'T TESTIFY: Manuel Noriega's defense rested Tuesday without calling him to testify at his federal drug racketeering trial in Miami. The ousted Panamanian dictator said his decision doesn't mean he has anything to hide. "I have sufficient recollection" to answer questions, he said. But he complained his testimony would be restricted "not to include political matters, issues of war and the invasion." POSSIBLE WITNESS RELATIVE SHOT: The shooting of a Mafia turncoat's relative is a dramatic change in mob tactics and a warning to informants, authorities said Tuesday after Patricia Capazzalo was wounded. Her brother, Peter Chiodo, became a government witness last year after he was shot a dozen times by a mob hit team. He is listed as a potential witness at the racketeering trial of John Gotti but may not be needed. `HAPPY FACE' DRAWINGS PROBED: The chief of staff at the Shriners Burn Institute in Cincinnati is under investigation for using a surgical marker to draw happy faces on patients. Hospital officials said the state chapter of the American College of Surgeons will look into Glenn Warden's drawings on two penises and a woman's abdomen. The matter had been settled internally but the ACS was called in after nurses spread reports. TROOPS COULD BE PEACEKEEPERS: The USA approved Tuesday a proposal to send NATO troops to regional conflicts in former Soviet republics, such as the one in Nagorno-Karabakh. "It is an idea that we think well of and that we think should ... be considered," said Secretary of State James Baker. The plan to use NATO troops as peacekeepers was floated partly to pressure Azerbaijan and Armenia to settle their dispute. STORM BRINGS VARIETY OF WEATHER: A major storm over the Northeast will bring an impressive variety of weather Wednesday. Parts of West Virginia, Pennsylvania and New York may get up to 6 inches of snow. Chilly but dry air will sweep the Southeast and the south-central USA while the Midwest gets light snow and temperatures in the teens and 20s. The western third of the USA should see fair weather. DOW JONES OPENS ON UPSWING: The Dow Jones average of 30 industrials opens Wednesday at 3230.99 after closing up 15.87 points Tuesday. The New York Stock Exchange composite opens at 225.02, up 0.87. The American Stock Exchange market value opens at 408.54, up 1.33. The NASDAQ OTC composite opens at 623.46, up 7.64. 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. 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