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 23 1992 Date: Mon, 23 Mar 92 05:45:26 EST Message-ID: DECISIONLINE: News USA TODAY Update March 23, 1992 Source: USA TODAY:Gannett National Information Network UNITED WAY COULD GO BROKE: The national United Way office may soon go broke unless local affiliates pay their dues, national officials said Sunday. Many of the 1,400 United Way affiliates in the USA have withheld dues to protest former president William Aramony's penchant for limousines, the Concorde and lucrative jobs for friends. "We're living payroll to payroll," said interim President Kenneth Dam. LIFE FOR KIDS IS WORSE: Life for children in the USA got worse in the 1980s, according to a study out Monday. The third annual "Kids Count Data Book," prepared by the Center for the Study of Social Policy, shows more children live in poverty than any other age group. In 1990, 20% were poor, up from 16% in 1979. It's "alarming," says Douglas Nelson of the Annie E. Casey Foundation, which financed the study. USAIR COMMUTER PLANE CRASHES: A USAir commuter plane with 51 aboard crashed Sunday at LaGuardia Airport during a snowstorm after an aborted takeoff attempt, killing at least 15 people, officials said. USAir officials said Flight 405, carrying 47 passengers and four crew members, was enroute from LaGuardia to Cleveland. ANOTHER STATE FOR GAMBLING: Oregon Monday joins a growing list of states that have legal video gambling when a test of the system takes place, with full operation starting Tuesday. It is one of five states to approve "video lottery" as a new revenue source in these cash-poor days. At least 17 other states are considering it. "We're riding a national gambling wave," says Kansas state Sen. Ed Reilley. SNOWSTORM HEADS FOR SEA: A snowstorm that crippled O'Hare International Airport blanketed the Northeast before heading out to sea Monday. Flights at New York City's three major airports were delayed by snow Sunday night. The storm dumped 4 to 11 inches as it moved east. But "this is a fast mover," said Michael Henry of Weather Services Corp. More than 300 flights were canceled Saturday at O'Hare in Chicago. COUNSELING GUIDELINES ATTACKED: Bush administration guidelines issued Friday allow doctors but no other clinic personnel at the 4,000 clinics receiving federal funds to advise pregnant women on all treatment options, including abortion. Abortion rights supporters say most counseling is done by nurses and other clinic staff. Both sides of the issue said the move was influenced by re-election hopes. FRANKING DOUBLES: Members of Congress doubled their rate of sending taxpayer-financed, or franked, mailings to voters in the last half of 1991 as they geared up for an election year, the National Taxpayers Union said Sunday. After spending $14.3 million in the first half of the year, the House and Senate increased their mail tab to $30.4 million in the final six months of 1991, said the group. SANCTIONS DELAY URGED: The Arab League might give Libya a way to surrender two Libyans wanted for the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 and avoid sanctions. The league Sunday urged the United Nations Security Council to delay imposing sanctions against Libya if it doesn't hand over the two men. The league wants the Security Council to wait until the International Court of Justice rules on a trial site. BUSH, KOHL AGREE ON AID: President Bush and German Chancellor Helmut Kohl agreed Sunday that Western help for the republics of the former Soviet Union must go beyond relief aid. Bush was returning from two days at Camp David. Restricted by domestic recession, he's been criticized in Europe for not giving direct aid to the Commonwealth of Independent States. Kohl urged a "solid program of self-help." JUDGE GETS CHECK CASE: The case of the bouncing checks is being handed to a retired federal appeals court judge as lawmakers brace for more than just public disclosure and political risk. Malcolm Wilkey, 73, linked to the Eisenhower, Reagan and Bush administrations, will be special counsel and have subpoena powers. Wilkey was named by Attorney General William Barr to replace U.S. Attorney Jay Stephens. GREAT PLAINS TO BE NICE: Sunshine and mild readings will grace the Great Plains Monday. Texas and the Gulf Coast states will be sunny and dry. Winds will whip the Texas and Louisiana coastline, but should die in the afternoon. Rain showers will hug the coastal Carolinas and most of Florida, yielding to clear and cool weather for Tuesday. The central part of the USA will be mild. DOW JONES OPENS ON UPSWING: The Dow Jones average of 30 industrials opens Monday at 3276.39, after closing up 14.99 Friday. The New York Stock Exchange composite opens at 226.96, up 0.71. The American Stock Exchange market value opens at 402.03, down 0.14. The NASDAQ OTC composite opens at 624.28, down 1.68. 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