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, Apr 20 1992 Date: Mon, 20 Apr 92 05:42:18 EDT Message-ID: DECISIONLINE: News USA TODAY Update April 20, 1992 Source: USA TODAY:Gannett National Information Network VIOLENT CRIME INCREASES: Violent crime increased 7% in 1991, led by assault, rape and attempted rape, according to a preliminary report issued Sunday by the Justice Department. The report says 2.6 million violent crimes occurred last year, up from 2.4 million in 1990. When attempted violent crimes are added, the 1991 total is 6.4 million, up from 6 million in 1990 and third highest since 1973. BUFFALO'S CAMPAIGN UNDER WAY: Operation Rescue in Buffalo, N.Y., formally launches its campaign to end abortion with a rally in the city. But throughout the weekend those on both sides of the issue traded denunciation. Abortion foes begin Tuesday trying to block access to clinics and harassing doctors who perform abortions. One abortion rights group kicked, spat on and moved a local Operation Rescue leader Saturday. CEO PAY OUTRAGE JUSTIFIED: The public has every right to be outraged over high CEO pay, and Big Three auto execs are doing a crummy job, says a survey of 243 deans and top officials of business schools. A USA TODAY survey found 82% of the deans say outrage is justified, and half say a good guideline would be to limit CEO pay to 20 times that of the firm's average worker. In 1990 it averaged 85 times worker pay. POPE MAKES PLEA FOR WORLD PEACE: Pope John Paul II delivered his Easter message to 100,000 people in St. Peter's Square Sunday. The sun shone as the pope, on Christianity's holiest day, urged the world to find "the peace yearned for by the heart of every human." He appealed for an end to ethnic fighting. CHICAGO FLOOD LEAK PLUGGED: Engineers on Sunday plugged the leak that last week sent 250 million gallons of water flooding through Chicago, but commuters face a new problem. Officials Sunday closed two of five lanes in each direction in a 2,000-foot section of the Kennedy Expressway over flood dangers. That's just under a half mile. Water from the freight tunnel system is leaking into an expressway drainage pipe. LIBYA THROWS OUT DIPLOMATS: Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi's government Sunday ordered the expulsion of foreign diplomats from Libya in its confrontation with the United Nations over the blowing up of two airliners, including Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland. Libyan diplomats were ousted from many international capitals by U.N. members last week because Tripoli will not surrender the suspects in the bombings. CONGRESS TO INVESTIGATE REPORT: Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell, D-Maine, said Sunday that Congress will investigate a report that the Reagan and Bush administrations secretly allowed Saudi Arabia to provide U.S.-made weapons to Iraq, Syria and Bangladesh. The Los Angeles Times reported Saturday that the White House secretly permitted the transfers for almost 10 years. MITCHELL WILLING TO TAKE V.P.: Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell says he'll do anything he can to help Democrat Bill Clinton get elected president, which means he'd be willing, but unlikely, to consider becoming Clinton's running mate. "If (it) would help him get elected, I might do it, but I don't think it will. I think he'd be better off with someone who could be of more help," Mitchell said Sunday. DESERTERS MAY BE IN INDOCHINA: Reports of U.S. servicemen alive in Indochina after the Vietnam War may be American soldiers who deserted during the war, Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., head of the Senate Select Committee on POW:MIA Affairs, said Sunday. Kerry, who is due to visit the region Monday with four other panel members, said there was evidence that "a significant enough number" of deserters remained behind. SOME WORKERS RETURN TO CAT: Striking United Auto Workers union members return to Caterpillar plants across Illinois Monday after five months off. Workers are being called back individually and most won't return until May. Those starting Monday should prepare for changes, including strike-breakers being given better shifts than senior union members, experts say. CASES TO BE RECONSIDERED: The Bush administration will reconsider thousands of cases in which benefits were denied to New York residents who claimed they couldn't work because of mental or physical disabilities. The proposed settlement involves a lawsuit covering 200,000 New York residents, The New York Times reports Monday. Claimants could receive up to $6,000 annually for four years. CASINO OWNERS LOBBY LAWMAKERS: Nevada casino owners are lobbying Illinois lawmakers for a $2 billion gambling complex in Chicago. This is despite a 1991 agreement by owners not to open out-of-state ventures. Owners next month will present their requests to Nevada's control board. Currently, there are no rules prohibiting casino companies from trying to push through legislation allowing out-of-state gambling. NORTHEAST TO REMAIN CLEAR: Rain and thunderstorms will prevail Monday over the Eastern half of the USA, except in the Northeast, where skies will be clear. The mid-Atlantic states will start sunny, followed by afternoon clouds and showers. The northern Ohio Valley, Great Lakes and central Plains will see showers. Rain and snow will fall on Kansas and Oklahoma. The Great Basin should be cool and dry. DOW JONES OPENS ON UPSWING: The Dow Jones average of 30 industrials opens Monday at 3366.50, after closing up 12.74 Friday. Markets were closed for Good Friday. The New York Stock Exchange composite opens at 228.90, down 0.25. The American Stock Exchange market value opens at 392.64, down 1.52. The NASDAQ OTC composite opens at 591.81, down 8.22. News Editor: Beth Mann. (919-855-3491) Making copies of USA TODAY Update (Copyright, 1992) for further distribution violates federal 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