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 Thu, Apr 30 1992 Date: Thu, 30 Apr 92 05:41:14 EDT Message-ID: DECISIONLINE: News USA TODAY Update April 30, 1992 Source: USA TODAY:Gannett National Information Network COPS ACQUITTED IN BEATING TRIAL: Four white Los Angeles police officers were acquitted Wednesday of charges in the videotaped beating of black motorist Rodney King. The Justice Department announced it is considering charging the four with civil rights violations, which could result in their facing prison. Jurors deliberated 32 hours over seven days before acquitting on all charges except one, on which they deadlocked. VIOLENCE ERUPTS IN L.A.: Following the acquittal of four Los Angeles police officers in the Rodney King beating trial, Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley pleaded for residents "not to strike out blindly." But police were in riot gear early in the evening. Violence erupted throughout the city's downtown and one unconfirmed death was reported. "Today the system failed us," Bradley said in response to the verdict. SOME MILK LABELS INACCURATE: Milk and infant formula rarely contain the amount of vitamin D listed on the labels, according to research at Boston University Medical School. Experts say variances aren't hazardous to most people, but they are seeking stricter testing of vitamin additives to prevent "serious and costly consequences." Fortified milk helps prevent weak bones and fractures in the elderly. BREAST CANCER STUDY BEGINS: The National Cancer Institute has begun the first nationwide study to learn whether breast cancer can be avoided in high-risk women. The Breast Cancer Prevention Trial will involve 16 thousand women 35 and older and be conducted for five years in 46 states and Canada. The NCI begins taking volunteers Thursday. For information call: 1-800-4-CANCER, 1-800-227-2345, weekdays 9 a.m.- 10 p.m. EST. BANK RECORDS MAY BE TURNED OVER: The House Wednesday night moved toward complying with a special counsel's request for detailed records of its bank. Despite concern over privacy rights and constitutional separation of powers, the House defeated 284-131 a Democratic effort to send the subpoena to a federal court for review. That vote paved the way for likely passage of a GOP plan to hand over 39 months of bank records. WRECK `SLOW-MOTION NIGHTMARE': A train derailment caused by a collision with a truck at an unguarded crossing in Newport News, Va., was "like a nightmare in slow motion," said passenger Marian Sampson of Norfolk. "There was a sudden stop then the train rolled over onto its right side. I threw my arms out to try to break my fall but nothing helped." The impact killed truck driver Sam Chandler, 61, of Gloucester. MORE ABORTION PROTESTS PLANNED: After a one-day respite, abortion opponents promised to resume protests at Buffalo, N.Y., clinics Thursday. Operation Rescue leaders said an initial "indefinite suspension" was not due to a lack of volunteers. Police have arrested 420 since April 20, and five leaders have been charged with violating a federal order to stay away from clinics. REGULATIONS MORATORIUM EXTENDED: President Bush extended his freeze on government regulations for another 120 days Wednesday, claiming it will cut enough red tape to save $15 billion to $20 billion. In January Bush announced a 90-day moratorium on new government rules and review of existing ones. But Bush has presided over a blitz of regulations, having signed the Clean Air Act of 1990 and the Americans with Disabilities Act. POPULATION EXPLOSION CONFIRMED: The world's population is exploding, posing danger of "economic and ecological catastrophe," the United Nations warned Wednesday. A new U.N. report said that by 2050, the world will have 10 billion inhabitants, nearly double today's estimated global population of 5.48 billion. Findings indicate that another 97 million people will join the world population each year for the next decade. GULL OBJECTION DEADLINE: Thursday is the last day for people to object to a federal plan to shoot seagulls around New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport. Between 1979 and 1991, 3,327 bird-plane collisions at JFK caused 44 aborted takeoffs and 40 engines being damaged or destroyed. Last year, 15,000 birds were shot, and bird-plane hits were reduced 70%, officials said. MILITARY TO TAKE ON THE WORLD: U.S. soldiers of the future will have to be prepared to fight in several different regions of the world, even under the leadership of a NATO ally, Pentagon planners say. Army strategists presented a first look Wednesday at plans for employing a smaller, 20-division force by 1995 - 535,000 active and 567,000 reserve troops - when most soldiers will be based in the USA, not overseas. ECONOMIC ESPIONAGE REVEALED: About 20 foreign governments in Asia, Europe, Latin America and the Middle East are engaged in economic espionage against the USA, CIA Director Robert Gates told a House panel Wednesday. Even though relations between the USA and the Commonwealth of Independents States is warming, the cash-strapped Russians still are spying for high-tech items, said FBI Director William Sessions. GREAT PLAINS TO HEAT UP: The Great Plains will brace for unseasonably high temperatures Thursday. Parts of the Dakotas will see isolated thunderstorms by evening. By Friday, the northern Plains will cool. Clouds and showers will dampen the northern Rockies. Gusty winds are expected to whip through the region. Sunshine is expected to peek between scattered showers in the Northwest. DOW JONES OPENS ON UPSWING: The Dow Jones average of 30 industrials opens Thursday at 3333.18, after closing up 25.26 Wednesday. The New York Stock Exchange composite opens at 226.58, up 1.46. The American Stock Exchange market value opens at 385.78, up 2.74. The NASDAQ OTC composite opens at 569.94, up 9.61. 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