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, May 6 1992 Date: Wed, 6 May 92 05:32:34 EDT Message-ID: DECISIONLINE: News USA TODAY Update May 6, 1992 Source: USA TODAY:Gannett National Information Network BLAMING LBJ SPARKS BACKLASH: President Bush heads to Los Angeles Wednesday amid a political brushfire. Resentment caused by the White House rush to blame Democratic domestic programs of the '60s and '70s for Los Angeles' riots is rankling both the left and right. Spokesman Marlin Fitzwater sparked the backlash, blaming "Great Society" programs of Lyndon Johnson for fostering urban unrest. USA KICKED IN $7B FOR GULF WAR: The Persian Gulf war is still being studied, debated and analyzed, but the Pentagon Tuesday gave a final accounting of how much it cost the U.S. treasury - about $7.3 billion. The rest of the $61 billion total was covered by contributions from some of the allies in the war to push Iraqi troops out of Kuwait. Of the U.S. share, $1.2 billion was in lost and destroyed equipment. CLINTON, BUSH WIN EASILY: Bill Clinton continued his march on the Democratic presidential nomination Tuesday, easily winning primaries in Indiana, North Carolina and Washington, D.C. Clinton swamped former California governor Jerry Brown. Former candidate Paul Tsongas also was ahead of Brown in D.C. President Bush, who already clinched the GOP nomination, easily won all three races. BUSH SWEEPS ALL STATES: With 45% of the precincts reporting in Washington, D.C, President Bush won 82% of the vote to 18% for Pat Buchanan. In Indiana with 49% of the precincts in, Bush won 80% to 20%. Bush won 70% of the vote in North Carolina with 63% of the precincts reporting, with Buchanan getting 20% and the remaining 10% uncommitted. TSONGAS BEATS BROWN IN D.C.: Democratic presidential hopeful Bill Clinton swept the primaries Tuesday. With 45% of the precincts reporting, Clinton had 74% of the vote in D.C. to former candidate Paul Tsongas' 11% and Jerry Brown's 7%. In Indiana, with 54% of the precincts in, Clinton won 63% to 22% over Brown; Tsongas had 12%. In North Carolina, with 61% of the precincts in, Clinton got 64%, Brown 11%, Tsongas 9%. EXPLICIT ART MAY NOT GET GRANTS: Creators of sexually explicit art could have trouble getting federal grants, the acting head of the National Endowment for the Arts said Tuesday. "There may be some that will not fly," said Anne-Imelda Radice. Projects should have the "broadest benefit to the most people," she told a House Appropriations subcommittee. Radice replaced John Frohnmayer, fired by the White House Feb. 21. ONE DIES IN COURTHOUSE SHOOTING: A courthouse shooting Tuesday in Missouri killed one and injured four. Kenneth Baumruk, 53, was waiting for his divorce settlement when he went on a shooting spree, authorities said. Dead: Baumruk's ex-wife, Mary, shot in the head. Injured: Her lawyer, Walter Pollard; Baumruk's lawyer, Garry Seltzer; a security guard; and a bailiff. Baumruk was shot by police and was in critical condition. IRAN-CONTRA `A MISTAKE': The Iran-contra affair was a "mistake," freed hostage Terry Anderson said in an interview Tuesday, even though the arms-for-hostage swap was intended to free him and his comrades. "I'm very glad a couple of hostages got released" as part of the U.S.-Iran negotiations in the mid-1980s, Anderson said. But paying for hostages leads to more kidnappings, he said. POW PAPERS TO BE DECLASSIFIED: Thousands of live-sighting reports suggesting U.S. soldiers remained alive in Southeast Asia after the end of the Vietnam War will be declassified and made public by next year. The reports are now the "first priority" in a massive review and declassification of all records related to the status of 2,266 U.S. troops still officially missing from the war, the Pentagon said Tuesday. OFFICIAL VISITS CHINA: Undersecretary of State Arnold Kanter Tuesday flew to China for a visit that reflects a trend toward increasingly normal business between Beijing and Washington. U.S.-China ties were badly damaged as a result of the bloody 1989 crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators in Tiananmen Square. Some U.S. sanctions, including a ban on military cooperation, remain in effect. CORPS MOVES INTO COMMONWEALTH: The Peace Corps will have 250 volunteers in the former Soviet Union by the end of the year, the agency's director told the National Press Club Tuesday. Elaine Chao indicated the new volunteers in Russia, Ukraine, Armenia and one central Asian country she didn't name are likely to be mostly middle-aged business experts working to help set up small private enterprises. HEAT WILL SIMMER THE PLAINS: Summerlike heat will heat the Plains Wednesday, as the Midwest bakes in the 90's. Hot air will fry the northern and central Rockies. Unsettled weather will greet the Southwest as a monsoon pattern sweeps the region. Steady chilly rain will drench the mid-Atlantic region and Carolinas. The Great Lakes will have more sun and warmth over the next couple of days. DOW JONES OPENS ON DOWNSWING: The Dow Jones average of 30 industrials opens Wednesday at 3359.35, after closing down 8.78 points Tuesday. The New York Stock Exchange composite opens at 229.50, up 0.08. The American Stock Exchange market value opens at 393.17, up 1.56. The NASDAQ OTC composite opens at 588.07, up 4.53. 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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