Path: bloom-picayune.mit.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!news.media.mit.edu!americast.com!americast.com!usa-post Newsgroups: usa-today.news From: usa-post@AmeriCast.Com Organization: American Cybercasting Approved: usa-post@AmeriCast.com Subject: news Mon, May 11 1992 Date: Mon, 11 May 92 05:22:18 EDT Message-ID: DECISIONLINE: News USA TODAY Update May 11, 1992 Source: USA TODAY:Gannett National Information Network ANGELENOS PREDICT MORE VIOLENCE: More than a third of those arrested in Los Angeles in riots after the verdict in the Rodney King case expect more violence this summer, a USA TODAY survey shows. USA TODAY surveyed 245 men and women arrested in the riots as they left jail from last Monday to Saturday. Among the findings: 47% cited general neighborhood conditions as the main cause of the riots. SATELLITE GRAB ATTEMPT FAILS: Shuttle Endeavour's astronauts will try again Monday at about 5 p.m. EDT to snag a stranded satellite that tumbled away from them during a spacewalk Sunday. Astronaut Pierre Thuot, attempting a delicate maneuver he'd practiced for two years, missed four times while trying to nab Intelstat-6 with a pole-like device designed to be attached to its bottom. AIDS-VASECTOMY STUDY URGED: A major study is needed to learn if vasectomies in HIV positive men can reduce the spread of AIDS, experts said Sunday. Preliminary research presented at an American Urological Association meeting in Washington, D.C., suggests it is possible, says Dr. John Krieger, University of Washington, Seattle. Cited: Vasectomies dramatically reduce sperm and white blood cells that may harbor the AIDS virus. ASPIN WANTS GUARD CUTS CURBED: The chairman of the House Armed Services Committee Sunday called on the Pentagon to reduce planned cuts in the Army National Guard. Rep. Les Aspin, D-Wis., said the total number of guardsmen should be between 375,000 and 380,000 by the end of 1997. That's about 40,000 more than the Pentagon's proposed level for the reserves. BUSH TO VISIT PHILADELPHIA: President Bush Monday takes his newly displayed passion for curing urban woes to Philadelphia, the next test of the depth of a commitment some suspect is transitory and political. Bush ended a two-day visit to Los Angeles' riot zone promising new efforts to enact tax breaks to draw businesses to cities and home-ownership incentives for the poor. VALDEZ SKIPPER TO INSTRUCT: Joseph Hazelwood, skipper of the Exxon Valdez tanker that ran aground in 1989 and spilled 10.9 million gallons of crude oil into pristine Alaskan waters, has a new job. Next week, he'll begin teaching students at New York's Maritime College how to stand watch on the bridge of a tanker, which he failed to do the day the Valdez caused the USA's worst oil spill. Hazelwood is a 1968 graduate. FILIPINOS AWAIT VOTE RESULTS: Filipinos will wait several days for results of elections for a successor to President Corazon Aquino. Former first lady Imelda Marcos and six other candidates are vying for the job. The USA, for the first time in the Philippines' independent history, was not an election issue. Nearly 25 million Filipinos were expected to go to the polls, which opened late Sunday Eastern Daylight Time. BUSH WILL ATTEND EARTH SUMMIT: The White House is expected to announce this week that President Bush will attend the United Nations-sponsored Earth Summit scheduled June 3-14 in Rio de Janeiro. The announcement could come Tuesday when U.N. Secretary-General Boutros Ghali visits the White House. GORBACHEV TO SEE ROCKETTES: Former Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev, halfway through a $3 million fund-raising tour of the USA, has a front-row seat Monday to see New York's Radio City Rockettes. Earlier in the day, he speaks at Atlanta's Emory University's graduation and visits ex-president Jimmy Carter, then goes on to New York to receive the United Nations' Albert Schweitzer Leadership Award. IMMIGRANTS FAVOR SUBURBS: Many immigrants are bypassing big cities to settle directly in suburbs, and nowhere is the trend more striking than Los Angeles, 1990 Census numbers out Monday show. The Los Angeles suburbs now have more residents who don't speak English well - 1.4 million - than do Los Angeles, Long Beach and the 10 other cities in the metro area's urban core. MORTGAGE DISPARITY REPORTED: Black residents of Florida are twice as likely as whites to be rejected for mortgages, regardless of income, The Miami Herald reported Sunday. Blacks with an income of $100,000 were rejected at the same rate as whites with an income of $20,000. DOW JONES OPENS ON UPSWING: The Dow Jones average of 30 industrials opens Monday at 3369.41 after closing up 6.04 points Friday. The New York Stock Exchange composite opens at 229.20, up 0.12. The American Stock Exchange market value opens at 394.12, unchanged. The NASDAQ OTC composite opens at 585.76, down 1.40. T'STORMS CENTER OF ATTENTION: Thunderstorms will roll through the nation's midsection today from Texas to Minnesota and South Dakota. To the east, gusty winds and high humidity will sweep the Mississippi Valley. The Southeast will be sunny. In the Northwest, winds gusting to 50 mph will sweep mountain passes as the region stays cool. The Southwest will be sunny and warm. Coastal California will see a warming trend. 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