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 Wed, Jun 3 1992 Date: Wed, 3 Jun 92 05:20:41 EDT Message-ID: DECISIONLINE: News USA TODAY Update June 3, 1992 Source: USA TODAY:Gannett National Information Network BUSH WINS PRIMARIES: President Bush won handily in the final GOP primaries Tuesday as the primaries came to an end. With 42% of the precincts in in Alabama, Bush took 75% to Pat Buchanan's 8%. In California with 4% in, Bush won 77% to 23%. In Montana with 40% in, Bush won 72% to 12%. In New Jersey with 49%, Bush won 83% to 17%. In New Mexico with 78% in, Bush won 63% to 9%; in Ohio with 65%, 82% to 18%. CLINTON SWEEPS PRIMARIES: Arkansas Gov. Bill Clinton won presidential primaries in New Jersey, New Mexico and Ohio Tuesday. With 41% of the precincts in in New Jersey, Clinton had 58% to Jerry Brown's 21% and former candidate Paul Tsongas' 11%. In New Mexico with 78% in, Clinton had 52% to Brown's 17% and Tsongas' 6%. In Ohio with 72% in, Clinton had 62%, Brown 19% and Tsongas 11%. BROWN LOSING IN CALIF.: In presidential primaries Tuesday, Arkansas Gov. Bill Clinton clinched the Democratic nomination. In Alabama, with 47% of the precincts in, Clinton had 65% to Jerry Brown's 7%. Ex-candidate Paul Tsongas had none. In Brown's home state of California, with 3% of the precincts in, Clinton had 52% to Brown's 32% and Tsongas' 11%. In Montana with 41%, Clinton had 48%, Brown 18%, Tsongas 10%. PEROT PLANS OWN CONVENTION: Even as official presidential candidates Bill Clinton and President Bush swept to victory in primaries Tuesday, exit polls showed impressive support for likely independent candidate Ross Perot. A spokesman Tuesday confirmed plans for a Perot political convention. Also Tuesday, California Democrats apparently chose Rep. Barbara Boxer and Dianne Feinstein as Senate nominees. U.S. EFFORTS UPSET DELEGATES: The U.N. Earth Summit is off to a bumpy start Tuesday with some delegates upset over U.S. efforts to weaken key treaties. Despite the 11th-hour dissension, summit organizer Maurice Strong predicts the gathering will be a success. President Bush is being assailed as a villain. He has insisted that strict environmental regulations would impose an excessive burden on the slowly recovering economy. SENATE DRAWS LINE ON GAMBLING: The U.S. Senate sent a message Tuesday to states hoping to raise money by sports gambling games. The Senate passed 88-5 a bill to ban government-sponsored sports betting. The proposal stands a good chance in the House, which has approved similar legislation. President Bush has not opposed the measure. The bill exempts existing sports gambling in Nevada, Oregon, Delaware and Montana. URBAN HOMICIDE RATE SOARS: The homicide rate for children in urban areas is soaring, suggests a study of Detroit where the rate jumped 252% between 1980 and 1988. Leland Ropp, who helped conduct the study, says this "epidemic of murder" affects mostly black boys and girls in cities, and handguns are used in most of the killings. The study appears in Wednesday's Journal of the American Medical Association. AMENDMENT PLAN STYMIED: A proposed constitutional amendment requiring a balanced federal budget ran into a potential roadblock in the Senate Tuesday, even as President Bush plotted strategy for its passage. The amendment, likely to be approved in the House next week, was denounced by more than 450 economists and powerful Sen. Robert Byrd, D-W.Va., chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee. BUSH OFFERS MORE URBAN AID: President Bush offered Tuesday to broaden his urban assistance package to include some Democrat-favored programs, trying to break a growing logjam with Congress on spending $2.3 billion in the cities over five years. Still, the sides were no closer after an hour-long meeting in which Bush urged quick passage of an enterprise zone bill and Democrats pressed for funding specifics. BUSH PLANS TO FAVOR CHINA AGAIN: President Bush as expected Tuesday announced he will renew China's most favored nation trade status in spite of tension between the two countries. White House spokesman Marlin Fitzwater said Bush has seen "positive, if limited" improvements in China's human rights record, but "we are disappointed in China's limited action." In 1991, the issue survived veto override by six votes. SAUDI DEAL GOES TO CONGRESS: The White House Tuesday notified Congress it plans to sell Saudi Arabia $1.88 billion in weapons and military support. The plan includes helicopter missiles and maintenance of F-15 fighter jets, the Pentagon said. Congress has 30 days to vote against or allow completion of the sale. DOW JONES OPENS ON DOWNSWING: The Dow Jones average of 30 industrials opens Wednesday at 3396.10, after closing down 17.11 Tuesday. The New York Stock Exchange composite opens at 228.20, down 1.70. The American Stock Exchange market value opens at 393.95, down 0.89. The NASDAQ OTC composite opens at 589.18, up 0.81. SCORCHING HEAT HITS SOUTHWEST: Heat will bake the Desert Southwest and parts of California Wednesday, while sun and warmth sweep into the Pacific Northwest. Cool air and partly sunny skies will spread into Montana. Showers and thunderstorms will roll through Missouri, Louisiana and the Carolinas. Although sunny, hot and humid weather is on tap for Florida, scattered afternoon thunderstorms may pound the state. News Editor: Beth Mann. 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