European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 1, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse State by state review of the top stories the associated press the year s top news stories in Many states occurred on the same Day. It was nov. 3 that Arkansas governor was catapulted to the White House while Colorado and Oregon voters took diverging a amp the on critical Gay rights referendums and Illinois made history sending a Black woman to the . Senate. 7 for other states the Lead Story of 1992 lasted a lot longer according to voting by associated press member newspapers and broadcasters conducted in each of 44 states. That chronic headache the bad Economy overshadowed any events in several states. This was the Case for Alaska running Low on its financial life a blood a Oil and Oil revenues for new Jersey and Maryland enduring budget crises and for Nebraska scrounging to pay for welfare. Other top stories fell in that once or twice in a lifetime news category such As the los Angeles riots the bashing Hurricane Andrew gave Florida and Louisiana and Indiana providing the setting for Mike Tyson a rape trial. A a a. State by state a Alaska a state economic woes. Led by falling Oil prices and reserves a and the folding of the states second biggest newspaper the Anchorage times. _ Arizona a Martin Luther King or. Holiday adopted by referendum. gov. Bill Clinton elected presidents a California a bloody fiery riots. Ignited by acquittals of White police officers of most charges in beating of Black Motorist Rodney g. King Colorado a ban on Gay rights Protection by referendum Boycott. Ensues. Connecticut a state s slumping president elect Clinton with wife Hillary and daughter Chelsea and vice president elect Al Gore with wife Tipper celebrate Victory. 1 Economy and continuing erosion of jobs in defense aerospace insurance industries. Delaware a loss of jobs at. General motors Dupont co hurting state Economy. _ a a Florida a Hurricane Andrew Idaho a. Drought Marks sixth year. Illinois a Carol Moseley Braun first Black woman elected to . Senate. Indiana a rape trial conviction prison sentence of former boxing Champion Mike Tyson t. Iowa a Iowa Trust fund scandal aftermath. Cities counties. Government agencies hit by investment swindle raise taxes Cut services go deeper in debt to pay Bills. A a Kansas a state takes More fiscal control of schools. Kentucky a state House speaker nine other officials and lobbyists a indicted in Federal probe of state a corruption. Louisiana a Hurricane Andrew. Maine a police shoot Katherine Hegarty in her wilderness Cabin acting on a complaint she fired toward campers officer absolved while police policies reviewed _ Maryland state budget massachusetts7�? dozens of adults accuse a former roman Catholic priest James Porter of sexually abusing them As children in 1360s. A Quot. 7 a a Michigan a general motors travails 21 Plant closings announced chairman Robert Stempel resigns. A. Minnesota a Minneapolis police officer Jerry Haaf shot in Back at restaurant. His killing also ends cooperation among police gangs. Inner City activists toward stemming crime. Mississippi a . Supreme court finds state higher education system still racially segregated proposed solutions cause uproar Missouri a Democrat Mel Carnahan elect la governor. Montana a . Supreme court rejects state Challenge to. Congressional redistricting which Cost one of two House seats a poll the top 10 stories of 1992, based on an associated press poll of news executives in the United states. 1 . Elections. 2 race riots hit los Angeles and other . Cities. 3 South Florida devastated _. A _ a by Hurricane Andrew. 4 . Troops intervene in Somalia. 5 civil War rages in Yugoslavia. 6 the . Recession. Y former soviet republics make transition to Independence. H supreme court rules states cannot ban most abortions upholding Core of Roe is. Wad. 9 kidnappers release last Western hostages in Lebanon 0 serial killer Jeffrey Dohmer pleads guilty to 15 murders. The tars and stripes poll the top 10 stories of 1992 most affecting stars and stripes readers As determined by a poll of stars Apt stripes editors. A a a 1 . Ejections. 2 draw Down of . Troops in Europe. 3 the . Tries to shake v. Off its recession 4 troops arrive in Somalia to Aid starving population. 5 civil War rage san Yugoslavia. 6 Quot debate on Gays in the military. 7 los Angeles riots. 3 xenophobia european nationalist movements threaten immigrants. 9 Tail Hook scandal ignites debate on sexual harassment in military. 1 o persian Gulf War aftermath no Fly zone. Nebraska a legislature overhauls unconstitutional system of collecting a taxes on business and agricultural �1 equipment upsetting Farmers. Nevada a the Economy. Impact of nationwide doldrums drag sales tax a and gaming revenues far below. Projections. Causing government a layoffs budget cuts a. New Hampshire a presidential primary including first time since.1952 the loser goes on to win presidency. New Jersey a state budget. Republican lawmakers fake control and Cut spending and the sales tax to 6 percent new Mexico a the election with record 83.6 percent turnout North Carolina a Little rascals daycare co owner Roberts Kelley or. Convicted sentenced to 12 life terms on 99 counts of sexually abusing 12 a a children North Dakota a . Sen. Quentin Burdick d-n.d., Dies at 82. A Oklahoma a problems funding state welfare Agency Oregon a a voters reject constitutional amendment that would Quot declare homosexuals perverse abnormal. Pennsylvania a . Supreme court ruling Ori Quot state abortion Law a keeping abortion a rights while letting state require 24-hour wait parental consent a Quot Rhode stand a banker Joseph Mollicone or. Surrenders in. Embezzlement Case that hastened crumbling of state banking system., South Carolinas German car maker Bow picks state for its first . Auto factory South Dakota a Donald Moeller s trial Lor rape slaying of girl 9, brings first death sentence since penalty reinstated in 1979. Tennessee a . Sen. Al Gore d-tenri., elected vice president. Texas a legislature stuck trying to fulfil court order to equalize spending on schools statewide. Utah a the election including Republican Mike Leavitt. Vermont a ice jams cause floods in Montpelier turning streets of capital City into angry a the election including democratic Mike Lowry and voters setting congressional term limits. West Virginia a re election of democratic gov. Gaston Caperton we Sconsan a Jeffrey Dahmer sentenced to 15 life terms for 15 mutilation killings his apartment razed two police officers fired for bungled investigation of Dahmer Victrin to be fail to get jobs Back. Wyoming a execution roof Mark Hopkinson first in 27 years for ordering torturous death of trial a witness. A a surveys were not con Dunlop in Alabama Georgia Hawaii now v York Ohio or Virginia a Friday saturday january 1/2, 1993 the stars and stripes Page 3
