Moves to deny federal funds to groups that provide abortion counseling or help women to have abortions. He also plans to write book about families with his wife, Tipper. Alan Greenspan reduces rates by one half a percentage point to stem an economic slowdown. Fed slashes rates another half a percentage point. More cuts expected.
Landslide buries hundreds of houses in El Salvador.
Death toll reaches 700. Spill estimated 144,000 gallons. Rescue crews struggle to prevent environmental disaster. Jan. 26 et seq. Massive temblor, registering 6.9 on scientific scale, rocks subcontinent.