European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 22, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                S. Carolina sunday july 22, 1990 the stars and stripes a Page 5 Fri sting operation involved Cash a a a fp/1 Kij i 1 41 4 am. M. La d. 1 a a Grad urn Diann a Haj it a Federal identified source told the Charlotte n c eng records from m6 a a nature Lri 0b�?ofver  it Day expanding the scope of an invest Ian a Quot newspaper reported that sources ton into allegations that lawmakers called the probe one of the Justice degraded votes for Cash apartment s top White Collar investigations this year. Traded votes for Cash. Fri agents delivered the grand jury subpoenas to the state Senate ethics committee two Days after asking for similar Campaign records from All 124 House members those records were turned Over thursday the probe involves an Fri sting opera Tion in which a lobbyist working undercover offered legislators Cash in Exchange for a a a a �?z1ttail ii Ier self tamutus legislation in gation was under Way into allegations of the general Assembly agents videotaped Quot illegal conduct involving certain Mem shul t11 aft a pts Money a source Bers of the South Carolina legislature Quot to us tron l. Cobb a former House Mcm solved it is lev a is Quot in re tuned lobbyist is at the Center of a. It crosses everything an in the probe according to lawmakers. They said Cobb offered at least three Cigis gators Money in Exchange for their help on a Bill that would have allowed parimutuel betting in South Carolina. The general Assembly failed to act on the measure before adjourning in june. Among Cobbs clients is Alpha group an Atlanta based concern interested in promoting parimutuel betting in South Carolina. Campaign contributions to legislators from Cobb Alpha group and Cobbs com \ �?o1, v 1, pan government business associates to Raj Sec in Surj p sent in South Talca leasts12,950since 1987, cont by Carolina confirmed Only that an in vesti j a a a u the investigation apparently involves possible violations of the Hobbs act a Federal anti corruption Law Banning acceptance of Money or gifts in return for votes or other favors. . Attorney Bart Daniel and Fred in rider the Rule ctn tons ranged from $ 100 to $3,000. Cobb failed to meet this weeks deadline to to file an expense report of his activities on Alpha s behalf As required by Taw. Just who is behind Alpha group remains a mystery. The Telephone at Alpha groups officer a b�8gs� a la. Greets Well wishers at a new Orleans news conference where she announced her plans to retire from Congress. Boggs has represented her new Orleans District in the House since stepping Down 1973, when she won a special election to replace her husband Hale Boggs former House majority Leader aboard a Prim that was lost in Alaska in 1972, the plane has never been found. Man in coma after racial attack Baltimore apr in a Case echoing the Howard Beach racial attack a Black mail walking with his White Girlfriend was critically injured when a White Man chased in into the path of an oncoming truck police said. Herbert Jennings 38, of Baltimore was in a coma saturday with a severe head injury at the University of Maryland Shock trauma Center after thursday nights attack the Hospital said. Daniel Porter 21, of Baltimore was charged with to i it it it Vida if i a n am Ltd a a a u a _ _ 1 _ _ v Jennings 32-year-old Girlfriend whom police would not identify and several other people were questioned and others May be charged police said. The attack occurred in the mostly White working class neighbourhood of Highlandtown a Southeast Baltimore enclave ringed by predominantly Black working class districts police spokesman Dennis Hill said. The incident bore similarities to a 1986 attack by a group of Whites on three Black men in the Howard Beach Section of Queens in new York City. One of the Blacks was struck 6y a car and killed As he fled across a Highway. Three of the Whites were convicted of manslaughter assault and conspiracy. In Baltimore two White men in a pickup truck taunted Jennings and his Girlfriend As they walked along the Street police said. Porter and two other White men approached the couple moments later police said. Porter yelled to the men in the truck asking if they wanted him to attack Jennings whom he called by a racial epithet police said. A Man in the truck yelled a yes a and Jennings ran with Porter in Pursuit. Jennings slipped and fell after running a Short distance and was accidentally struck by another pickup truck Hill said. The Driver of that truck was not charged. The Girlfriend was not injured. The first truck whose occupants started the incident sped away Hill said. He said police done to believe the Whites knew Jennings or his Girlfriend. Went unanswered thursday and Friday no Street address is listed with directory information. Rep. Paul Derrick who accepted $1,000 from Cobb in a Columbia Mote room earlier this year said he now be Hercs the Cash payment was pan of an Fri sting. The Republican said Cobb did hot ask him at the time for his vote on parimutuel betting but the lobbyist had earlier sought his support for that Bill. Rep Ennis fam a democrat., said he also discussed pan Mutual betting with Cobb who Tola the lawmaker a Lei me give you a Little Gas for your tank Quot and produced $ 1,000 from his briefcase. Fant said he accepted two Cash contributions totalling $1,300 from Cobb in March or april and reported them on his ethics disclosure forms. Egal disposal of waste costs Disney $550,000 the Walt Disney co. Will pay �j3uuuu and Institute an employee environmental Wun a a program As settlement of a Federal suit for illegally disposing of waste in Utah and Wyoming the environmental Protection Agency said Friday. An a a a a spa Kennian said Disney had accepted re possibility for the illegal disposal even though the Jno lation was done by an Independent contractor and Disney knew nothing of the disposal. Disney said it has filed a suit against the former transporter it had hired to dispose of the waste which consisted of paint thinners and other materials used in painting and cleaning operations at the Disneyland facility in California. Epa charged Disney with waste disposal violations after the wastes were shipped in 1.988 and 1989 by the contractor from Disneyland to facilities in Wyoming and Utah neither of the facilities was authorized to handle such materials. The Disney employee training program will educate workers on How to supervise third party contractors in ii Sai a Robert Dunfrey director of the regional spa hazardous waste management division said Disney had cooperated fully with the investigation and the Epa was satisfied that Disney did not act intentionally and had taken Steps to Correct the mistake. Tom Deegan a Disney spokesman in Burbank Cavil said Disney has dismissed the contractor kens Oil co. Of Garden Grove calif., and filed a lawsuit last week against the company. Sands of time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. July 22, 1950 a Gen. Douglas Macathur announced that Taejon South Korea had been abandoned by american forces after a running Battle with North korean Lank and infantry units 30 years ago today. Union joined the United nations troop and food Airlift into the Congo As four red Star Turbojet transport planes flew in from Accra. 20 years ago  22, 1970 a president Nixon said that under no circumstances did the . Government a stand for the proposition that we would attempt to negotiate an imposed coalition government in South  7 0 years ago today. July 22, 1980 a soviet officials stepped up harassment of Western journalists with a Brief but violent attack on four of them in Moscow a red Square. A United press International reporter was arrested during the protest