European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 14, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday december 14, 1992 Page 4 b the stars and stripes . Conference participants converge on Little Rock Little Rock Ark. Apr the new administration sunday welcomed More than 300 business executives labor leaders and economists from All 50 states to an economic conference. It will be an Opportunity for everyone from the head of Xerox to the owner of a South Dakota Flower shop to Tell president elect Clinton what is wrong with the Economy and How to fix it. The formal sessions for the two Day event done to get under Way until today but Clinton was to meet the participants for get acquainted discussions at a reception sunday night. Clinton and vice president elect a1 Gore will personally moderate the nine hours of nationally televised discussions that will Deal with everything from Broad overviews of the Domestic and International Economy to strategies for cutting the Federal deficit and providing better training for american workers. Clinton a aides insisted that the economic conference the name they chose Over Summit in order to lower expectations will not be a Media grandstanding event. They said it will be a workshop to develop ideas that Clinton can use in crafting the economic Agenda for his first 100 Days in office. However invitations to the event turned into the hottest ticket in America and planners watched the original guest list of 100 triple to 329. Those invited came from the ranks of americans big labor unions including Lynn Williams president of the Little Rock Ark. Up president elect Bill Clinton resigned As governor of Arkansas on saturday delivering a teary eyed Farewell address before surrendering the reins of Power to it. Gov. Jim Guy Tucker. Clinton signed 10 copies of his resignation letter at approximately 4 . A stepping Down just Days before he would have surpassed former gov. Orval Faubus As the states longest serving governor. After Clinton resigned the president elect his successor and their wives All walked up the Central stairway of the Arkansas Capitol for Tucker a formal swearing in. In the chamber of the state House of representatives a combined Assembly of House and Senate members honoured the two men with a warm and sustained standing ovation. A i have been in this place Many times in this last 14 years and i must say i done to know How to do what i must now do a Clinton said his voice thick with emotion. A for me this was an affair of the heart a Clinton said. The president elect said he remained especially grateful to t Ucker who handled most Day to Day duties of the governorship during Clinton a 15 months on the Boise Idaho apr an sex congressman and an associate were convicted of Bank fraud in a Check kiting scheme a Case the former lawmaker attributed to government retaliation for his crusades against Federal agencies. George Hansen an Idaho Republican who served seven terms in the House and John scoresby were found guilty on 45 counts of Bank fraud in what the government called a Check kiting plan that left the Bank of Commerce of Idaho Falls holding $2.1 million in bad checks. T he two face up to 30 years in prison and fines of $1 million on each of 45 counts. Hansen 62, and scoresby 45, said they would Appeal. Hansen the Check kiting scheme was used to bilk nearly 200 investors in Hansen a anti government free America revolution program prosecutors said. Check kiting is a scheme in which a false line of credit is established by the Exchange of worthless United steelworkers Union and Frank Popoff chief executive of Xerox. They will take Over Little rocks largest convention Center where groups of 32 at a time will sit on a stage with Clinton and his newly named economic team to discuss various topics while the others watch from the audience. After opening remarks from Clinton today the group was to hear a panel led by Nobel prize winning economist Robert Solow discus the current state of the Economy. All of the sessions will be televised by a Span the Cable network that covers Congress with the commercial networks promising to carry selected events. National Public radio will be providing Gavel to Gavel radio coverage in addition to periodically offering 15-minute listener Call in programs that will allow Clinton to take questions from across America. Conference planners believe the format will be much like the town meetings that Clinton conducted during the Campaign. In addition to Clinton and Gore the president elects newly assembled economics team will also be on hand including Treasury Secretary designate Lloyd Bentsen a democratic senator from Texas California democratic rep. Leon e. Panetta who has been picked As Clinton a budget director and democratic National committee chairman Ronald h. Brown who was picked by Clinton on saturday As Commerce Secretary. Gifts to charities suggested Little Rock Ark. A president elect Clinton who has been inundated with presents since his election is asking people to make donations to Charity in lieu of any Christmas gifts they might want to Send his family. The transition team on saturday put out a notice stating that Many people had asked a about the appropriateness of sending Christmas  it said the Clinton a ask that those who wish to remember them this Holiday season make gifts to local charities of their Choice to make Christmas a Little brighter for those in  the Clinton plan to donate any gifts they receive to charities and people in Arkansas. Campaign Trail. Tucker called on his audience to help him take advantage of the once in a lifetime Opportunity Many arkansans believe Clinton a ascension to the White House presents the state with a this can be the greatest decade in our states history a he said. A this can be Arkansas  Cheeks Between Banks building phantom balances. Prosecutors said Overall More than $21 million Worth of checks were involved. Known for his flamboyance conservative positions and anti government philosophy Hansen Calls Federal government agencies such As the internal Revenue service enemies of the people. Hansen claimed prosecutors were after him because of his anti government crusades. According to prosecutors investors he duped gave Money to promote efforts like the free America revolution which Hansen said would return interest 011 their Money. Instead the Money was used in the Check kiting scheme prosecutors said. . District judge Edward Lodge allowed the two to remain free on their own recognizance and set sentencing for March 1. Hansen who was in Congress from 1965 to 1968 and again from 1975 to 1984, and scoresby his one time aide and a former official in the state Republican party were indicted earlier this year after a state inquiry into Hansen a financial dealings. In february 1991, the state in a civil lawsuit accused the men of violating securities Laws in a scheme the lawsuit said bilked nearly 200 investors of $18 million Between 1985 and 1990 through bad checks. Hansen signed an agreement admitting the violations and promised an Effort to repay the  Arena pit bulls discovered in Texas raid from wire reports Arcola Texas a a bloody dog fighting Arena equipped with lights and bleachers was discovered in a raid that also turned up 40 chained pit Bull terriers and two canine carcasses. A videotape of a dogfights de people betting from $100 to s15 l a they fight to the death or until one of the handlers pulls their dogs out of the fight a detective Rodney Glendening said. A the one videotape shows two dogs so exhausted they just barely walk toward each other to  charges of maintaining a premises for dog fighting a a felony a were pending against a couple who were out of town when detectives raided their Rural Home on Friday. Investigators done to know How the two dead animals died but someone apparently tried to Burn the relatively fresh carcasses Glendening said. Authorities believe the dog fighting Arena was in operation for about 10 years. Areola population 900, is about 20 Miles South of  Piglet protested Burbank Calif. A the Walt Disney co. Has pulled an and for a children Sbath soap that features Piglet a stuttering character from Winnie the Pooh following complaints from an advocacy group for stutterers. Part of the text for the print and for Johnson amp Johnson a piglets liquid Bath read a squeaky clean and gentle too up a Piglet makes Bat time fun for  the and has run for a few months but  Bishop Brand manager at Disney licensing told the National stuttering project last week it would cancel the and. She offered a apologies for any unintended offensive use of  Bishop said stuttering is an integral part of piglets character and the and did not mean to mock a one of our most beloved  Ira Zimmerman advocacy chairman of the stuttering project had complained about the and. He said it was a especially inappropriate in an and aimed at mothers who ought to be teaching their children not to tease kids who  service bares lawsuit Greensburg a. A the owner of an income maid service has filed suit against a Pittsburgh television station claiming a Story it aired has damaged her business. In november the television station a Phi to promoted a Story it called maid to order that was about a service that used scantily Clad men and women for House cleaning services. That company operated under the name a for your eyes  but Beverly Kosor owner of maids to order in Greensburg says the Public thinks it was talking about her business. In her suit filed last week in a Westmoreland county court Kosor said she had suffered a loss of business and her cleaning staff has been harassed. Kosor said she contacted the station about its promotion and it agreed to run a disclaimer when it aired the program. But she said a lot of people apparently did not see it and Many clients have said they Are embarrassed to have her vehicles around. Station manager John Howell says they took what appropriate action they could when they got the complaint. The maid service is seeking unspecified  Miner s body found Norton a. A the last body from a mine explosion was found saturday night after the lev cd of a dangerous Gas went Down enough for Crews to resume the search. A Hole was drilled into the mine Shaft Friday and a fan used to vent the area where seven bodies were found wednesday night but recovery teams were twice forced out of the mine by methane Gas before an eighth body was found. The last body found in South Mountain Coal co. S no. 3 mine was Job Foreman Norman Vanover said com Brown a spokesman for the Federal mine safety and health administration. I he explosion monday killed the miners at their j work stations a mile underground. One Miner closer to the Entrance crawled to safety. Clinton resigns As Arkansas governor sex lawmaker convicted of Bank fraud