European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 23, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes . Governmental broken Clinton declares Washington a president Clinton said sat urday that we be broken gridlock and transformed the nation s Agenda in the course of his first year in of fice. ". " ,."." after one year the challenges Aren t gone but to Gether we Are surmounting Many of them Clinton said using his weekly radio address to boast his first year accomplishments. Clinton passed the one year Mark thursday. Trying but some of the themes he i expected to sound in tuesday s state of the Union address Clinton said As we enter this second year of taking on these challenges together we know this what s important is not just How Many programs we pass but How Many lives we improve he made it Clear that health care and welfare Over haul were top priorities. Now the debate is not Over whether to provide health Security but How and How quickly not whether to return to welfare Reform but How.". ,. -. Clinton taped the message Friday in front of an Audi ence of White House aides before he left the White House to spend the weekend at the presidential Retreat at Camp David my. It was just one year ago this week that i took offices your president Clinton said. The challenges be fore us were Many. We faced a debt that has been mortgaging our future we were burdened by the cynicism created when government does wrong by people  we built the foundation for a lasting economic re covery. We be broken gridlock and made government an instrument of our common purpose As a  Clinton referred to the dual ravages of nature Over the past week the earthquake in Southern California and brutally cold weather in the Eastern part of the a  this week we saw How events beyond our control can test the courage and fortitude tour people he said. But even in this kind of adversity or maybe eve because of it Pur people have become More deter  Angeles will come Back together with the people of los Angeles Well help to make that  s the american Way he said. President and Hillary Rodham Clinton walk to the Marine one helicopter at the White House on Friday in route to a weekend Retreat at Camp David my. Conservatives cite counsel s own problems with a land Deal Washington a special counsel Robert b. Fiske or. Has t even started his investigation in the Whitewater affair yet he is under fire not from democrats anxious about president Clinton s Well being but from  did t like his politics during the Reagan Era so the free Congress foundation is going after Fiske involvement in a 1984 tax Case involving a land trans action Fiske ended up paying $14,000 in Back  headed the american bar association s screen ing of potential judges during Reagan s second term and conservatives say he showed a Bias against advocacy groups opposing  the Justice department was handing off the Whitewater matter to Fiske a department subpoena surfaced demanding records from Arkansas governor. It gives the broadest View yet of the expanding Federal investigation involving the Clinton ties to a failed Sav Ings and loan. The tax Case involving Fiske in t a new development it was an Issue five years ago but it s enough for some republicans who want someone other than Fiskett investigate Clinton. Attorney general Janet Reno chose someone who was himself guilty of improper tax filings arising from a land Deal said Thomas l. Jipping director of the free Congress foundation s Center for Law & democracy. Senate Republican Leader Robert Dole also questioned whether Fiske is the right prosecutor for the Job in Light of the tax matter. Dole made his comment son a program televised nationally by satellite on National empowerment television with conservative Paul  accusations against Fiske Are unfair said Justice department spokesman Carl Stern and Paul Brenner tax lawyer involved in the 1984 tax Case. It was a Dis Pute Over the value of 3,500 acres in new York state Fiske owned by 25 people including Fiske and donated to a charitable organization. Fiske s father had owned the property originally. The land valued at $1.7 million was ultimately valued at just under $1 million by . Tax court. The idea to donate the land was Teven fiskes said Stern he had no role in de signing it or executing  Fiske s tax deduction was based on the advice of an accounting firm said Stern who said the matter was studied to a fare  there was nothing there in 1989 when Fiske was nominated to be Deputy attorney general Stern said. Fiske s nomination collapsed in the face of Republican opposition based largely on his chairmanship of the Aba screening committee from 1984 to 1987. Regarding the tax Case we had a dispute with local assessor who was upset because the donated property was going to leave the tax Rolls said Brenner who represented the 25 partners. The irs got involved and the judge in the Case has a history of favor ing the  meanwhile the subpoena issued to gov. Jim Guy Tucker says a Federal grand jury is interested in records involving Clinton s former gubernatorial campaigns Busi Tess associates involved with the Clinton White water development co. And Banks where the first family had Loans. It also names prominent arkansans Many of the friends or associates of the first family. Sunday january 23,1994 Klaas Kidnap suspect May face death penalty from wire report Santa Rosa Calif. The Man suspected of kidnapping a 12-year-old girl from her bedroom an killing her was charged Friday with a special _ circumstance making him eligible for the death p in a Low voice Richard Allen Davis pleaded not guilty As Superior court judge Robert Dale read the charges of murder kidnapping lying in wait and lewd behaviour with a child in the amended complaint. The charge of lying in wait makes Dale eligible for the death penalty. Dale set a preliminary hearing for March 23.police say Allen kidnapped Polly Klaas from the bedroom other Petaluma Home while she hosted a slumber party for two friends the night of oct., 1. The abduction touched a chord in thousands of Northern californians who voluntarily joined the search Effort. Wife sentenced in assault Waynesville . A woman accused of pouring Nail polish remover on her husband s Penis and setting him on fire while he slept was put on probation for two  Mason Gillett 28, faced up to 40 years in prison on a malicious maiming charge for burning her husband Gursham on his Penis Chest stomach and neck she was placed on probation after Gillett refused to testify against her District attorney Charles  the agreement announced thursday Cynthia Gillett admitted responsibility without pleading guilty to a lesser assault  also must perform 240 hours of Community service and undergo counselling. Investigators could not determine a motive for the july , 27, was expected to completely recover from the wounds. The Gilletts Are believed to Beback together sheriff Tom Alexander said. Babbitt Hurt in fall Albuquerque . Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt needed stitches when he tripped on Arock and Cut his forehead during a tour of the Petroglyph National  talked to the mayor and he said Well just go and have it out one on one up Here in the Petroglyph Babbitt said Friday sporting a Large Bandage Over his left Eye. As you can see in round 1, he got the Best of  was in Albuquerque to urge City state and Indian leaders to reach a solution on a $12 million plan to extend a major Street through the Monument to funnel traffic. Indians oppose it saying the Monument is a sacred site with ancient Indian Rock drawings. Aid cutoff overturned Washington a judge has overturned the education department s cutoff of student Aid funds to a Philadelphia based Chain of Trade schools calling the department extremely zealous in it moves against the schools. Ernest c. Canellos an administrative Law judge atthe department issued the order Friday after three Days of hearings involving pc career  department had taken emergency action dec. 5 to Cut off Federal student Aid to the company which has branches in Washington Atlanta Newark n.j., Chicago and Baltimore. Education officials charged that the school owners Richard and Rimona Friedberg had drained Cash from the schools through targe salaries for themselves and family members and continued to be involved in running the school despite a agreement that they not do so. Woman 80, surrenders Puyallup Wash. An 80-year-old Pierce county Wash., woman surrendered to police Friday and confessed to being the hit and run Driver who struck a 12-year-old girl and left her to die in a ditch. The woman whose name was not immediately available told police she did not realize what she had done. The girl was killed last week while walking Home from buying a morning newspaper for her Grandfather. A vehicle knocked Riisa Wilber about70 feet police said. She was hit about 8 . Tuesday and she died about four hours later