European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 13, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday August 13, 1994 . The stars and stripes Page 7 lawmaker from California indicted in extortion Case from the associated press los Angeles . Rep. Walter Tucker was indicted thursday for allegedly extorting.$30,000 from a company and demanding $250,000 More while he was Compton mayor. A Federal grand jury indicted Tucker on eight counts of extortion and two counts of filing false tax returns because he did not pay tax on the Money authorities said. Any income Legal or not is subject to Federal tax. The indictment alleges that Tucker received $30,000 in bribes in 1991 and 1992 from Compton Energy systems which wanted to build a waste to. Energy Plant. Tucker later demanded $250,000 from the company according to the indictment. No Plant was Ever  unequivocally and categorically deny All charges that have been brought against me Tucker said in a statement. King ordered to pay los Angeles Rodney g. King must pay $237,958 in Legal fees for frivolously naming the los Angeles unified school District in the lawsuit Over his beating by police a Federal judge ruled  District the second largest in the country was dropped from the lawsuit before trial. King was beaten by four police officers who stopped him for a traffic violation in 1991. Two on duty school District police officers were patrolling in the area and stopped to watch the Roadside incident. They were not involved in the  jury ruled that King had $3.8 million in damages coming from the City but none from the officers who hit  Cash strapped school District filed a motion to recover its costs and . District judge John Davies approved the request. Crash prompts Stampede Dallas a mounted posse was called out thursday to round up cattle that escaped from an overturned 18-Wheeler on a Busy Highway and stampeded into traffic. One animal wandered into a suburb and was hit by a car police said. No motorists were Hurt. The Accident and the Texas Roundup forced the closing of interstate 35 for the entire morning Rush  the 75 cattle on the truck 30 were thought to have escaped. Eight others were killed and three of those that escaped were severely injured and had to be destroyed. Sky High wish granted Snoj a. Brian Kelly is going out with a bang. Kelly a fireworks worker from suburban Detroit who died two weeks ago of complications from intestinal surgery asked in his will that his ashes be spread across the sky in a fireworks explosion. He was to get his wish Friday night at a convention of fireworks experts in Snoj a town about 40 Miles Northwest of Pittsburgh. As part of the convention s grand finale a Shell carrying Kelly s ashes was to be launched to the blast of a 21-gun Salute. His relatives were to watch. Snake used in robbery Camden . Two people taking a late night stroll were robbed at Snake Point. A car pulled up next to Clarence Joseph gland 63, and Kim Denise Williams Early tuesday two men got out and one shoved a Black Snake in gland s face police said. Then two other men got out and went through the victims pockets. Police said the robbers made off with $20 in Cash a $30 personal stereo and a $95 watch. Black voting District of d Baton Rouge la. The . Supreme court on thursday turned Louisiana s election process upside Down yet again restoring at least temporarily a second majority Black congressional  High court granted an emergency request by the state and the Justice department to Block new congressional districts imposed by a lower  order Means candidates will now run in districts the legislature Drew last april to Correct a z shaped racially gerrymandered District. Castro goes on cuban to to assail . In hijacking key West Fla. A cuban Leader Fidel Castro has accused the United states of covering up the hijacking of a cuban government boat and reiterated that a cuban military officer was killed in the incident. Speaking from Havana on cuban television thurs Day Castro said the body of cuban it. Roberto Aguilar Reyes was found wednesday two Days after the Hijack ing. If we had t found the body they would have continued propagandizing that the Man who hijacked the boat was the Man who we say was killed Castro said in an address that was broadcast live in the United states on can. Leonel Macias Gonzalez a 19-year-old military me chanic who commandeered the boat that brought him and 25 others to Florida is being detained by . Authorities. No decision has been made on whether Macias gon Zalez will be charged in the hijacking said Lamar woo Ley a spokesman for the . Immigration and naturalization service. He s very frightened. He s glad to be out of Cuba said his attorney Joseph Allen. He has said that he d rather serve 20 years in an american prison than return to  Macias Gonzalez fired Back Only after the officer tried to shoot him said Macias Gonzalez s Girlfriend who also fled in the boat. The officer fell overboard and Macias Gonzalez then ordered two other soldiers overboard at gunpoint she said. The official fired two shots by his head said 15 year old Irenia Mesa. He had to fire  All but three of the other refugees who arrived aboard the 30-foot boat were transferred to Miami on thursday to be United with relatives or Host families. The others had been taken by the ins to a refugee re settlement group on Stock Island off key West. After the hijacking monday at the port of Mariel Macias Gonzalez took the boat to a nearby Beach to pick up friends and relatives. They then cruised out to sea where they picked up two rafters Mesa said. On thursday three men suspected of using their .-registered speedboat to ferry 22 cubans from that country were detained after dropping their passengers in the Florida keys. If the three Are charged with violating . Immigration Laws As expected it would be the first prosecution of its kind . Attorney Kendall Coffey said in Miami. Waiting for peace and music three friends from Frankfurt Germany look Over a travelled to the United states to attend this weekend s music Magazine thursday As they wait to enter the site three Day Meg concert marking the 25th anniversary of of Woodstock 94 in Saugerties . Frank Holl left the original Woodstock festival billed As three Days of George Mies cent Erand helps brother Alex Holl peace and  White House tightens rules on gifts by the Washington Post Washington the White House on thursday said political employees May no longer accept gifts or trips from companies they regulate even if they later pay the companies Back. The crackdown is part of a new Effort by the administration to distance itself from the ethics problems of agriculture Secretary Mike Espy. Officials speaking on condition of anonymity also said president Clinton believed that Espy had made some errors in judgment by accepting transportation lodging and tickets to sporting events from companies regulated by his department including Tyson foods inc. The officials said the White House believes Espy should repay the companies not Only for his expenses but also for those of a female Friend who accompanied him. There s no doubt that he has made some mistakes in judgment at a minimum one senior official said. The official said Espy delayed repaying Tyson creating the appearance of impropriety. At this Point the pres ident thinks he s done a Good Job in spite of those errors in  the official suggested that Espy a former Mississippi congressman had failed to understand he was operating under different rules As a Cabinet Secretary. Clearly those Are the kinds of things that Congress men get away with the official said. I Don t think he was sensitive enough to the different Standard that is applied when one is a Cabinet Secretary or in the executive  the decision to Issue the new ethics rules which cover Cabinet secretaries and other presidential appointees follows the White House s disclosure wednesday that it would ask the Independent office of government ethics to review Espy s actions