European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 21, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pages the stars and stripes . Sunday. August 21,1994 Chavis vows to be armed with truth7 Baltimore a his Job on the line a act executive director Benja min Chavis is promising to give the civil rights group s Board of directors a stack of evidence he says will show that his enemies Are conspiring to oust him. As part of his defense Chavis brought Forward Susan Tisdale his wife s former Secretary to dispel reports that she. Was. Prepared to file a sexual harassment claim against him. Chavis said critics within the a act had used Tisdale who was fired from her Job As part of an orchestrated Campaign to defame  he promised Board Mem Bers a report containing documents names addresses and Telephone number that Back up his conspiracy theory. I m going into the Board meeting armed with the truth Chavis said. They need to know who a trying to pull in the stars and stripes 10 year Sago aug. 21,1984 democratic vice presidential candidate Geraldine Ferraro and her husband paid 40 percent of their income in taxes for the past five years but because of an accountant s error in 1978, were sending the irs $53,459 More according to financial records re leased. 20 years ago aug. 21,1974 president Ford nominated Nelson Rockefeller to be his vice president saying the former new York governor would be a great teammate for him and a Good partner for our country and the  30 years ago aug. 21,1964 president John son signed into Law the $947.5 Mil lion War on poverty Bill saying it would give the forgotten fifth of our people Opportunity not Charity. 40 years ago aug. 21,1954 France and its five european Coal and steel Community allies were reported in Brus Sels to be completely deadlocked Over their rival plans to form a euro Pean army. World War ii 50 years ago today aug. 21 19 44 with German units in Retreat Allied armies begin a Chase across France that will get them Back close to the schedule planned for the Normandy invasion . Troops capture Aix in Provence in the South. Soviet forces threaten to surround a German army in Romania. A we Klong diplomatic conference begins in Washington that will agree to set up a world Assembly and an International court. Source 2194 Days of War . Smith publishers inc. The world almanac of world War ii. Bison books corp., 1981. A this organization  the Board of the National association for the advancement of coloured people gathered to discuss Chavis Job performance and his settlement of a sexual harassment claim in which he committed $332,400 of the organization s funds with out Board approval. That Ostrof court settlement with for Mer employee Mary e. Stansel was reached last year and it has prompted several Board members to Call for Chavis to step Down. Chavis has refused. Tisdale 32, of Cleveland said her employment concerns with Chavis had been resolved without a financial settlement or any other Promise from the  she had worked at the group s Baltimore Headquarters for Martha Cha vis who oversees the organization s women s program. Whitewater investigation expanding report says new York a the Whitewater investigation which began As an inquiry into the personal finances of president Clinton and Hillary Rodham Clinton from 1978 through the mid-1980s, has grown to include an examination of Clin ton s More recent Campaign financing the new York times reported saturday. Before he was replaced As the inde pendent counsel investigating the White water Case Robert Fiske or. Expanded his inquiry into an examination of How Bill Clinton financed his political career particularly his 1990 Campaign for Arkansas governor the newspaper said. The broader focus could mean a longer investigation and focus on the 1990 Campaign is subjecting one of Clinton s Clos est aides Bruce Lindsey treasurer of the 1990 Campaign to new scrutiny the times said. The times citing unidentified wit Nesses and outside lawyers familiar with the inquiry said one previously Undis closed focus of the investigation is the relationship Between Clinton s 1990 Campaign and the Small Perry county Bank in Rural Arkansas run by Herby Branscum jr., a longtime political associate of Clinton s. The Bank Lent $180,000 to the Clin tons who then Lent that Money to the Campaign the times reported. It is com Mon for Banks to lend to candidates personally rather than to their campaigns. The times sources said that before being succeeded two weeks ago by Ken Neth Starr Fiske had been tracing More that $50,000 in Cash that the Bank provided to the Campaign. He also was trying to determine Why the Bank did not re Portall the Cash transfers to the internal Rev Enue service under a Federal Law that re quires the reporting of any Cash trans action of More than $10,000, the newspaper said. In a letter to the times Lindsey said that Cash withdrawals were Oriade in support of get out the vote efforts by the Campaign he said the Campaign was mindful of its obligations under the Law and attempted to fully comply  investigators also Are looking into a sep Arate $35,000 account at the Bank that president Clinton was allowed to keep after the Campaign the times source said. Painful Tumble " Faus from Hii horse on Lullo town finds something jellyfish about blobs by the Seattle Post intelligencer Seattle the mystery blobs of Oakville Are alive or at least they once were alive or part of some living Crea Ture according to a preliminary scientific analysis. There s a number of cells of various sizes said Mike Osweiler of the Washington state department of ecology s hazardous material unit for Southwest Washington. But what kind of creature the cells came from is still Uncertain he said. The blobs half the size of Rice grains have appeared twice during rainfall at the Home of sunny Barclift near Oak Illein. Southwestern Washington s Grays Harbor county. J since word got out about the blobs a number of theories have been launched such As. The flying jellyfish theory it snot a theory Barclift favors but Many i Oakville seem to like it. Some people want to Start an annual jellyfish festival now where they shoot Jel fish into town with a Cannon she said laughing. Barclift noted that the town s vhf Luis concocting a new drink "the.jellyfish," made of Vodka Gelatin and juice. Barclift has been trying to get to the Bottom of the Blob mystery since the pop s first appearance aug. 7 was Fol Lowed by her Kitten s death and bouts of nausea afflicting her Mother herself and a Friend who handled the blobs. While she acknowledged the illnesses might just have been coincidence bar Clift s interest intensified when a Hospital Laboratory technician looked at the mat Ter under a Microscope and said it contained human White blood cells. But Osweiler said his Laboratory staff found the cells had no nuclei something human White cells do have. He said he had no idea what jellyfish cells look like. He said he will ask the state depart ment of health to take a look because his unit is not equipped to identify biological .c61is  / f Ilyf j61180 Tenor began when towns ilk Learned the military was dropping live bombs into the Pacific Ocean about10 to 20 Miles off Washington. The idea was that jellyfish remains might have been blown up into the Clouds where they were later dispersed in rainfall even in the Inland town of Oakville which lies Northwest of Centralia. . Reps. Jolene Unsoeld and Norm Dicks both d-wash., last week asked the military to Stop bombing near the coast although Unsoeld spokesman Bill Dun bar said the request was prompted by concern for Salmon runs. Dunbar said Itna nothing to do with the blobs. Dunbar who said the military dropped Cluster bombs promised that Unsoeld s Ottice will investigate