European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 11, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                V Page 6 the stars and stripes . Sunday. September 11,1994 la. To Washington a a Veteran los Angeles lawyer who spent four years As a Federal prosecutor will investigate. Whether agriculture Secretary Mike Espy broke the Law by accepting gifts from companies regulated by the department. Donald Smaltz 57, was named Friday by a three judge Federal Pauld. A practice ing attorney since 1964, Smaltz has specialized in defending White Collar crimes but handles civil cases As Well. As Independent counsel Smaltz will examine gifts to Espy of travel lodging and professional sports tickets from Quaker Oats co. And from Arkansas based Tyson foods inc., the nation s largest poultry producer. Smaltz also will be free to examine any other allegations of criminal wrongdoing that May arise from the investigation. Smaltz promised a Low profile fair investigation and said he would resist Polit ical pressure. I m not a Beltway person. I m just a California country lawyer he said in a Telephone interview. Although Smaltz declined to give his party affiliation he was among those considered for . Attorney in California in 1988 during the Reagan administration. He had been an assistant . Attorney for four years in me 1960s but has spent most of his career in private practice. He now practices with the firm of Smaltz and Anderson. Espy s attorney Reid Weingarten said we look Forward to working with him and receiving Secretary Espy s exoneration in very Short order.". The inspector general s office of the agriculture department began investigating Espy earlier this year then referred the Case to the Justice department when possible criminal violations were suspected. The White House has requested a separate ethics investigation. The criminal probe entered on whether Espy violated the 1907 meat inspection Law that forbids officials to accept gifts of any size from a company. Violators face a year in prison. The investigation is an embarrassment for president Clinton and his wife Hill Ary Rodham Clinton because of their close connection with Tyson when Clin ton was Arkansas governor. In May 1993, Espy accepted lodging from Tyson during a trip to Arkansas arid he travelled Back to Washington on a com Pany Jet. The agriculture department later reimbursed the poultry producer. Espy and a companion Patricia Demp sey also received tickets from Tyson to a Jan. 16 National football league playoff game in Dallas but Espy said he repaid the Cost of his ticket. He received a free National basketball association playoff ticket in june 1993 from Chicago based Quaker Oats a Large food company. Quaker Oats said Espy never repaid the $45 ticket and Espy has not disputed that statement. Investigators have looked beyond those gifts to whether Espy s aides destroyed records or interfered with the drafting of tighter safety regulations for the poultry Industry. Attorney general Janet Reno in her request for an outside investigator a month ago said there was no indication that Espy granted Tyson any special treatment in Exchange for the " in the stars and stripes 10 year Sago sept. 11,1984-thedollar closed at 2.994 Marks after briefly hitting the 3-Mark Barrier for the first time since the Bretton Woods sys tem of fixed International currency Exchange rates collapsed in 1973. 20 years ago sept 11,1974 president Ford was studying the possibility of Par dons for All people involved in the watergate scandal a White House spokesman said. 30 years ago sept. 11,1964. Hurricane Dora lumbered into Georgia after grinding across the Florida Peninsula spreading destruction and misery with howling winds and blinding torrential Rains. 40 years ago sept. 11,1954 the United states Britain and France accepted the soviet Union s offer of International talks to stabilize world peace but set conditions Moscow appeared Likely to reject. 50 years ago sept. 1.1,1944 a wounded vet eran of the Battle of Cassino Italy ended one of the nation s most damaging strikes when he persuaded workers to return to their lobs manufacturing engines for b 29s. I world warm 50 years ago today sept. 11 american bombers begin their last shuttle raid from Italy attacking an arms factory at Chemnitz Germany and flying on to bases in the soviet Union. British forces Cross into the Netherlands near Bourg Leopold and take an important Bridgehead Over the Meuse Lescaut canal free French troops capture Dijon in Eastern France and link up with units from the Normandy invasion. Source 2194 Days of War a h. Smith publishers inc. The world almanac of world wat ii. Bison books corp., 1981 a a place for the vets a . Army Veteran who would identify hims if Only As Mark stand Down 94� program. The three Day event at Lighthouse Tak i ass Fri a m be the tents that i shelter an Fex Field is aimed at providing homeless vets with food petted 250 homeless veterans As part of the Philadelphia counselling and medical care look Lofs of Freer and brew aha drawing crowds of Camp fort Mitchell by. A three Days and 278 kinds of Beer mean one sure thing for participants in a popular summer Camp aspirin by sunday morn ing. Welcome to Beer Camp at the Olden Berg brewing co., a three Day brew to do so popular that the session that began Friday is full and the Camp scheduled for March is nearly sold out As Well. Granted it s quite silly in a Way a Camp where people can drink hundreds of kinds of Beer said Benjamin Myers co chairman of the North american Guild of Beer writers. But it s great. I could probably count on my hand the number of places where you could find such a fantastic selection tone  for this session organizers have assembled 278 kinds of Beer for sampling everything from double Bock to oat meal Stout. Campers who arrived Friday were Given a notebook filled with a schedule recipes for cooking with Beer and a list of available Beers their Brewe Ries and origins. Participants write their names on Beer tasting glasses and learn the Camp song i m dying of thirst so please serve me first saturday s schedule was to include a lesson in Beer anthropology a pub crawl in a trendy Cincinnati neighbor Hood More Beer tasting and a five course meal prepared with Beer. Today s schedule was to feature a  of the dog Brunch Temperance plays about the evils of drink group Pho tos and graduation with certificates fro male University. The 175 campers pay about $250 to$350 each. Schools want pcs to be required for admission Santa Rosa Calif. A three state universities want to add a personal computer to the Price of admission. Sonoma state Humboldt state and California polytechnic state University san Luis Obispo have asked the Chancellor of the 20 school California state University system for permission to make ownership of a personal computer a requirement for admission next year. This is the 1990s equivalent of a slide Rule said Mark Resmer Sonoma state s associate vice pres ident of information technology. But a pc is no slide Rule costing from about $1,000 to nearly $3,000