European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 29, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday december 29, 1994 . The stars and stripes Page 5 lawmaker named agriculture chief Washington a president Clinton on wednesday named lame auck lawmaker Dan Glickman to replace agriculture Secretary Mike Espy who re signed under an ethical Cloud. His knowledge experience and understanding of the needs of the american Fanner make him exactly the right person to become Secretary of agriculture when we write the farm Bill in 1995," Clinton said of Glickman. Glickman referred wednesday to the Challenge of the five year farm Bill that he must help Craft. Agriculture is not and should not be immune to change Glickman said at a Rose Garden ceremony. Glickman d.-kan., was turned put of Congress by Republican who capitalized on Clinton s unpopular to. Glickman had sought the Job two years ago when esp was chosen. Espy who joined his successor at the announcement resigned in october effective saturday after an inde pendent prosecutor began examining gifts the Cabinet member received from individuals and firms doing business with the agriculture department. Clinton heaped Praise on Espy. He did a Superb Job Clinton said. It was Clinton s first major appointment since the november congressional elections. Clinton will wait until the new year to fill other vacancies including press Secretary and surgeon  promised farm policies which provide a stable and secure Supply of food at reasonable  summing up his task he said the challenges Are daunting but the opportunities Are immense. Glickman s selection comes at a time of retrenchment at the Agri culture department the sprawling bureaucracy i being forced to trim its staff by 11,000, reduce spending by up to $3.5 Bil lion and close nearly1,100 of its 3,600 county offices. As a nine term con Gluckman Gressman with three farm Bills behind him Glickman brings valuable experiences Congress goes about writing the five year farm legis lation in 1995. Glickman 50, edged out Deputy Secretary Richarde. Rominger and rep. E. Kika de la Garza d Texas chairman of the House agriculture committee for the Cabinet Job. Glickman parted company with Clinton earlier this year by voting against the general agreement of tariffs and Trade the new world Trade pact the administration says will boost . Farm exports. He also blamed the president s Low popularity for his Surprise election defeat. Republican state sen. Todd Tiahrt running ads tying Glickman to Clinton beat the better financed incumbent. The anti Washington mood is Strong Glickman said after the election. Clinton was relatively unto up  ,. But his candidacy received a boost from White House chief of staff Leon Panetta a former Congress Man and Friend of Glickman s. The selection makes Kansas a political Center of Agri culture incoming Senate minority Leader Bob Dole and incoming House agriculture committee chairman rep. Pat Roberts also Are from the farm Belt state. Glickman serves on the House agriculture commit tee and helped push through a Bill that reorganized the agriculture department. He also fought to focus far subsidy programs on Low and Middle income Farmers and tried to increase Federal oversight of the commodity futures markets. He is better known for serving As chairman of the House intelligence committee. With some pushing Forcia director James Wolsey s ouster Glickman was regarded As a candidate for that Job. Sen. Patrick j. Leahy d-vt., chairman of the Senate agriculture committee said Glickman s experience will help him make some Tough cuts at us a. A number of it. Are committed to Cut even More the amount of Money spent on agriculture Leahy said. The thing is to make sure that what is left misspent in the Best  Man denied jail visit Battles with police from the associated press Montgomery a. Aman upset Over not getting to see  wife Exchange gunfire with police during a car Chase crashed into a Mcdonald Sand was shot in the Back. George Howard Lynn Iii sped off tuesday after being pulled Over for a traffic violation then shot a officers several times before stopping in the Mcdonald sparking lot said a police spokesman capt.  then drove into an officer and through a window of the restaurant. As officers approached his car Lynn shot at them again and was wounded when police returned fire Gantt , 50, was in fair condition. Duck an intruder Shreveport la. The culprit who wrecked Charles and Myra Lee s Kitchen turned out Tobe a real quack. Neighbor Bill Tebow was keeping an Eye on the House while the Lees were out of town for the holidays. He called 911 after he found torn drapes broken glassware and envelopes and toilet paper scattered about on Christmas morning. When police arrived they found Muscovy Duck at the end of a hallway. The Bird apparently comedown the Chimney. Tourism up in . San Francisco Testate s rebounding Economy and fading image problems along with stepped up marketing have helped push san Francisco s Holiday season tourism to its highest level in four years officials say. Things have for the first Tim gotten Back to Normal said Gary Carr a spokesman in the Sanfrancisco of fice of pkg consulting which tracks hotels. We be gotten away from the Gulf War the general economic malaise that swept California the Rodney King riots and the , Carr said tuesday. Opening once to do Santa Ana Calif. A Orange county should help replenish its drained Treasury by filling up its dumps a county supervisor said. Politically it May not be an attractive idea William Steiner said tuesday. It does beat closing libraries or raising  Orange county has 45 years of Landfill capacity. During California s Long recession use of the landfills has dropped from 15,000 tons to 11,000 tons a Day Steiner said. With fees of $22.75 per ton compare with $45 per ton in san Diego Orange county could earn $60,000 every Day i accepted 2,000 tons of outside refuse Park service told to leave King Birthplace Atlanta a after 14 years of leading tourists through the Rev. Martin Luther King s Birthplace and Tomb the National Park service was ordered of the property As of wednesday by King s Camuy. You Are to remove All Park service personnel and property by close of Busi Ness december 28, 1994," King Center executive director Sonny Walker wrote the Agency in a letter dated Friday. The ultimatum is the latest development in a dispute that centers on the Park service s plan to build an $11.8 Mil lion visitors Center in Honor of King across the Street from the Martin Luther King Center for nonviolent social change. The King family opposes the visitors enter because it wants to build an inter Active museum on the slain civil rights Leader s life on the same land which disowned by the Park service. The King Center s order Means the Park service cannot conduct Tours inside the King birth Home or the King Tomb. Troy Lissimore the superintendent of the King historic District said the Park service will continue its daily Tours but rangers will Lead visitors past the King birth Home and Tell them what s inside. Steiner said. Following a $2.02 billion loss in the in vestment Pool it manages for itself and 186 cities school districts and agencies the county filed for bankruptcy Protection and announced $40.2 million in Bud get cuts Over the next six months. Orange county the nation s fifth larg est and one of the most affluent is pursuing Many ways of raising and saving Money including Selling land and build Ings.    was talk among supervisors of Selling John Wayne International air port. / " All bets Are off. There Are no sacred cows even the Airport Steiner told the los Angeles times. But Airport official said Federal regulations probably would prevent the county from Selling its Only commercial Airport. Some other moves being studied by put in place using land such As the 45 acres Orange county owns next to the an Aheim Arena Home of the mighty ducks hockey team which could be developed As parking. Considering issuing new Bonds Topay for operations despite uncertainties Over meeting payments on its existing debts. That s Why it s very important we not go into default on any of our Bonds Steiner said. W in % of key hero in Ohio -. By the Toledo bit v Toledo onto Richard Jones does t want of Tot in Feid new he says he was Only doing what most people would hot done if they saw a Man in a motorized wheelchair get fun Csc on Railroad Fri Dot % / get him of Ilio Trail fast said Janes Sivji pc Effii res Cue the Man tuesday minutes before train rolled through the  ordeal began about 1 30  Norman Zeisler was driving his wheelchair Home after visiting Friend who lives two Miles away. He steered the wheelchair Over Onset of trades on North Erie Street and for some reason did t see a to Man. Stopped on the next set of tracks police said. In an instant he rammed the front of his wheelchair Between the Bottom of a Boxcar and the trades when retried to move the wheelchair in re verse it would t badge worse yet the train was about to move. On top of that there was another train coming in the opposite direction Down the parallel tracks Jones  women tried to help the victim get Loose but to no a a. Jones jumped out of us car and begun to lift the wheelchair off the tracks. It Wai $0 heavy. I saw a Young Mani recognized who Wai Riding by on a not and told him to come help me he Aid. Finally the to Whf were Able to la Lodge to wheelchair front the rail ant poll Zhur oat of the Way. Monte later the train began to Roll again. A second train on the parallel tracks foiled through the Cro Silag about 15 minutes later by the time a police ear arrived the Guy in the wheelchair was already afe t officer Al Segura said. Police tossed the wheelchair into the bade of a patrol Wagon and drove Zeisler could not be reached after the Rescue and was scheduled for a dialysis treatment tuesday night police said. He was disoriented by the time a got hint Home Segura said. But it could have been a lot worse p4$wtowtl by scrupps Howard new Swyte