4B Tuesday, October 4, 1994 NATION/WORLD UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN Agriculture secretary resigns post Espy leaves to avoid agenda distractions The Associated Press WASHINGTON — Agriculture Secretary Mike Espy resigned yesterday, saying an investigation into gifts he accepted from people and companies was too distracting for him to stay on. He predicted he would be exonerated. "I love it to the president to allow his agenda to go through with a minimum of distraction." Espy said. He said he would leave the Cabinet Dec. 31. Both Espy and his attorney said there was no evidence that any government practice or policy was affected by the gifts given to Espy or his girlfriend. "I must personally overcome the challenge to my good name." Espy said. A court-appointed independent counsel is investigating whether Espy violated rules governing contacts with companies that do business with his department. Tyson Foods inc, the nation's largest poultry company, is one of the involved companies. The Arkansas company has long-time ties to President Clinton. Questions also have been raised about Espy's acceptance of tickets to sports events, travel and lodging. Espy denied any wrongdoing and has repaid more than $7,600 in expenses. Espy said "I have failed myself" by not being as careful as he should in "managing some of the details" of his personal finances. And he apologized to President Clinton for any embarrassment he had caused the administration. But, he said, allegations that he improperly billed the government for travel or other expenses were "untrue and unfounded." Espy said he could not comment specifically on the allegations because of the investigation. Espy said he had been fighting the allegations for months and had begun to feel as if he was "twisting in the wind, twisting in the wind. ... The bough finally broke." The resignation will end a two-year Cabinet career for Espy, a former Mississippi congressman who made history by being the first Black, the first Southerner and the youngest person to serve as secretary of agriculture. He becomes the second Clinton cabinet member to resign, following former Secretary of Defense Les Spin. Ruth Harkin, head of the Overseas Private Investment Corp.. is a leading candidate for the post and had been considered before Espy's appointment. Others mentioned for the post include Bob Nash, an Arkansas friend of President Clinton and now under secretary for small community and rural development; Rep. Jill Long, D-Ind., a rural development advocate on the House Agriculture Committee, and Rep. Dan Glickman, D-Kan. Also mentioned is Deputy Secretary of Agriculture Richard E. Rominger, a former head of California's agriculture department who will carry out some of the secretary's duties until a successor is chosen. Another name that has been circulated is Rep. Mike Synar, D-Oklah, who just lost the primary in his home state. Espy took over at Agriculture promising change and a "new attitude," quoting from the Patti LaBelle song. He sped to the sites of crises including a food poisoning case and record flooding in the Midwest. He also worked on global trade treaties and an overdue move to reorganize the department. But Espy's travel schedule also included professional sports tickets, corporate jet travel and lodging from Tyson Foods. The White House conducted its own ethics investigation. On Sunday, White House Chief of Staff Leon Panetta said he helped Espy did a good job but warned that Clinton does not want his aides to "engage in any conduct that raises questions about ethical behavior." STUDENT UNION ACTIVITIES SUAC FILMS MON. OCTT. 3 TO WED. 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As the soldiers pulled away from the paramilitary headquarters, the Haitians surged forward in a jubilant mass and gleefully trashed the place, smashing everything they could lay hands on. "We love you! We love you!" Haitians shouted at the soldiers who raided the headquarters of the Front for the Advancement and Progress of Haiti, known as FRAPH. The raid came hours after Haitians in the southwestern town of Les Cayes shot and wounded a U.S. special forces soldier, the second American casualty since U.S. troops arrived two weeks ago. The wounded soldier is being treated at the 28th Combat Support Hospital in Port-au-Prince and "his prognosis is great," said Lt. Gen. Hugh Shelton, U.S. commander in Haiti. There was no indication the raid was in response to the shooting. Rather, it seemed part of a more The crowd watched and cheered as 10 bound-and-gagged Haitian police officers were driven away in the back of a truck. The Americans later determined that the police "had no hostile intent," and they were taken to their barracks. aggressive effort by the United States to pave the way for the return of exiled President Jean-Bertrand Aristide. As recently as Friday, the Americans stood back while FRAPH members shot and killed pro-Aristide demonstrators. "Everybody just stuck their hands up and basically just gave up." Brigadier General George Close said. THE NEWS in brief PENSACOLA, Florida Murder trial begins for abortion protester With abortion foes both denouncing and commending him, a former minister accused of killing a doctor and his bodyguard went on trial yesterday in the first major test of a federal law guaranteeing access to abortion clinics. Inside the court, the judge seated a jury and then agreed to reconsider his denial of a justifiable-honicide defense for Paul Hill. Hill, 40, has openly advocated the killing of abortion providers. 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The investigators' preliminary conclusions were based on more than 15 hours of videotape taken by remote-controlled cameras of the wrecked ferry, which went down off the coast of Finland in a violent storm last Wednesday. The video showed that the huge hinged door used for loading cars and trucks on to the ferry had completely separated from the rest of the vessel, the investigators said in a statement. The door was not found. The Estonia sank after an estimated 1,000 tons of water flooded the ship's car deck, said one of the investigators Tuomo Karpinen of Finland. WASHINGTON Girls may be predisposed to be smokers Animal studies have shown prenatal nicotine does affect certain brain activity once the animal is grown. The daughters of women who smoked during pregnancy — but not the sons — may be biologically predisposed to smoke, a new study contends. It suggests prenatal nicotine "primes" a fetus' brain. 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