NOTE: Attached please find a related AP article regarding today's festivities
at Robertson's Regent University. 

THE BEAT GOES ON IN THE WORLD OF PAT ROBERTSON (10/4) -- 

Pat Robertson's political world may be in some turmoil, but the rest of his
empire seems to be doing just fine. Or so it seems.

On Tuesday, the Christian Broadcasting Network celebrated its 35th birthday.
 And some of  Pat Robertson's closest pals sent their warmest regards via
video tape -- including Senators Phil Gram (R-TX) and Dan Coats (R-IN) and
Congressman JC Watts. 

In fact, the week began on a festive note, as The 700 Club welcomed WOR-TV in
New York to its family of affiliates! All week, Pat and his co-host Terry
Meeuwsen featured the Big Apple in every possibly way -- from stories on
neighborhood crime watches to restaurant reviews. Both Pat and Terry enjoyed
steaks from Peter Lugar's Steak House, cheesecake from Junior's and a
infamously overstuffed pastrami sandwich from the Carnegie Deli. "How do you
eat one of these?" squealed the buoyant televangelist. "Carefully," answered
Ms. Meeuwsen. 

(And all week comedienne-actress Victoria Jackson charmed her way around New
York for the benefit of 700 Club viewers -- terrorizing New Yorkers, on the
other hand, by dragging life-sized cutouts of both Pat and Terry everywhere
she went. The tenor of week was deliberately positive, emphasizing Pat's
early years in Staten Island and Brooklyn instead of the usual demonization
of the home of The New York Times.

Last week, each show was devoted to a telethon primarily aimed at raising
money for CBN's World Reach -- an international evangelization project
targeting specific areas like Russia. This week, pre-recorded portions of
that fundraising event shamelessly filled the third half-hour slot of the
10AM broadcast each and every day. In addition, a special taped advertisement
featured Pat Roberston leaning against the fence around his horse barns
pitching something called CBN Phone Reach. It's a new phone deal from Telecom
USA which benefits CBN. For more information, call 800/381-8313.

Yesterday the show focused on body mutilation. Today, Pat welcomed Ed Meese
for in in-studio interview.  Meese was introduced as the former US Attorney
General and the current occupant of the Ronald Reagan Chair for Public Policy
at the Heritage Foundation. No mention was made of his leadership role in the
secretive Council for National Policy. Mssrs. Meese and Robertson discussed
the disintegration of the American justice system, with the former describing
the law as "nothing more than implementation by government of our moral and
spiritual precepts."  Robertson then revealed that various  "distinguished
jurists and legal scholars" were currently visiting the CBN compound to help
celebrate the 10th anniversary of Regent University.

But whither Ben Kinchlow? Ben has been absent from the show for many weeks.
Nobody  mentions him  or any special assignments he may be on. A call to the
CBN hotline elicited the news that God has called Ben to the mission field.
Maybe Africa? Maybe. 

Copyright 1996 Public-Spirited Enterprises. 
______________________________________________

(reprinted for informational purposes only)

Whitewater Prosecutor Speaks at Pat Robertson-Founded Law School
By SONJA BARISIC/Associated Press Writer

VIRGINIA BEACH (AP) -- Whitewater prosecutor Kenneth Starr defended himself
Friday against criticism that his appearance at a law school founded by a
political foe of President Clinton was a conflict of interest.

Starr said he was proud to help celebrate the 10th anniversary of the law
school at Regent University, established by religious broadcaster Pat
Robertson. Starr was the keynote speaker during the daylong event. ``To me,
to appear at a law school at this kind of gathering is in fact an entirely
appropriate thing to do,'' he told reporters.

Robertson, who is founder and chairman of the Christian Broadcasting Network,
has questioned the suicide finding in the death of deputy White House counsel
Vincent Foster. He asked on his ``700 Club'' television program whether the
longtime friend of the president and first lady Hillary Clinton was murdered.

Asked whether his appearance at the Robertson-founded school might be
criticized because he is investigating Foster's death, Starr said: ``I think
it is odd to suggest that one should not mark a very special occasion in the
life of an institution by somehow boycotting it.''

Stephen Gillers, professor of legal ethics at New York University Law School
where Starr has taught as an adjunct professor, defended Starr's appearance.
``We're lucky to have him and they're lucky to hear him'' at the law school
Robertson founded.

The White House criticized Starr's appearance. ``Americans will make up their
own minds about whether they can trust Mr. Starr to be fair under these
circumstances,'' said Mark Fabiani, special associate counsel to the
president for Whitewater matters. Starr's ``ties to sworn enemies of the
President, including the tobacco industry, right-wing groups and the
Republican Party, are well-documented,'' Fabiani said.

Starr did not discuss Whitewater in his speech to about 300 people, including
lawyers, judges and university trustees. Afterward, Starr told reporters that
the investigation is making significant progress. He declined to be more
specific.

One topic Starr is looking into is Mrs. Clinton's work on behalf of a savings
and loan owned by her Whitewater real estate partners. One partner, James
McDougal, recently began cooperating with prosecutors. Starr has been
investigating the Clintons' involvement in the Whitewater real estate venture
and other matters since August 1994.

Last week, Clinton said ``there's a lot of evidence'' to support the
allegation that Starr is hunting for information to implicate the Clintons in
wrongdoing -- regardless of whether the information is true. Clinton also
declined to rule out granting pardons in the Whitewater investigation, saying
he would review any such requests ``after there's an evaluation done by the
Justice Department.''

Starr's office also is investigating the Clinton White House's gathering of
FBI background files on hundreds of former presidential appointees of the
Reagan and Bush administrations. 

In addition, Starr is examining the handling of Whitewater-related papers
from the White House office of Vincent Foster after his July 20, 1993 death.

In his speech, Starr said judges face difficult challenges in the years ahead
in addressing societal ills, making it important to have a moral dimension to
legal education. ``Increasingly, judges are our modern priests, rabbis and
village elders,'' Starr said. ``They are called upon to deal with the gloomy,
often tragic results of a dysfunctional society.''

AP-WS-10-04-96 1840EDT

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