European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 9, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 a the stars and stripes monday december 9, 1991 life members of pal Park unlikely to receive refunds Charlotte . Api a the tens of thousands of people who gave Jim Bakker More than $160 million for a lifetime memberships in the evangelists theme Park probably wont get any Money from the Parks Sale under a recent ruling. All but about $1.5 million from the $49.5 million Sale of heritage Usa South of Charlotte already has been distributed to creditors pal bankruptcy trustee Joseph Allman told the Charlotte observer. . Bankruptcy judge Thurmond Bishop recently ruled that the More than 114,000 lifetime partners Are not priority creditors in it la a bankruptcy proceedings the newspaper reported Friday. More than $43 million from the Sale of the Retreat to san Diego evangelist Morris cent Llo went to secured creditors. Those included mostly Bakker Banks holding mortgages and to York county s.c., for property taxes. Another $4.5 million paid expenses  As fees to television stations that aired it la a daily program and pal employee claims  As medical Bills Severance pay and Back wages. The irs and the South Carolina tax commission Likely will get the remainder. The irs wants $55 million in Back taxes and the tax commission wants $ 11 million. Bishop is scheduled to hold hearings wednesday on those tax claims. By the los Angeles times Washington a Are republicans ready for a presidential run by new York gov. Mario m. Cuomo or what just listen to the studied detail As Roger Stone a Washington based gop strategist quickly fires off some of the party a alleged ammunition a since Cuomo became governor new York state spending is up 98 percent. Spending per capita is 49 percent higher than the National average. Annual state spending on education has increased More than $7 billion since he was governor a it s the second most expensive Klace to educate a child a yet Lew York state sat scores have dropped from 36th to 45th nationally since Cuomo became governor and the High school graduation rate is 46th in the  Cuomo who took office in 1983, will find More than Sta it Ristics flying his Way if he _ i chooses to Challenge presi Cuomo Dent Bush. Although Bush assembled his top Campaign team for 1992 just last week and will not formally declare his re election candidacy Siml january gop thinkers have been unofficially setting up a Mario scenarios in the presidents behalf for months. Strategies being advanced emphasize identifying Cuomo with new York City a social problems and the state s budget woes. Aside from bashing new York promising ground is seen in Cuomo a death penalty vetoes his soft line original stance toward iraqi president Saddam Hus r1chmond, a. Apr a woman decided the Library and the Twain should meet when she returned a Book inscribed by the 19th-Century writer to the Virginia state Library where it was 67 years overdue. Virginia Mayes 85, found the Book while dusting her late husband s books two weeks ago. �?o1 would not want anything that did not belong to me Quot she said. Library officials forgave the $1,219 overdue Fine. The Book May be Worth $1,000, Library officials said. A depending upon the outcome of those hearings the size of the tax claims is so great that i do not anticipate funds being left for distribution to the lifetime partners a said Allman whose Law offices Are in Winston Salem. Helen Teague expressed disappointment at Bishops ruling. She and her husband bought five lifetime partnerships and still live at heritage Usa. A the lifetime partners Are at the Bottom of the totem pole a she said. A people done to count and that a sad. Because people Are what made this  last december the lifetime members won a $129.7 million verdict against Bakker for defrauding them. But the Victory May be Only symbolic because Bakker probably will never be Able to pay that Money. The evangelist was sentenced in october 1989 to 45 years in prison for defrauding supporters who sent him millions of dollars for promises of free lodging at it la a heritage Usa Retreat. In August his sentence was reduced to 18 years. In bankruptcy proceedings in Columbia s.c., the lifetime partners sought to become priority creditors so they could be repaid before the irs and South Carolina tax commission. But for that status the lifetime partners had to demonstrate that their contributions were deposits for the Purchase lease or rental of property or services that were not delivered. Bishop concluded the Money the partners sent Bakker were not deposits. In soliciting the lifetime partners Money Bakker always characterized the donations As a a gifts or a investments a the judge wrote. Sein and his foreign affairs inexperience. On less Issue oriented Levels republicans Are divided about the advisability of a negative advertising line reminiscent of the 1988 Willie Horton ads but they have already signalled a willingness to Point up Cuomo a ethnic italian origins a and to try to get under the governors demonstrably thin skin. Leading republicans View Cuomo As a figure of formidable strengths outweighed by readily exploitable weaknesses. Specifically several sources said they fear Cuomo less than they fear Arkansas gov. Bill Clinton a democratic presidential hopeful who is less known harder for foes to define and has a less Liberal political profile. One High level Bush Campaign official citing both sides of the Cuomo Ledger said a the certainly is a powerful speaker and has a certain amount of Charisma and he a forceful and he a very much on the attack All the time and he a very fast on his feet. A on the other Side of it he has tremendous weaknesses in terms of the states Economy and the state budget. Put it All together and Here s somebody who a not going to be an unknown. He a a defined Quantity. There a a Clear Cut contrast on the issues on things like the death penalty like  Cuomo a record of taxing and spending As governor a has probably less to speak for it than Michael Dukakis in 1988,�?� said James Lake a prominent consultant expected to play a Bush Campaign role. A at least Dukakis could plausibly mention the a Massachusetts  nobody s even talked about a new York  the Book Mark Twain s Library of humor is an 1888 collection of stories by Twain and other writers. William r. Chamberlain director of the Library s general Library division said he checked the inscription against copies of Twain a handwriting and found they match. Library records show the Book was last checked out by an . Yancey. Mayes said she did not know Yancey or How her husband got the Book. The Book will be put in a protective Case and the Public will be allowed to read it at the Library. .want to Grade roads Illinois ready to bargain from wire reports Springfield Iii. A if you re looking for your very own Road grader the state of Illinois says it May have a Deal for you. A Road grader is among the nearly 100 vehicles due to go on the auction Block next weekend at the Illinois state Fairgrounds in Springfield. The state owned vehicles which also include cars pickup trucks motor Homes farm tractors and Salt spreaders will be sold a was is to the highest bidders by the Illinois department of Central management services. A although most have High mileage they have been Well maintained by state mechanics and can be a real bargain for someone looking for a Low priced second vehicle a cams director Stephen Schnorf said. Prospective buyers can inspect the vehicles thursday and Friday then join the bidding saturday Schnorf said. But make sure there is room in the garage before you make a Purchase because All sales Are  outbreak probed fort Myers Fla. A state officials Are investigating an outbreak of highly contagious hepatitis b in a dermatologist s practice that has infected More than 200 former patients. The outbreak is believed to have been caused by faulty sterilization procedures that let the virus pass among patients said David Adams spokesman for the Florida department of health and rehabilitative services. A your belief now is that a person came into the office with the virus and the virus was on some equipment that allowed it to be passed on to someone else a Adams said. A a we re investigating it As a patient to patient  the dermatologist identified As or. Robert Boudreau has since closed the practice and has declined repeated requests for comment. Since last month 213 of 2,331 former patients have tested positive for the virus Adams said. Most have not become  because the body quickly builds up antibodies. Symptoms include vomiting weakness joint aches yellowing of the skin and death in rare  Dies in car plunge Coral Gables Fla. Up a 16-year-old doctor s daughter was killed when her car plunged from the fourth floor of a parking garage at her fathers office authorities said. Rosario Fundora was the Only person in the 1987 Nissan on thursday when it slowed through a protective Fence of seven cables fell front end first and landed upside Down on a loading Dock driveway of the Coral Gables diagnostic Center metro Dade police said. The victims father or. Joaquin Fundora has a family medical practice on the seventh floor of the building. A witness who had been waiting to take the girls parking space told police Fundora a car suddenly accelerated ran Over a parking bumper hit the cables bounced Back with the tires spinning and then shot Forward again breaking the cables. A she was an inexperienced Driver Quot said police spokesman David Banks. A she had her seat Belt on and the imprint of the Brake was on one of her  state records showed the teen had been issued a Drivers License in  tied to death Salt Lake City a a couple was accused of beating a Roommate to death after fighting with him Over a monopoly game. Jerry Lee Robertson 26, and Cassie j. Rob Yertson 20, were charged Friday with murder and theft in the death last month of Gerald b. Thomas. The Robertsons disappeared and were arrested tuesday in Fresno calif., on charges of driving a stolen car authorities said. The couple admitted beating Thomas 56, with a claw Hammer As he slept after the fight Over the game nov. 2 and taking Money from his pants court documents said. A former Girlfriend of Thomas found his body wrapped in a bloody Sheet. A bloody claw Hammer was near the bed police said. Police in Salt Lake City plan to seek the Robertsonsr extradition from California. Gop has six shooters loaded for undeclared candidate Cuomo overdue Twain Book carries master s Mark