European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 11, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4the stars  stripes wednesday March 11,1992 plan would list top 24 Check  mums. Although some r Washington apr House democratic leaders want to disclose the identities of Only the 24 worst abusers among 355 current  former members who wrote rubber checks on their special Bank. Republicans meanwhile remain undecided about naming names. A showdown Over the length of the Public identity list is Likely to be later this week. But with a majority a 296 a of the 435-member chamber purportedly guilty of kiting a without penalty or interest a at least one Check during a 39-month period the Long version appears unlikely. Speaker Thomas s. Foley a Wash. Majority Leader Richard a. Gephardt do. And assistant majority Leader David e. Bonior d-mich., All say they re behind the a top 24�?� proposal approved by the ethics committee last week on a 10-4 vote. It would publicly name 19 current  five former members said to have been the worst abusers. The Washington times reported monday that the worst offender wrote nearly 1,000 bad checks Over the 39-month period  that at least 100 members wrote 45 or More bad checks during the same period. The paper quoted a sources close to the  by the committees formula the panel would inform inquiring lawmakers by letter whether they wrote bad checks at the Bank during the 39 months ended last oct. 3. It then would be up to the individuals aside from the top 24, whether to come clean with the Public. The four committee republicans who dissented Are demanding a list of All 296 current  59 former members who wrote at least one bad Check at the Bank during the 39 months studied. The Bank was closed late last year. Although capitalized with the House members own Money administrative costs were subsidized with Public funds. A i assume the committee position would be sustained a Foley said in an interview monday. A ethics matters Are not a party position. But in a going to make it very Clear that 1 always support the position of the ethics  House Republican Leader Robert h. Michel of Illinois planned to discuss the party a position at tues Days regular gop caucus. Although some Republican members arc leading the charge for full disclosure Michel has not taken a Public position. Although members could Cross party lines on the Issue democrats with a 102-vote majority have More to lose from a full release of names. However some republicans also could be embarrassed not Only members but possibly former members who have moved on to the Senate the Bush administration  other High profile positions. Bonior said a the ethics committee has made Tough bipartisan recommendations on How to Deal with the problems of the House Bank. It has recommended that the names of those who most abused the Bank be disclosed. I fully support that  Deborah Johns spokeswoman for Gephardt said a the does support the committee  the committee concluded that the worst abusers overdraw their accounts by More than their monthly net pay at least 20 percent of the time during the 39-month review  Dallas apr after two years of Legal wrangling Over Gold  Gem Laden relics taken from Germany by a . Service member at the close of world War ii the Public is getting a glimpse of the medieval treasures. The exhibit at the Dallas museum of Art is part of a settlement Between a German Church  the heirs of army it. Joe Meador. Meador took the priceless artefacts in 1945 from a mine Shaft where they were stored during the War. The lutheran Church of que Linburg Germany sued the family in 1990 to get Back the works. The family agreed to return them in Exchange for nearly $3 million. The Art is be returned to Germany when the exhibit closes april 26. Over the weekend More than 2,300 people viewed the items a almost twice the Normal weekend attendance said museum spokeswoman Meg Wilson. Many people were curious because of the lawsuit against texans Jack Meador  Jane Meador Cook who inherited the Art in 1980 when their brother died. A we had tons of Calls a said Emily Sano museum Deputy director. A they called every time there was some Little flurry in the  a a we saw pictures on to last year talking about everything that a gone on Vith the Art a said Alton Williamson 65, who went with his wife Gerrilyn to see the exhibit monday. However the couple did not get to see the Art because the museum was closed. The exhibit set up in a drab Gray room with a Concrete floor consists of Glass display units with artefacts resting on red velvet. Joining the eight artefacts is the Evangelister a 1513 manuscript with a jewelled Case on loan from the German Church. The Art made of Gold Silver Ivory  Crystal was crafted from the eighth to the 16th centuries. Some of the works were created during the Rule of Charlemagne . 768-814  Otto i . 936-973. The collection includes a jewelled reliquary Box with carved Ivory panels  an Ivory comb ornamented with rubies. The works were fashioned during the Rule of Henry i who unified the German states under his Saxon dynasty in the 10th Century. Jane Nakama views the Evangelister manuscript part of the que Linburg Germany treasures exhibited in Dallas. The whereabouts of the Art came to Light in 1990, when Meadors relatives tried to sell some of the artefacts. Later that year the treasures were locked up for safekeeping  some minor restoration at the Dallas museum. The settlement made final last month includes payment of about $2.7 million to Jack Meador  Cook according to their attorney Randal Mathis. The agreement was signed by Meadors relatives City officials from que Linburg  the Berlin based cultural foundation of German states a quasi government organization that recovers items of cultural significance. Still in question is whether the Meador family will have to pay estate taxes that the internal Revenue service ruled in december should have been included in the brother a estate. . Garcia executive assistant . Attorney said his office also is investigating. A the International transportation of stolen property is of concern to us a Garcia said. He would not elaborate. Under the settlement German officials indicated they do not wish to have the Meadors prosecuted. Oklahoma murderer executed by injection Mcalester okla. Up a 37-year-old Man convicted for the 1977 murder of of a service station attendant was executed by lethal injection Early tuesday at the Oklahoma state Penitentiary. The . Supreme court shortly after Midnight denied a request by defense attorneys for a stay in the execution of Robyn Leroy Parks.  last words to his wife Debra before execution were a i love you Quot according to witnesses. He was pronounced dead by prison officials at 1 40 . Esi. Parks was convicted of murdering Abdullah Ibrahim a Bangladesh native during a robbery aug. 17, 1977, at an Oklahoma City gasoline station where the victim worked part time As a cashier. The 10 judges of the 10th . Circuit court of appeals in Denver heard Oral arguments in the Parks Case Early monday.  attorneys argued that prosecutors suppressed evidence but the court denied a stay. An Appeal to the . Supreme court also was rejected a Ater. Nixon says . Lukewarm on democracy in Russia new York a former president Nixon has sharply criticized the Bush administration for not doing enough to guarantee democracy in Russia according to published reports. Nixon criticized the administration for what he called its pathetic support of democratic revolution in Russia. Nixon made the charges in a memorandum circulated among friends  foreign affairs experts according to reports tuesday in the new Yore times  the Washingon Post. A less critical version of the memo a published in time Magazine Thi week. A the stakes Are High  Wear it playing As if it were a Penny anti game a Nixon was quoted As saying ii the critical memo. He said the Bush administration was missing one of the historic opportunities of this Century