European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 14, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The ipes vol. 50, no. 334 350 saturday March 14,1992 d 8693 a lawmakers vote to identify All Check bouncers rep. Charles Wilson a Texas rubs his Hill office thursday. Wilson said he had face while talking to reporters in his Capitol written Between 75 and 85 bad checks. Washington a an embarrassed House voted unanimously Early Friday to publicly identify 355 current and former members who wrote bad checks at the chamber a Bank. Offenders rushed to confess overdrafts even before the vote. The 426-0 vote for full disclosure came after democratic leaders who had favored identifying Only the 24 worst offenders caved in to Public pressure and to Republican cries of a cover up. Adding to the drama House sergeant at arms Jack Russ abruptly resigned without giving a reason. He had been in charge of the Bank a operations and came under severe criticism for the overdraft problem. Russ is recovering from a gunshot wound in his Mouth that he says was inflicted by robbers near the Capitol recently. Before the vote lawmakers offered several explanations for taking advantage of a system that let them overdraw their accounts for years on end without interest or penalty. Among them was rep. Charles Hatcher d-ga., who said he overdraw his account As Many As 780 times Over 39 months. A was i understood the Rule a he said he was permitted to overdraw his account by the amount of his next paycheck. Rep. Gerry Sikorski d-minn., and Russ fitted he wrote 671 bad checks Worth $120,000 at the House Bank saying he a should not Nave been so casual and careless with his account. Rep. Hunter disclosed written mated checks in Duncan r-calif., he had an Esti-160 bad the past three years. In a press release he cited his practice of donating regularly to a scholarship fund for needy students in his District. It was a wrenching night for the House As nervous democrats and republicans alike contemplated the political fallout when their constituents Learned the extent of the Check kiting practice. Rep. Fred Grandy a Iowa an ethics committee member said the episode was painful. A was of today a he told his colleagues a your talk show hosts have a topic. Your opponent has an Issue. And your constituents have a reason to support term  Russ sudden resignation came moments before debate opened on disclosure of the names. He had been sharply see lawmakers on Page 2iraq gets Short delay in . Showdown by the new York times United nations a the Security Council rejected iraqis assertion that it is cooperating with the persian Gulf cease fire on thursday telling Deputy prime minister Tariq Aziz that he must comply a fully and unconditionally with its orders. Nevertheless president Saddam Hussein of Iraq appeared to have won a Brief postponement of the major new confrontation looming Between Baghdad and the Security Council. Whether Baghdad is really changing its position May be revealed at talks Aziz and a team of 14 experts will hold with the United nations this weekend on its plans for eliminating iraqis weapons of mass destruction. Another test could come next week when the special commission charged with eliminating these weapons plans to Send a new inspection team to Baghdad. It May seek to destroy scud missile manufacturing equipment Iraq wants to save and convert to civilian use. Iraqis refusal to destroy this equipment has already provoked a quarrel with the Council. On thursday Rolf ekes the commissions swedish head said he remained determined to see it All destroyed adding a the iraqis will find a dual use for  the Security Council is seeking to obtain iraqis compliance with a series of orders it Drew up at the end of the persian Gulf War that would strip Baghdad of its most dangerous weapons tie up its Oil revenues for years in compensation payments for the invasion of Kuwait and subject its military industries to Long term International monitoring. The United states great Britain and France have said that unless Iraq starts complying with the orders they cannot Rule out a resumption of military action including possible airstrikes against banned weapons plants and secret nuclear Sites. Gis in Germany being studied for effects of kuwaiti Oil fires by Ray Rowden Washington Bureau Washington about 3,700 soldiers based in Fulda Germany Are among the . Service members being Quot studied to determine the effects of smoke from 611 kuwaiti Oil fires torched during the persian Gulf War according to a recently released report. Despite launching several studies the military has been unable to gauge the health risks that service members May face As a result of exposure to the smoke the general accounting office report said. While praising the military for actin quickly to assess the situation the a exposed to agent Orange two decades ago. The report by the Gao the investigative Arm of Congress notes that about 3,700 11th army Cav regt troopers Are the subject of one study. The Fulda based soldiers served in the persian Gulf from june to september. The study compares their health status before during and after their Gulf service. Maj. Ricky Lynch the executive officer for the 11th army Cav regt said Friday that the unit a is no to interested in giving any comments on the Gao report at this time. With an Eye to potential future claims like those that followed the military a use of the defoliant agent Orange in Southeast Asia Congress has required the military to keep a record of those exposed to the fires. According to the report Congress has also directed the military to furnish heart and lung examinations and Chest a rays see soldiers on Page 2 coming tomorrow sunday Magazine close quarters life in a military housing area