European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 31, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes tuesday March 31,1967 Pelt ution Iod traffic vibration Hare damaged Paris Arch of Triumph and renovation bully needed . Sources to contribute part of Arch of Triumph repair funds Paris a a multimillion Dollar project to re store the Arch of Triumph the huge Stone Monument Napoleon Bonaparte put up to glorify his victories is to be financed partially with american funds the Cul Ture ministry announced monday. The Arch which also is the site of the Tomb of the unknown Soldier was started during the Early 1800s and inaugurated in 1836. As has been the Case with Many other Paris monuments it has been badly damaged by pollution and vibrations from heavy traffic and subway lines running underneath renovation to Lake two years is expected to Cost about 30 minion francs s5 million third of that amount coming from american corporations and foundations. Earlier this month French culture minister fran Cois Leotard said the american express co. Was a possible sponsor but he added there Are certainly  using american dollars to restore the Arch would be an illustration of the Friendship which reigns Between France and the United Stales he said. Despite France s longtime dependence on state funding of the arts and preservation of National Monu ments. Leotard has taken Steps to increase corporate sponsorship. Recently he established a government commission to oversee a system of joint sponsorship modelled on the american system of Challenge and Matching Grants. Not everyone is Happy about foreign capital under writing the restoration of the Arch. Be Figaro and be Quoin Dick de Paris both conservative dailies called for Franco French financing Catling it a matter of National  americans Long have been concerned with the preservation of French National monuments. The Rockefeller foundation restored Versailles to its Farmer splendor american express contributed to saving the Island Abbey of Mon Saint Mic bet american funds renovated Claude Monet s country Home at give cry and the friends of Vieille Mai sons Francaise has left its Mark on historic Homes throughout France. But critics of the project say the Arch of Triumph is not a Monument like the  for Leotard the Arch of Triumph symbolizes France s victories alongside its allies but he said it would not be restored with either German Marks or japanese yen. American sponsorship would be the american response to France s contribution to the construction and restoration of the statue of Liberty he said. Over the years the seals holding the Arch s Mam Moth blocks of Stone in place have begun to disintegrate. Many of the statues sculpted by 19lh-Ccnlury artists such As Francois rude and James Pradier have chipped Heads or Lack arms and feet. At the top of the Arch a diaper like Metal net keeps bits of Stone from falling on the thousands of tourists who visit every Day. 3 libyans Fly to Egypt seek Asylum Cairo Egypt up three libyan officers landed an unarmed military cargo helicopter in the West Ern desert and asked for political Asylum official re ports said. It was the second such defection this month. The Crew including a lieutenant colonel one of the highest ranks in the libyan armed forces landed the Chinook ch-47 cargo helicopter on sunday at an air strip near Egypt s Border with Libya. The officers asked for political Asylum in Egypt and were taken to an unidentified air base the Middle East news Agency said. Unconfirmed reports said the Crew and aircraft were flown to Cairo. The defection was seen As a new sign of unrest in libyan Leader col. Moa mar Qadhafi s armed forces following a series of defeats in the past 11 Days of fighting with chadian troops in Northern Chad. It also was expected to raise tensions Between Egypt and Libya which fought a Brief Border War with its Eastern neighbor in 1977 and severed diplomatic ties Over Egypt s peace treaty with Israel. Libya accused Egypt of air piracy when a libyan cd 30 Hercules transport flying Home from Chad landed in Egypt on March 2 and two of five officers including a lieutenant colonel asked for Asylum. The helicopter was reported to be a Chinook ch-47, which is an unarmed italian built cargo helicopter Ca Pable of carrying two tons inside its Bay eight tons m a Sling or 40 troops with full equipment. Egypt has offered through third countries to return la Libya the cd 30 transport plane and the three non commissioned officers who had not asked for Asylum in the earlier defection but there have been no reports of Progress in the indirect talks Libya charged the entire Crew was being held against its will and said bad weather forced the plane to land at the tiny tourist Airport in Abu Simbell 560 Miles South of Cairo. Egypt denied the charges saying the Crew landed voluntarily and the two senior officers asked for Asylum. Chilean police accused of torture by rights group Santiago. Chile up Chile s Mill tary government has systematically used Tor Ture including electric Shock and sexual abuse la obtain confessions from prisoner and to promote terror among other the americas watch human right group a said. The .-Bascd organization set up in 1981 to Monitor human rights in latin America did extreme forms of torture were used on leftist jailed for allegedly smuggling arms Inlo the country and attempting to assassinate president Augusto Pinochet americas watch vice president Aryeh Neier and associate director Cynthia Brown announced their findings during a press con Ference at the end of a six Day visit during which they met prisoners judges human rights workers and the head of Chile s secret police. Pope beautifies 3 nuns killed in Spanish civil War Vatican City