European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 5, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Inside stripes d shuttle test suffers another setback Page 2 d Dod May study overseas child care Page 9 d botox tie record catch up with tigers Page 21 d House approves awards to japanese internees Page 28 the Sims and tripes authorized unofficial publication forthe . Armed forces Good morning vol. 47, no. 109 Friday August 5, 1988 25 daily and sunday d 8693 a 6 accused of helping of pilots cheat on tests Miami a a Federal aviation administration inspector and five others including three air Force officers were indicted thursday on charges they helped military pilots cheat on exams to gain Commer Cial licenses. The accused ringleaders Reserve air Force maj. Charles Chinn an Faa safety inspector and Squadron commander it. Col. Edward King helped 15 to 20 f 16 fighter pilots take the test at Homestead fab then tried to cover up the cheating during an investigation interim . Attorney Dexter Lehtinen said. The cheating did serious damage to the safety of commercial aviation Lehtinen said. But he added that few if any of the pilots Are working for Commer Cial  air lines in Atlanta said one of the men indicted on charges of cheating on the tests Reserve capt. Michael Weininger a flight Engineer on Boeing 727s for the Carrier since june 1987, was relieved of duty , Delta spokeswoman Jackie Pate emphasized that Weininger had passed a rigorous Delta training course before flying and she added anybody who did t know what they were doing would have been  of the pilots who took the exam cooperated see cheat on Back Page dukakis9 doctor rebus claim nominee had psychiatric care Boston a Michael Dukakis longtime physician said thursday rumours that the democratic presidential nominee had received psychiatric counselling have no basis in fact and were politically motivated. Or. Gerald r. Plotkin appeared on two television networks thursday morning to discount the rumours about Dukakis medical past that were brought int full focus with a remark by president Reagan on wednesday. He has never had any psychological symptoms or problems and he has never had any treatment for such Plotkin said on lbs to s this  Federal jury convicts Biaggi As extortionist new York a a Federal jury thursday convicted rep. Mario Biaggi of extorting More than $3million in Cash and Stock from we tech corp. In Exchange for using his political clout to gain government contracts for the company. The verdict against the 10-term Democrat came on the fifth Day of deliberations in the trial. Four others also were convicted of racketeering. The Bronx congressman and six co defendants at the four month trial were accused of turning West Schinto a racketeering Enterprise that dispensed millions in bribes to win no bid contracts set aside for minority owned businesses. The jury rejected arguments that we tech did no need the democratic lawmaker because the Bronx de sense contractor had friends in the Reagan Whitehouse including attorney general Edwin Meese Iii. Meese has not been charged with wrongdoing in the scandal. Biaggi 70, was convicted of All but one of 16 counts including conspiracy extortion tax evasion and receiving bribes. He faces up to 20 years in prison on the racketeering counts the most Senous charges. No sentencing Date was  jury found Biaggi guilty of extorting $50,000 in Cash and Stock once Worth More than $3 million an filing false financial disclosure statements and income see Biagi on Back Page Plotkin said on Abc to s today show that Dukakis is usually feeling Well upbeat and very vigor  i would have to assume that the rumours Are Politi Cal he said. I Don t know whether the term is dirt tricks but i think certainly the allegations. Have no basis in  on wednesday Plotkin said Dukakis showed no signs of clinical depression after two incidents that supposedly caused him to stumble psychologically his loss in the 1978 gubernatorial primary and the 1973 see Dukakis on Back Page by Chuck Vinch Washington Bureau Washington while president Reagan s veto of the $300 billion defense authorization Bill temporarily leaves next year s military budget in limbo House and Senate staffers said the move Likely will not affect a planned 4.1 percent military pay raise and other personnel programs. Rumours have sprouted that democrats in con Gress might seek to punish the Republican administration for its veto by stripping out or reducing number of the Bill s provisions including the pay raise. But staffers said the Battles to come will be Over High profile issues such As the strategic defense initiative and missile systems rather than the pro Grams affecting individual service members. I be heard nothing about anyone planning to punish the administration by slamming service members in their wallets said a House armed services committee staffer. A staff member of the Senate armed service committee said there Are a lot of people on both sides of the aisle who Are committed to rising above partisan politics on the manpower issues and continue to support the pay raise As it appears in the  but a staffer for sen. John Glenn said you can t say with 100 percent certainty that there is no danger to the pay raise and other personnel issues because everything is on the table at the moment but we will be working As hard As we can to protect the  Glenn an Ohio Democrat Heads the Senate see go pay on Back Page rust returns Twenty year old West German Pilot Mathias rust who was imprisoned for More than a year in the soviet Union for his daredevil Light plane flight to red Square in Moscow talks with Airliner Pilot Werner Winkler on wednesday during rust s flight to Frankfurt West Germany. See Story on Page 28.