European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 25, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 24 the stars and stripes Friday november 25,198b Bank scandal shakes greek government Athens Greece a Gator s report says the chairman of a " leading private Bank stole or misused More than $300 million in a widening scandal Hal has rocked the government of Premier Andreas Papandreou. Spyros i Apa Dalos. Temporary commissioner appointed by the government this month to investigate reported thai George Koskotas systematically siphoned about si.15 million from the Bank of Crete which he passed through his own his report said the 34-year-old Kosko tas also used Hank Money to make Loans without collateral and give gifts to soccer clubs athletes business associates tour friends. It id nol May if any illegalities were involved in tha4oiuiu d gifts toiling $20ftmillion. The socialist government has been accused of dragging its feet in opening the investigation and the ministers of Public order and Justice have been Forth 10 resign. " magazines and leading newspapers accused Papandreou s son George inc minister of education of being involved in financial dealings with Koskola and using his Bank to illegally Transfer Money Oul of Greece. The reports also named agamemnon Koutsogiorga who serves As minister to inc Premier s office and senior socialist party officials. The report to the government did not accuse any political leaders of wrong fled la Brazil claiming he arc for his life he disappeared from Greece nov. 6 while under police a Orcil Lance. Koskola was suspended As chairman of he Bank of or Csc last month and a government commissioner was appointed to investigate inc Bank s financial dealings. Later Koskotas was charged with fraud and . Greece and Brazil do not have Mutual extradition agreements but the govern Merit said a warrant has been issued through Interpol the International police Agency for Koskotas arrest. However spokesman Paulo Marra of he brazilian Federal police said his forces were searching for the banker be cause Greece asked brazilian authorities. To locale but not detain him. Under brazilian Law Koskotas could be extradited to Greece Only by a special. Order of lira in s suit Etc court. The commissioner s fepo/1 said Kos Kolas used Bank funds to build of a pub Lishing Empire including five magazines and three National daily papers. Later he bought a controlling interest in a soccer club. Sets Date in Nobrt 1ngto Case g a the judge in Case wednesday gave. Until dec. 19 to specify any additional j Over Ament secrets the former presidential aide would disclose in his Defonse by trial. . Disirio judge Gerhard a. Go sell s order App is to testimony about foreign policy set frils North s lawyers expert 10 elicit during courtroom i session ing of called As wit Nesses in in exam. \ it also Revernd 10 any documents in North s posses is n Tafat he did nol obtain from prose Loii Dur Njg pretrial discovery. Several Huldred of Cound pages of secret material were vurned Over to North and of Ihal. He St cd notice he wished la use afoul 40,00 arcs. Gesell ruled North s lawyers would nol Havu Ito show the Lul to inde pendent counsel Lawrence in Walsh thereby preventing prosecutors from get. Linga preview of defense Stalc gym. The a incr was issued iwo Day Afler Goeselt delivered a pointed warning from the Sincli that the would have very a the control Over Law in limply of current or former officials acquainted with High. Sorority matters. North is charged with conspiring with former National Security adviser John m. I oin Desler and iwo Arm dealers to Ille Gally divert arms Sale profits. Back in town hush Shwak of hands Dur hands he took a vol to cult in inn the of Fiji Virnus Tampu Ifni but he a wednesday in mine where he Brale thanksgiving spa dal. The Here the hands of friends living in the tax n he has visited Ever 1 Surat a of his life except for one during in old War army seeks record gear. A Cal Jermany is officials arc Elwin ing to search for is 0.000 Worth of a Stive communications equipment discovered missing on the morning of nov. Is Psi army div spokesman said wednesday the Tiu Pirimi. Used decoding radio . Wai found to be nuking by soldiers assigned to the Musl signal in div during a routine Alert at Harton Barracks in and Bach said maj. John l Shea division Public affairs notice a. The devices ure not classified and no classified information was Compro said earlier this week. Detroit car sales Rise. Detroit n it sales of new Domestic cars and Light trucks were up by j,5 percent in mid november from the comparable period Lim year when buyer inc Cliv Vej were weaker. / american manufacturers reported that Domestic passenger vehicles sold at an average rate of 32,464 a Day in the Sec Ond 10 Days of november from Page 1 ing f-16s doubled Between Lineal 187 and fiscal in air jumping from Bur in the 1987 scaly car to eight in inc last fiscal year. Pilut fatalities related to f-16 accidents also increased in Safe i rom one in fiscal in to four in 1988, according to Usa ii statistics. Safe officials defended the f-16 As by far the safes single engine fighter we be Ever had said maj. Richard d. Fetzer jr., acting director of safely for the command. Air Force often ibis Are More concerned with human error than mechanical or electronic failure in the Caw of the fit. Although the service has Noi made major changes to aircraft training or proce dures safely officials arc re emphasis ing old lessons Learned concerning High Speed Aerial Maneu vers and Lam Leci on the human body. Those lessons include emphasis on g awareness education and in Sical conditioning to belter pry Pat Pitois for sus. Tai cd High a on ways to avoid g loss it consciousness increased emphasis on transition to instrument flying in Adverse we abhor and ways to spot pro truding terrain during Low level flights. Like inc air Force inc Navy is not contemplating changes in training yet. It would be convenient if the Accident investigation Board found that a partic ular part had failed or thai a particular Pilot action was incorrect because then we could easily Fin things quigly said no Safe f-5s were involved in Oas a accidents in either fiscal year Safe. Spokesman called Worley said a. Air Force Ide the f-15 enjoyed its Best safely year or with Only one crash and no fatalities. The acc of inc aircraft were lost and two Pilch died in fiscal. The Navy is pleased with Rales for Moit of its aircraft particle Early the a is Hornet and a-6 no Tudor. Quigle Homet logged its worst year Ever in 1 a with 10 class a accidents but there have Only been three so far this year. The a-6 had nine. Serious crashes in i9s7 and two through the first to monihsori98b. The army had the fewest serious air Craft mishaps in its history in fiscal Fig said it. Col. Herbert Blanks a spokes Man for the army aviation Center at fort Rucker Ala. There were 32 class a. Accidents with 39 fatalities. Two of the accidents accounted for 21f-ef those deaths with a midair Crosby Belicen two uh-60 Black Hawk on night flights taking 17 Licat and a ch-47 Chinook crash kill " til Anks said human error was the major Factor in about two thirds of inc crashes As in the other services. Thai s to be expected since our flying Environ ment is becoming tougher with a lot of night flying Ano Low Tumcl missions he said. The army is emphasising night flight and night vision goggle training in an at tempt to Kiili Ninvi l re sell s Huil j by -. Human error Blanks said. Ten of the army crashes involved Uhl helicopters he said. The Black Hawk accounted for five while the Oti 58 Kiowa had is crashes. 6sv Usak Kuk recorded us class a Asci dais and seven fatalities in fiscal 1988. By comparison there were seven class a acid Gnu involving four fatalities in Fis Cal i987itcording to Usarek Stalis tics three of the i98s accidents involved inc Light observe Teui scout Heli Copler oh-58. The other three accidents also involved helicopters including nah a a uh-60andauh-l. Ice Itri Buling to in off cwt. Taitl wifl1 it to m a no. Ton Dobb m Kaif Matein. Hut pm nor Ami David
