European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 22, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday november 22, 1990 the stars and stripes w me Zimmo ainu of shirts a a a Page 7 Keating 5 offers differing stories top regulator Imp Washington apr five senators under scrutiny by the Senate ethics committee Are offering differing versions of events connected to help they allegedly gave indicted Lincoln a amp a president Charles h. Keatingjr. _ the panel recessed its hearings investigating the so called Keating five on tuesday for the thanksgiving Holiday and will resume monday. 5 the panel plans next week to question Edwin Gray the former top Federal a amp a regulator who contends the senators attempted to apply inappropriate pressure on behalf of Keating. Keating owned the California based Lincoln savings and loan association whose collapse and seizure by Federal regulators will eventually Cost taxpayers $2 billion to cover insured deposits he and his associates gave More than $1.3 million to the campaigns of the five senators and other favored causes. Tuesdays session lacked the drama and intensity of the previous Days during which special counsel Robert s. Bennett summarized the evidence against the senators and each delivered a defiant personal defense aimed at salvaging his reputation. Two aides to Arizona sen. John Mccain the Only Republican among the five senators gave detailed descriptions of Mccain a dealings. They generally supported the senators Contention that he rebuffed Keatings sex Eulator "e8�, a Quot Kean a Quot so a with Arizoma a roller a Mccain st it Are a at Odds with sen Donald $ a Socrat Dennis Deconcini and Telesin Riegle or a do Mich a airman of the the Nau  the other senators facing crazed calf Quot a Eimy d a his a and sen Ala Quot a Sld in v3n Aas Schen it Mccain a aide for eco Etc a 5 , that she believed Deconcini ing with Gray 3ln attending an april 1987 meet Quot a Ini reminded the comm tree monday that a press re ease in juy 1989 say gang he attended the meeting with Gray of his own free will ,Iri?0c�fini, have markedly different ver Grav Anh p discus sed before a he meeting with Ray Aad  contends he played no role in organizing that meeting which he did not attend. Vanpaasschen testified she believed Riegle was in a mf�?Trg302 the session based on conversations with Mccain and others. But she acknowledged she did t have firsthand knowledge. Riegle told the committee last Friday that he saw Ray a month before the meeting and suggested that Gray meet with senators concerned about treatment of Lincoln. But he denied organizing the april meeting. That session has become crucial to the Case because Gray and committee counsel Bennett contend that it was then that Deconcini offered Gray a Deal on Keatings behalf. According to Gray Deconcini said Keating would Issue More Home mortgages if the Federal Home loan Bank Board headed by Gray waived a Rule that limited risky investments. Deconcini denied monday that any  Deal was offered and the three other senators present at the meeting a Cranston Mccain and Glenn a have backed their colleagues version in earlier letters to Gray. Mccain Stop aide Chris Koch described a March 24, 1987, meeting in which he said Mccain gave Keating a a dressing  Mccain had Learned shortly before that Keating was calling the senator a a a wimp because he was refusing to negotiate with regulators on the businessman a behalf Koch said. Koch quoted Mccain As telling Keating a i can to go in and break arms and legs for you. I can go in and see you re treated  Mccain attended the meeting with Gray and three other senators a Little More than a week later plus a second one with other banking regulators. Koch said Mccain was concerned about the 2,000 Arizona employees of Keatings Phoenix based american Continental corp. And attended a despite Charlie Keating not because of Charlie  phony singers say they were victimized is angst is a v _ a los Angeles a the Dis graced pop music duo Milli Vanilli surrendered its Best new artist grammy award on tuesday claiming the phony act As lip syncing front men was a a pact with the Devil that victimized them. Rob pilatus and Fabrice Morvan whose stardom was shattered last week with the revelation that they never Sang on the debut Milli Vanilli album said they were seduced into the deceit because they were poor Young and naive. A you get something but for that you make a pact with the Devil a pilatus said at a news conference. A we feel really really sorry about our fans a he said. A we really love our fans. We just Hope that they understand that we were Young that we just wanted to live the life the american  the pair and manager Carsten Heyn charged that Arista records president Clive Davis knew they were faking. Arista has repeatedly denied the claim. Heyn also said recording Industry officials worldwide knew of the deception. The pair presented a videotape of themselves recording the hit song a girl you know its True in a studio last weekend but that was greeted with scepticism and yells from reporters to prove they really could sing. Pilatus belted out a few lines from the song and Morvan joined in with the rap a Fabrice Morvan left and Rob pilatus hold grammy award they surrendered tuesday. Portion of the tune. Trustees of the National Academy of recording arts amp sciences voted monday to rescind Milli vanillin a grammy. The pair held up their trophies tuesday and declared they were returning them with the recommendation that they go to the real singers. Academy president Michael Greene said giving the trophies to the singers who actually Sang was a not a  pilatus claimed he and Morvan were victimized because they were living in poverty in a Munich housing project when German producer Frank Farian offered them the Deal. He said that at the time they even had to steal food. Pilatus who was born in new York and raised in Germany described in broken English a growing sense of guilt that came along with stardom and Money. The album a girl you know its True sold 7 million copies worldwide and made the two unknowns International stars. Pilatus and Morvan a native of the Caribbean Island of Guadaloupe Are both 25. Farian last week confirmed growing rumours that the duo did not sing on the album. It actually featured the voices of vocalists Johnny Davis Brad Howell and Charles Shaw. Pilatus said shawls role was minimal and that the grammy really belongs to Davis and  Calls on Vii to admit women Richmond a. Apr gov. L. Douglas Wilder urged Virginia military Institute tuesday to admit women ending More than a year of silence on the state supported schools 151-year tradition of allowing male cadets Only. I believe that no person should be denied admittance to a school supported by state funds solely because of his or her race or gender a Wilder said at a news  governor urged the school to Settle a Federal lawsuit in which the Justice department is challenging a min a admissions policy As unconstitutional. Wilder also said the a possibility could arise that he would withhold state funds to the school if the policy is not changed. Virginia attorney general Mary sue Terry who has been defending Vii told reporters later the governor is a the ultimate architect of state policy and she is ready to cooperate with him. But Joseph m. Spivey Iii president of the Vii Board of visitors said the Lexington school would continue to fight the lawsuit. A the Board believes that a min a Mission policy and system of education Are on sound constitutional ground and that the Justice departments attempt to Force Vii to abandon those principles is misguided a Spivey said in a statement. A we have just been abandoned by our commander in chief a said Robert Chenery a senior Cadet from Chesapeake. Chenery called Wilder a move a a wee bit of a knife Between the shoulder Blades since the governor told cadets at their May graduation that the school should decide its policies. Sylvia Clute a Richmond lawyer who founded friends of Vii for Equality hailed Wilder a announcement. She said her daughter a medic with the army Reserve has been ordered to prepare for possible deployment to the Middle East. A i faced the Prospect of my daughter going to War while the state of Virginia was denying her admission to a military College a Clute said. Wilder said he decided to speak out because . District judge Jackson l. Kiser refused this month to dismiss him As a defendant in the lawsuit that is set for trial in april. The governor said he is not appealing that ruling so he had to give his response to the suit. The Justice department filed its lawsuit last Winter on behalf of an unidentified Northern Virginia girl who said she wanted to attend Vii. Vii and the Citadel in Charleston s.c., Are the Only two state supported military schools in the country that bar women cadets. The nations military academies began admitting women years ago