European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 28, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday january 28,1994 . The stars and stripes r Page 7 Jackson criminal probe continues sources say pilots unhurt As 2 Al 6s crash while taking off from wire reports Dayton Ohio a two f-16 fighter jets recently transferred from a . Base in Germany crashed wednesday As they took off simultaneously at Wright Patterson fab. But neither Pilot was  was not known if the planes collided or if either plane had become airborne before the crash said it. Col. Patrick Mullaney. One Pilot ejected and the other walked away after. The crash he said. Mullaney said one plane sustained a significant damage a while damage to the other Hadnot been determined. The planes Cost about $20 million each base spokeswoman sue Baker said. Neither plane was carrying weapons. The planes had been transferred to the United. States on Jan. 12 from the 52nd fighter Wing at Span Dahlem a germany.2 killed in army crash fort Hood Texas a two people were killed when a helicopter from fort Hood crashed during a training flight the army said wednesday. It. Col. Kim Hunt said the wreckage of the unarmed oh-58a Kiowa scout copter was found several Miles Northwest of the Post wednesday after an air and ground search of More than nine hours. The helicopter was reported missing late tuesday after failing to return to fort Hood As scheduled. I two other helicopters on the Mission returned f the two victims were not immediately identified. Of commando convicted i March fab Calif. A an air Force commando who faked his death in a bicycling Accident and i began a new life under a false identity has been i found guilty of Bank robbery and escape. I James Pou 34, was convicted at a court martial i wednesday and could get up to 16v5 years in prison at sentencing this week. I in 1987, Pou staged an Accident that made it appear that he had drowned in the Rio Grande near Albuquerque . He left behind his wife and children and headed to san Diego where he remarried. In 1988, prosecutors said he disguised himself As a ninja Warrior and held up a Bank in Corpus Christi Texas with a Samurai sword. His second wife eventually turned him in after learning of his previous life. Pou was serving an 11-month sentence for desertion and bigamy when he escaped in june. He surrendered two weeks  cutting 1,000 jobs i Washington the . Army said wednesday it is eliminating 1,000 civilian and military positions at a savings of $37 million a year. I the move Calls for centralizing some functions at f fort Lee va., which also will lose positions at two i of its facilities and will affect service schools that i teach personnel and logistic skills. The move is to be completed by oct. 1. I the cuts will be made at Aberdeen proving1 ground my. Redstone Arsenal in Alabama and fort Eustis a. The military positions affected will be eliminated i by attrition the army said. It said efforts will be i made to make voluntary As Many civilian reductions f As possible. Los Angeles apr Michael Jackson remains under criminal investigation despite the pop stars settlement of a child molestation lawsuit sources say. One potential witness in the investigation was questioned tuesday soon after the settlement was announced a source said. Neither Side will discuss terms of the agreement. But a source told the associated press on wednesday that Jackson agreed to pay his teen age accuser $15 million. The sources spoke on condition of anonymity. The settlement ended the civil Case that Jackson and his advisers Long had insisted was fallout from a failed $20 million extortion attempt by the teen age boys father. Prosecutors said there was no extortion and Jackson proclaimed his innocence. District attorney Gil Garcetti said the settlement would not affect the criminal investigation but it is Clear that Garcetti is counting on the teen Ager. The Norfolk a. A Oliver North launched a Republican bid for . Senate on a no apology platform thursday. A i am not ashamed of what we did in saving lives a the former Marine lieutenant colonel at the Center of the Iran Contra scandal said wednesday on in no a Larry King live. A a in a not going to apologize for  North announced his candidacy for the seat held by Democrat Charles s. Robb. North who has been campaigning for months faces former Reagan administration budget director Jim Miller for the gop nomination. During the mid-1980s, the former National Security aide to president Reagan played a Central role in the Clandestine Sale of arms to Iran and efforts to illegally Arm Nicaragua a Contra rebels. North said in the can interview that his actions. A a a \ boys attorney Larry Feldman did not Rule out having the boy testify in any criminal proceeding. A the District attorneys office is taking or. Feldman at his word that the alleged victim will be allowed to testify and that there has been no agreement in the civil matter that will affect cooperation in the criminal investigation a Garcetti said in a statement. In California victims of sexual abuse May not be forced to testify against their will. The boy now 14, sued Jackson in september alleging that the pop Star committed sexual Battery seduction wilful misconduct intentional infliction of Erno tonal distress fraud and negligence in a Campaign to entice the teen last year. Based on the allegations prosecutors in los Angeles and Santa Barbara counties began criminal investigations. Had the civil Case gone to court prosecutors could have used testimony and depositions in the criminal Case. Helped free the american hostages in Lebanon and led to democracy in Nicaragua. North admitted lying to Congress during the Iran Contra scandal. He was convicted of aiding and abetting obstruction of Congress destroying documents and accepting an illegal gratuity. But the convictions were overturned on Appeal. Virginia a other senator John w. Warner a Republican said North  be running because of his criminal convictions. A what sort of signal does that Send a Warner said on can. North dismissed Warners comments. A i know what its like to be an outsider trying to break into what they consider an exclusive country club a North said.1 2 suicide charges against Kevorkian dismissed i Pontiac Mich. A two of the \ three remaining assisted suicide charges i against or. Jack Kevorkian were dismissed a a thursday freeing him from House arrest i Oakland county circuit judge Jessica i Cooper became the third judge to de 1 Clare Michigan a Law Banning assisted Sui cide unconstitutional on various grounds. I the previous two rulings both under a peal came in neighbouring Wayne county a. Assistant Oakland county prosecutor i Errol Shifman said his office also would i a a f t a. Appeal thursdays dismissals to the state court of appeals. A we believe this Law is constitutional and it will be upheld a he said. Kevorkian had been charged in Oakland county with helping a 72-year-old Lou Gehrig a disease patient and a 61-year-old Bone cancer sufferer kill themselves in his apartment building in Royal Oak. In All Kevorkian had been charged four times with illegally assisting a suicide since the ban was enacted in february 1993. One of those charges still is pending in Wayne county. Coopers ruling overturned the Law on the technical grounds similar to those cited last May of Wayne county circuit judge Cynthia Stephens. Stephens ruled the felony provision was tacked improperly onto a Bill that originally was intended Only to set up a commission to study assisted suicide. A the purpose of the establishment of the commission was to study issues of death and dying. The establishment of a crime within that same Bill is foreign and incongruous a Cooper said in the ruling thursday. Wayne county circuit judge Richard Kaufman also overturned the Law saying it was too Broad and that people who Are ill with Little Hope of recovery should have the right to die and get medical help in doing so. Detroit recorders court judge Thomas Jackson has yet to Rule on a motion to dismiss the remaining assisted suicide charge against Kevorkian. That Case is in the death of a 30-year-old Lou Gehrig a disease sufferer. A a a. A a a. A a. A a a a a. A Oliver North right campaigning for a Senate scat makes a to pitch wednesday on in no so Larry King  no regrets North to run for Senate