European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 28, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday january 28, 1994 . The stars and stripes Page 7 pilots unhurt As 2 f-16s crash while taking off from wire reports Dayton Ohio 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 injured. It 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 significant damage while damage to the other had not 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 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. Two other helicopters on the Mission returned. The two victims were not immediately identified. Of commando convicted March fab Calif. An air Force commando who faked his death in a bicycling Accident and began a new life under a false identity has been found guilty of Bank robbery and escape. James Pou 34, was convicted at a court martial wednesday and could get up to Ingvi years in prison at sentencing this week. 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 re married. 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 later. Army cutting 1,000 jobs Washington the . Army said wednesday it is eliminating 1,000 civilian and military positions at a savings of $37 million a year. The move Calls for centralizing some functions at fort Lee va., which also will lose positions at two of its facilities and will affect service schools that teach personnel and logistic skills. The move is to be completed by oct. 1. The cuts will be made at Aberdeen proving ground my. Redstone Arsenal in Alabama and fort Eustis a. The military positions affected will be eliminated by attrition the army said. It said efforts will be made to make voluntary As Many civilian reductions As possible. Shuttle to carry cosmonaut Cape canaveral Fla. The first space shuttle flight with a russian cosmonaut aboard is scheduled to lift off feb. 3, Nasa said wednesday. Sergei Kri Kalev and five americans will Fly on Nasa s 60th shuttle Mission. During the eight Day flight aboard the shuttle discovery the Crew is to release a research satellite and then retrieve it for the trip Home. The satellite called the Wake shield facility is expected to create an Ultra vacuum for growing pure thin films that eventually might be used in microelectronics. Jackson criminal probe continues sources say los Angeles a Michael Jackson remains under criminal investigation despite the pop Star s settlement of a child molestation lawsuit sources say. One potential a fitness 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 a 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 boy s father. Prosecutors said there was no extortion and Jack son 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 boy s attorney Larry Feldman did not Rule out having the boy testify in any criminal proceeding. The District attorney s office is taking or. Feldinan 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 Garcetti said in a statement. In California victims of sexual abuse May not be forced to  their will. The boy now 14, sued Jackson in september Alleg ing that the pop Star committed sexual Battery seduction wilful misconduct intentional infliction of emotional 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 Crimi Nal Casc. Oliver North right campaigning for a Senate scat makes a to pitch wednesday on can s Larry King  no Reg rets North to run for Senate a Norfolk a. A Oliver North launched a Republican bid for . Senate on a no apology plat form thursday. I am not ashamed of what we did in saving lives the former Marine lieutenant colonel at the Center of the Iran Contra scandal said wednesday on can s Larry King live. I m 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 Nomi nation. 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 s Contra rebels. North said in the can interview that his actions 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 abet Ting obstruction of Congress destroying documents and accepting an illegal gratuity. But the convictions were overturned on Appeal. Virginia s other senator John w. Warner a Republican said North should t be running because of his criminal convictions. What sort of signal does that Send Warner said on can. North dismissed Warner s comments. I know what it s like to be an outsider trying to break into what they consider an exclusive country club North said. Leftovers dumped into Worms Mouths Boston a some state employees soon will have some thin Slimy colleagues who work for table scraps. The conservation Law foundation an environmental group is donating three pounds of red Worms that will be relegated to office building basements. Their Mission to eat leftover food that usually gets thrown away. It s a dirty Job but the Worms Don t mind doing it. Three 3-foot-by-2-foot Green plastic bins went to the executive office of environmental affairs inside each were some newspaper shredding and about a Pound of the critters or 600 to 5,000 Worms depending on their age and size. It does work and it saves us Money said Doug Foy foundation executive director. At the group s Headquarters employees put their banana peels pizza crusts and other leftovers into plastic containers in kitchens. At the end of the Day a maintenance person Emp ties them into the worm bins. They just gobble it right up said Joanne Oechler an executive assistant at the  affairs Secretary Trudy Coxe said gov. William Weld had asked her about the possibility of using Worms to dispose of leftovers. A Pound of Worms can cat about a Pound of food a Day Coxe said. Worm excretions contain humus which absorbs Calcium phosphorus and other nutrients thai plants take in