European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 13, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 10 the stars and stripes world saturday August 13,1994 italian Premier admits company paid bribes from the associated press Rome Premier Silvio Berlusconi admitted Inan interview published Friday that executives of his Media and retail Empire paid bribes to tax officials. But he denied any personal involvement. Berlusconi told the International Herald Tribune that his company Fin invest had been forced to make the payments. He sought to play Down the Case terming the payments ridiculously six Fin invest officials have been implicated in bribery investigation that also is focusing on other leading italian companies. Authorities have arrested Berlusconi s brother Paolo Berlusconi who admitted authorizing a $2 million slush fund for the payments. The Premier said his brother was a victim i 2 pilots facing charges Seoul South Korea a Pilot and co Pilot who blamed each other for a crash that destroyed their korean air jetliner will be charged with causing the Accident by quarrelling during Landing an official said Friday. All 152 passengers and eight Crew member sed seconds before the Airbus a300 blew up escape wednesday after skidding off a runway on the Southern resort Island of Cheju. Pilot Barry Edward Woods of Canada and co Pilot Chung Chan Kyu of South Korea will be charged with negligence a police official said. Woods and Chung were released thursday after two Days of questioning but ordered not to leave the country. Police said the Pilot insisted on Landing while Theca Pilot fearful there was t enough runway tried to intervene. In the struggle to control the plane i skidded and rammed a safety barricade. Police said the Landing should have been aborted because there was not enough runway after the winds of an approaching typhoon gave the plane an extra push. 5 foiled Veteran paratroops offered Consolation jump Paris a five . Veterans their plans to Parachute onto French soil nixed by a nervous plane operator were offered a Consolation jump the French military s offer scared even the most Gung to a bit a drop into the sea. We re probably going to take them up on it. It willbe an interesting experience said Ken Shaker 78, a company commander in the 509th Parachute inf Reg during world War ii. The jump from a Low flying helicopter monday would commemorate the Allied invasion to liberate Southern France 50 years ago and dim criticisms fro the vets that the French won t let the men who freed them celebrate the Way they feel they be earned. Most of us had a sense of adventure when we wer Young and i guess we still have a sense of adventure said Shaker of san Diego. Shaker and Everett Hall 75, of North Kingston r.i.,bailed out with 39 other elderly sex paratroops Over Normandy in june during the a Day anniversary celebrations. But like Many of those vets they actually fought i Southern France not in Normandy and this is the inva Sion they really want to celebrate. The French military proposal followed Media cover age in which the vets complained of being scandalized that their ambition was being systematically foiled by French hostility and . Inertia. The men were told last week by the operator of jump school who had agreed to Supply a plane and parachutes that he was pulling out or the Deal. The Veter ans he said were too old and the rugged Provence Hills too hard to guarantee a Safe jump. The veterans scoffed. They scrambled to get a new plane or find a .army jump master to reassure the school operator that he would t be held liable. No other plane was found and the american s officially turned them Down thurs Day saying the notice was too Short. Shaker blamed the attitude on decades of about recognizing the . Role in liberating France. But on thursday Gen. Christian Piquemal French army commander of the Marseille Region and a key Fig ure in the ceremonies came up with a novel if daring solution and presented it through intermediaries to the veterans. Piquemal confirmed to the associated press that the army will give them some Basic training and take them up in helicopters to 1,300 feet. They would Parachute into Cavalire Bay and then be plucked up by individual speedboats and zipped Shore during a recreation of the amphibious landings. Iran aided terrorists Argentine says Buenos Aires Argentina a Iran helped the terrorists who destroyed a jewish Community Center but did t carry out the bombing itself Argentina s foreign minister said. Argentina will ask Iran to extradite four diplomats for questioning in the july 18 car bombing in Buenos Aires that killed 95 people and wounded More than 200, foreign minister Guido i Telia said thurs Day. Three iranian embassy employees also were named As suspects by a judge investigating the Case. No charges have been filed. It s More probable that it s someone with iranian support but atthe same time with autonomy from Iran i Telia said. 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