European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 21, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes May world today Japan simplifies fingerprinting procedures for foreign residents Tokyo up Japan is changing its procedures on the mandatory fingerprinting of foreign following a wave of anti fingerprinting protests in Tokyo and nearby Kawasaki the government announced it would simplify the fingerprinting colourless Ink instead of indelible Black Ink is to be used from july and the Index Finger used to take prints will be pressed frontally instead of rolled Justice ministry officials term the changes an in what will not is the fingerprinting and All foreign residents in Japan will still be required by Law to submit to jobless italian seeks Asylum in soviet Union to find work France a an unemployed italian immigrant has asked for political Asylum in the soviet saying he cannot find work in the French newspapers Michel was quoted As saying he had applied for political Asylum at the soviet embassy in Paris and was told that they were studying my Case and would have an answer in the next few who emigrated to France in the said he was a professional truck Driver and had worked a series of Odd jobs Over the never being paid much More than the minimum asked about Freedom in the West As opposed to in the soviet paradiso told reporters you talk of Freedom what do i care about Freedom in France when i dont have a Sou Penny to go travel or buy books or other things you Call that Liberty without without there is no malfunction terminates test of missile from British sub London a a malfunction during the second stage of flight marred the underwater test launching of a Polaris missile from a British submarine off a ministry of defense spokesman the missiles launch from the submarine Resolution was Normal and the firsthand second stage ignitions were also successful but the second stage malfunction terminated the flight Early and the missile fell Short of its intended the spokesman the cause of the malfunction cannot be determined until test instrumentation records Are the spokesman he said the submarine would carry out additional test 2 american warships Dock in Israel Tor routine port Call Israel up two warships docked in Northern Israel for a we Klong visit described As a Rou Tine port the an aircraft and the a guided missile docked at both ships belong to the 6th which patrols the Eastern officers said there were 450 officers and enlisted men aboard the and 29 officers and 378 enlisted men on the rear Roger commander of the 6th Fleet Battle described the visit As a a routine port cant beat this heart a photo the largest heart in the world is found at the amuse ment Park tra Umland in Bottro Kirch near inside the House sized visitors travel through an artery to see and study various models and exhibits dealing with the circulate cardiac and nervous huge petrochemical Plant in Sicily explodes into thousands flee Sicily up fire and explosions erupted during the night in one of Europe biggest Petro chemical sending local residents fleeing in officials said one woman died of heart failure As she fled with her family in a mass exodus that blocked fire trucks and ambulances As they tried to reach the Industrial Park outside the officials three firemen and one Plant employee were none of them authorities said they could not determine what touched off the flames and explosions in two tanks of ethylene and propylene at the icam installation until the flames were entirely icam director Gregorio Mirone said the fumes issuing from the soldering ruins were not thousands of residents of nearby Augusta and Priolo abandoned their Homes and stayed away All Al though radio and television broadcast repeated assurances that there was no danger of chemical Clouds or new the blasts Shook the area shortly before heavy smoke Hung Over the Industrial Park As firemen fought the flames throughout the authorities said All the employees on duty were in a building made of reinforced Concrete and escaped injury from the series of but icam technician Filippo of Caltagirone and firemen Giuseppe and Gaspare Vivi both of were injured fighting the they were admitted to Umberto Primo where a third Paolo la was treated and re Bellardita was reported in serious but not critical condition and the others suffered lesser doctors Concetta sister of former sicilian regional president Santi died of heart failure As she tried to escape in a car with her the icam installation was described by officials As one of the biggest and most modern petrochemical complexes in it employs 500 workers and can produce tons a although it presently is working at five sevenths of w Stuttgart a the Star wars re search into a space based defense system poses both chances and risks for the nato German Chancellor Helmut Kohl said speaking to delegates from nato countries at a North Atlantic Assembly meeting in Kohl said Europe must seriously examine possible participation in the Amer ican known officially As the strategic defense i Hope for a joint response to the invitation to its allies to participate in the Kohl he spoke at the close of a fou Day session that has been characterized by deep division among the 184 delegates Over the space research while danish and norwegian delegates have rejected the British and italian delegates have argued for participation on grounds that Western Europe must not risk lagging behind the United states in space German delegates have straddled the while the Kohl government supports the american no decision has been made in Bonn As to whether German firms should participate in the the North Atlantic which joins parliamentary delegates from the 16 nato has no offi Cial but operates As a sounding Board within the the strategic defense initiative of president Reagan Means chances and risks at the same time for the North Atlantic a Christian told the final plenary session of the we cannot say today whether it will prove itself As an alternative Means of preventing War and As a Road to reduced dependence on nuclear weapons and to their final Kohl he denied that Germany is being forced to choose be tween the ski program and a recent French proposal for closer european technological known As the Eureka the often conjured up agony of choosing Between pans and Washington is not an Issue for he my relations and contacts with president Mitterrand Are close and we accept and support the Basic idea of a joining and binding of european capacities and possibilities in modern High Kohl but the proposal to participate in the research of the strategic defense initiative also lies on the Europe must study this american technological and political Stra Telic Mitterrand surprised his Bonn hosts at the world eco nomic Summit May 4 by telling a news conference that France rejects the ski which is among the topics that Kohl and Mitterrand Are expected to discuss at a meeting in Germany May Kohl has repeatedly called for the europeans to work out a joint response to the american