European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 11, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes thursday August 11,1988 bar Ems. Bare pm Battle baffles bathers Rome a the Battle of the Bare bodies has heated up in Italy this summer with several towns and resort islands ruling that men and women must Wear shirts in Public or face penalties. A belgian Man was even reported beaten up after he refused a request by a Rome subway attendant to cover his naked Chest. One Southern town has made a notable break wit the trend guaranteeing that people can walk around topless. Agro poli s tourism chief has called on women to Bare All but the local priest is fighting Back. Topless bathing popular in Italy for some time no appears to be on the decline. One piece suits unthinkable a few years ago have now become fashionable. It s necessary to return to the Good taste of the past Capri tourism commissioner Giuseppe Massa told the italian news Agency Ansa. The Island put into effect a new cover up Ordi Nance tuesday that bars anyone from walking the streets with a Bare Chest or just a swimsuit. Penalties for offenders Range from $70 to $350. According to mayor Saverio Valente the Law was necessary for reasons not Only aesthetic but Hygiene  world today italian Crew discovers 500-Pound Wii bomb Brunicon Italy a workers laying pipes inthe Center of a Northern Hill town discovered a world War ii american bomb on tuesday police said. The Highway patrol in Brunicon near the austrian order said the 500-Pound bomb caused no immedi ate danger. Police said they would close the Highway thursday and evacuate the area to defuse the bomb. 7 jewish demonstrators sentenced in Moscow Moscow a seven jews who have been de Nied permission to emigrate received sentences for conducting an illegal demonstration refuseniks said tuesday. Police broke up the demonstration by Pavel an Faina Semyonova and their supporters after about two minutes monday evening and arrested the protesters said Vladimir Kislik. He said Semyonova s father refuses to sign a waiver of financial responsibility to allow the couple to apply for emigration. Mrs. Semyonova was sentenced to five Days in jail and her husband received a 10-Day jail term. Yuri Semonovsky was sentenced to 10 Days in jail Yevgeny Rubenshteyn to 15 Days and Sergei Diki received a five Day jail sentence. Anatoly gems and his 16-year-old son Vsevolod were fined Kislik said. Airline passengers up 6% in 1st 6 months of 1988 Geneva a commercial airlines carried nearly 88 million passengers in the first half of 1988, up 6 percent Over the same period last year an Indus try group said tuesday. Guenter Eser the director general of the International air transport association ? which represents 172airlines, said the growth rate is in line with Long term Industry forecasts after stagnation in 1986 and a Sharp rebound last year. 2 expelled for lighting cigarettes with dinars Belgrade Yugoslavia a two dutch tourists seen lighting cigarettes with yugoslav Money in the Adriatic resort of Makarska have been fined and expelled from Yugoslavia the state news Agency Tan Jug said tuesday. It identified the two As peelers Hendrikus 25, an peelers Hermanus 36, but gave no other details of the incident. Yugoslavia s currency the Dinar has fallen rapidly in value As the country remains gripped by triple digit inflation. With one . Dollar now Worth around3,000 dinars and the largest denomination note a 20,000-Dinar Bill 100-Dinar Bills have become virtually worthless. On the Island of Ponza about 65 Miles to the North in the tyrrhenian sea bathers Are also barred from strolling the streets in swimsuits. Mayor Francesco Ferraiuolo acted this month after receiving a note from a local roman Catholic priest worried about the practice according to italian press  Venice meanwhile a former director of tourism Augusto Salvadori is organizing patrols to advise tourists on How to dress and eat properly in the canal City. Travellers in shorts or too skimpy undresses Are barred from the main Section of St. Mark s Basilica. Frustration with topless Ness boiled Over on a sub Way in the italian capital monday according to Rome s ii Messaggiero newspaper. A subway worker advised 23-year-old Daniel Serge Meureen of Belgium to put on a shirt the paper said and the youth replied with a shrug of his shoulders. He even began to spit on the pavement muttering it appeared not very pleasant epithets about the ital ians. Therefore someone filled with the love of his country reacted the paper said. Several subway passengers slapped and punched the belgian who subsequently pulled on a Blue shirt the paper said. A clash of a different sort has broken out in apropo i where the tourism commissioner seeking a new image for the town has called on women to go topless whenever possible. The Parish priest claims the Law will transform the town into a modern Day Sodom and gomorrah. To Admire the Beauty of a body helps to elevate the spirit said tourism commissioner Vinconzo Pepe. Tourism is going through a worrisome slow phase he added. What can we do allow agro poli to become a Colony for old people Pepe gave his support to a topless fashion show scheduled last sunday in the Village 60 Miles South of Naples. But the Rev. Armando Borrelli vowed that if the girls take their clothes off i will toll the funeral  about 5,000 people turned out for the show but the women decided to Wear clothes. Pepe has promised a topless show this sunday and Borrelli has said he will counter with a solemn mass. We have Defeated Sodom and gomorrah and Bare chests in agro poli will be Defeated too he told the Rome newspaper la Republica. Friends and relatives help refuseniks Yuri Zieman right and his daughter Vera far right celebrate the family s departure for Vienna in route to the United states. Friends and relatives joined the festivities at Moscow s toasting emigration a Sheremetyev Airport on wednesday. The jewish activist his wife Tanya and Vera 12, were finally allowed to leave ending an 11-year struggle. They will be reunited with an older daughter in Boston. Senate urged to approve tax cuts for americans in Belgium France Washington a the . Treasury asked the Senate on tuesday to approve providing some . Tax cuts to americans living in France and Belgium. Savings for americans would be provided i changes to the present tax treaties Between the two countries and the United states so they conform More closely to the tax Law Congress passed in 1986. O. Donaldson Chapoton assistant Secretary of the Treasury for tax policy told the foreign relation committee that some americans in France now pay a tax As High As 54 percent on dividends interest an royalties from the United states. They can charge those payments off against their american taxes but Only up to the . Tax rate now limited to 28percent for individuals. The change in the treaty would exempt much of this income from French tax if the taxpayer demonstrates to French authorities that he has complied with .tax obligations. A similar situation in Belgium taxes corporations at More than 51 percent while the corresponding . Rate has been reduced to 34 percent Chapoton said. He added that As a result belgian subsidiaries of . Corporations Are piling up excess credits on their dividend payments to the Parent corporation in the United states. The treaty change with Belgium would reduce to 5percent a 15 percent belgian withholding tax on the Bel Gian subsidiary. He said Belgium and the United states Are negotiating new tax treaty