European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 5, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday septembers 1989 the stars and stripes Page 9 ring ing Bros opens Clown school in Japan Tokyo up1 Ringling Bros and Barnum Bailey circus opened a Clown College in Tokyo monday to give the overworked armies of japanese businessmen a Tittle comic Relief. It is said that japanese businessmen have to much stress and pressure said Ron Severini director of Clown College Japan. It is our plan to Hel students relieve stress shed inhibitions and let go. We have gotten a lot of Calls from companies that want to Send their employees said Severini a former Dean of the original Ringling Bros. Clown College in Venice Fla. Thirty newly enrolled students paid 53,800 each for the 15-Weck intensive course in clowning including sections on juggling pantomime magic improvisation unicycle Riding Stilt walking and makeup. Seven graduates from the american Down col lege have moved to Japan to form the greatest faculty in the world said Severini. The Campus is in a Small warehouse surrounded by factories. The students will study from 9 30 . To 5  through Friday which in itself is an improvement Over the usual six Day a week 14-hour-a-Day work schedule of Many japanese businessmen. I be always dreamed of being a Clown Ever since iwas a Little kid said Naoki Koidl a 21-year-old air conditioner Engineer who quit his Job to enrol. My co workers said i m crazy and my Parent said you fool what Are you thinking about " said Koidl. "1 Don t know what kind of Job 1 will get after this but that s not important he said. What i want is to be  Severini said businessmen Are a target of the col lege but Many of the charter students Are actors and actresses looking for More training. The College is funded by the naturally yours co.,a japanese health products company that bought the License to the Ringling Bros. Clown College Nam and intends to expand with a Clown College amuse ment Park. Clown College cafes and Clown College television shows books and merchandise. Severini said the tuition students pay will no cover All the expenses of the opening Day ceremony but the japanese owners Are looking Forward to prof its from the spinoff ventures. They want to Export it Back to the unite states said Severini. The merchandise will be Cre ated Here and sent Back to the United  the company May also build a Down Colleg amusement Park in the United states. We arc very pleased that a unique part of Ameri can culture is now to become part of the educational experience in Japan said Kenneth fold Ringling Bros producer. Clowning is Universal and we want to spread the Joy of laughter All around the world he said. The original Clown College was founded in 1968and has graduated More than 1,000 people. Severini said the american Clown College gets5,000 applicants for 50 openings a year. About 400 people applied for the 30 openings at the Tokyo Clown College he said. . Efforts to Cut Job injuries called inadequate Chicago a More workers Are killed on the Job in the United state than in most other major industrialized countries according to a report that say the deaths Cost the nation s Economy at least $15 billion each year. Workers in this country arc 36 times More Likely to be killed than a swede and nine times More Likely to be killed than a briton the National Safe work place Institute found in its annual labor Day report. In addition a . Worker is More Likely to be seriously injured on the Job than a two pack a Day cigarette smoker is to contract cancer according to the report. The evidence indicates that the United Stales is slipping in its efforts to re Duce Job injuries Joseph a. Kinney the group s executive director said in the report. The Chicago based Institute is an in dependent non profit government watchdog group devoted to Job safety is sues. More muscle and Money arc needed from the government and the private sector before it can be concluded that americans arc on the Road to Safe work according to the report. But it noted that some encouraging signs from the department of labor and occupational safety and health administration indicate policy May be shifting in the worker s favor. According to the group s report More than 10,000 men and women die each year from on the Job injuries. Another 70,000 workers become permanently disabled each year As a re sult of Job related conditions. One out of 11 workers will be killed or seriously injured at work. The problem is increasing despite fac tors such As an aging and theoretically More experienced workforce and new technology that should reduce or eliminate risk of injury the Institute said. Bureau of labor statistics show that in 1987, 8.3 . Workers per 100 full time employees were injured on the Job. Up from 7.6 in 1983. In 1986, the nation had 10,700 occur Mal fatalities. The figure would have just 300 if the United states fatality rate were equal to Sweden s and 6,838if it were equal to Japan a the report said. But it said there Are signs of prom  they include labor Secretary Eliza Beth Dole s pledge to make occupational safety and health a High priority an recent action by Osha the report said. For example the group noted that on july 27, Osha imposed a $2.72 million Fine and sought a court injunction against friction division products inc. Of Trenton n.j., for alleged failure to protect workers from Asbestos exposure. The company was accused of violating almost every provision of Osha s Asbestos Standard in the process of threat ening the health and even the lives of Many of its workers the report said. The report also cited a $2 million pro posed penalty Dole issued july 7 against Ford motor co. For failing to live up tits november 1987 agreement with the department of labor to accurately re Cord injuries and  the report concludes while the final chapter of Dole s leadership is far from written the opening pages provid America s workers with the most encouraging signs of Safe work that they have had in several  passenger ferry returns to port after Man vanishes Harwich England a a Sweden bound Pas Senger ferry turned Back to England monday and was boarded by police investigating the disappearance of an English soccer fan feared to have gone overboard. Twenty youths were taken off the scandinavian sea ways ferry Tor Britannia when it docked at the cast coast port of Harwich. The youths were being questioned Essex county police said. The remaining 795 passengers most of them swed ish were ordered to remain on the ferry while the investigation continued police said. Lloyd s shipping intelligence unit said a British police officer travelling aboard Tel exed the British coast guard saying that about 150 to 200 English soccer fans All male had been drinking heavily and had taken drugs. The fans were crossing the North sea in route to Stockholm for wednesday s world cup qualifying match Between England and Sweden. Lloyd s said the policeman who did not sign his name said there had been widespread incidents of Public disorder since persons have been drinking heavily and taking drugs after the ferry set sail at 4 30 . Saturday for the swedish West coast port of Gutc  person who was under the influence of drugs apparently panicked when a fire extinguisher was oper ated by another football Hooligan and is believed to have jumped overboard and is considered lost the message said. There is now positive danger to the vessel Crew and other passengers it said. The ferry helped by the dutch coast guard and West German helicopter searched the immediate area for him but then turned Back to Harwich. The missing passenger was identified As Robert Ayling 24, of Plymouth. Kinlock escapes injury Neil Kinlock Leader of Britain s main opposition labor party emerged unscathed from this Mercedes in dub Lin Ireland. The car crashed while he and his wife Glenys Mere being driven to the Airport and their Driver died of an apparent heart attack. No one in Kinlock scar or the other three vehicles involved in the Accident were seriously injured. Kinlock was returning to Lon Don after holding talks with Irish labor officials