European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 4, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 a a a the stars and stripes wednesday april 4,1990hot dog american opens stand in Japan Tokyo apr a four Story hot dog stand opened tuesday in the Western Japan port City of Kobe featuring 1950s-style Neon signs a Jukebox and a . Businessman so Chicago style imported frankfurters. A we have sold close to 1,000 hot dogs a Chicago native Ronald Kessler said about eight hours after Gregory Johnson the . Consul general for Osaka and Kobe Cut the ribbon opening the store. Kessler who started last summer trying to find a Way to sell the Chicago hot dogs in Japan also had congratulatory messages from . Trade representative Carla Hills . Ambassador Michael Armacost and Kobe mayor Kazutoshi Sasayama. A it is encouraging to hear from . Citizens who arc actively participating in promoting exports to Japan a Hills wrote. Last year japanese sales in the United states exceeded . Sales in Japan by $49 billion. . Negotiators have been trying to reduce obstacles Here to . Business including the High land prices to which japanese have become accustomed. Kessler said that when he started out to find a location for a hot dog stand some landlords wanted up to 100 months rent for a Security Deposit. The Deposit at one 4-by-8-foot shop was just $30,000, he added but the owner did no to like foreigners. Last december after Reading about Kessler a search in a japanese newspaper Hironori Kanehara president of a japanese fast food firm met with the Chicago businessman and offered to help. Kessler said Kanehara paid nearly $1 million Security Deposit for the new stand called pinks whose four floors each measure about 530 Square feet. It employs 50 people he said. A Chicago style or. Kessler a pure beef hot dogs a say the advertisements. Kessler is the shops consultant and importer. Kessler 39, who has lived in Kobe 11 years importing . Electrons products said Kane a company Honke Kama Doya plans to open 12 More hot dog stands this year including six in Kobe 27n Miles West of Tokyo. U a if this works out Well next year the number will be As Many As 200, he said. The Chicago hot dog comes with poppy seed Bun Mustard relish chopped onions Tomato wedges i Dill Pickle Spear and a dash of celery Salt. The stand also offers such other hot does As the spicy a fire dog a a a Chi Caeol roast beef Sandwich bagels lox French Fries from Idaho chocolate brow Nies and chocolate malts. Kessler said a hot dog costs about 300 yen $ 1 90 but the average opening Day customer was Snen Dine about 1,000 yen $6.35. It name a your untiring efforts to become established in this business in Japan have finally paid off and we Are proud of you a Armacost said in his letter. Shamir aide urges government to Issue Gas masks to All israelis Jerusalem apr an aide to prime minister Yitzhak Shamir urged the government tuesday to Issue a Gas mask to every israeli after iraqi president Saddam Hussein threatened to use binary nerve Gas against Israel. Saddam As he is known in the Arab world made the threat during a speech broadcast monday on Baghdad radio. His statement and israeli leaders counter threats led every israeli newspaper and the state broadcast stations. Michael Dekel an aide to Shamir and former Deputy defense minister said he urged the prime minister to order distribution of Gas masks now stored in warehouses. A i simply want prime minister Shamir to move faster so that every israeli citizen will feel Safe in his Home a Dekel said. A we need to prepare the civilian population not Only with practice but with equipment in the Case of a Surprise  an army spokesman confirmed a newspaper report that the Home guard in charge of civilian defense has prepared instruction videotapes for broadcast on National television on How to use Gas masks. The hebrew daily Maaris reported the military chief of staff it. Gen. Dan Shimron had decided to hand Gas masks out to the Public. An order from Shamir could set the program in motion. Gas masks recently were distributed to residents of two Tel Aviv suburbs to determine whether the Public would take responsibility for the equipment in private Homes. Israel radio said the Experiment was successful. But an army spokesman said no conclusions had been reached and denied any knowledge of so Omron a decision to distribute the masks. Saddam a threat came As he denied Iraq was developing nuclear weapons. But he said Iraq possessed binary chemical weapons and would use them if Israel attacked. A a a i also say that if Israel dares to hit even one piece of steel on any Industrial site we will make the fire eat half of Israel a he said. Israelis air Force bombed iraqis Osiurak nuclear reactor in 1981 while Iraq was at War with Iran claiming the facility was being used to develop atomic weapons. Iraq denied the charge. The current Issue of Newsweek Magazine reported Israel was planning a new Jericho Iii missile with a 4,000-mile Range easily capable of reaching Iraq. It quoted Western experts As saying Israel possesses at least 100 atomic bombs. Israel has said it will not introduce nuclear weapons into the Middle East conflict. Iraq has been accused of using chemical weapons during the 1980-88 War with Iran and against the kurdish minority an allegation it denies. Tuesday israeli Media carried wide discussion on How seriously Saddam a threat should be taken. Reserve Gen. Aharon Yariv director of Tel Aviv University a Jaffe Center for strategic studies told Israel radio he believed Saddam had two reasons to threaten Israel with chemical warfare. A the first reason is to separate himself from the events in Britain where iraqis were caught trying to smuggle nuclear material a Yariv said. A the second reason is to flex his Muscles and show his country that he is the one in charge of developing the chemical  foreign minister Moshe Arens told Israel radio that Saddam a past use of such weapons concerned him. A unconventional weapons in the hands of a Man such As Saddam who has used chemical weapons in a massive Way against Iran and the kurd should be a warning not Only to every israeli but to the world a Arens said. World today negligence faulty Heaters blamed for romanian fires Bucharest Romania apr negligence and makeshift heating devices have been blamed for causing fires engulfing hundreds of dwellings warehouses and stores in which 58 people including 17 children died the state rompers news Agency reported monday. A there were Over 1,400 fires in Romania in the first three months of this year which caused More than 4 million Lei $200,000 Worth of damage to both state and private sectors a the report said. Among the main causes rompers cited unsupervised makeshift heating devices faulty electric installations and children playing with  Leader urges end to Large wedding dowries shariah United Arab emirates apr the ruler of this persian Gulf emirate has urged his subjects to hold mass weddings and reduce dowries to Cut Down on stratospheric marriage expenses. A the problem is that there Are several greedy fathers a Sheik Sultan bin Mohammed Al Nassimi said in a television address criticizing Large dowries often demanded by brides fathers. Wedding celebrations and dowries can run As High As $28,000 in this Oil Rich persian Gulf nation prompting some men to seek Indian filipino or egyptian wives who do not insist on the local dowry Levels. Sheik Sultan rejected the idea of a Law that would fix dowries. A this is not the Way to tackle the problem but it could be solved by mass weddings and i am personally ready to attend such parties and have them screened live by television a he said. Sultan also urged old men not to marry Young foreign  for the summer with outstretched wings a wild Stork Stork is one of Many that Fly Back to settles into its summer nest tuesday Northern Germany every year from atop a private House in the Village of their Winter Home in Africa. Berge Nhu Bergen Husen West Germany. The sen is known As a Paradise for storks. Terrorist bombs damage buildings in 2 greek cities Salonica Greece apr at least five bombs exploded in two cities tuesday ripping through a government building and the offices of business groups and labor unions. Police said no injuries were reported. The Early morning blasts went off simultaneously in Salonica and Athens the capital. Police said Anonymous callers claimed responsibility on behalf of the leftist guerrilla groups May 1 and the revolutionary popular struggle. The groups have asked voters to Boycott sundays crucial parliamentary elections citing a political mockery by the leading parties the conservatives and the socialists. The Salonica blasts caused extensive damage at the european Community a Northern Greece information Center located on the sixth floor of an office building and the industrialists association of Northern Greece police said. In Athens bombs caused minor damage at the National Economy ministry and buildings housing the general confederation of greek Trade unions Ana the federation of greek industrialists officials said on condition of anonymity. In the past terrorist attacks have focused on economic targets and none a Ever caused fatalities. Both groups say they oppose capitalism imperialism an the . Military presence in Greece. Greeks vote sunday for the  in a year hoping to break a deadlock that has created Comaromi governments unable to confront an dec omy in crisis and growing terrorism. But pollsters predict the election i end like those in june and november 1989, with no party winning enough seats to control the government