European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 20, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 k k k the stars and stripes sunday May 20, 1990 emperor Akihito places Flowers at Nagasaki site v emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko Lay Flowers in tribute to those who died in the Nagasaki atomic blast. Nagasaki Japan apr emperor Akihito has become the first japanese Monarch to pay tribute at a Monument to the 70,000 people who died in the atomic bomb blast that devastated Nagasaki 45 years ago. A steady rain fell As Akihito accompanied by Empress Michiko bowed deeply and placed a bouquet of White Flowers Friday on a dark Granite Cenotaph before the Monument. Mayor Hitoshi Mot Oshima led Akihito to the site. Mot Oshima was shot in the Chest in january by an Ultra rightist for saying that the late emperor Hirohito could have helped end world War ii sooner and spared Nagasaki. Japan surrendered six Days after the aug. 9, 1945, atomic bombing. Though Hirohito now known in Japan As emperor Showa visited Nagasaki for a sporting event in 1969, his son Akihito is the first emperor to present Flowers at the peace Park memorial. As the emperor left the Park some of the 2,600 people who attended Sang a Kimiga you Japan a unofficial National  sticking their necks out to Supply popular Ostrich products Harare Zimbabwe apr the feisty african Ostrich packs a 500-Pound kick and its rapier like toe can rip open a Man from Chest to Groin in a single blow. So Why mix with the world s largest and meanest Bird Money of course. Breeders say there is increasing demand for the of tech s feathers skin and High protein Low cholesterol meal. Along with Ostrich meals recent popularity among Over stressed executives and health nuts in Western industrialized nations the japanese have taken to pre file paring it sushi style and eating it raw said breeder Kevin Grant. Unlike its Domestic relative the Chicken the Ostrich yields red meat with a distinctive flavor that is easily enhanced with herbs. About 55 pounds of top Quality meat Worth about $500 can be stripped from the average Bird. And the 6-foot Bird offers other values said Grant head of a recently established organization representing about 40 Zimbabwe breeders who Hope to get Rich. Finely tooled Ostrich skin Cowboy boots fetch As much As $5,000 a pair in Texas. The leather Industry in Texas alone demands 94,000 1 5-Square-foot skins a year. And not much else of the Ostrich goes to waste either. The feathers Are Back in fashion after serving As a Symbol of Justice in ancient Egypt and of wealth to european Royalty in the Early 1900s. They made a comeback in the French haute couture of top fashion designer Christian Lacroix earlier this year. Japan wants the feathers to dust its cars and there is increasing demand for the ostriches feathers skin and High protein Low cholesterol meat. Japanese dealers have been sent to inspect Zimbabwe a fledgling Ostrich Industry. According to Grant an adult Ostrich provides about 3 pounds of feathers. In All meat skin and other byproducts account for about 98 percent of its body weight. Scientists Are even studying whether Ostrich Corneas Are compatible with the human Eye. The flightless Bird is not susceptible to tick borne diseases or traditional livestock ailments covered by International quarantine and transportation Laws on animal products. Neighbouring South Africa is the worlds biggest supplier of Ostrich products. Some ranchers in Texas and other parts of the southwestern United states also Are dabbling in Ostrich raising. This popularity makes the Fertile ostriches giant egg far too valuable to scramble for breakfast Grant said. But breeders sometimes have to pay a Price to snare their Bird. Besides packing that formidable kick the bad tempered Bird can give Chase at speeds of More than 60 Miles an hour. A the risk of being kicked is part of the business a Grant said. A i have a gamblers heart and this could be a big Money  shouts of a Banzai a a a wish for Long life a rant out when his 20-car motorcade arrived. A the emperor is from a new generation my Genera Tion a said Sachiko Nagata a store clerk who was years old when the bomb fell. �?o1 think he has helped heal some of the wounds o the War by coming  police mobilized 4,000 officers to provide Security for the emperor and Empress during their four Dat visit to the City on the Southern Island of Kyushu. The roman Catholic mayor Drew the ire of rightist groups with his remarks about Hirohito. Before being shot Mot Oshima received Many de Atli threats and lost his membership in the governing lib. Eral democratic party. Japanese rightists represent a Small minority but they maintain a High profile dressing in military garb and driving through cities in convoys of armoured painted trucks blaring March music. They Are staunchly nationalistic. They also Revere the monarchy and criticize those they believe oppose it. World today6 smuggled orangutans Given Back to Indonesia Bangkok Thailand up a Thailand handed Over six smuggled baby orangutans to indonesian authorities Friday for eventual return to their Jungle Homes. The six diaper Clad orangutans along with two Sia Mangs Black Gibbon were presented to the indonesian ambassador to Thailand Gatot Suardi in a ceremony at the agriculture ministry. Pairot Suvan Akom director general of the Royal Forest department said thai officials earlier this year seized the orangutans and Sia Mangs. They were smuggled into Thailand in three Small cases on a flight from Jakarta. Indonesia via Singapore. A three of them the animals were nearly dead and the others were in weak condition a Suvan Akom said. He added that thai officials immediately took the eight animals to the zoological Park organization for urgent  plan proposed to help East bloc economies Budapest Hungary apr the 23-Mcm-Ber Council of Europe plans a $400 billion scheme to Aid six East european nations in moving their economies from communist party Central planning toward a free Market the Council s president said Friday. Anders Bjorck president of the councils parliamentary Assembly told reporters that the so called Strasbourg plan will be coordinated with the european Community the International monetary fund and the United states Canada and Japan. Further discussions on the plan will take place in Stockholm he said without giving details of when the Aid program might Start what form it would take or How Long it would run. Bjorck spoke at the end of a three Day Budapest conference.37 snakes confiscated from danish Many a suitcase Malmo Sweden apr customs agents found 37 snakes including a Python in the suitcase of a danish traveler during a routine Border Check an official said Friday. Quot the customs officer who did the Check was a Little surprised when he opened the suitcase but not much. We Are used to a lot a said Jan Fink. Nine of the snakes were poisonous he said. The unidentified traveler who arrived on a car ferry thursday told police he intended to sell the snakes which were confiscated. The Dane was briefly detained and could be charged with smuggling