European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 14, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Shivering Day at the shrine prayerful worshippers some holding blocks of ice arc showered with frigid water during an annual ritual sunday at a shrine in Tokyo. Fifteen people be tween the Ages of 14 and 85, participated in the event. Many believe that bathing in the icy Waters brings a person Good health. Nazis had Good and bad sides say 42% of germans in Survey Berlin apr forty two percent of germans surveyed for a new poll believe the nazis had their Good sides a newsmagazine reported sunday. The poll in Der Spiegel also said that 27 percent of those surveyed believed that Hitler if he had not started a War and massacred jews would have been a great German statesman. Sixty nine percent disagreed. The poll was conducted among 2,000 Western germans and 1,000 Eastern germans by the Enid Institute an opinion research institution. Asked whether the nazis had a Good Side 42 percent agreed with the statement that Hitler s regime had a Good and bad  seventeen percent said the nazis Only had bad sides 36 percent said it had mostly bad sides and 2 percent said it had mostly Good sides. The Magazine conducted the poll to coincide with the Jan. 20, 1942, anniversary of the wan see conference named for the Villa in Berlin where nazi leaders Laid plans to massacre millions of jews. A huge exhibit on jewish life in Berlin also opened on sunday to Mark the . Korea oks nuke pact Seoul South Korea a prime minister Chung won Shik in a Brief ceremony monday signed a South North Korea joint declaration pledging to make the korean Peninsula free of nuclear weapons. The signed papers will be handed to North Korea today at the Panmunjom truce Village 35 Miles North of Seoul in Exchange for similar documents signed by Chung s North korean counterpart Yon Hyong Muk. Next week the two korean leaders will meet again at the truce site to Exchange fully signed documents on the six article joint declaration for a non nuclear korean Peninsula. The declaration will take effect at the next round of inter Korea prime ministers talks to be held february in the North korean capital of Pyongyang where Chung and Yon will Exchange the ratified documents. Crew says Bon voyage to ships retracing Columbus voyage san Juan puerto Rico apr several Crew members of a Spanish flotilla retracing Christopher Columbus route to the new world gave up and took a fast voyage Home a aboard an air plane. The 23 disgruntled sailors were part of a flotilla made up of replicas of the Nina Pinta and Santa Maria the three vessels Columbus used in his first voyage. Columbus also had to handle a restive Crew 500 years ago As he sailed then uncharted seas in the Small cramped vessels. At a news conference in san Juan on saturday Sailor Santiago Claussell said the group complained of prob lems Over salaries vacations and benefits throughout their Law year voyage. He said they would sue the Spanish government the san Juan Star newspaper said. The group flew Back to Spain on saturday afternoon. The vessels carrying a Crew of 80, arrived in puerto Rico on dec. 14, they left the Island wednesday for St. Thomas in the . Virgin islands where they were to be used in a film about Columbus. Days before the sailors had left their ships in support of Crew member Juan Arnau dismissed after abandoning his post.3 soldiers from aviation unit killed in fiery car crash Aviano Italy three soldiers were killed in an automobile Accident Early sunday morning about 10 Miles Southwest of Aviano a a base spokesman said monday. The soldiers assigned to co a 502nd aviation regt were apparently in route to the air base when their vehicle left the Highway and struck a Concrete Wall said air Force staff sgt. Austin Carter of the base Public affairs office. The vehicle burst into flames upon Impact. The two soldiers in the front seat died at the scene Carter said. Sgt Lisa Beth Snyder a spokeswoman for the Southern european task Force said the front seat passenger was identified As pvt. 2 Brian Pinizzotto 19, of Manua . The Drivers name was being withheld pending notification of next of Kin. Witnesses were unable to assist the soldiers because of the flames. The third Soldier spec. Jeffrey s. Austin Zzz of Littlefield Texas was thrown from the car and later died in a local Hospital Carter said. Austin is survived by his parents. Italian police Are investigating the Accident Carter said. A memorial service will be held for the soldiers at . Thursday at the Aviano base Chapel. Leader of protests against Simon s tour arrested Johannesburg South Africa a the Leader of a militant Black group that protested Singer Paul Simon a concert tour was arrested Early monday on suspicion of terrorism. Simon a opening concerts in Johannesburg Drew Small crowds saturday and sunday after Black nationalist groups threatened to use violence to Stop the tour and grenades were thrown at a building housing the tour  Azania youth organization whose president Thami Mierwa was arrested at first threatened to use All Means including violence to Stop the tour. But later it said it would protest peacefully. Radicals affiliated with the Black nationalist groups claimed responsibility for the grenade attack which caused no injuries. Simon is the first International Star to perform in South Africa since the lifting of the cultural Boycott against apartheid. The nationalist groups say the Boycott should remain in Force until there is a Black government. Mierwa was arrested Early monday a for questioning in connection with terrorism a police capt. Eugene Opper Man said. He said the investigation concerned the grenade explosions last week. Organizers blamed the poor turnout at Simon s opening concerts which were attended mostly by Whites o the threats of violent protests. About 16,000 people attended Simon a sunday conce leaving most of the 70,000-seat Ellis Park stadium Emp huge Banks of seats in the Johannesburg stadium were deserted. Hundreds of police guarded the stadium sunday by there were no protests. A Small group led by Mierwa protested peacefully at the first concert saturday also Ellis Park. Leading Black groups including the Africa National Congress backed the tour