European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 22, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 a the stars and stripes wednesday april 22, 1992 Japan bans italian wines suspected of being tainted Tokyo up a health officials on monday banned the Sale of 19 italian wineries products suspected of being tainted with a germicide. Authorities halted the Sale of eight italian wines last week. The health and welfare ministry has been examining samples of wine from the 19 italian wineries after learning last week that eight types made in Northeast Italy run the risk of being tainted with Methyl i Othio Cyanate. The 19 were identified As Antonini Ceresa Zienda Agricola s. Nicola Zienda Agricola Grappolo do Oro Zienda Zinicola Posenato Zienda Zinicola Turina Cantina Custozza Cantina milanese e Ceto in Cantina Val Piave Cantina Zinicola la Motta can Tine Ben Nati spa Cantine Danese sri Casa Zinicola Bosca Malera Cologne Casa Zinicola forges spa Castoza de Nardi Ferruccio Ditta Tormena effect to sri Enoi Talia sri Fratelli Tormena eff Etti sri and Perrazzo sri. Last week the eight suspected wines were identified As pinot Griglio merlot Casa Zinicola Tadiello Gui Seppe poli Gianni Chiarello Rampon Eno Teca Vin Centina and Soave. The metropolitan government said it found traces of the germicide in a White wine and a Rose from the wine maker Zienda Zinicola Posenato. Analysis showed the White wine contained 0.57 parts per million while the Rose showed traces of 0.75 parts per million. Officials said neither level would be harmful to humans. Testing of the wines will continue throughout the week. The italian embassy in Tokyo and wine importers have provided information to help authorities make a list of potentially suspect wines and wineries. The 19 in question produce inexpensive table wines officials said. Methyl Isotti Cyanate is used As an inexpensive Means of controlling yeast during the fermentation process. The chemical has been banned for use in foods in the United states Italy and Japan. To comedian Benny Hill Dies London apr plump Bug eyed comedian Benny Hill who won cult status in the United states but had his to show axed in Britain in 1989 after critics called it sexist is dead at the age of 67. Police found his body in his Southwest London apartment monday night. They went to investigate after neighbors reported not seeing Hill around. The comedian had been treated for a heart ailment this year. Police did not say when Hill died and did not deem the death suspicious. An autopsy was scheduled. Hill initially made his name on British television in the 1950s and began his own to show in 1955. A master of sexual double Lentendre with a Popeye Leer and a knowing Wink he combined visual and spoken gags musical parody and mimicry. His shows always ended with his being chased by scantily Clad Young women irate husbands police officers and others to a Quirky saxophone soundtrack. His Success grew after he signed with thames television part of Britain a commercial to network in the late 1960s. In the 1980s, he became a cult figure in the United states. The Benny Hill show half hour selections of skits from his British specials was first broadcast in the United states in 1979 and appeared on dozens of stations. Pop Star Michael Jackson a Hill fan who visited him in the Hospital this year said in a statement from Chicago on monday night a the world is suffering a great loss of a great  despite the very British nature of Hills comedy his shows appealed to audiences in More than 80 countries from Iceland to China. But in 1989, thames dropped them in Britain after some British critics called them sexist vulgar and out of Date. Hill retorted Quot i never understand Why in a called British comic Benny Hill in a 1987 television skit. Apffel sexist. What does it mean a Central television said monday night that it had been negotiating with Hill to make some new to shows. Hill a lifelong Bachelor was one of Britain a wealthiest stars. Paying tribute comedian Ernie Wise said a the was one of our greatest exports. He was also our most successful comedian a supposed to be Worth about 12 million pounds $20 million a Hill left no survivors. No funeral details were immediately announced. Sex allegedly drove russian to kill 53 Moscow apr a Man accused of murdering 53 people has told court appointed psychiatrists he killed because he was unable to have sex a newspaper reported monday Andrei Chikailo a 56-year-old language teacher said his killing spree began with the 1978 murder of a 9-year-old girl he tried unsuccessfully to rape the weekly Commer Sant said. Chik Atilo a trial began last week in the Southern City of Rostov. After the first killing Chikailo tried to have sex with a vagrant women who laughed at his sexual inability Commer Sant said. Their laughter prompted him to kill them the paper said adding he was sometimes Able to have sex with the corpses. Chikailo is accused of killing 21 boys 14 girls and 18 women Commer Sant said although he has confessed to even More murders. The russian press has dubbed him the a Forest strip killer because the victims strangled beaten and Cut open bodies usually were found in Forest along railways. According to earlier reports Chikailo raped and killed both the boys and the women. Chikailo some victims were found with their eyes poked out and some of the women a wombs and breasts were mutilated the newspaper said. In some cases the tips of the boys tongues were missing. Most of the killings took place near Rostov but some occurred in other cities a from St. Petersburg in the West to the siberian City of Irkutsk in the East. Chikailo also is accused of kill Ings in Ukraine and the former soviet Republic of Uzbekistan. Chikailo was arrested in 1990. If convicted he could be executed. Another Man arrested and convicted for the murder of Chik Atilo a first victim was executed before authorities realized their mistake Commer Sant said. World60 Neo nazis arrested on Hitler s birthday from wire reports Bonn Germany a police arrested 60 Neo nazis who marched through the Eastern German City of Dresden on monday the 103rd anniversary of Adolf hitlers birthday German television reported. The radicals were detained for possessing banners with nazi slogans and for giving the stiff Arm Hitler Salute the Adf television network said. Germany a Radical right has been a source of trouble since last fall when Neo nazi skinheads began attacking foreigners. Police have been unable to Stop the violence. In Berlin on monday about 1,000 people attended a rally to protest xenophobia and the Radical right. Adf said Radical leftists threw stones and Molotov cocktails at police after the Berlin rally. Thirteen people were  bars . Team Beirut Lebanon a the lebanese government indicating that it feared a recurrence of hostage taking banned a team of american wrestlers from entering the country monday. It cited visa complications Airport and Security officials said. Twenty three professional wrestlers three of them women spent the night at Beirut a Airport before being deported to the United states. The action followed a squabble with lebanese customs officers Over stamping entry visas on passports. The wrestlers wanted the visas to be stamped on separate sheets to minimize the risk of american jail time and fines for defying a ban on travel to Lebanon. The wrestlers a among them Kevin von Rich Kamala Steve Savage Little ninja and Bounty Hunter a were to have staged a two week program in Southern Lebanon.2 die in midair collision Saa Brucken Germany a an american businessman piloting a Small air plane and a German Man operating a hang glider were killed monday after their machines collided in midair police said. The Accident occurred near this City close to the French Border. Police said the american was 57 years old and the German age 40. Their identities were being withheld pending notification of  beaten by briton Linares Spain a Britain Stop chess player Nigel Short Defeated former world Champion Anatoly Karpov of Russia in 28 moves monday in the sixth round of the candidates tournament chess semifinal. The Victory gave Short 3.5 Points to 2.5 for Karpov in the 10-round tournament. Players receive one Point for a Victory and one half Point for a  s son arrested Jerusalem a the police in Jerusalem on monday arrested Binyam Zeev Kahane the Leader of a far right group called Kahane Chai and charged him with vandalizing a mosque in a Muslim Village on the West Bank. Kahane is the son of rabbi Meir Kahane who founded the militant jewish defense league. The elder Kahane was slain in new York City in november 1990.3 robbers surrender Amsterdam Netherlands a three armed robbers surrendered to police monday after bursting into a supermarket and holding at least seven employees at gunpoint for 3vi hours police said. No one was Hurt in the incident said police spokesman Cees Rameau