European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 20, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 b the stars and stripes Friday november 20, 1992 Japan Agency to proceed with Azacs plane Deal from wire reports Tokyo a after More than a year of haggling Over prices Japan s defense Agency has decided to go Forward with plans to Purchase surveillance planes from the United states next year the Kyodo news service said thursday. Agency sources told Kyodo that the Agency is ready to Cut a Deal with the finance ministry a which has reportedly walked at the Price tag a and submit to budget reductions if the ministry approves the airborne warning and control system planes. The United states is asking about $484 million per plane nearly double the $262 million that the japanese Side had hoped to pay. Greece curbs guest workers Athens Greece a Greece will not Issue work permits to asians africans and latin americans for one year in an Effort to Cut unemployment among its own unskilled workers the labor ministry said wednesday. A the Only exemption will be for countries such As Egypt with which Greece has agreements Quot the announcement said. The ban will not affect people who already have work and residence permits. The measure will also prohibit employment offices from importing guest workers such As filipino maids for one year. American jailed in attack Kuala Bumpur Malaysia a a malaysian court on wednesday sentenced a . Citizen to two months in prison for his rampage through a car showroom with a hockey stick. Prosecutor Abdul Rahman Kutty said Janos bacs 55, walked into the showroom oct. 9 and began smashing land Rover windshields with the hockey Slick. He also damaged a Telephone Kutty said. After being arrested bacs was sent for a psychiatric examination and found to be mentally stable. Bacs told the court that he had been living in the Region for almost five years and had become frustrated when friends advised him to return Home to the United states. He became angry and went on the smashing spree to vent his anger he said. Possible paintings by Hitler Rome a Twenty Watercolours believed painted by Adolf Hiller have been barred from leaving Italy so they wont fall into the hands of Neo nazis. The Small paintings were to be auctioned today by the sister of the late Rodolfo Siviero who tracked Down italian Art plundered during world War in. Bullet train hits Man Tokyo a the flawless 28-year-old safety record of Japan a Bullet train network was tarnished t thursday when a Man was killed in a possible suicide on the newest line on the system the train conductor applied the emergency Brake after seeing the Man running toward the track from a Field but could not Stop in time said police in Yamagata 182 Miles North of the capital Toshihide Takeda 49, died at a Hospital. Police said they believe Takeda committed suicide. Japanese golfers protest Tokyo a wielding placards instead of Putty str us Amateur golfers marched through Tokyo on wednesday to protest the planned Sale of their Golf course by a company trying to raise Cash because it made bad Loans. Members of the Higashi Sagami Golf course Are upset because they apparently wont be compensated for their membership fees if the course is sold. Manome sewing machine co., Japan a oldest sewing manufacturer holds the mortgage on the course and plans to auction it off. The company says it is a victim of Mitsuhiro Kotani a Speculator being tried on charges of extorting $242 million from manome. Kotani went bankrupt owing Large debts to manome. The course is 47 Miles West of Tokyo. Motorized Mickey a huge portrait of Mickey mouse is formed by 1,118 Black and White motor vehicles wednesday morning on the parking lot of Tokyo Disneyland in Celebration of the 64th anniversary of mickeys first movie appear Ance. At the top of the photo is the main Gate of the popular amusement Park located East of Tokyo. Euro Disney officials see red in View of $35.8 million loss Paris apr the euro Disney theme Park beset by Low crowds and French hostility lost $35.8 million m the fiscal year that ended sept. 30 and is not Likely to show a profit this year. The 1991-92 results arc the first to incorporate operating income from the theme Park which opened april 12 amid great fanfare and predictions of 11 million visitors the first year. By Summers end however officials acknowledged that attendance had been disappointing. They also announced that one of the resorts six hotels will close for the Winter a not part of the original plans. Visitors to the Park 18 Miles East of Paris have been reluctant to stay at the hotels or spend much on such products As Mickey mouse ears. The Standard $42 entry fee is considered expensive for Many europeans. Euro Disney president Philippe Bourguignon told a news conference that reducing the 225-franc entry fee during select Winter periods was being considered Many French citizens meanwhile View it As an unwelcome american Colony Farmers blockaded it for a Day to protest . Demands for cuts in european Community subsidies on their products. In a statement chairman Robert Fitzpatrick and Bour Guignon noted that the weak economics in european countries had affected euro Disney a Short term Outlook. They added that the High costs linked to the initial $4.5 billion investment for euro Disney plus stagnation in the real estate sector also will affect profits. To help euro Disney the Parent Walt Disney co. Has agreed to defer base management fees representing 3 percent of total revenues from the subsidiary for the 1991-92 and 1992-93. The company made a Small Concession to investors announcing a net per share dividend of 0.66 francs about 13 cent reflecting a Long term Confidence in euro Disneyland and the Strong Cash allow capability of the  euro Disney a 1991-92 loss was lower than the markets estimates which ranged from $38 million to $57 million. Euro Disney executives noted that 7 million people visited the Park in the first six months a a level far in excess of the performance achieved previously by any new Disney theme  the figure was still below projected Levels As the Winter season sets in when visitor totals will be Down hotel occupancy and spending on theme products also fell Short of estimates. As for the fiscal year that ends sept 30,1993, euro Disney expects a loss during the first six months much of it in the Winter season followed by a a significant  tie years balance will nonetheless be red officials said. Be Beaujolais Nouveau est almost passe it a it in / a no i _ it t it. Paris apr the party a dying Down for Beaujolais Nouveau the fruity red wine that made its annual Bow thursday As prices plummet and markets shrink worldwide. Although this years Vintage May be among the Best in recent years producers have been forced to slash prices by about 25 percent to keep people drinking it. As the clock struck Midnight around the world the wine went on Sale in local markets with the traditional slogan a ulc Beaujolais Nouveau est arrive a French for a the new Beaujolais is  but this year interest has soured As global recession Biles into parly going and fashion chasers turn to new products Beaujolais producers and Trade groups said. Hardest hit this year was Japan where bottles were uncorked first. Orders Are Down by -10 percent since 1991. Prices have fallen 20 percent but still remain at an astronomical $20 a bottle. So How does it taste this year previous vintages have been redolent of banana or Raspberry. Michel Cugier director of the inter professional Union of Beaujolais wines said that s not the Case this time. This year i think Well find the traditional Nouveau he said. A very fruity Gay very impertinent. An easy wine a party wine without  hailing from the Southern part of the Burgundy wine growing Region it is pressed bottled and consumed about two months after Harvest usually in the third week of november in the 1970s and �?T80s, the Market savvy inter professional Union turned the local product into a global hit sending cases around the world to be served on the same Day