European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 18, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday november 8, 1993 the stars and stripes Page 11 remains of 20,000 noses sliced in 1597 to be buried from wire report Seoul South Korea the remains of 20,000 noses of koreans Cut off As War Booty by japanese Samurai have found a permanent burial ground after nearly 400  remains of the noses which belonged to korean soldiers and civilians killed during the japanese invasion in 1597, Are to be buried next week near plan on the southwestern coast the National your tap news Agency said wednesday. Plan a provincial City 135 Miles South of Seoul i where about 3,000 korean soldiers were killed during the invasion. Japanese soldiers were ordered to Cut off the noses or ears of korean soldiers to collect rewards historians  noses were found in 1983 by Kim Moon Gil a South korean professor in Okayama Japan an brought Back last year. They were cremated and kept at a temporary Tomb until a burial ground could be found. Ukraine cancels Carrier Moscow Ukraine cannot afford to finish a advanced nuclear powered soviet aircraft Carrier and will turn the unfinished Hull into tankers news Agency reported tuesday. The Ulyanovsk aircraft Carrier was intended bythe former soviet Union to rival . Carriers the itar Tass news Agency  report said Ukraine which inherited the project when the soviet Union broke up i december 1991, does not have the Money to finish the Carrier or keep the unfinished Hull in Dock at the Nikolayev shipyards. The scrap Metal is being shipped to a factory for melting itar Tass said. Greek vehicles attacked Athens Greece self proclaimed anarchists threw gasoline bombs in Central Athens on tuesday damaging two vehicles before the 20th anniversary of a student rebellion that helped bring Down a military  20 masked youths threw gasoline bombs at a City bus and at a state owned Mercedes used by senior member of the judiciary. Both vehicles were empty at the time but were damaged extensively police spokesman said. Police reported no injuries or  had been gathering near the polytechnic University for the annual March commemorating nov. 17,1973, the Day that a right Wing military Junta used tanks and troops to crush a student rebellion at the polytechnic. At least 20 people were killed in the revolt leading to widespread revulsion against the Junta and its fall the following year. Boutique dressed Down Tokyo a japanese woman has won $2,990 i damages from a dress shop for emotional pain she suffered because her clothing was Tod  Marimoto bought three dresses from Oimatsu a Tokyo boutique in june 1991 for about$2,056 and asked that they be let out before she left for Austria to celebrate her wedding anniversary later that year. But the boutique failed to finish the alterations in time forcing the woman to go to Europe with the too tight  Hagio a Tokyo District court judge ruled tuesday that the woman s ability to enjoy the opera on her trip was halved because she Felt miserable in the tight  High stepping 2 Miles up London More than two Miles above Earth Ian Ashpole walked 30 feet along a thin steel bar held aloft by two hot air balloons and earned him a world record for High Altitude Tightrope walking. The Parachute he wore for tuesday s stunt proved useful because he fell off during his return trip across the bar. After Landing the 38-year-old Ashpole said "111 try to Stop my mates Corning up with any More of these harebrained  Uthe guinness Book of records 1993  previous record was held by Frenchman Michel Menin who walked across a Tightrope at an Altitude of 10,335 feet on aug. 4,1989.Ashpole crossed the bar at an Altitude of 11,420 feet he staged the stunt above the Countryside near his Home at Ross on Wye 110 Miles West of London. Haitians pile into a Shell station tuesday in the capital port a Prince after the Oil company reopened facilities that were closed oct. 19 in Wake of the United nations Oil embargo. Stored fuel flows in Haiti despite . Oil embargo port a Prince Haiti a Shell filling stations turned on their pumps tuesday obeying a haitian court order that sought to undermine a . Oil  foreign Oil company was set to follow suit a report  Shell Oil co. Was ordered nov. 10 by a civil court to reopen its stations to relieve shortages caused by the nearly monthlong embargo imposed to pressure the Rul ing military to restore democracy. A Day later the court ordered Exxon corp. And Texaco inc. To open their stations. Exxon on tuesday said it was checking a newspaper report that the company would comply. All of the stations have been closed since oct. 19.diplomats estimate that the three Oil companies have enough gasoline in Haiti to Supply the country for four to seven weeks. The diplomats who spoke on condition of anonymity estimate that if All three companies reopen their supplies the full effects of the sanctions will be de played at least a  sanctions Are intended to pressure the military leaders into honouring an Accord for the return of ousted president Jean Bertrand Aristide Haiti s first freely elected  Oil embargo has forced the rationing of electricity As Well As the reduction of hours at shops and offices. It also has caused prices for transportation and food to Rise. Long lines blocked traffic around the Shell station Early tuesday. At some downtown stations gasoline ran out quickly and cars remained waiting for fuel trucks to arrive from storage depots. Shell initially resisted the order to begin pumping again citing the . Sanctions resolutions that say All countries must bar their nationals from Selling Oil i Haiti or supplying it to the country. The Shell stations in Haiti Are operated by the company s British based West indies subsidiary. But civil court judge Henock Voltaire on saturday overruled Shell s rejection of the order. The order said compliance could be forced by police or other Law enforcement authorities. The  Resolution does not specify any penalty for  Nouvel Liste a newspaper of port a Prince reported tuesday that Exxon s subsidiary in Haiti also would open its stations. The report gave no time estimate when the Bahamas based Esposa would open the  Burwell a spokesman at Exxon s Headquarters in Irving Texas said late tuesday that he was looking into the report. There was no word on supplies from Texaco the third major fuel distributor in the country. After Aristide s overthrow in september 1991, the Oil companies also tried to freeze their stockpiles. But a Sim ple warning Telephone Call from the military was sufficient to make them resume deliveries a Western Diplo mat said on condition of  embargo and the freeze of stored gasoline in Haiti had increased the Market for contraband fuel shipped Overland from the neighbouring dominican Republic. A gallon of gasoline costs around $1.50 at the pump $10 on the Black Market. Eaf drink and smoke away Europe cuts such pleasures Brussels Belgium a the image of europeans surveying Fine cuisine with a Glass of wine in one hand and a cigarette in the other May be a thing of the past. The european Community s statistics Agency euros Tat reported tuesday that in 1990 food drink and Tobac co accounted for Only 20 percent of household spending in the dec that was Down from 25.2 percent in 1977. The Agency reported the same trend in the United states where such spending has fallen to 13.1 percent from 16.4 percent in 1977, and in Japan which has Cut its food and tobacco spending to 20.7 percent from 27.5 per cent. Despite the declines food drink and tobacco were still the biggest element of family spending across the 12 nation dec. Citizens of the 12-Natjon Trade bloc stepped up spend ing on hotels restaurants and tourism however. The dec average was up to 15.1 percent of household expenses in 1990, up from 11.8 percent in 1977. Germans spent the least along with greek and Irish citizens. Eur stat also said dec spending on entertainment education and recreation stagnate Tafter 1977, when it accounted for an average 8.5 percent of household income. In 1990, it accounted for 8.0 percent. In this category what the dec Calls its fun Index the Irish were the biggest spenders with 11 percent of in come. Luxembourger it seems have the least fun with Only 4.2 percent. Greeks were the biggest spenders on food drink and tobacco devoting 37 percent of their household income to those expenses according to eur stat