European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 12, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 20 the stars and stripes modern living by Hal Gulliver Atlanta Constitution there Are still Bullet holes in the Glass front of the main Airport in a reminder of the coup that overthrew the liberian government last the army took Over promptly executing a number of top government officials on charges of corrupt one of the big shootouts was at the some of the Bullet holes go through the outer Glass and then repeat themselves through a Glass panel 10 feet inside the some of the Bullet holes arc Only in the outer the suspicion is that those bullets hit something that kept them from reaching the second Glass panel for the people who happened to be standing the army coup was led by a Young sergeant who now leads the his formal title is head of state master Samuel it is a somewhat jittery time for people just after a it is hard to be sure just who is in and who is after the first wave of that you Are in pretty Good shape if the recently deceased government clearly did not like two employees of the Liberia telecommunications were suspended from their jobs More than a year ago by the previous the charge was Sab they had serviced a Telephone Cable at the executive which subsequently this was considered disrespectful to the the new government says the charge was not and the two men arc Back at one with a some government officials Are not Happy with the attitude of Many government employees toward the new head of state master Samuel Moses adviser to the Peoples redemption Council on labor and related asserted the other Day that it is time for people in government to Stop urging the masses to work hard and be honest without practising those same Virtues Only then can the april 12 revolution achieve its he Houpou observed further that the head of was setting the example when he recently joined the rank and file of the army to clean the City of the revolution must not be he and he wants to expose the opportunists who sit in their air conditioned offices shouting at the workers to work while they themselves grab left and the previous government of Liberia May Well have been but the coup occurred also because of a troubled the Price of food had gone up sharply before the one of Many Liberia is a poor most of the people Are it is also one of the third world countries devastated by the soaring Price of Oil and with no special resources to earn the Money to pay for that the new government is people oriented and presumably but it has a hard Road ahead on the economic the Economy is not the country has far too much Short term some International Banks have offered the american Export import Bank has some projects in Liberia but is sitting on hold before other commit waiting to see How the government for i wish Doe and his new government there is something refreshing about a head of state who joins his old army buddies to help clean up the streets of a new York times news service marriage new York times american marriages arc characterized by an astounding Lack of according to recent for All the individuality that husbands and wives May bring to their mar research in several Large cities disclosed that More than couples had fewer than a dozen ways of interacting with each More says David professor of family social science at the University of there Are nine types of marriages five dominated by three by wives and one in which leadership is the original purpose of our research was to discover How married people relate to each other in resolving Olson it turns out that there is not an infinite number of but Only nine or 10 Basic to get the information they Olson and his colleague Robert Ryder of the University of Connecticut devised an inventory of marital then sought research volunteers by combing through applicants for marriage licenses in Washington and several midwestern although they tested their subjects As newlyweds and followed some of them for As Long As five the psychologists found that the style of the marriage was usually set within one year of the remaining constant and predictable unless the couple entered therapy to change most marital research relies on the partners self re ports of their Olson said in an according to his couples under question ing frequently exaggerate the degree to which they cooperate and deny serious differences they May the inventory of marital conflict circumvents this problem by testing the subjects when they Are alone together in actual which Are videotaped for later husband and wife individually read a series of 18 vignettes about other couples problems he ignored her at a she smokes even though he he spends too much time at the office or watching football games on one or the other of them is dissatisfied with their sexual and so in each of the Sce husband and wife disagree about who is at then the test couple is encouraged to disagree in a private discussion of the on and to resolve their disagreements in their usual the vignettes they have trouble Olson report Are of course the ones most relevant to their own the More problematic an Issue the More time they spend on sometimes they Whiz right through the less but get stuck on something like to they Promise to return to it after discussing the rest of the and then never but the actual problems uncovered this Way Are not As important to the researchers As the styles of handling which characterize the nine marriage types As follows Type 1 wife led there is minimal but minimal expression of love among these moderately sociable who tend to be financially Type 2 wife led compatibility and average emotional involvement Are the Rule and the husband gets along Well with his Type 3 wife led a quite sociable wife who is also a Mother takes charge in this High conflict marriage with average emotional Type 4 husband led rare a love that is not particularly Strong and the husband As Boss Are the ingredients of this marriage Type 5 shared leadership husband and wife both Are both satisfied with their jobs and share the leading role As they Exchange an average amount of conflict and Type 6 husband led High emotional involvement with few marriage prob lems Are observed with both partners sociable and financially although neither gets along very Well with the wife Type 7 husband led these marriages Are Rife with particularly Over Job she is unhappy with his and her if Shes while he disapproves of work ing Type 8 husband led the most discordant of All nine these marriages score High in emotional involvement and wives bemoan Low family income and the although sociable with get on poorly with their Type 9 husband led they but his views carry More they both have no children and rarely socialize with other types 4 and 9 Are by far the most common among these Olson each accounting for about 20 percent of those Type although it was claimed by 80 percent of the couples is Actu ally descriptive of Only 12 percent of marital relation types 1 and 2 were each observed in 10 percent of the the other four types made up the remaining 28