European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 19, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes sunday april 19,1987 soviet students find . Very different9 Andover. Mask a eight so Vii i Exchange students attending classes and living in he dorms 31 elite Phillips Academy tasted pizza grappled with English Anil said they d like to take Tennis ices Onset the genteel prep school. It s a very very different system but people arc very very alike 17 year old Aleksandr scr Naimovich to sikh of Irkutsk said during a break Fri Day at the end of the first week of classes for the soviet  Kosyka described pizza s taste As very unusual but said he and his fellow Stu dents from Novosibirsk physics mathematics school in Siberia like american food and don1 miss the calisthenic they have to do at school Back Home. The students arrived in the United Stales april 12 and began classes with 1,200 students tuesday at Phillips which counts among its alumni vice president George Bush and Jurist Oliver Wendell Holmes several students Tram Phillips were scheduled to return Home saturday from five weeks of study in the soviet Union. The Exchange which grew out or president Reagan s 1985 Geneva sum Mit meeting with soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev is the first such truly reciprocal academic program said Liza Mallyn program assistant for the presi Dent s us soviet Exchange initiative in Washington . We re hopeful that these initial exchanges will be deemed successful and these in change will continue next year said John Richards ii director of the Academy s Exchange program. The schools have a tacit agreement to continue exchanges Tor five years he said. The siberian youngsters arc studying math science English an and computers at the Campus about 25 Miles North of Boston they Are matched with american roommates in their dormitories and attend the same classes with them. Asked if her classes in the soviet Union were harder or easier than those at Phillips 16-year-old Olga Vasileva Shuleva of Kemerovo replied it s really very hard to say because All the courses Here arc in  Phillips is larger than the siberian school and has students from Many other nations Shucha noted. The students have avoided Dis cussing very political issues said Phillips senior Caroline Cannon of Charlotte n.c., who shares a dorm room with Irina lacks Androyna Pavlova 16, of Gachi. Culturally i think we both think the same Way Cannon said. The soviet students have told facade my officials they want to take Tennis lessons before leaving May 15. The siberian Winters arc Long and we Don l get to play Tennis Shuleva explained. Advancing flood Waters threaten City of Richmond Richmond. A. A about 130 National guardsmen were sent in to guard against looting and to direct traffic saturday in a downtown business District threatened by flooding As the City remained under a state of emergency. The slate of emergency was declared Fri Day by City manager Robert c Dobb. About 1,000 municipal work is were told to plan to work through the easter weekend and police went on 12-hour shifts. Employees expecting to have to work in water were Given tetanus shots. Floods caused by heavy Rains that began wednesday have closed hundreds of roads have forced scattered evacuations elsewhere in the stale and have been blamed Tor Ai least one death. A 7-year-old boy from botel ourt county died wednesday when he was swept into a swirling Creek and a search was to resume saturday for a 74-year-old woman whose car was washed off a Road near mount Jackson in Shenandoah county. The woman who was not identified ignored a barricade thursday night and tried to Cross a Bridge said sheriff mar shall Robinson. About 130 National guardsmen worked the streets in Richmond s Schock hoc Bottom Section along the Ris ing James River saturday and about 20 others were serving in a support Rote said col. David g. Harrison. The area contains mostly retail businesses. The guard planned to use four 18 foot Rescue boats along with an Obser vation plane and a medical helicopter to Airlift people out if necessary guard col. Edison Hayes said Friday night. City officials expected the rain swelled James to Crest saturday at around 25 feel 15 feet above flood stage. At 9 . Saturday the water was at 21 .s3 feet and rising food Walterj began to recede in some other areas Friday officials said. High water that closed nearly 300 secondary roads in the Shenandoah Valley on thursday began receding Friday Al lowing about 60 percent of the roads to reopen officials said. In Warren county where the North and South Forks of the Shenandoah River converge Riverside trailer Parks and housing developments were evacuated Friday said emergency official Dick far real. The nver half not yet crested. About 10 families and several Busi Nesses in the Central Virginia City of Seoul Seville were evacuated Friday night As the James hit seven feet Over flood stage said mayor Raymon Thacker. Thacker who estimated damage at $200,000, said floods Are nothing new for the area. They Tell me i m 77," he said. But i be witnessed six 100-year floods in my life so i guess that makes me 677," in Roanoke where the Roanoke River crested thursday night at 13.13 feet the water was Back Down to 7.35 feet Friday. Flood stage is 10 feet. Most Roanoke Valley residents had to Deal Only with flooded basements said emergency officials. In Bland county in southwestern Vir Ginia rain caused a landslide Friday afternoon that closed Virginia 61 near interstate 77 for a few hours. There were no injuries slate police said. Just another pretty picture App Haw Dale Sayre an Auto Salesman from Enid Oma proudly displays the etching he thought was just another pretty picture when he paid $25 for it 12 years ago at a Street fair in Holland. The etching. Christ Healing the sick was authenticated As an original by Rembrandt by the director of the god Dard Art museum in Ardmore out and is believed to be Worth an estimated 516,000. Shun that spat try chitchat Lexington by. Kupij chitchat May be the glue that binds Good marriages. At least that s what a University of Kentucky family studies professor says. The correlation Between Good communication and Strong marriages has been recognized for a Long time according to professor Greg Brock but our research now indicates that chitchat is a major indicator of How Well a couple relates More so than How they handle major  Brock draws this conclusion from a study he and Thomas Hotman of Brigham Young University con ducted last year in which the communication habits of 31 couples were examined. A couple that regularly shares life s daily matters has the ability to communicate and listen he says casual conversation establishes the feeling of intimacy and Goodwill necessary for solving big problems  in dual career marriages chitchat time becomes even More precious since spouses have less time together he said and each spouse must be willing to listen to the other s gossip on an equitable basis. But Brock warns that one has to be careful not to overload the partner by dumping on them without listening As  Eastern s Good Friday message 259 being fired Miami Dpi Eastern airlines stunned Union leaders by notifying work ers on the Good Friday Holiday that 259 jobs in Miami and Boston would i eliminated in a continuing Effort to Cut costs and end losses under new owner Texas air corp. Eastern distributed an internal Mes Sage to Ili workers Friday announcing plans to streamline operations and Cut jobs mostly mechanics to save $17 Mil lion. Charles Bryan president and general manager of the International association of machinists. Local 100, said Union leaders did not expect such an announce ment on the Gool Friday Holiday. Most of the people that arc affy Cid by this Don t even know it Bryan said. They re creating chaos among the work Force. They be been doing it since they came onto the  ban who a arned of the changes at midday Friday said Frank Lorenzo Texas air chairman has been trying to dismantle the airline and move assets and air planes and reservation systems Over to his sick  Eastern purchased by Texas air in november has trimmed costs since Jan uary by cutting jobs Starling with clean ers and some ground equipment workers and continuing with the aircraft maintenance employees officials said. In january Eastern outlined plaits to Cut $450 million in labor costs at the expense of its 21,000 Union workers. As part of the Cost cutting. The company plans to sell two jumbo jets and Remote other planes from its Fleet