European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 12, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Hon Hurt Tutti How a Waon Delirene it asst milk to collection depot in a town suspended Mowl in of win past and pint White nights in Russia serenity in a far Village by Philip Taubman new York times he Sun had slipped below the treetops of Serapo Lovo several hours earlier but the Northern Light lingered Paal Midnight softly a ruminating the Smalt Laka and three rowboats moored by the Shore. Soon the Sun would reappear Over tha Woodland and lakes of this Rural Region 300 Miles North of Moscow. For Tho moment the scene captured the essence of june in the Northern latitudes 9 magical Lime when Twilight merges into Dawn. Pyotr l Vashchenko. A Bluff Bear of a Man gestured toward the Limpid Waters and while night Tike an artist introducing someone to his favorite painting. Now you see Russia he said. Then Asil to acknowledge tha less celeb rated features of the White nights he slapped a Large Mosquito thai had settled atop his Bald Pate. A casual request to go fishing brought an american reporter to an unspoiled Corner of soviet Russia for a Brief visit. The overnight stay in tha simple cottage of a retired accountant offered a rare Chance to see the Beauty and backwardness of Rural life in country at dose Range. Thirty four percent of the soviet people live in Rural areas most of which have More in common Wilh developing nations than with an Industrial and military Power. A soviet Law thai forbids citizens to have foreign guests slay overnight was apparently waived Lor the occasion or ignored ii was not Clear which. The Stop was added to a tour of the surrounding Region with the approval of local Auchoi ties. From train windows the villages of Northern Russia look like apparitions f