European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 23, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 8 he stars and stripes world monday november 23. 1992 peace corps reaches Russia with message of capitalism Moscow up a a group of 100 american business managers accountants lawyers and Bankers arrived in Russia on saturday to teach capitalism As the first . Peace corps volunteers in the country. The group will split into two parts for a three month crash course in russian language and culture in Saratov in the Volga Region and Vladivostok in the far fast and then spread out to share their business skills with russians struggling to adapt to a Market Economy. At the request of the russian government volunteers were chosen for their experience and skills in business. As a result the group is vastly different from the common image of Young peace corps volunteers sent off to developing countries to design irrigation systems or help Farmers officials said two thirds of the group members have masters degrees in business administration and All have practical experience in business. The average age is 41. Most of the volunteers have Long business careers behind them and several Are at or Well past retirement age. A it was just a Chance to come and do something new and interesting a said Roger Dennis 48, who along with his wife Ruth Rouse left jobs House car and family in san Jose calif., for the two year stint in Russia. Quot it seemed like there Vas a real need Here to get business going a added Dennis who said he had 15 years experience in administration and consulting for widely varying businesses As Well As a background in computers. Asked what he worried about coming to Russia he replied a cold showers a and then went on to describe ideas for simple individual water Heaters to combat the problem of frequent cutoffs of the centralized hot water system. Rouse 51, said she had been a peace corps Volunteer in Costa Rica in the 1960s after getting a degree in economics from Stanford University in Stanford conn., but for most of the group the two years in a foreign country was to be a new adventure. A i came to Russia last year for 10 Days As a tourist but i wanted to get an understanding beyond that Quot said Alida Buchanan 48, a lawyer from Oakland. Calif who left a Job at Bank of America to join the peace corps. A this is a unique the volunteers will be provided with housing a most often with russian families a health care and a minimum living stipend for the two years they spend in Russia. Sound of Money Andre Daudet mayor of , France puts his ungers in his ears As a jetliner prepares to land saturday at the nearby Airport that serves Marseille. After a 13-year court Battle the Small town in Southern France won compensation of 4.5 million francs about $840,000 from Airport authorities. Residents complained about the noise made by the 140 planes by Over the town for landings or takeoffs each Day. Avalanche kills 7 skiers in France Vai Thor hns France apr two British students and an australian classmate were among seven skiers kilted in a Snow Avalanche at this ski resort police said sunday. Roderick Arkell 22, of Tyne and Wear and Christopher Maxwell 21, of Bristol died along with classmate Pierce kit Lcy 21, an australian whose family lives in Hong Kong in the Accident saturday. T he three were students at the National Institute of applied sciences in vell Eurbane a suburb of Lyon police said. Also among the dead were dutch nationals Roberts York and Huria and son Abdnour Medhi 12. No other details were available. The other victim was Olivier Pons a Frenchman in his 20s, police said. Three people suffered injuries. T he seven were killed when they were swept away he an Avalanche that tumbled Down the Mountainside at this resort in the Southern French Alps. Police were investigating whether the Snow slide was an Accident of nature or caused by someone skiing off of marked trails. Resort officials ruled out a lapse of Security noting there has never been an Avalanche in that area in the 20 years since the resort was built. The resort co hosted the menus slalom event at the Winter olympics in Mia searchers wind up Vietnam probe from wire reports to Chi Minh City Vietnam a a group led by two . Senators visited a prison saturday in search of clues to the Fate of missing american servicemen then ended their groundbreaking visit to had unprecedented cooperation from vietnamese officials eager to renew ties with Washington. Sens. John f. Kerry d-mass., and Thomas a. Daschle d-d., were making the last major trip of the Senate select committee on pow Mia affairs before its final report due next go to polls Lima Peru a defying guerrilla death threats peruvians voted sunday for a constituent Assembly to replace the opposition controlled Congress that president Alberto Fujimori closed in april with military support. The elections were a test of Faith in Fujimori a authoritarian Rule As Well As a test for the shining path rebels who have been weakened by the capture of their Leader. But Peru a two largest political parties a the left leaning Arista party and the centrist popular action party both headed by former presidents a boycotted the elections. The rebel movement remains a powerful Force capable of bloody attacks. The government assigned 100,000 soldiers and police troopers to protect voters and polling stages Parade Beirut Lebanon a Lebanon a country with nearly 90 percent of its territory controlled by foreign armies on sunday celebrated the 49th anniversary of its Independence with a rain soaked military Parade through the War ruined capital. Winds howled and Thunder boomed As a 21-gun Salvo was fired amid Shell shattered buildings to Start the Parade at the museum crossing once a Gauntlet of death Between the City a christians and muslims. During the 1975-90 civil War thousands of people were killed by sniper fire and shelling in the no mans kid that divided the capital. Laotian president 71, Dies Bangkok Thailand a president Kaysone to i Milnic of fans who led the communist a a Ilion in the Tii a landlocked nation Dekwae .1 t 1 supported armies and toppled a centimes is monarchy died saturday. He was 71. A government announcement of Kaysone a de was issued in the laotian capital Vientiane say the former revolutionary Leader had been Suriou ill. It did not specify the cause of death. Kaysone who Wras born dec. 13, 1920, served m prime minister of Laos from the communist takeover in 1975 until August 1991, when he w o named president by the National condom shop opens Dublin Ireland a Ireland first condom is opened saturday taking advantage of an easing of restrictions on sales to offer More than 200 Varick of the contraceptive devices. Condom Power in Dublin a Funky Temple bar area did about $20 Worth of business in the first hour said owner Jacqui Power Quot we re try ing to make it fun the idea is keep it clean and fun Quot said Power a 33-year-old Mother of two. Quot in be wanted to open a Long time ago As soon the legislation was changed i jumped into an amendment to the family planning act earlier this year allows condoms to be sold in retail outlets. Previously they were Only available from clinics doctors or in pharmacies. N a my a do teen age chess Queen to play Spassky reports say Budapest. Hungary apr sixteen year old chess Wiz Judit Polgar the world top woman player will play a $2110,9110 match against Botis Spassky stalling Jan. U. Hungarian Media reported saturday Hie d us new quoted Clu a i Leumer Jam Quot. As saving the two had a Ovd on a 12 game to Nate with the Winnic m get sink too i he Curnc would he Del ew.ii1 i u i he e \ c ill of a to Kubat an ethnic hungarian yugoslav organized the recent highly publicized $5 million rematch Between Spassky 55, and old rival Bobby Fischer. Fischer won the match which was played in Yugoslavia in Defiance of inner iia Vional sanctions against Liliu coun Liv for novo Kinc War in Bosnia and 1 lev gov i played in Yugoslavia in the serbian City of Novi sad. He said the remaining six games would be played in Budapest. 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