European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 20, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday october 20, 1994 the stars and stripes page5 so Yoyo in t a no no residents of con Roc Texas float up to a flooded Home in the City s River Plantation subdivision. Widespread Texas floods drive 10,000 from Homes Houston a it was t hard for Edna Mae Montgomery to decide to flee her flooded Home. When it starts getting in my bed you know it s time to leave the 65-year-old woman said tuesday night sitting on a cot in one of 42 shelters set up through out Southeastern Texas. Montgomery was among about 10,000 people driven from their Homes by wide spread flooding the result of heavy unrelenting rain that began sunday. At least eight people have died including a 2-month-old baby. Two other people were missing and presumed drowned. Strong thunderstorms Early wednes Day dumped up to 7 inches of rain in two hours in Uvalde county Southwest of san Antonio. Winds gusted to 58 Mph and More than 2 inches of rain fell far ther South in Alice causing Flash flooding overnight. Nearly the entire Eastern half of Texas was under a flood watch or warning wednesday the fourth Day of rain. Up to 28 inches fell in the Houston area tues Day -. There s very Little Hope it s going to Stop for a while said gov. Ann Rich Ards. What we re seeing now is just a part of  Richards designated 48 counties As state disaster areas and president Clin ton declared 26 counties Federal disaster areas making them eligible for Federal Aid officials with the Federal emergency management Agency and the Federal Highway administration were in Texas on wednesday morning to tour the flooded areas Fema spokesman Morrie Goodman said a disaster Field office would be opened wednesday near Houston. Gene Kirsch braved the swirling Waters of the san Jacinto River which was infested with fire ants and snakes to climb inside his Home and reclaim a treasured memory his wife s wedding dress. It s important and i m glad to get it Back said Diane Kirsch clutching the Brian Cudd 17, helps his Mother Maryke Cudd reach a Rescue boat in Harris county. Box and her husband of 34 years. We be had so Many years together our kids our Nice life. Those Are the Only valuable things we went Back  More than 800 roads were closed. Throughout Texas including a 1.00-mile stretch of . 59 just outside Houston Lake Houston was 7 feet above flood stage late tuesday and the san Jacinto River was 13 feet above flood stage. About 330 National guard troops were summoned to help with evacuations and Security. The coast guard sent helicopters from As far away As new Orleans to Pluck frightened residents from the roofs of their Homes. Four More National guard choppers were due to arrive wednesday in hard hit Montgomery county. Flooding in Southeast Texas is Chicago a pc Wyo dieting. Repeatedly losing and gaining weight does not appear to carry significant health risks researchers reported wednesday. The report by the National task Force on the prevention and treatment of obesity kind of flies in the face of Cui rent medical opinion said or. Susan Yanovski a task Force member and re searcher at the National institutes of. Health in Bethesda my. Previous studies have indicated that Yoyo dieting May disrupt the body s metabolism increase body fat and Lead to heart problems and other health risks. But in reviewing nearly 30 years of medical data on the subject including studies on animals and humans the task Force determined that health risks associated Witti obesity Are far More conclusive.  i /. .".-. There is no convincing evidence that weight cycling in humans has Adverse effects on body composition Energy expenditure risk factors for cardiovascular Dis ease or the effectiveness of future efforts at weight loss the researchers wrote in wednesday s journal of the american medical association. The currently available evidence is not sufficiently compelling to override the potential benefits of moderate weightless in significantly obese patients they wrote. "   researchers said that previous studies failed to determine the effects of Yoyo dieting in the obese As opposed to Normal weight individuals and that most did hot examine intentional is. Unintentional weight loss. Forty percent of women and 25 per cent of All men in the United states have reported trying to lose weight at some Point in their lives. But even among peo ple who consider themselves chronic dieters unsuspected medical conditions May contribute to weight loss and could explain some of the health risks previous studies have linked to Yoyo dieting the researchers said. Actor Raul Julia suffers stroke in new York new York a Raul Julia whose career has encompassed the. Threepenny opera on stage and the Addams family on screen has been hospitalized after suffer ing a stroke. Julia 54, suffered the stroke sunday in new York agent Jeff Hunter said. Hunter said wednesday that the actor was in guarded condition but refused to give other details or say where Julia was hospitalized. Julia it s too Early to comment but his Doc tors Are very optimistic Hunter said. R the puerto rican native has enjoyed a Long Broadway career. He won a Tony for his 1976 starring role in the threepenny opera and also appeared in Joseph Papp s Shakespeare festival. He starred opposite 1985 Academy award Winner William Hurt in the acclaimed kiss of the spider woman an played Gomez Addams in two remakes of the Addams family to show