European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 26, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes thursday september 26,1985 mexican quakes reinforce fire of of la disaster los Angeles a a seismic Gap like the one that snapped last week in Mexico devastating parts of the country lies near los Angeles and could trigger major disaster within decades geologist say. In anticipation of such a quake in South Ern California the City Council ordered building officials tuesday to develop a re port within one week on the status of efforts to earthquake proof Law Sands of old build Ings most of them Unrein forced Brick Struc Tures. Geologists have said recently that a great quake is almost certain to occur along the Southern san Andreas fault in 20 to so Yean with a Chance of such a temblor any where from 5 percent to 2 percent in any single year. The mexican quakes which struck Thun Day and Friday killing an estimated 3,000 people reinforce the idea behind the theory used to create those probability Esti mates Laid Stuart Nishenko a seismologist with the is. Geological Survey to Golden Colo. The mexican earthquakes show Large and great earthquakes Are inevitable on major fault systems even though there is no historic record of their activity. This applies to the Southern san  the to Calvd seismic Gap theory devel oped in the Early 1970s, says there Are Geo logically quiet Gap along Active fault zones where major earthquakes have not Ocumen seismic risk How much and How fast ground will move during a quake in estimated Honz Ontal acceleration q very Tow ctr ago Trebuna of a sown u s goop pm Sway in historic time or in the area s recorded history. Stress in the Earth builds up slowly Over Many years in these gaps until it is suddenly released in a severe earthquake according to the theory. Such a Gap i believed to exist along a stretch of the Southern san Andreas fault. Known As the Indk Gap it runs 125 Miles from the Cajon pass about so Miles East of los Angeles Southeast to the Salton sea. Geologists have said the absence of a major quake during historic time on the Indio Gap Means it is highly Likely to snap in a great quake within several decades. The mexican temblor which measured 7.8 and 7.3 on the Richler scale of ground motion apparently occurred along what is known As the Michoacan Gap a roughly 100-mile stretch of Mexico s quake prone West coast which had not had a major earthquake in historic time. Vicki Lafevre of Cal tech and Karen Mcnally of the University of California at Santa Cruz had predicted within the past two years that the Michoacan Gap was a prime candidate for a major quake. The fact that the Michoacan earthquake tilled a recognized seismic Gap lends credence to the assessment that the Southern san an Dreas fault represents a seismic Gap and thai is subject to a great quake Kerry Sieh a Geol Ogist at the California Institute of technology in Pasadena said tuesday. California s 1983 earthquake response plan said a quake measuring 8 or More on the Richter scale on the Southern san a Dreas could kill 30,000 people seriously in Jure up to 100,000 and cause $15 billion in property damage. During tuesday s Council meeting. Councilman Hal Burnson called for Quick action so those buildings in which nearly 100,000 people live May not suffer the Fate of those that collapsed in  de Lorean says new charges Are "frame-up7 Detroit a John z. De Lorean said wednes Day that Federal charges that he defrauded investors in his collapsed car company out of $8.9 million Are part of a continuing government Frame up. The Auto entrepreneur also contended that the 15-count indictment was timed to coincide with the Day his autobiography came out it s an incredible coincidence that the indictment came Down the very Day my Book came out de Lorean said on Abc s today show. The former general motors corp. Executive in his first full interview since Friday s indictment said the accusations Are linked to Federal charges in los Angeles that de Lorean conspired to distribute cocaine which he called a Complete  a jury acquitted him of the cocaine trafficking charges last year. The government s Case included videotapes of de Lorean calling a suitcase full of cocaine Good As  i think you have to Start Back with what happened in elusive . Robber is one Tough cookie new York a police staked oat an apartment Tower overnight in a starch for or. Chocolate Chip a gunman seen fleeing into the building after holding up a cookie More and ids song the store manager. Police said the Man May have been involved in about 30 robberies at other David s cookie stores and officer Joseph Mcconvile said be was being called or. Chocolate Chip for hit preferred cookie. The gunman allegedly took about $700 from a David s cookies store on the upper East Side on tuesday afternoon said officer Dennis Boyle. Earlier estimates had been about $2,000. Store manager Hilary Hoge said the Man bought a chocolate Chin cookie announced a stick up and forced her to turn Over All of the Money in the store. She said that when she pointed out a $3 Roll of dimes he had misted be kissed me on the Cheek and said i love you. You re a great person " Hoge flagged Down police who chased him into the 35 Story apartment building. Officers searched the Halls and stairways and since the Man was not seen leaving the building began a unil by onit search of ail 454 apartments Ami stakeout the build ing overnight. By the time they left wednesday they had t found the robber but they did find his jacket his handgun and More than $100 in the building Laid sgt de Burns. California to explain the reason for the charges in de troit de Lorean contended. He is to be arraigned Friday on the racketeering charge and other Federal charges of mail fraud wire fraud inter state transportation of stolen Money income tax evasion and causing false tax returns to be filed. The indictment stemmed from the financial manage ment of the failed de Lorean motor co., which produced a stainless steel skinned sports car at a Northern Ireland Plant. De Lorean 60, is charged with transferring $8.9 million from a Bank in Amsterdam Netherlands to his personal account in new York and with funnelling investors Money to pay off personal debts. The maximum penalty for racketeering it 20 years in prison $25,000 in fines and forfeiture of any property acquired or maintained in the Enterprise. The other charges carry lesser penalties that could add up to a longer prison term. Coal mine Cave in kills 2 in . Iaeger. . A a roof collapsed at a Southern West Virginia Coal mine As workers were working on ceiling supports tuesday killing two of the workers authorities said. The two miners working More than $00 feet inside the cos Coal co. Mine were crushed in the 4 . Accident said capt. Richard Rowe of the Little Huff Creek Rescue squad. Fellow workers recovered their bodies about two hours later. They dug them out by hand. It was All Rock said Rowe who stood by As the workers removed tons of Rock from the Wyoming county mine. The dead were identified As Ray Daniel 36, and Daniel Mcglothlin 28, both of Laeger said a Nurs ing supervisor at Steven s clinic Hospital in Welch. Cos employee Chester Mullins said he and another Man were working with Daniels and Mcglothlin when he saw the ceiling fall. It gave Way without warning. He Mcglothlin was right under it the Accident occurred As the two started to set up timbers that were stacked on an underground mining vehicle. Mullins said. He said be was operating a piece of mining machinery at the time but was stepping off the vehicle to help Daniels and Mcglothlin raise the supports. As soon As i stepped off it caved in Mullins said. Well let s see that will make me 147 when i get out i think that might bother me a Little bit de Lorean said on the morning news show. In new Jersey meanwhile a judge is to Rule thursday on the Validity of a California pre nuptial agreement be tween do Lorean and his sex wife Cristina Ferrare. A lawyer for Ferrare who has remarried says the for Mer automaker s request that the agreement be upheld represents an utter waste of court time and Legal  judge Michael r. Imbriani ruled in july that the Cou ple s California divorce was invalid because she had not lived in the state for six months required for a divorce under California Law. Wildstein said in papers filed with the court in som Erville n.j., that de Lorean seeks to have this court Reward him with the benefits of the California proceeding while at the same time shield him from those Californi rulings he chooses to  Mcdonald s defends ads for a nuggets Washington a a Washington Comar group is charging that advertising for Mcdonald s Chick in a nuggets is misleading an allegation the company brands As  ads for the processed Fried Chicken Bill proclaim that the product is made from whole breasts and thighs Andreatt the Independent Center for science in the Public inter est said it plans to complain about the ads to the Federal Trade commission contending that the statements Are misleading. Chicken a nuggets also contain fatty Chicken skin and Are Fried in highly saturated beef fat the non profit con Sumer group asserted. Mcdonald s is telling the Public Only half the Story while they brag about Juicy breast and thigh meat in their ads they Don t say the meat is Juicy partly because it contains High fat processed Chicken  Tate Bruce us everglade of the Center. Mcdonald s spokesman Robert Keyser. Responded that the charges Are  Mcdonald s uses Only the highest Quality Chicken breast and thigh meat in Mcnuge gets he said adding that there u no skin on the thigh meat used and that the product contains leu skin than would be on Chicken purchased in a supermarket. A nuggets Are Fried in a combination of beef and veg ""of1""18 Keyser Laid. The important thing a it