European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 4, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday october 4, 1985 the stars and stripes Page 5 California earthquake risk Southern California to fed by afternoon earthquake san Bernardino Calif. A a Strong Carth Ouake rallied Southern Call torn a wednesday but no damage or injuries were reported. The quake which struck at 4 44 p.m., was entered six Miles Southeast of san Bernardino. It measured 5.0 on the Richter scale said Dennis Mere Dith spokesman for the California Insi Tulc of technology in Pasadena. Seismologists believe he temblor was associated with the san Jacinto fault ?.onc, a major fault that runs near the san Andreas fault Meredith said. The temblor was Felt in downtown los Angeles about 60 Miles West of the epicentre and in Santa Ana about 40 Miles Southwest of the epicentre. It Shook a us tic and then it really rocked and rolled for about 10 to 15 seconds said University of Rcd lands spokeswoman Miriam Lowenkron. We All sat and looked at each other and turned a Little Pale and a Little  staff members were unsure at first if it was an Earth quake or a sonic Boom she said. First it rolled a Little bit and then it jolted. It Shook the whole building real bad but nothing fell off the Walls said Diane Crawford a dispatcher for he Lake Arrow head Kirc District. We thought we ought to gel out of Here but then it was  the quake lasted about 15 seconds she said. I looked into the studio and the microphone was Jig gling and the Needle skipped on the record said Kari Bullard a disc jockey at radio station Kava in Apple Valley. The Richter scale is a measure of ground motion As recorded on seismographs. Every increase of one number Means a tenfold increase in magnitude. Thus a Reading of 7.5 reflects an earthquake 10 limes stronger than one of 6.5. An earthquake of 3.5 on the Richter scale can cause slight damage in us local area 4 moderate damage. 5 considerable damage 6 severe damage. A 7 Reading is a major earthquake capable of wide spread heavy  k is a great quake capable of tremendous damage. The san f Francisco earthquake of 1906. Which occurred before the Richter scale was devised has been  at k.3 on the scale. Electronic sight problems slow delivery of Bradley by Norman Black Washington a deliveries of the army s Bradley fighting vehicle have been slowed during much of this year because a subcontractor has been unable to deliver electronic sights for the vehicle s missile launch ers officials said Don Mcclow. A spokesman for the army Materiel come said 32 Bradley were awaiting the special sight units As of Sci. 20. Each of the si.5 million Bradley is ready to go except for the sight which is made by the Hughes aircraft co., Mcclow said. The spokesman said the number of Bradley forced into storage Hail climbed As High As 64 last May before beginning its present decline. There s a trend there that looks  he said. But it s still a continuing  the spokesman said army officials had blamed the problem on i Quality control procedures at Hughes Al Segundo Calif., Plant. Mcclow and Jim Knotts a spokesman for the Hughes electro optical and data systems group in Al Segundo said the problems had prompted the army to reduce its monthly contract payment to the company for the month of june. Knotts said the company Hopes to resolve All the prob lems with the integrated sight unit by the end of Jan uary. The ight is required for the firing of Tow anti tank  by the vehicle which is designed to ferry  around a Battlefield. The confirmation that Bradley had been stockpiled for a Lack of sights followed the recent publication of congressional testimony by Brig Gen. Donald Whalen the director of weapon systems in the army s office of research and development. It also follows an earlier disclosure of problems at a Hughes missile Plant in Tucson Ariz. The company voluntarily suspended production in August 1984 of Tow anti tank missiles. Maverick air to ground missiles and Phoenix air to air missiles because of poor workmanship. Deliveries were resumed a few months later. Whalan testified before a House panel that during the 12 months ending last april Hughes had made 586 of the sights but More than 11 percent of them failed acceptance tests by he fac corp., the prime contractor for the Bradley. Knotts said tuesday in a Telephone interview that Hughes was now behind its delivery schedule by 66 units out of a total 993 under contract. He said Hughes had stepped up its Quality control inspections in part be cause it had experienced problems with parts made by other subcontractors. The Bradley is an armoured personnel Carrier that runs on treads like a Lank. Although it will carry a squad of six soldiers the army does not describe the vehicle As a conventional personnel Carrier because it is fitted with a 25mm Cannon As Well As the Tow anti tank missiles and machine guns. The army has been buying the vehicles since 1981 and fac has so far delivered More than 1,800 of them. The army Hopes to acquire a total of 6,832 Bradley at an Overall proc card Cost of iii.3 billion. The Bradley itself has become the subject of heated congressional criticism because of doubts about its ability to survive on a modern Battlefield. Space training Christopher Holmes a British astronaut in brain ing undergoes a Treadmill stress lest at the Johnson space Center in Houston. Holmes and three other britons Are in training for 1986 shuttle flights. Sands of time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. Oct. 4, 1945 Russia has demanded an immediate and direct voice in the occupation of Japan by insisting upon an Allied control commission to assume Gen. Macarthur s authority As supreme commander radio Moscow disclosed. Meanwhile congressional reaction to the dismissal of Gen. George s. Patton As 3rd army commander was split. 30 years ago today. Oct. 4, 1955 anxiety Over president Eisenhower s illness eased considerably As physicians in Denver reported his condition showed no changes to indicate  20 years ago today. Oct. 4, 1965 president Johnson announced the United states will seek a diplomatic agreement with prime minister Fidel Castro to permit anti communist cubans to accept Asylum in the United states. 10 years ago today. Oct 4,1975 the House International relations committee approved a Resolution to Send 200 americans to the Sinai to Monitor the israeli egyptian peace Accord. Submarine freed from ditch for new Hampshire museum Portsmouth . Up the albacore a 1,300-ton submarine mired in a Muddy ditch for five months has floated to its final resting place to be the Centrepiece of a planned maritime museum. Home Al last said Joseph Sawtelle a real estate Developer who directed the Mas Sive moving Job. The albacore on wednes Day completed the final 250 feet of its Voy age at about 8 40 . To the cheers of workers and spectators. Millions of Gallons of water were pumped into a cofferdam to float the submarine which was built in 1953 at the Portsmouth naval shipyard in Kittery Maine. The albacore had been stranded in the cofferdam since May 4. A Wood and a Eccl Cradle built to carry the submarine in what was expected 10 be a one Day move crumbled and marooned the ship in the dredged out ditch. The vessel had been towed to Portsmouth after a City group had it towed to new Hampshire. The group had won a reprieve for the vessel which was at the Phila Delphia naval Yard waiting to be used for target practice by the Navy. It s Good to see the albacore in its final resting place Sawtelle said. It s been a very difficult voyage but successful Al  the Portsmouth submarine memorial association Hopes to open the maritime museum on May 4, 1986, although organizers have run up massive debts to a local con tractor in their Cifor. .0 move the sub. A lawsuit Over the debts is in court