European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 8, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars stripes tuesday april 8, 1986 comets live up to reputation As evil stars researcher says stateside Atlanta up a wave of teen age suicides airline crashes last year coincided with the appearance of Halley s Comet the evil Star Herald of death disaster since ancient times a researcher said sunday. The reappearance of Halley s Comet brings Forth the realization of larger cycles that interplay with the phenomenon of suicide said Loren Coleman director of a suicide prevention project at the University of Southern Maine in Portland. He said the word disaster evolved from evil Star or bad Star As comets were often termed. He said an analysis of suicides or epidemics the appearance of comets demonstrates some interesting  Coleman submitted a research paper at the 19th annual meeting of the american association of Suici ology which ended sunday outlining a chronological connection Between the appearance of comets suicides deaths disasters. His historical study represents research going Back to the 1960s, Coleman said. Halley s Comet which reappears every 76 years re turned last fall will be visible until the end of april. It is expected to be at its brightest april 11. Coleman said the appearance of the Comet Kohoutek in 1973-74 coincided with the watergate scandal president Nixon s fall the assassination of Spanish Premier Luis Carrero Blanco earthquakes in Mexico Pakistan that killed 5,500, droughts in Africa India that left 200,000 dead. These kinds of associations of comets disasters Are still around said Coleman. In 1985, the year of the reappearance of Halley s Comet the United states held its first National Confer ence on youth suicide in Washington d.c.," Coleman said. When Halley s Comet appeared 76 years ago in 1910, Sigmund Freud addressed a conference in Vienna on suicide particularly among children " the year 1985 also marked a Large number of airline disasters with a death toll in the thousands he said. Halley s Comet appeared like a sword Over Jerusalem in 66 a.d., foreshadowing for the City s residents their destruction at the hands of the romans. Many records of mass suicides Are associated with this time Simon of Scy thopolies Jot Apata soldiers citizens. And finally ending with Masada 960 dead Coleman said in his paper. He said that when two comets appeared in 1347-48, the Black death first appeared in Europe eventually killing 25 million a series of mass suicides occurred. Comets mass suicides also Are associated for 1506, 1528-9, 1582, 1666, 1823 1910." Coleman said there is Clear evidence of a connection Between Halley s Comet suicides in 1910. On May 18, 1910, the Earth was to have passed through the poisonous tale of the Comet. The Only solution for Many was suicide. Records of Waves of suicides in Japan Italy Spain Are known he wrote. Coleman said Comet Halley frames these events but does not cause Tjem. Other spectacular Comet appear ances however seem to have influenced some people they committed suicide. Further historical research should be  Southern California in High risk time Tor a or quake 2 scientists say los Angeles a a major earthquake should be expected in Southern California within the next several years say two local scientists who suggest that the gravitational pull of the Sun Moon May have helped trigger great quakes in the area in the past. Astronomer Steven Kilston geophysicist Leon kno Poff say Southern California has entered a time when the pull of Sun Moon is greatest on the san Andreas fault the most vulnerable time appears to be november1987. But we re not predicting an earthquake in november of 1987," Knopoff emphasized. They said 10 of the 13 major earthquakes in the area in the last five decades occurred near Sunrise or Sunset when there is a Strong influence of solar Gravity. Also most occurred in nearly 18.6-year intervals that coincide with the northernmost position of the Moon. While conceding that they base their conclusions on meager historical data they say tidal forces from the Moon Sun May provide what Kilston called the last Straw push needed for jarring Loose an earthquake. The big ones need everything they can get. To get them to go takes a Little More of a kick Kilston said. Their findings were published in a 1983 article in nature a British science journal have generated several studies since then testing the theory. Kilston a systems Engineer at Hughes aircraft co. In Al Segundo Knopoff who works at Urcla s Institute of geophysics planetary physics have not won the full backing of their colleagues. Knopoff is certainly an eminent scientist said Clar ence Allen an International Leader in seismology at Cali fornia Institute of technology. I know of no one who think s he s All wet. But it does t seem to me that the gravitational correlation is a Strong  regardless of the lunar solar positioning seismologists Long have said a major California earthquake is Likely within the next 30 to 50 years. But the san. Andreas fault one of the most Active earthquake regions in the world May be especially susceptible to the gravitational pull of the Moon Sun because of the East West orientation of the solar lunar influences Kilston Knopoff say. Kilston reasoned that during a full Moon the Moon Sun Are aligned on opposite sides of the san Andreas they would tug on the fault causing it to release the tension that had been building up Over the years. A full or new Moon could prompt a similar result they say. In november 1987, the Moon will be at the Northern most Point of its orbit around the Earth something that occurs once every 18.6 years thus May exert its strongest pull on the West flank of the san Andreas the two men say. Major earthquakes that fit this Cycle give or take a few years include the great quakes of 1857, 1933, 1952 and1971, they say. Scientists have Long studied a link Between solar lunar cycles which have the strongest influence of All natural Phenomena on the Earth s surface. But Earth quakes have occurred so randomly that no link was established. While not every recurrence of the Cycle has produced Large quakes Here there is about a 50 percent Chance for one during the next four years Kilston suggested. Breezing in up photo Stephane Peyron left Alain Pickavant wind surfers who set out from Dakar West Africa on Jan. 25, ride the wind into Miami Beach touching american soil for the first time completing two thirds of a voyage honouring the statue of Liberty. They plan a july 2 arrival at the new York statue in time for july fourth celebrations. Virginia rep. Slaughter to run for 2nd term in Congress Winchester a. A rep. D. French Slaugh Ter or. Has announced his candidacy for a second term from the 7th congressional District. Slaughter 60, a Republican said he would run on his record cited a health care savings account Bill he introduced last fall that would offer an alternative to med icare tax incentives similar to individual retirement accounts. T. Dean Reed former journalist owner of a Busi Ness consulting firm has said he May try to unseat Slaugh Ter. Reed 55, said he would decide in two to three weeks whether to seek the democratic nomination. Man climbing Light pole Falls oversight delays finding of body Vero Beach Fla. A police blame a Dis Patcher s oversight for the failure to Send anyone to investigate a report of a Man climbing a Light pole at the Citrus bowl. A Man was later found dead at the base of the pole. An autopsy determined the unidentified Man died from a fall said acting police chief Roland Wood. Wood said the Indian River county sheriffs depart ment received a citizens report that a Man was climbing a Light pole behind the announcer s Booth at the darkened stadium. Because the Citrus bowl is within City limits the sheriffs department relayed the report to the Vero Beac police department. The police dispatcher on duty received another Call about the same time regarding a party with a Large group of people loud noises subsequently forgot the Cal concerning the Light pole Wood said. The body was found by a passer by the next morning. 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