European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 3, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes tuesday March 3,1967 workers Marc in to Clear Trees and Earth bom a Large landslide blocking a main Road North of Whakatane. Hundreds forced to flee Homes As earthquake kits new zealand Wellington new zealand api a Strong earthquake jolted parts of new zealand s North Island monday sending hundreds of residents fleeing from their Homes collapsing buildings and Bridges and seriously injuring at least five people. Media reports also said two people were missing after the 1 36 . Quake which measured 6.4 on the Richier scale. More than 100 aftershocks followed throughout the Day said new zealand seismologists. Radio Pacific reported Many people injured in the quake entered about nine Miles off North Island in the Bay of plenty. It d id not elaborate further on the casualties a state of emergency was declared in the quake area which is mostly rolling Farmland and Forest. Local authorities commandeered All available helicopters in the Region to help assess damage and to ferry supplies needed for repairs. Hospitals in Taranga and Rotorua were on standby to acc Cpl patients from Whakatane Hospital which was evacuated because of damage o the lop of the build ing. Radio Pacific said there was damage to Road and rail links Bridges and forests and thai Power supplies were Cut to several Rural and forestry towns. Slate owned television new zealand said most Homes in Whakatane were damaged and residents sought safely in open spaces to avoid being hit befalling masonry. Whakatane is a Community of 16,000 people about 260 Miles North Northeast of the capital Wellington. In the town of a Turau population 10,000, two people were badly injured at the Tasman pulp sandpaper co., new zealand s Only newsprint Mill which has about  employee. New zealand press association said that in the Lown of Edgecomb some Homes collapsed and Facto Ries suffered serious damage. Plastic swimming pools at Many Homes just outside Edgecombe were twisted out of shape when a fissure Marc than a mile Long sliced through Farmland the news Agency said. Radio Pacific reporting from Auckland said there were reports of damage from Taranga and Rotorua As Well television new zealand quoted civil defense officials As saying two forestry workers were seriously injured by falling Trees and a Motorist was badly Hurt in a landslide. The television also reported the two work ers injured at the newsprint Mill. Road traffic was in chaos with highways around Whakatane blocked in Many places. Whakatane s main Bridge dropped More than three feet and suffered extensive cracks police said. The temblor also cracked an earthen dam but officials later declared the Structure Safe radio Pacific said. The seismological Observatory in Wellington said the quake followed a number of temblor during the past week. It was the strongest quake to hit the area since a tremor registering 6.5 on july 26, 1961, said Bruce Presgrave a geophysicist at the National earthquake information Center in Golden Colo. The Richier scale is a measure of ground motion a recorded on seismographs. Every increase of one num Ber Means a tenfold increase in magnitude. Thus a quake of magnitude 7 reflects an earthquake 10 limes stronger than one of 6, which can cause severe damage in populated areas. The san Francisco earthquake of 1906, which occurred before the Richter scale was devised has been estimated Al 8.3 on the scale actress Joan Greenwood Dies London a a Star of British film classics of the 1940s, actress Joan Greenwood has died Al her London Home her son said monday. She was 65. Casort Morri i said his Mother who had been enjoy ing a modest revival in her career and was last on stage two weeks ago was found dead saturday by friends she had invited to dinner. The cause of death was not Given but inc British broadcasting corp. Said Greenwood apparently had a heart attack. The husky voiced actress made her name in the 1940s in movies that included whisky galore and kind hearts and Coroner her Best known later appearances were roles in the importance of being Earnest and father Brown and in the 1963 Oscar winning film Tom  Morrell said his Mother had shown no sign of being ill acc Cully. She enjoyed doing All the recent to work he said she kept a truck ass to herself. If she did t want to do something she would to in her fast stage appearance feb. 14 she acied with Robert Morley in a sketch Al London s Prince of Wales theater Greenwood was married in i960 to actor Andre Morrill who died in 1978. Jason Morrell. 23, is her Only child. World today chinese writing older than believed paper says Beij ing up chinese writing one of the world s most ancient scripts it More than 1,200 years older than previously thought dating Back to Between 3,000 and 2,500 ., the peo ple1 daily said monday. This is one of the most important discoveries of this Century the newspaper quoted archaeologist As saying. The ancient inscriptions were found on Ani Mal Bones and Teeth unearthed at a site belong ing to the late Long Shan culture 3,000-2,500  Near the ancient capital of Xian in North Ern shaan i province the paper said. The finds show that chinese characters de Rived from pictographs arc Between 4,500 and 5,000 years old predating earlier discoveries by More than 1,200 years the paper quoted archaeologists studying the Bones As saying. Manila instituting Steps to Stop eating of dog meat Manila Philippines a the municipal administration has served notice that gourmets who come to Manila to indulge in their passion for dog meat will be Barking up he wrong tree the metro Manila commission has begun drive to ban the eating of dogs As part of a five year program to Register the City s 78,000 dogs and vaccinate them against rabies program coordinator Manny Fernandez said the military will raid dog slaughterhouses and Levy fines ranging from s5 to 1100 for anyone caught Selling or eating dog meat. Dog meat is considered a delicacy in philippine provinces the practice of dining on dog meat was banned in the capital in july 1982, but Fernan Dez said previous efforts to spare strays and other dogs from ending up on gourmet tables were largely ineffective. Australian priest exercises the demons from jail Brisbane Australia a anglican priest Michael Connolly performed an exorcism ceremony in a Small tropical town sunday after people complained evil spirits had caused suicides in the local jail. I have no doubt the demons have been driven out of the lockup because it is All in the Bible Connolly said after the ceremony in Yar Rabah about 55 Miles South of Cairns in Queensland. He was called after Many of the town s 2,000aborigines said evil spirits caused two suicides and one attempted suicide among inmates in the past three months. With police approval Connolly and austra Lia s Only aboriginal anglican Bishop Bishop a thur Malcolm called on demons u leave each of the jail s four cells a police Van and a nearby police station that had been the target of a fire bombing. Rally held for japanese killed by nuke test fallout Tokyo Cap More than 1.joo people ral lied and marched sunday in memory of a fishing boat crewman who died after returning from the South Pacific area where the United states ton ducted a Hydrogen bomb test on March 1, 19s4. The anti nuclear demonstrators marched about Vuk Miles from a Railroad station in Maizu to 8 Temple where memorial riles were held for Aikichi Kuboyama said a police official who demanded anonymity. Kuboyama and 22 other Crew members of the trawler Lucky dragon 86 Miles from the Pacific atoll of Bikini watched the Sun Rise and then led when tiny particles of while dust showered them. Radio operator Kuboyama died on sept.23, 1954, of what was diagnosed As liver damage from radioactive dust. Maizu 120 Miles Southwest of Tokyo was the Lucky dragon s Home port