European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 6, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes thursday october 198h Kodak shoots for serious amateurs with new film line Rochester . Up Eastman Kodak co., apparently aiming squarely at its giant japanese competitor has introduced a newsgroup of films designed for serious Amateur Pho Toga pliers the introduction of the new Nektar film line tuesday by the Rochester based photographic company one analyst said is a move designed to counter and surpass gains made in the 35mmcolor-film Market by Kodak s chief competitor Fuji film of Japan. Kodak will introduce the new film first in Japan and Europe. The lines will not be Avail Able in the United states until Early 1989, and some experts feel the company s approach is an intentional strike into Fuji s backyard. The Nektar 25 and Nektar 1000 films thai make up the new line Are designed for the photographer who enjoys doing More than aiming and snapping a picture said Wilbur Prezzano Gener Al manager of Kodak s photographic products group. The Nektar 25 film s Sharpness and Grain Char. Acl critics produce an image that Kodak called the Best in the world while the Nektar 1000film offers finer Grain and color characteristics than other films the company asserted this is the first film of its kind targeted to the Amateur enthusiast said Kodak spokesman Mike Fernandez. The Eklar 25 line is less forgiving than Kodak s current 35mm Standard the Koda color Gold films so the company is advising that Ilbe used Only in single Lens reflex cameras Prezzano said. Big quake East of Rockies predicted in next 20 years Washington a americans living cast of the Rocky mountains have a major earthquake in their future probably within the next two decades a panel of experts is warning. Terra Firma is an illusion Russell Christesen chairman of the Board of Ebasco services inc., said tuesday at a symposium called to discuss earthquake hazards and the Federal response. He said any portion of the nation can be affected by quakes. The major problem is Lack of awareness that there is a problem added Robert l. Keller director of the National Center for earthquake engineering research Al the slate University of new York at Buffalo. The Public is not concerned because peo pfc have not Felt a quake in their lifetime. This meeting is an Effort to shake up that complacency Keller said. Kelter warned that a major earthquake is nearly certain to strike the Eastern two thirds of the nation in the next 20 Yean threatening havoc in a Region unprepared for  a disaster. While he could not pin Down a specific location for the temblor he said Likely Sites include the areas of Memphis Tenn. Charleston . Boston and Newyork City. He also included a Western area on the list Salt Lake City Utah. The probability of a destructive quake occurring at any particular spot is Low Keller said. However the probability of one occurring some where in the Eastern United Stales before lie year 2000 can be considered Bellcar than 75 percent to 95 percent. Before the year 2010, nearly 100  unlike californians residents of the Stales East of the Rocky mountains have paid Little attention to the danger of quakes. There Are no building codes calling for quake Resis Lant buildings in the East Keller said and Little Public notice of the danger. And yet the strongest earthquakes Ever to strike the United states occurred in the Memphis  Madrid mo., Region in is 11-1812, act tar noted. In addition a disastrous quake Shook Charleston ., in 1886, and other Strong quakes have been Felt in be Boston area and along the  Border. He said that if a tremor that Shook Jamaica Bay in new York in the 1800s were repeated today it would cause As much As $7 billion in damage in the Brooklyn area while California in particular along the famous san Andreas fault has been the subject of gnat attention quakes in the East Are less clearly under stood. But when they do occur the rigid Rock underlying the states cast of the Rocky mountains carries the Shock to much greater distances than California temp lors. The 1811-1812 quakes in the Missouri Tennessee order Region caused Church belts to ring As far away s3 Boston 1,000 Miles Distant Kett Craid. Those quakes arc Little remembered because the re Gion was Only sparsely populated Al the Lime. If they were repeated today the result would be havoc Keller and others reported. Kelter and Robert Chartrand of the congressional research service at the Library of Congress presented a scenario for a new Memphis area quake. A tremor equivalent to one of the three major shocks of the past could be expected to kill As Many As 200 people injure 8,000 and leave an estimated 250,000 homeless in the Memphis Vicinity Chartrand estimated. And act tar said the potential death toll could Range from nearly 700 to almost 5,000 in the six cities near est the Center of the quake Memphis Paducah by. Carbondale 111. Evansville ind. Poplar Bluff to. And Little Rock Ark. Chicago air controllers rack up More errors Chicago a air traffic controllers Al o Hare International Airport already the subject of a Federal safely investigation committed a new series of mis takes last week that bring the total number of recorded errors at the Airport this year to 29. By comparison Atlanta s Hartsfield International Airport has had six errors this year and Washington s National Airport two. In one incident Friday two air Wisconsin jets came near each other when an o Hare controller apparently mistakenly gave one of them an order to descend from 14,000 feet to 11,000 feel a Federal aviation administration spokesman said. In a second incident the same Day an american air lines Jet and a Delta air lines Jet came within 400 fee vertically of each other and a mile horizontally when the Pilot of the american Jet apparently failed to repeat an order to reduce Speed and the controller did not  the Chicago Tribune reported wednesday. On sunday two United airlines jets came within 500 feel of each other horizontally after the Pilot of one plane apparently followed an order intended forthe other inc newspaper said. The Faa requires air planes in the area to be Sepa rated by a minimum of three Miles horizontally or 1,000 feet vertically. The incidents occurred two months after the National transportation safely Board issued a report say ing that chronic under staffing mandatory overtime outdated equipment and inadequate training had contributed to mistakes at o Hare. And now Nosb officials Are worried that the trend has not been reversed said regional director Carl Dinwiddie. Kit in map dual to ground. Mouv 0 of in Ralfe Ocie. Do of thru a Xvi � a Houll alcohol ban loses in area where Dpi crash killed 27 Carrollton by. A a county s Vole approving continued sales of alcohol was a reaction against pressure from Drys after a bus crash blamed on Drunken driving killed 11 people a wet says. This vote is a statement that we re Happy Wilh the Community we live in Chuck Webster Leader of citizens for the Legal Sale of alcohol said after the referendum tuesday in Northern Ken Tucky s Carroll county and the county Scalo Carrollton. In Carrollton 1,211 voted to continue liquor sates 4so voted to ban , 1,173 voted for the status quo and 750 voted against it. I m sorry we did t win but we gave the people the Opportunity to say what they wanted said Trudy Mahoney spokeswoman for inc Anli alcohol Citi Zens for a belter life. The referendum was prompted by the fiery May 14 crash of a Church bus and a pickup truck which killed 2 children. The pickup truck Driver Larry a Honey has been charged with murder Drunken driving and other counts. A Tot of people look it personally Webster said of the Accident. They fell by voting no it would be accepting some responsibility for the bus crash. The Man driving the truck was not even from Cir Roll county. We Wouldhave been having to take that rap for him and we weren t ready to do  about 59 percent of those eligible to vote cast Ballott surpassing the turnout for most presidential elections said county clerk John Tilley. The voter turnout a Cali pleased me Webster said. I be said All along the greater the turnout inc greater the mar Gin of Victory for us will  Debbie Roeder a member of citizens for a better life said earlier tuesday thai the referendum bad been desired for Many Yean. The bus crash probably did prompt people into action whereas before the thought what s the sense " she said