European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 11, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday november 11, 1988 the stars and stripes Page 7 4 sex presidents available to advise Bush Washington a if George hush Wauls advice from former presidents lie is Likely to have More of them to Mil upon than any president since Abraham Lincoln. Fur the first time since Martin von Burn died on july 2-f. Is02. There arc expected in he four living is preside nos after inauguration Day uti Jan. 20. This of a nurse. Assumes that president Reagan and inc three former presidents now living Richard Nixon. Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter survive to see hush sworn in. All of them Are believed to he in food health. Ria inn is the oldest at 77. Nixon and food Are 75 and Carter 64. There have Only Heen four times in american history when As Many As four former presidents were living during the administrations of John Quincy Adams James Knox Polk. James Buchanan and Lincoln. Actually when Lincoln moved into inc while House in March of s6, there were five of his predecessors still around. In addition to Buchanan whom he succeeded they were Van Burn John Tyler Millard Fillmore and Franklin Pierce. Tyler died in january is62, and Van Burn died is months later. Five limes in history there have been no former presidents alive most recently for the last 18months of the Nixon and minis ration. After Lyndon a Johnson died in january 1973. George Washington of course could not Call on one of his predecessors for advice because he did t have any. As for his successor John Adams Washington died in december 1979, Midway through inc Adams administration.forl1 Adams and his three successors Thomas Jeff Crown. James Madison and James Monroe All survived into inc administration of Adams son. John Quincy Adams. The elder Adams was the longest lived of american presidents dying at i. The younger Adams Andrew Jackson Van Burn and Tyler Alm ived into inc Polk administration of the 1840s. Polk died at 53, shortly after leaving office but Van Huren Tytor. Bill More and Pierce ail lived into and through Buchanan s term As president. Fill Marc and Pierce along with Andrew John son were living when Ulysses s. Grant took of free in i860, but All had died by the time Grant Eft the White House in 1877. The next time the. Nation was jct without a living sex president was during the last to months of the her Bert Hoover administration following the death of _ Calvin could dec in january Hoover was the Only living president throughout the while House tenure of Franklin ii. Roosevelt and Harry , both Truman and president Eisenhower named Hoover to head commissions to reorganize the executive Branch of government. Reagan has met Priva icly with Nixon several limes during his administration. Quake hits Northern California san Jose. Calif. A1j a moderate earthquake Shook a wide area of North Ern California wednesday night hut there were no immediate reports of in jury or major damage. The . Geological Survey in Menlo Park reported a preliminary magnitude of 4.5 on the a Ichter scale with an Epi Center 11 Miles Northeast of san Jose on the Calaveras fault. The ice blog occurred at about the same location As a magnitude 5.0 que pc on june 12, which Cuascu moderate damage. It was just a Little shaking one Smalt shake followed by another  said Margo Gildea of Oakland who stud is earthquakes As a Hobby. Although the quake was not a major one it was unusual in that ii would be fell Over such a widespread area. The temblor was detected As far As 200 Miles to the North in Euie Kai 120 Miles to the South at Seaside in Monterey county and 1 so Miles to the East in Stockton. Police in san Francisco san Jose and other Bay area communities received Doz ens of phone Calls. Police said they received no reports of injuries or major damage. Several callers to Kobs radio station in san Francisco said items were shaken off store shelves in he san Jose area. The Richcr scale is a measure of the Energy released by an earthquake As measured by ground motion recorded on a Seismograph. Each increase of one number on the scale Means thai the ground motion is 10times greater. A quake of magnitude 4 can. Cause moderate damage while one of magnitude 5 can cause considerable damage. Come on in and Park it the Driver of this Rolls Koyck came into a new Orleans House and parked it alright Rij thl in the front Hall. Can cute Maravlo 83, Laid Cpl. Stephanie Golden of the Orleans levee Hoard police her slice ring wheel locked. Marand refuted Iri it mint a the scene and no one was in the House Al i lie ii lilt. Validity of Canadian gun grime study doubted Seattle a Anli gun control groups and some . Law enforcement officials arc questioning the Validity of a study that says the Canadian City of Vancouver is safer than Seattle because of Sun control Laws a study that was to be published thursday in the new England journal of Medicine concludes that the number of handgun deaths in Vancouver British co Lumbia. 120 Miles to the North was nearly one fifth the total of those in sea tile bet Ween 1980-86, or. John Henry Sloan chief investigator for the study said 388 homicides occurred in Seattle during the study period while 204 occurred in Vancouver. The number of gun related deaths in Seattle was 139, compared with 2s for Vancouver he said. Sloan 34, a researcher at the injury prevention re search Center Al Seattle s Harbor jew medical Center stopped Short tuesday of saying his finding prove Seattle s Laxer handgun control Laws cause More deaths but said it virtually explains  activist were Quick to Wie the Opportunity. I think that the study dearly puts to rest the notion Strong handgun control Laws Don t have an effect on Levels of crime said Susan Whit Piore spokeswoman for handgun control inc. In Washington. John Hosford executive director of the Seattle based citizen s committee for the right to keep and dear arms dismissed the study As a political ploy to help a gun control initiative on Maryland s ballot. It s not new research Hosford said. I Don t think the study is valid since it does t take into account the cause and of feel of Many  in Seattle handguns May legally be purchased for self defense. Afler a 30-Day waiting period a permit can be obtained to carry a handgun us a concealed weapon. "  uses Are minimally restricted in Vancouver self defense is not considered a Legal reason to Purchase a handgun. Concealed weapons Are nol permitted and recreational use of handguns such As target shooting and collecting Are regulated by inc province. The weapons May Only be fired at a licensed shooting tub