European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 14, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday july 14, 1991 the stars and stripes a Page 9 powerful quake hits Oregon Portland Ore. Apr a powerful offshore earthquake Shook rooms in Oregon and swayed chandeliers above California state lawmakers. But it caused no apparent injuries or damage authorities said. The quake that registered 6.6 on the Richter scale struck just before 8 . Friday said Pat Jorgenson spokeswoman for the . Geological Survey in Menlo Park Calif. It was entered about 70 Miles off Cape Sebastian on the Southern Oregon coast she said. There were no reports of any Large Waves created by the quake. A a that a a pretty Good size earthquake for that area a Jorgenson said. Paul Whitmore a geophysicist with the tsunami warning Center in Palmer Alaska termed the temblor a a major  it occurred around the same area where a 7.0 magnitude quake caused some regional damage on nov. 8,1980. The quake was Felt from the Eugene area in the North to Sacramento Calif., in the South according to reports from police residents and the news Media. Some reported seeing Walls shake water pitch and dishes rattle. A we could see the water in the Pool swaying a said Laurie Vanzante owner of the Tutu Tun Lodge in Gold Beach on the Southern Oregon coast. A people got up and tried to get under the tables a Vanzante said. A then they promptly started to drink. It was  California lawmakers debating the state budget at the Assembly building in Sacramento reported feeling the quake and seeing chandeliers Sway. Sacramento television stations reported numerous Calls from residents who said they Felt the temblor. Sgt. David Scholten of the Oregon state police office in Medford said there were no reports of injuries or damage in the five southernmost Oregon counties he oversees. A there were no fires no Calls for help of any kind a Scholten said. Roseburg is about 100 Miles North of Medford and 70 Miles South of Eugene. All three cities Are about 100 Miles Inland from the Ocean. Officials at coast guard stations in Coos Bay and North Bend reported the quake but said there were no problems or distress Calls. A it jarred us around a Little bit a said Seaman Michael Jolly a but it Only lasted about six  House gobbled up a House sits crumbled Friday inside a giant sinkhole in Frostproof Fla. The fall of the House nearly trapped its owner Pauline Bennett 71, inside. The sinkhole 150 feet wide and 60 feet deep also damaged her Sisters House nearby. Authorities say sinkholes occur in areas underlain with Limestone and form when the Earth collapses into underground cavities. Recent heavy rain following a two year drought probably prompted the sinkhole officials said. Controversial issues top Agenda of episcopal Church convention Phoenix apr barring sexually Active homosexuals from the episcopal Priesthood would doom the Church a Bishop charged amid Sharp debate Over the Church s sexual policy. In other action Friday another Bishop at the episcopal Church governing convention said some environmental proposals verge on paganism by equating god with nature. Bishop William c. Wantland of eau Claire wis., said Church efforts to protect the environment smack of a pantheism which is clearly contrary to the Christian understanding of  pantheism identifies the deity with various natural Phenomena such As Rivers mountains Trees and animals. Hundreds of resolutions Are on the docket at the 11-Day convention As representatives of the 2.5 million member denomination formulate policy. Among the resolutions is a proposal to charge president Bush an Episcopalian with pursuing policies a incompatible with the  backers claimed the measure had wide support although Many resolutions Are expected to die in committee. Another Resolution that would Sanction ordination of Active homosexuals is pending. Bishop John s. Spong of Newark n.j., insisted that qualified candidates regardless of sexual preference deserve to be ordained into the episcopal Priesthood. Spong was rebuked by fellow Bishops last fall for ordaining a sexually Active homosexual whom Spong later dismissed for Public statements incompatible with established Church teaching. Speaking to the episcopal homosexual group integrity Spong likened Banning Active homosexuals from the ministry to East barriers against Blacks and women be said it is hypocritical to accept homosexuality in principle but condemn homosexual activity. A that is like telling my it is of to be male so Long As i do not act upon that reality a he said in a worship service. A for it is Okay to be left handed so Long As i do not use my left  legislative action on a sexual policy appeared unlikely however As Bishop David Johnson of Boston gained support for a plan for the Bishops to prepare a pastoral teaching document on the subject. Survivor says plane spun Mike a Corkscrew Birmingham Ala. A the Only passenger to survive the crash of a commuter plane that left 13 people dead recalled the aircraft fell a spinning like a corkscrews into a residential area investigators said. E. Mabry Rogers heard no Thunder and saw no lightning or Hail before the crash of la express flight 508, said Susan Coughlin vice chairman of the National transportation safety Board. She said what had been a Clear peaceful flight from Mobile to Birmingham quickly turned violent for the two member Crew and 13 passengers As the plane was tossed into a series of a rapid violent  that happened during a thunderstorm when the plane entered a Cloud on its approach to the Birmingham Airport. Rogers a 43-year-old Mountain Brook attorney described severe turbulence that left him with the feeling that the wings of the plane were vertical to the ground Coughlin said. As the plane fell from the Cloud just before the crash at 6 10 . Wednesday Rogers saw houses and described them As a right there a about 150 to 200 feet away. His recollection ends there Coughlin said. Rogers and Pilot Francis Fernandes were the Only survivors of the crash that injured two people on the ground. Rogers was listed in fair condition and Fernandes 54, was in stable condition Friday. B-2 faces Uphill fight panel head warns Bush by the los Angeles times Washington a sen. Sam Nunn d-ga., an influential supporter of the b-2, warned president Bush on Friday there is a 50-50 Chance that the Senate will follow the House and vote against further production of the radar eluding plane. A i think its got an Uphill fight a said Nunn chairman of the Senate armed services committee. A a there a a lot of work for the president to do on the Republican Side a where opposition to the stealth bomber program is growing. Nunns panel which is completing work on a $291 billion defense authorization Bill for 1992, voted 11-8 thursday to Grant Bush a request to add four b-2s to the 15 that have been funded already. The air Force wants eventually to buy a total of 75 of the advanced technology bombers which Are produced at Northrop corp. Plants in los Angeles. Sen. John Warner r-va., said that the Issue also has been complicated by the concern of some Republican lawmakers that the Pentagon is pushing the b-2 harder than the strategic defense initiative anti missile program. Warner the ranking Republican on the committee said at a news conference with Nunn that some gop member Are insisting that the administration link the b-2 and ski programs in a single strategic weapons package. Nunn and Warner said the committee debated the ski program in a spirited six hour closed session thursday without resolving the Issue. Nunn said the committee will meet again tuesday