European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 28, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday april 28, 1992 the stars and stripes a Page 9residents hesitantly Start quake cleanup firefighters Battle a Blaze touched off by severe aftershocks sunday in a Small shopping Center in downtown Scotia Calif. Scotia Calif. Apr residents Are cleaning up after a powerful earthquake and Strong aftershocks that caused $43 million in damage but Pillori Carley wonders if the Effort will be wasted. A if i knew there Wasny to going to be another earthquake i would work my butt off and clean everything up. But you done to know a said Carley owner of the Scotia inn. A quake saturday and two powerful aftershocks sunday Shook houses and buildings off their foundations and touched off fires in this sparsely populated Region 250 Miles North of san Francisco. Hardest hit was the lumber town of Scotia where fire destroyed a Small shopping Center downtown. Throughout the area sunday people boarded up broken windows and hauled belongings out of damaged Homes. Some slept in shelters or camped out to avoid falling debris. A obviously the fear of aftershocks does exist Here a said Humboldt county sheriff David Renner. In Scotia a contractor gave away plywood to cover broken windows shopkeepers swept up Glass and people shared Coffee and doughnuts outside tents on front lawns. A a it a a very pragmatic Community Here a said Jerry Carley who has owned the 104-year-old Scotia inn with his wife for eight years. A they Are used to a degree of pain and Hurt. They be got their sleeves rolled up and will get to work As soon As they  the Region is the states most seismically Active. It has several Hundred minor earthquakes each year. The first quake registering 6.9 on the Richter scale struck saturday. Aftershocks measuring 6.0 and 6.5 followed sunday morning. All were entered about 90 Miles Southwest of the Oregon line and about 250 Miles North of san Francisco in a Remote area renowned for its Redwood forests and Seaside Cliffs. A magnitude-6 quake can cause severe damage in the immediate area. A magnitude is considered a major quake Capa of civilian Atlanta apr a military aircraft Mechanic whose anti Bush bumper stickers were banned by his air Force Bosses is going to court for the right to display the messages on the truck he drives to work. The american civil liberties Union planned to file a Federal lawsuit today on behalf of Jesse Ethredge who was ordered to remove the stickers or keep the truck off Warner Robins fab near Macon a. A a it a a matter of standing up for your rights a said Ethredge a civilian employee at the base for 25 years. A a in a the kind of fellow that whenever i know in a right in a going to fight you till in a shot  the Acle wants base officials to lift the ban on stickers critical of president Bush a administration said Gerry Weber ble of widespread heavy damage. The temblor caused $43 million in damage including $15 million in Scotia and $20 million to county roads and Bridges said Melva Cain spokesman for the Humboldt county sheriffs department. About 50 people were injured none seriously. Gov. Pete Wilson on saturday declared a state of emergency in the county. In Scotia an aftershock sunday touched off a fire that ravaged a Small shopping Center that included a lumber Yard pharmacy Coffee shop and grocery store. Firefighters Legal director for the Georgia Acle based in Atlanta. Ethredge Isnit seeking damages. A America has never been a place where the government can suppress unfavourable views a Weber said. A the military has robbed Jesse Ethredge of the very Freedom it is supposed to  base officials refused to comment. Spokesman Dale Brinkman refused to say if the base has a policy against bumper stickers that criticize Bush. Ron Fry a spokesman at the air Force logistics come in Ohio said decisions about bumper stickers Are left to local commanders. The command has authority Over the base. A the has the authority to Rule on such things like this that he May deem in poor taste or inappropriate a Fry said. Had to draw water from a Pond after the towns water main broke. About half the buildings were damaged in Ferndale a town of 1,400 just Miles from the epicentre. The Post office and other buildings burned to the ground in Petrolia. In Rio Dell a Community of about 3,000, approximately 25 Homes and 10 businesses were left uninhabitable. Scotia native Jim Elliott said the Community a residents would Bounce Back. A where else Are you going to go a he said. A you can go Back East and die in a Tornado. You might As Well stay Here and base officials began complaining about Ethredge a stickers in 1984 when former president Reagan visited Macon. The sticker said a to hell with  the stickers on Ethredge struck now read a read my lips to hell with George Bush and a forgive Bush not Egypt. He  in 1990, base Security ticketed Ethredge for a provoking speech on a  the ticket was thrown out after Ethredge challenged it. In october Robert m. Hail then base Deputy commander told Ethredge that the stickers were demeaning to the Bush administration and bad for troops. Hail ordered the stickers removed saying a military employee telephoned the base complaint line about them. A they said that it was a morale bus be Shook to  Pacific lumber co., which built the town of neat Frame houses in the eel River Valley said it would rebuild. A a we be had a couple of world wars a depression and floods in 1955 and 1964. Id say the company is very resilient a said the lumber company a president John Campbell. At the Rio Dell bowl assistant manager Rita Ruff kept her sense of humor about the damaged Bowling Alley. A they wanted a face lift but this Wasny to the Way to do it a she said. Ter a said Ethredge who began driving a sticker free car to work because he feared he would be fired. The Acle said Many base employees cars have political bumper stickers but Ethredge was singled out because his criticized Bush. A there Are numerous political bumper stickers on the base with conservative themes. They Are pro Bush or say things like a Sam Nunn wants your guns a Quot Weber said. Nunn a Georgia senator is chairman of the Senate armed services committee. Ethredge filed a grievance but base officials refused to recognize it. The american federation of government employees is attempting to Send the grievance to arbitration Ethredge said. Fights for banned anti Bush stickers russians glory in once taboo easter services Moscow apr for the first time since the 1917 bolshevik revolution Kremlin Church Bells pealed in red Square on sunday As exultant muscovites crowded into candlelit churches to celebrate russian orthodox easter. Before former soviet president Mikhail s. Gorbachev began his policy of glasnost or openness in 1985, religion was banned in this once atheist country and believers could be shipped to labor Camps or locked up in psychiatric wards. Q his year easter banners and posters decorated downtown Moscow sponsored by the Moscow City government in cooperation with the Church. A Christ is risen a read one Banner hanging in a main Street of the City. A Happy easter a read another. A i used to have to hide my religion from my colleagues at work a said Vyacheslav 35, a former economist attending easter services at downtown Moscow a be Olkhovsky Cathedral who declined to give his last name. He is now a professional Church Bell ringer and Crafter. A i used to not be religious but More people Are becoming churchgoers As our society becomes Treer a Vyacheslav said. A a there a still a big demand Tor my Bells even though the Price of Metal has gone  in the past few years Many churches that had been closed by the state and transformed into state run storage houses Grill bars and sports clubs have reopened. Bibles crucifixes and Hare Krishna literature Are now openly sold on City streets. Before glasnost the Kab secret police were an intimidating presence at poorly attended religious serv ices. But now religion is allowed and even encouraged. In keeping with the Gorbachev spirit russian president Boris n. Yeltsin has helped religion to develop in the country. Occasionally he has been shown on television attending Church services himself. Quot we lived through a Nightmare a said retired dentist Valentina Kondrative who was resting on a Bench during the service. Kondrative said that just a few years ago she was afraid to attend Church because a Stool pigeons planted by the soviet government would see her there and squeal to her employer. A we suffered a lot a the 77-year-old pensioner said. A at school and at my Institute people laughed at those who were religious. They arrested or shot people who were