European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 28, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday november 28, 1992 . The stars and stripes Page 7callers rattle earthquake hot line Pasadena Calif. Apr californians nest earthquake hot line is swamped with Calls from people who arc jittery Gullible information starved or just Plain weird. Some callers Check in so often that operators fondly refer to them As  the California earthquake safety hotline opened in Early August five weeks after two major quakes on the same Day killed a child injured 400 people and caused More than $92 million in damage. It will be in operation at least until the years end and May become permanent. One caller wanted to know if it were True that 10,000 body bags had been shipped to Landers site of one of the two big quakes that hit june 28. A and we took a Call from a person wanting to know if it was True they were putting pillars in Utah so when California fell off they would have a place to Dock the boats carrying people going out to look for survivors Quot said Stef Donev a spokesman for the hot line. Then there was a woman who said she was a Middle school science teacher who a had it on Good authority that tic san Andreas fault was widening at the rate of one Inch an hour a he said. Russian twins first Steps Are leap for dad by Sharon Cohen the associated press Chicago when Ron Greenfield met the Little russian boys who would become his sons he did no to speak their language he did no to know their customs. But lie did identify with them. Like Greenfield 4-year-old twins Andrew Anton and Maxwell Sergei arc amputees. Greenfield knew their shared Handicap would be an instant Bond. This week Greenfield and his wife Janet celebrated a special Early thanksgiving watching their adopted sons Giggle and squeal As they took their first tentative Steps on artificial legs at the rehabilitation Institute of Chicago. It was a poignant proud moment for Greenfield a 47-Ycar-old Vietnam Veteran who lost part of his left leg after his helicopter was shot Down. A i just got a real warm feeling All through my body when i saw the look on Max a face when he was standing up on his legs a he said. A it was like a Here a the dream that a coming  a a this is the Day we were waiting for a his wife added. A a it a the beginning of them being Able to do anything they want to do. These Are just the first Steps. A they came three months after the couple brought the twins Back from the orphanage they lived in near Moscow. The Greenfield who had been looking to adopt read about the boys last year in a newspaper article. The boys were abandoned at birth though it s not known whether their Mother was aware of their condition. When they were born their umbilical Cord was too Short and wrapped around their legs cutting off circulation and causing gangrene. Amputation was necessary. Andy lost his right leg Max both. Though his circumstances were very different Greenfield believed head be a Good role Model. A even though they re amputees a he said a they have no limitations a Only what they want placed on themselves. Doctors have a tendency to say a you can to do this you can t do  if i want to try something i just go ahead and do  Greenfield a soft spoken manager at Amer tech corp., plays basketball and football. He drives a motorcycle. He runs in races and he a a mean Rock a no Roll dancer. He is constantly wearing out his artificial leg. Quot in be developed a can do attitude he said. Quot that a what i m going to try to communicate to the boys. And we took a Call from a person wanting to know if it was True they were putting pillars in Utah so when California fell off they would have a place to Dock the boats carrying people going out to look for  Stef Donev hot line spokesman there Are not 10,000 body bags in l Anders there Are no emergency pillars in Utah and the slippage on the san Andreas fault is about an Inch a year Donev said. The first Day there were 695 Calls. In october after the state warned that a Strong quake could Rock Central California within three clays there were 500 Calls in a single Day. Thanksgiving timeout for kids president elect Clinton is surrounded thursday afternoon in Little Rock ark., by kids staying at Orcas House a shelter for abused and battered women and their children. Earlier Clinton caned the thanksgiving Turkey for shelter residents and answered questions from the Media on the Lawn outside. Jury takes break in trial of former Cia spy chief in a More typical Day 50 or 60 Calls come in in All. Hot line operators have logged 6,500 Calls. One of the most often asked questions is Quot can the ground open up and Swallow you a a Donev said. Quot no one we know of has Ever been swallowed or trapped inside a fissure. Cracks can appear in the ground. But the ground docs not close kick up a lie said. Another popular question Quot is the Etc earthquake weather a Quot the answer is no Donev said. Quot we have computer people who do nothing but run data gluon go computers. They look for common do nominators. So far. Shaking is the Only one they be  Many callers seek inh mation on How to prepare for quakes. They get to Church. Some people want reassurance that they have done the right things preparing their Homes or offices. They go through checklists with the hot line workers two of w Hom Are geophysicists. T he hot line a a with an 800 number Good Only in California a is operated jointly by the state office of emergency services and the Federal emergency management Agency on a monthly budget of $15,400. Agency lifts secrecy Rule on code texts san eranc1sco a the National Security Agency has reversed itself and declassified two cryptography texts it previously had Isis had were secret even though they were available in Public libraries. The announcement wednesday came As a result of a lawsuit filed under the Freedom of information act by a Silicon Valley computer scientist who believes private companies should have Inonu Access to secret code technology. The analyst John Gilmore asked the spy Agency to declassify the 50-year-old studies on encryption the science of designing codes. The . Department of Justice recently threatened to prosecute Gilmore under a 1950s espionage Law if he distributed copies of the texts. In court papers an Asa official said disclosure of the information could seriously damage National Security. The Agency is in charge of protecting . Codes and cracking foreign ones. Gilmore is a Board member of the electronic Frontier foundation of Cambridge mass. The organization believes secret encryption technology is necessary for private companies to make modern computer and Telephone systems secure from tampering. A Why  an american citizen be Able to go to the Library and teach himself about encryption a asked Michael Godwin a stall counsel at the foundation. Gilmore sail he found copies of the once Declay Lilied studies made secret again by the Reagan administration in Public libraries. They currently Are used As texts in military classes. He said he plans to distribute 20 or 50 copies to other libraries. The studies Are about 1,000 Page Long. By the new York l Imes Washington the jury in the Iran Contra retrial of Clair e. George which has been unable to reach a verdict after four Days of deliberation is Oil on a five Day Holiday. George former director of Covert operations for the Cia is charged with King to Congress and a grand jury about the  a role in the  administration s secret Sale of arms to ban and the diversion of some polits to nicaraguan rebels or contras. He h As pleaded not guilty to seen counts of perjury and obstruction of Justice. The jurors in the first trial hot Quetot said they were hopelessly deadlocked causing judge Skoyec c.  to declare a i trial user the pro eos of George s attorneys and ins supporters the Independent prosecutor Lor Iran Contra cases Lawrence e. Walsh insisted on a retrial. After More than fair weeks of testimony. The Case went to the new jury on nov. 2d. A i he Emht women and Lour men have been deliberating since with no sign of i aniin.1 c lose to a conclusion