European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 28, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday november 28, 1992 . The stars and stripes a Page 7callers rattle earthquake hot line. Pasadena Calif. Apr californians new earthquake hot line is swamped with Calls from people who Are 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 nit 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 a a 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 the san Andreas fault was widening at the rate of one Inch an hour a he said. 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 done., hot line spokesman there Are not 10.000 body bags in Landers 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 Atter the state warned that a Strong quake could Rock Central California within three Days there were 500 Calls in a single Day. 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 Donev said. A no one we know of has Ever been swallowed or trapped inside a fissure. Cracks can appear it the ground but the ground does not dose Back up a he said. Another popular question Quot is there earthquake weather the answer is no Donev said. Quot we have computer people who do nothing but run data through computers. Thev look for common denominators. So tar. Shaking is the Only one they be  Many callers seek information on How to prepare for quakes t hey get brochures. Some people want reassurance that they have done the right things preparing their Homes or offices. They no through checklists with the hot line workers two of Wiliom arc geophysicists. T he hot line 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 $i.vj00. Russian twins first Steps Are leap for dad by Sharon Cohen the associated press Chicago a 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 he did identify with them. Like Greenfield 4-year-old twins Andrew Anton and Maxwell Sergei Are 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-year-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  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 its not known whether their Mother was aware of their condition. When they were born their umbilical Cord was too Short and wrapped around t 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. Quot 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 you can to do this you can to do that. It i want to try something i just go ahead and do  Greenfield a soft spoken manager at Mer tech corp., plays basketball and football. He drives a motorcycle he runs in races and he a a mean Rock n Roll dancer. He is constantly wearing out his artificial leg. A a in be developed a can do attitude he said. A a that a what in a going to try to communicate to the boys. Southern California hit by aftershock big Bear Lake Calif. A a Large aftershock to the big twin quakes in june battered this Mountain resort Friday toppling chimneys authorities said. There were no injuries reported. The epicentre was 6 Miles North Northeast of big Bear Lake and a preliminary calculation put it at 5.1 on the Richter scale said Helen Quian seismologist for the California Institute of technology. The earthquake information Center in Golden colo., calculated the Reading at 5.3. The quake struck at 8 01 . Ground motion was Felt Westward to los Angeles and South to san Diego. In big Bear Lake firefighter Mark Durban said a we Felt it very Strong. We have damage in the City but we done to know the extent of it. T Here Are chimneys Down and smoke showing. A it Felt like it lasted 5 seconds. It was like a Little Jerky one. T he Grandfather Chimes Are going Back and Forth and the ceiling fan chains Are shaking a said Melinda Manning in Ontario Southwest of big Bear Lake. Thanksgiving timeout for kids president elect Clinton is surrounded thursday afternoon in Little Hock ark., by i s staving at Dorcas 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. Agency lifts secrecy Rule on code texts san Francisco a the National Security Agency has reversed itself and declassified two cryptography texts it previously had insisted 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 More Access to secret code technology. The analyst John Gilmore asked the spy Agency to declassify the 50-year-old studies on encryption a 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 Olli Cial said disclosure of the information could seriously damage National Security. I he Agency is in charge of protecting . Coties 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 tamp i ing. Quot Why  an american citizen be Able to go to the Library and teach himself about  asked Michael Godwin a stall counsel at the inundation. Gilmore Aid he found copies of the o Nee tree 1 a is i f i e of studies made secret again by the Keagan administration in Public libraries. They currently Are used As texts in military classes. He said he plans to distribute 20 or 30 copies to other libraries. The studies Are about 1,900 pages Long