European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 4, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                6 the stars and stripes . Monday january 4,199 predicted quake does t hit by Lee Siegel a science writer los Angeles a the governments Only specific earthquake prediction expired Friday without a Strong Jolt in Park old but the Experiment showed that peo pie could prepare for predicted quakes without Panick my. Quot some earthquake predictions succeed and some will fail by the important thing is we continue to learn More about earthquakes Andi intelligent rational Branch chief for Park. Quake prediction evaluation Council and its California y. Counterpart. The Experiment had two parts to determine if the prediction was accurate and to Issue a Short term warning within three Days of the quake based on smaller tremors and other possible precursors. Quot the quake has t happened but i know it will at.  i. 4 _ a j f a j i 1 a 4 _ quakes and people translate that into Tal action a said a Lindh seismology the . Geological Survey in Menlo some Point said Lindh who made the 1985 prediction with Bill bakun of the geological Survey and Tom Mcevily of the University of California Berkeley. The geological Survey said in 1985 that a quake measuring about 6 on the Richter scale would rupture a 20-mile-Long Section of the san Andreas fault near Parkfield by the end of 1992. But 1993 arrived and Quot Parkfield is still Here. It did t shake off the map Quot said John Varian co owner and manager of the Parkfield cafe in the tiny town Halfway Between los Angeles and san Francisco. Quot probably when you least expect it our Little quake will jump up and show us it can still do it a variants father rancher Jack Varian said Friday. A few Hundred people descended on the town of 34 residents for a country Western style new year s eve party at the cafe which has done booming business because of tourists drawn by the prediction. Quot we be enjoyed All the hoopla and the press and everything that brings a Little notoriety to Parkfield a Jack Varian said. Quot what other town can boast that their no. 1 economic return comes from earthquakes _. _ the geological Survey s $19 million Parkfield project has been the. Worlds most intensive quake prediction Experiment. More monitoring equipment was installed along the san Andreas near Parkfield than along any other fault segment. The prediction was the Only specific one Ever made by the Agency and endorsed by the National Earth scientists will continue to Monitor the area and try to Issue a three Day warning before a quake finally happens Lindh said. Some scientists have said the geological Survey went out on a limb by making the prediction which was based on what seemed like a pattern of magnitude-5.5 to 63 quakes happening roughly every 22 years since 1857. But a quake in 1934 did no to fit the pattern and the theory used by scientists to explain Why it did t has since fallen into disrepute. Quot science progresses Only by bold theories and some of them fail Lindh said. A magnitude-4.7 Jolt in october prompted the gof Ernie nth a first Short term warning or a level a alerts at Parkfield that the big quake was 37 percent Likely within three Days it didst happen. Lindh said citizens took precautions in response to the Parkfield prediction Ana the Alert without panicking. Similar reactions have been seen in response to less specific forecasts on the Odds of big quakes in the los Angeles and san Francisco areas he said. A when we started at Parkfield most people in this country were afraid the earthquake prediction would be a social disaster by causing panic and harming the Economy Lindh said. Quot it turned out that people were much smarter than scientists and the press give them credit  murderer sends girl Booklet on How to avoid molesters Parma Heights Ohio a child killer Westley Allan Dodd scheduled to be hanged tuesday in Washington state sent a 6-year-old girl a Booklet he wrote on How to avoid child molesters the child a grandmother says. The nine Page Booklet arrived in november for the granddaughter of Sandra Clemons. The elder Clemons has exchanged letters regularly with Dodd. Dodd 31, is scheduled to be hanged for strangling or stabbing three boys in the Vancouver wash., area in 1989. He has fought appeals of his execution. He says he wants to die by hanging 4-year-old, Dodd because he strangled his youngest victim a and hanged him in a closet. The Booklet dated oct. 10, says on the cover Page Quot when you meet a stranger or other bad people a by Westley a.  a drawing shows a boy lunging away from two grabbing hands. The signature matches that in about 20 letters demons has received from Dodd sent from Washington state prison to her Home in this Cleveland suburb. The Booklet s hand printed text begins a my name is Wes but since you done to really know me f am a stranger to Vou. 1 am the kind of stranger you should stay away from. There Are other people like  the Booklet which Dodd created about two years ago contains an admission that he sexually molested a Small child in a Public Park. It concludes Quot now 1 can never do bad things to any More boys or girls. What do you do when someone wants to do bad things to you just say no run scream yell get away you cart protect yourself and other kids too be a hero Quot Clemons 48, helped her granddaughter Becky read the Booklet she said last tuesday. Quot Becky was Happy to get the Book she was  Clemons said she has been writing to condemned killers for about 20 years. Quot you hear their anger a she said. Quot but i Don t let that anger get to  Clemons said As a seventh Day adventist she believes killing is wrong even if condoned by the government. A there is some Good in Wes Dodd a she said. She noted that Dodd said in a letter to her a maybe in be got something to offer people a 1 can Tell people How kids can protect themselves from others like  but Dodd has urged her not to oppose his execution writing he would a rape More children if released. Alex Haley s farm to become rehab Center Oak Ridge Tenn. Apr Alex Haleys estate is Selling the late author s farm for $1.1 million for use As an alcohol rehabilitation and research Center principals in the Sale  contract to sell the 127-acre farm was completed last week said lawyer Paul Coleman who represents Haleys estate. The Sale agreement with behavioural Medicine concepts of Tennessee includes plans for a Public museum at the site. Behave Oral a president Joanne Walker said the group had offered to buy the property about 25 Miles Northwest of know i be. Before Haley s death but he died before he could act on it. V Quot because the property is so secluded no one will even know that we Are there a Walker said. Quot it will be a wonderful location for people to get their lives Back in order.�?�. Haleys brother George who is administering the estate had attempted to sell the property in Early octo her during a three Day auction George Haley and Coleman rejected a bid of $850,000. Haley paid $360,000 for the property 10 years ago. Haley the pulitzer prize winning author of roofs i i Saiga of an amen can a i i died Iasi by Druary of a heart attack at Ace 70 in Seattle. A bomb found in theater showing Malcolm x a a _ a a. A. A a from Werc reports Dallas a a powerful pipe bomb was found saturday under a seat in a movie theater where Malcolm x was to be shown authorities said. They said a timing device attached to the bomb had malfunctioned. A janitor found the bomb before the theater opened for the Day. Agents of the . Bureau of alcohol tobacco and firearms detonated it in the theater sparking lot and sent the fragments to an Fri lab. Quot it was a significant size. A targe pipe bomb so it could have caused serious damage a said at investigator Sharon Wheeler. She said people Quot More than Likely could have been killed by the device. Neither at investigators nor Dallas police would say when the timer was set to go off but they said it probably had been placed under the seat Friday night. Two of the four screens in the general Cinema theatre at Redbird mall including the one where the bomb was found Are showing the Spike Lee movie Malcolm of about the Black civil rights Leader. Authorities refused to speculate whether the attempted bombing was racially motivated. Catamaran search resumes new York . And Canadian rescuers resumed a search of the North Atlantic on saturday for a catamaran that disappeared while crossing from rhode1 Island to Martinique the coast guard said. The search for the twin hulled Craft the l23, and its three Man French Crew had been suspended new years Day because of bad weather. The search by coast guard . Navy and Canadian armed forces planes was covering a 7,200-Square-Milc area the coast guard said. Four planes were taking part. Nothing was found by Nightfall. The vessel owned by Moon nos co. Of Clearwater fla., left Portsmouth r.i., on dec. 8, one of eight catamarans destined for delivery in fort de France Martinique. A search began dec. 28, five Days after it failed to make port As scheduled. . Recognizes 2 nations Washington the czech Republic and Slovakia the worlds newest nations quickly won formal diplomatic recognition from the United states. State department spokeswoman Julie reside said saturday that . Diplomats went to government offices in both Prague the czech capital and Bratislava the slovak capital on new year s Day to present their credentials and request format relations with the two new countries. The action was considered routine since . Officials have maintained contacts with officials in both regions leading up to what was has been dubbed the a velvet divorce and it had Long been Clear that Extension of full diplomatic recognition for both new nations would be a formality. Clinton Salinas to talk Hilton head Island . President elect Clinto Irwill hold talks next week with Carlos Salinas de Gortari the president of Mexico Clinton s transition staff announced saturday. Clinton will Fly from Little Rock ark., to Austin Texas next Friday for his meeting with Salinas according to the president elect s schedule for the coming week released As he was winding up a vacation in this Oceanside resort town. Foremost on the Agenda for the pair will be the e North american free Trade agreement recently concluded which faces a ratification test in Congress. Man freezes outside door Wisconsin rapids wis a Ama who neighbors said enjoyed sleeping outside his front door regardless of the weather was round dead after the overnight temperature dipped to 8 degrees below Zero. Ward l. Panzer 64, was lying in the Snow when. Neighbors notified authorities. Police said he was wearing a Winter coat. Police it. Michael rude said the cause of death Wasny to immediately determined. Because of the cold it was unclear How Long Panzer had been dead said Deputy Coroner Gabor Holczer. The body was about 2 feet from the fron Steps where neighbors said Panzer often slept Holczer said. Panzer lived alone in this Central Wisconsin Community of 18,000, a a some neighbors saw him and usually they Wae to him and he Waves Back a Holczer said. A this time he did no to wave