European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 4, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes monday january 4,1993 by Lee Siegel. A science writer los Angeles a the government s Only specific earthquake prediction expired Friday without a Strong Jolt in Parkfield but the Experiment showed that people could prepare for predicted quakes without panicking. Quot some earthquake predictions succeed and some will fail but the important thing is we continue to learn More about earthquakes and people translate that into intelligent rational action Quot said at Lindh seismology Branch chief for the . Geological Survey in Menlo Park the geological Survey said in 1985 that a i make 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. A a but 1993 arrived and Quot Parkfield is still Here. It did no to 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. A probably when you least expect it our Little quake will jump up and Snow 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 years eve party at the cafe which has done booming business because of tourists drawn by the prediction. 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. N the prediction was the Only specific one Ever made by the Agency and endorsed by the National earthquake prediction evaluation Council and its California 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 Hasni to happened but i know it will at some Point Quot said Lindh who made the 1985 prediction with Bill bakun of the geological Survey and Tom Mcevilly of the University of California Berkeley. 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 Magnitudc-5.5 to 6.3 quakes happening roughly every 22years since 1857. But a quake in 1934 did no to fit the pattern and the theory used by scientists to explain Why it did no to has since fallen into disrepute. Quot science progresses Only by bold theories and some of them fail Lindh said. A magnitude-417 Jolt in october prompted the government s first Short term warning or a level a Alert at Parkfield that the big quake was 37 percent Likely within three Days. It did i t 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. _ Parma Heights Ohio a child killer West icy Allan Dodd scheduled to be hanged tuesday in Washington state sent a 6-Ycar-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 Vancou Var wash., area in 1989. He has fought appeals of his execution. He says he wants to die by hanging because he strangled his youngest victim a 4-year-old, and hanged him in a closet. The Booklet dated oct. 10, says on the cover Page a 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 Clemons has received from Dodd Dodd sent from Washington state prison to her Home in this Cleveland suburb. _ the booklets hand printed text begins a my name is Wes but since you done to really know me i am a stranger to you. I am the kind of stranger you should stay away from. There arc 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 a now i 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 can 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. A you hear their anger Quot she said. A but 1.don�?Tt 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 i can Tell people How kids can protect themselves from others like  Dodd has urged her not to oppose his execution writing he would a rape More children if released. Two Packwood aides resigned in 80s after order to solicit funds paper says Portland Ore. Apr two members of sen. Bob Packwood a staff quit their posts in the mid-1980s after they were ordered to solicit Campaign funds a newspaper reported sunday. The employees Felt it was unethical and possibly illegal to solicit funds while they were on the Senate payroll the oregonian reported. Robin h. Shepherd who managed the Republican senators office in Portland until late 1984, told the oregonian that she quit after Elaine Franklin then director of the Portland office told her to Send letters soliciting Campaign contributions Michael k. Salsgiver a former staff assistant in the Portland office left in june 1985 after Franklin made a similar demand of him the newspaper said citing sources it did not identify. Senate rules allow two or three specially designated assistants to receive solicit and distribute Campaign funds but neither Shepherd nor Salsgiver had such a designation the newspaper said. Franklin now Packwood a chief of staff denied that any fund raising went on in the office. Franklin said Shepherd was fired Over a disagreement after being assigned some clerical duties. She said Salsgiver quit for a better paying Job. Salsgiver who now manages sen Mark o. Hatfield a Portland office said he did not want to talk about his experience. But he did say that a a Elaine a response to Why i left is  the Senate select committee on ethics is investigate ing complaints that Packwood sexually harassed or abused 10 women Between 1969 and 1990. He has rejected Calls for his resignation and. Is scheduled to be sworn in tuesday to his fifth six year  found in theater showing Malcolm x from wire 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 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. A Quot a a a .7 a. 7 it a it was a significant size. A Large pipe bomb so it could have caused serious damage a said at investigator Sharon Wheeler. She said people Quot More than Likely Quot could have been killed by the device. Neither at investigators nor Dallas police a 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 snowing the Spike Lee movie Malcolm x about the Black civil rights Leader. Authorities refused to speculate whether the attempted bombing was racially  Singer Dies at 34 Chicago a Valerie Wellington a blues Singer known for her portrayals of singing greats Bessie Smith and a Rainey on the stage died saturday of an aneurysm at 34. Wellington became ill before a performance thursday and was admitted to Loyola University. Medical Center in Maywood in a coma. She never regained consciousness and died saturday afternoon. _ a she was so Young. It was much too soon Quot said Lenin Pellegrino owner of the Kingston mines blues club and a close Friend. Quot she was a Fine person and a Fine  Wellington a graduate of the american conservatory of music returned to Chicago in december after a monthlong tour of japan.. Recognizes 2 nations Washington a 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 years Day to present their credential and request formal 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 a 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 Clinton will hold talks next week with Carlos Salinas de / Gortari the president of Mexico Clinton a transition staff announced saturday Clinton will Fly from Lutle Rock ark., to Austin  Friday for his meeting with Salinas according to the president elects 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 North american free Trade agreement recently concluded which faces a ratification test in  freezes outside door Wisconsin rapids wis. Araa who neighbors said enjoyed sleeping outside his front door regardless of the weather was found 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 was t 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 front Steps where neighbors said Panzer often slept Holczer said Ranzer lived alone in Hus Central Wisconsin Community of 18,000. A some neighbors saw him and usually they wave to him and he Waves Back a Holczer said. A this time he did no to wave