European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 31, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 4 the stars and stripes . Sunday. January 31,1993california quake led world list in 92 los Angeles apr the major earthquake that rocked Southern California last summer was stronger than previously estimated a 7.6 Jolt that was the worlds most powerful quake in 1992. The world was shaken by 70 significant earthquakes that killed about 3,500 people during the past year the . Geological Survey said Friday in its Annua report on global seismicity. Although that is a slight increase Over 1991�?Ts quake fatalities it is still Well below the Long term average of about 10,000 deaths annually said the report from the Agency s Western regional office in Menlo Park Calif i magnitude-7.5 tremor that killed at least 2,200 people i be 2,1 the worlds deadliest earthquake of the year was the a8n. In the Flores Island Region of Indonesia on . 12, the geological Agency said. Ten of the years 70 significant quakes were entered in California. Southern californians Landers earthquake ripped through the Mojave desert killing one child. The june 28 quake and its big Bear aftershock three hours later injured More than 400. The geological Agency initially estimated the Landers and big Bear quakes As measuring 7.4 and-6.5 in magnitude later upgrading them to 7.5 and 6.6. In its new report the Agency said the quakes actually measured 7.6 and 6.7.a we got data from additional seismometer stations throughout the world that goes into the averaging process a said John Minsch a geophysicist at the Agency a National earthquake information Center in Golden Colo. Quot in this Case it resulted in the increase a the Landers quake was the worlds strongest in 1992 and californians strongest in 40 years the Agency said. A significant quake is one measuring at least 6.5 or that has a lesser magnitude but causes casualties or significant damage said Waverly person an official at the Center in Colorado. By that measure the 70 significant quakes in 1992 represented a slight increase Over the Long term average of 60 annually the Agency said. The second deadliest quake of 1992 was a tremor of 5.9 magnitude that kilted 576 people in Egypt on oct. 12. At least 500 people were killed by a 6.8 quake in Turkey on March 13, and at least 116 died sept. 2 when nicaraguan coastal villages were ravaged by a tidal wave generated by a 7.2 tremor off that nations Pacific coast. During 1992, the world had no Quot great quakes those measuring 8 or More in magnitude. The last great quake was a magnitude-8.2 Shock South of new zealand in May 1989, the geological Survey said. During the past 30 years the world has averaged one quake 8 or stronger every other year it added. Members of the Gay rights group Queen nation carry a coffin during a protest Friday at a Senate office building in Washington . Coffin carrying protester arrested by Cox news service Washington a member of the Gay rights group queer nation was arrested Friday when he tried to carry a symbolic coffin to the office of Senate armed services committee chairman Sam Nunn. Several members of the militant group waving placards and chanting a lift the ban Quot gathered on the Capitol Steps at noon Friday and marched across the grounds to the doors of a Senate office building where they were blocked by helmeted Capitol police. Lawrence Salt Zinan 27, of Washington was led away in Handcuffs when he tried to enter the building with a coffin. The group said the coffin symbolized Navy Seaman Allen Schindler 22, a homosexual who was beaten to death in october at a Public restroom near a Navy base in Japan. The group blames Nunn a democratic senator from Georgia for trying to prevent president Clinton from lifting a ban against Gays in the military Quot Why is Sam Nunn so afraid of Gays Quot shouted March organizer Michael petrel is. Party ii health toll in Nevada Reno Nev. Apr the Good times in this vacation state Are killing the residents two new studies say. A the data Are fairly conclusive consistent and distressing a the Nevada state medical association said. Quot nevadans Are sicker than most americans or at least More nevadans arc sicker than one would expect in a population of our states a parallel study in Nevada a Cath perspective 1993, published by the Nevada Hospital association concludes that the very things that lure tourists to the state Are bad for the residents. A those elements which serve As the key attractions for vacationers a overeating drinking gambling and leading a 24-hour lifestyle a serve to incapacitate the resident population since they tend to indulge on a More regular basis a the association said. According to the state medical association a Nevada ranks second highest out of the 50 states for the Adverse Impact of lifestyle factors on health a Nevada placed 48th in 1990 and 44th in 1991 among the states for the general health of its population a Nevada ranks no. 1 among the 50 states for the percentage of people who smoke. A Nevada ranked no. 2 in alcohol consumption among the 50 states. A Nevada deaths from chronic liver disease and cirrhosis of the liver Are 62 per cent above the National average. The state Hospital association quoted a 1992 report by the Nevada legislative counsel Bureau linking lifestyles with medical Bills Quot recent studies conducted by the state suggest that in excess of 60 percent of the Hospital costs in Nevada Are directly attributable to lifestyle or behavioural choices including smoking alcohol consumption overeating and a Lack of exercise a the report said. The medical association urged doctors and residents alike to find ways to break what it Calls a these cycles of poor Rise creates tall order of trouble Chicago up1 a in a town that claims the worlds tallest building plans to build a new High Rise usually Don t generate much controversy. But just adding one in the City a tiniest neighbourhood. Well heeled residents of the City a Gold coast North of the Loop a downtown area flocked to a Chicago plan commission hearing thursday to protest a proposed 47-Story residential Tower. I he Tower would cast a Shadow on the famed Oak Street Beach a the stretch of Sand at the Northern end of the magnificent mite. The 626-foot building also would loom Over the others on he Block. I have gotten More mail about this project than on any project since i be been on the commission and its been Overly negative Quot said Reuben l. Hed Lund chairman of the plan commission. The donors of the Paul and Gabriella Rosenbaum Garden which is on the South end of the Beach across the Street from such structures As the 369-foot-tall Drake hotel said the new building will produce a significant Shadow that will Arm the nationally acclaimed Garden. A there will be a significant new Shadow cast., close to noon in both the Spring and fall a Edith leonian executive vice president of the Rosenbaum foundation said Friday. A these Are times of the year when Sun is most needed by the people who use the Garden a leonian said the foundation has done a Shadow Impact study on the effect the building will have on the Garden s perennials. Funeral parlor altered body after mix up suit charges fort Lauderdale Ela. A a suburban funeral Home mixed up two corpses and sent the wrong bodies to funeral Homes in new Jersey and Illinois according to a lawsuit filed by one of the families. T he lawsuit said that after the mistake was made the new Jersey Home altered the appearance of the body trying to make it look like the Man it expected to receive by using a photograph of the Man As reference. The lawsuit filed wednesday in Broward circuit court charged the , Ralph funeral Home of Plantation with negligence. Plantation is a suburb of fort Lauderdale. It was filed by the family of John Palumbo who died May 24, 1989, at age 68. Palumbos widow Theresa and sons John and Philip said they made arrangements with the Ralph Home to ship his body to Illinois for burial in 1989. But when the palumbos travelled to Illinois they Lound the casket held the wrong Man the lawsuit i hey Learned that the Ralph Home had shipped pm jumbo s body to the Leber funeral Home in unit City n.j., and that the body of the 88-year-old m that was supposed to go to Union Center had been in lakely sent to Illinois the lawsuit said. The family claimed morticians at the Leber Home a tired palumbos appearance by trimming his Mustach shaving his Bushy eyebrows and cosmetically Thinnis bps relying on a photo to make the changes
