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r Californians Have to Face Possibility of Serious Earthquakes Pasadena, Calif. (U.PJ Cali fornia must 'ive "with the con stant possibility of a serious earthquake. Dr. Charles F. Richter, world renowned sismologist and ex pert on recurring upheavals of the earth's "rust, said Saturday this was the scientific view of temblors such as the one that racked San Francisco Friday with a magnitude of 5.5 on the Richter scale of 10. He said the tremor "appeared" to be along the famed San An dreas Fault, but was "pretty hard to pinpoint" in early re ports. The 'suit is a major frac ture running virtually the length of California and has been the cause of periodic shakes, among them the disastrous shakes of 1857 and 1906. Dr. Richie:, busily answering telephone calls from colleagues at the California Institute of Technology, .aid he summed up the state's situation on the basis of a geodetic survey in 1953 in dicating the average horizontal shift going in this area. Amount of Shift "The amount of shift is com monly stated as two inches a year; really it is a little less. close to 15 feet in a hundred years," he reported in a state ment which he said had applica tion to the p'esent. "In the earthquakes of 1906 and 1940 the elastic rebound, the sling produced by his steady shift, was a little more than 15 feet; so that since 1857 there has been enough time for a strain on the same part of the fault to add up u almost enough for a great eannquake." Dr. Richter emphasized that his view of the facts was not a prediction t.t the reflection of a "quite childish calculation" by some persons that since the 1857 and 1906 quakes were 49 years apart, another was about due simply by adding that many years. The latter, he said, was too easy and "probably is meaning less." But h-s said that if the average hell exactly, it might take another 10 years or "if the strain piles up a little more rapidly" it could happen at any time. "This is not a prediction. It is only another way of saying that in Californii we must learn to live with the constant pos sibility of a serious earthquake." THE BIG CLEAN UP Grocers in a San Francisco market go about the task of cleaning up shattered glassware and re-arranging stock on their shelves after big earthquake rocked Northern California. It was the largest quake to hit the area since the disastrous 1906 quake and fire although no lives were lost in this one. - v - .--;? l- -it v 1 k..i m ' am tm ' nut wm-mm,utm ? -W- -V. v 1 4 . Monday, March 25. 1957 7. Mfc If .X- DIGGING OUT Workmen dig out one of three cars partially buried when sections of the coast highway 10 miles south of San Francisco were covered by landslides caused by earthquakes that hit Northern California. Occupants of the autos suffered only minor injuries and shock. Some sections of highway slid completely away. Morse Chairman of Radio Subcommittee Washington (U.R) Sen. Wayne L. Morse, (D-Ore.), has been named chairman of a small business subcommittee on day time radio broadcasting. Other members are Sens. Alan Bible (D-Nev ). and Andrew F. Schoeppel (R-Kan.). The subcommittee was set up to investigate charges by day time-only radio broadcasters that the Federal Communica tions has failrd to act on their petition for extended operating time. Chairman John J. Sparkman (D-Ala.), of the full committee sa.id "there j. increasing evi dence that the regulatory agen cies of the federal government are discriminating against small usinesses whether they be truckers, broadcasters, or airlines." Richter Scale Has No Set Maximum San Francisco (U.R) The Richter scale, which measures the force of enrthquakes such as those which have jolted San Francisco, hes no maximum. Informally, the figure 10 is used as a top, but only as a frame of reference. Theoretically, quakes with .1 magnitude of 100 could be recorded on the sensi tive device. The scale "as invented by Dr. Richter of the California Insti tute of Technt logy in Pasadena. It operates on a logarithmic basis. This means a magnitude of two is 10 times as great as a reading of one. A reading of three is 10 imes as strong as two and 100 times as strong as one. Four 's 10 times as strong as three and so forth. Friday's most violent shock was recorded at 5.5 on the scale, the 1906 quake, which started the disastrous San Francisco fire, was 8.25 in intensity. One early Saturday registered 4.25. The most powerful quakes ever recorded have been about 8.6, according to Dr. Perry Byer- Iy, University of California seismologist. The earthquakes in the Aleu tians recently ranged from seven to eight, but were not disastrous because the area is relatively uninhabited. QUAKE ROCKS SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA Water gushes, from a ruptured drain pipe in United Press photo darkroom in the San Francisco News building following a sharp earthquake which was described as the worst to hit the area since the disas trous 1906 quake and fire. Above, Max Gutirrez presses all the available buckets into service until the water can be shut off. CONSTIPATED? New laxative discovery un-Iocks bowel blocks without gag, bloat or gripe Constipation is caused by what doc Ion cail a "thrifty" colon that, instead of retaining moisture as it should, does the opposite: robs the colon of o much moisture that its contents become dehydrated, so dry that they block the bowel; so shrunken that they fail to excite or stimulate the urce to purge that propels and expels waste from your body. To regain normal regularity, the dry, shrunken, constipating contents of your colon which now block your bowel must be remoistened. Second, bulk must be brought to your colon to S-T--E-T-C-H STIMULATE it to action; to a normal urge to purge. And, of all laxatives, only Colonaid, the amazing new laxative discovery possesses Colonaid's great moistunz- uir capacity, plus Colonaid's stretch stimulaimg bulk. So effective it re lieves even chronic constipation over night, Colonaid is yet so smooth, so gentle it has proved safe even for women in critical stages of pregnancy. Superior to old styl bulk, salt or drug laxatives Colonaid neither gags, bloats nor gripes; won't interfere with absorption of Titamins and other valu able food nutrients; in clinical tests, did not cause rash or other reactions. It's a physiological fact: Exercise tones your body! And Colonaid exercises your colon to tone it against constipa tion, overnight! Get Colonaid, in easy-to-take tablet form at any drug counter, today! Only S8c for the 60 tablet package, brings positive relief at less than 2c per tablet WASHES CLAMS DOWN Brie-Comte Robert, France (U.R) Auguste Ibrelisle swal lowed more than four gallons of fresh clams m less than an hour Sunday to win a bet of a bottle of champagne Then he drank the champagne. Petitions Request Teamster Removal Portland (U.R) Petitions bearing the names of more than 500 Portland area teamsters un ion members have been sent to the Senate Labor Rackets com mittee calling for the removal from office "of any Teamster of ficial found guilty of racketeer ing or misuse of union funds." A leader in the petition move ment declared "the ball is just beginning to roll. There's more names to follow " Th latest petition to the Sen ate committee brought the total signatures obtained to 857. An earlier petition with more than 300 signatures was dispatched two weeks ago. Harry Federspiel, a member of local 162 said he obtained about 300 signatures and only 10 persons he approached had refused to sign. Federspiel a member of the union for 20 years, promised a full scale effort at the next meet ing of his lociil to have "the old union meeting procedures changed." He is a member of local 162 which has about 5000 members, the largest of 10 lo cals in this arva with total mem bership of abcut 12,000. PAST CATCHES UP Young San Franciscans play with their dog oblivious to significance of the fallen pillar behind them. They are the famed "Portals of the Past" in Golden Gate Park. They were all that remained of the Spreckles mansion that stood on Nob Hill when the disastrous 1906 quake and fire hit San Francisco. Pillar fell in recent quake that hit San Francisco area. By CAROLINE B. HARDING McLeod A surprise party was given at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Dussenberry Thursday evening, March 21, honoring Mrs. Dussenberry on her birthday. Those attending were Mr. and Mrs. Craven, Mr. and Mrs. Ar thur Hume, Mr. and Mrs. Ever ett Elrod, Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Wilson and family, Mrs. Everett Cushman and son, Paul, and Mrs. Shirley Oliver. Driver Arrested After Car Accident Herbert Hewlett Harding, 56. of 3 Clark st., Medford, was cited for driving while under the influence of intoxicating liquor, after his car hit a rock bank and rol'ed over Saturday night on Highway 238, according to state police Officers said Harding was westbound on the highway about l'i miles west of Jacksonville when he applied the brakes and skidded across the highway They reporter! the car skidded about 88 feat from the point where the brakes were applied. Harding's wife, Estelle Rose, was taken by Medford Ambu lance servics to Sacred Heart hospital wharcs he was treated for bruises and abrasions. Po lice siad Harding refused an ex amination at the hospital and was lodged in the county jail He later comtiained f pain and was taken to Sacred Heart hos pital where he was kept under observation overnight. NO MINUTE WALTZ Rouen, France (U.R) Ger man pianist Heinz Arnts shakily got up from his piano stool at the Theatre de la Lyre Sunday night after 620 hours of con tinuous playig. which broke his own former world's record by McLEOD Surprise Party Given Mr. and Mrs. George Kansky and son, of Union Creek, are moving to Portland, where Kan sky has been transferred. He is 4-H Club News PHOENIX 4-H CLUB The Phoenix 4-H club met March 8 to discuss business and introduce the various clubs be longing to the main club. Offi cers of the clubs were introduced. The program was conducted by Darlene Popow and Virgie Martin, who represented the cooking club. They held a cake walk. Next meeting will be April 12. employed by the U.S. Forest Service. Mrs. Roy Vaughn spent the spring vacation in N a m p a Calif., with her son and daugh ter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Donald Vaughn and family. Mrs. Arthur Hume is spending the spring vacation with her family at her home on Butte creek. Mrs. Hume is attending Southern Oregon college in Ashland. Mrs. Lewis Dussenberry and Mrs. Hume attended the Jackson county PTA meeting in Medford Wednesday, March 20. TIMBER WOLVES The Gold Hill Timber Wolves met March 8 at the home of the leader, Ralph Hixson. There were two visitors. Mr. Hixson gave a quiz on different kinds of wood, fruits, needles and leaves. Next meeting will be a field trip on March 31. Rain made the scheduled February trip im possible. Gregg Schmidt, Reporter PROSPECT SEWING CLUB The Prospect sewing club met Wednesday, March 20. Two of the girls attending the meeting selected their next project. Ma jority of the members are mak ing party dresses. Next meeting will be Wednesday, April 3, at the leader's home. 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