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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1969
Page
10
UCLA engineering professor Antar Singh, born in India, developed a creep potential scale to predict landslides in Southern California. He defines creep as slow soil movement beneath the surface, often imperceptible, and says the scale measures creep perimeter to forecast landslide likelihood by soil type.
Health secretary Robert Finch asked the Agriculture Department to release surplus foods to poor families in 16 flood affected California counties lacking food programs. He and Agriculture secretary Cliff Hardin formed a joint task force to expand food stamp distribution, spurred by migrant workers from San Benito County who appealed for help after a Dec 30 court order. Rep. John Tunney joined in urging immediate action beyond county lines.
Pasadena geophysicist Dr. C Hewitt Dix suggests tidal bulges in the earths crust driven by the moon and sun may trigger major earthquakes. He cites the 1952 Kern County quake and aftershocks that killed 14 and caused $60 million in damage as a possible example.
Henry N Rapaport of Scarsdale NY, president of the National United Synagogue of America, criticized Christian leaders in Los Angeles during a tour of Jewish houses of worship, saying their silence on Negro antisemitism has created a gulf in Christian Jewish relations.
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