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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16, 1969 THE DAILY NEBRASKAN PAGE 5 speculation varies from coast to coast concerning California's plunge into the sea Campus Calendar by John Dvorak Nebraskan Staff Writer Would it be better for the world it California did indeed sink into the 1 acific Ocean? The experts, like Dr. Robert B. Kelson, assistant professor of geology a: NU, will not comment on that question. But Nelson, a structural geologist, would comment on the predictions currently running rampant on the West Coast that California, following a devastating earthquake, will fall into the sea. "That would be, in geologic terms, a 'catastrophy,' " he said. "Throughout geologic history, there is no real evidence of any such catastrophy." The center of attention seems to be the San Andreas fault, a fracture in the earth's crust which runs nearly the length of California .It passes west ! San Francisco and east of Los Angeles. Lesser known faults have developed near the San Andreas. "Sometimes the fault has not moved for long periods of time," Nelson ex plained. Other times, such as during the great San Francisco earthquake in 1906, the fault moved 20 feet. The fault has been studied for only about 75 years, not much time in geologic perspective. According to documented figures, Nelson said, the fault has moved about 40 inches a century or less than an inch a year. The Ssn Andreas will have to move a lot mora than that if the predictions m sootrsfjyers, nippies, c u i i i s i s , astrologers,' ministers and other seers are to come true. About a dozen dates in April have bL'en offered for the quake; the next i Friday, April 18, which is the an niversary of t h e 1906 quake. Bo Maverick, the self appointed mayor of Haight-Ashbury, says that the earthquake will begin April 19 at 8:19 p m. Another more far-reaching prediction states that the giant earth quake will occur at 3:13 p.m. some Friday from May through Decem ber. The most popular single date for the quake was the afternoon of April 4. Obviously it didn't happen. It is impossible to predict an earth quake down to the minute, Nelson explained. But a recent theory can make it possible to pinpoint a future earthquake sometime in a period of tens of years. When strain builds up to a certain point on a fault, Nelson said, an earthquake results. Strain gages are placed on the fault, thus measuring the energy being built up. &me people, blame the current fears of a gigantic catatrophy on scientists who say that California is already overdue for a major earth quake, Nelson concurred. Some segments of the San Andreas fault have reached their theoretical limit, he said. V .. A 1. - f .... ..., iU .u unc iiumvs iw sine wiien uic rumors began. Possibly Mrs. Klizabelh Steen, a 29-year-old seeress who left San Francisco last November, started the rumors. She achieved fame by allegedly predicting the death of Dr. Martin L. King and t ie gall bladder surgery performed on former President Lyndon B. Johnson. Scientists often face such predic tions, Nelson said. In fact, catastrophies were once said to be t e cause of the earth's deformation. A theory has been advanced In the past which said that the Pacific Ocean was formed by a meteor striking the earth. "The more we study geology, the more less likely it appears that catastrophies have played a part in the earth's formation," Nelson said. Despite the almost nil chances of California sliding into the ocean, predictions of a catastrophy have' caused havoc throughout California and the West Coast. Randy Hall, a former NU graduate student who now resides on the coast said recently in a letter, "This is sup posed to be the big month around here; the papers are full of earth quake news ... So far several hun dred people have left the state it's .really something to see fear and ignorance at work." Several congregations of the Friendly Bible Apostolic Church of California left for Tennessee and Mississippi. Cordons of hippies left for northern Mexico. Eleven members i-f the Fellows of the Ancient Mind, a psychic cult, showed up at the Los Angeles City Hall last month to obtain a salvage permit that would allow them to rebuild the city after the quake. Predictions of doom are nothing new, Dr. John A. Braenian, associate professor of history, remarked. One of the most well known was in 1844. William Miller predicted that the world would end on October 22, 1944. He and a large group of followers wrapped themselves in white sheets and waited on a hill for the end, which of course never came. Instances of dire predictions have occurred earlier in history also, Braeman said. Perhaps, when the year 2000 arrives, more predictions about the end of the world will be advanced. It is doubtful that any previous prediction has resulted in such an economic windfall as have the latest West Coast remors. Posters depicting Los Angeles fall ing into the ocean are selling for $2.56. Author Curt Gentry, who penned the book "The Last Days of the Late Great State of California,' 'has ap peared on national television and his book is famous on the coast. However, bookdealers in Lincoln do not stock the book yet. One bookdealer said he didn't evn know of the book's ex istence. Two songs have been recorded about the erd of California. One is sung by Mama Cass, said a depart ment store spokesmen in Lincoln. But he couldnt even give the names of the two records. He Sid say that there Husker fans have choice on 411-SportsDay Nebraska sports fans can choose among three sports May 10 during the annual All-Sports Day. The Hunker baseball squad meets Iowa State on the Vine Street dia mond at 11 a.m. and will be followed by the annual spring football game featuring the whites against the reds at 1:30 p.m. The NU track team meets iMssourl at 4 p.m. LIKE A GREAT ICKTAIL PIANO? : ; t ill- ,x lw YOU'LL LQUE HAY DUIQM Appearing Monday thru Saturday in THE CORN'R at the Wei comhii! 'PI Former pianist-arranger for Jimmy Dorsey and Ray Anthony...has appeared at Chica go's Ambassador East.. .Denver's Writer's Manor...Omaha's Hotel Blackstone. Come listen once -you'll be back often! WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16 f All events in the Nebraska Union unless otherwise indicated.) 2:30 p.m. Union Music Committee 3 p.m. .Arts & Sciences "Lynn White" 3:30 p.m. Union Hospitality Union Talks & Topics Builders College Days & Tours Quiz Bowl Questions Committee Union Trips & Tours 4 p.m. ASUN Senate 4:30 p.m. Seminar On The Disadvantaged Child Free University Money & Banking AWS Congress YWCA Tutorial Committee Miss U. of N. Finalists 6:16 p.m. ' Phi Beta Kappa Sigma Xi banquet 6:30 p.m. Builders Workers Council Phi Chi Theta 7 p.m. University of Nebraska Rodeo Assoc., East Campus Union Red Cross Builders IFC Alpha Lambda Delta Alpha Kappa Psi 7:10 p.m. NU VET, room 110, Ag Hall 7:30 p.m. Math Counselors Student Veterans Organization, elec tions at Lesion Club RAM Rehearsal Kosmet Kluto, 5:30 p.m. 8 p.m. slides from Camelot 9 p.m. Toastmasters A S C E 6 p.m. Mortar Board 9:30 p.m. Felowship of Christian Athletes Kappa Alpha Psi SPECIAL SELECTION All the books you can carry $1.00 Nebraska Bookstore 1135 R is almost no demand for the records, A . Lincoln pop radio station spokesman said she had never heard of the songs. Although the songs and book are not known here, many Lincolnites are talking about the predictions. Out in California, there they are doingmore . , iiiiiiiBiwtf,imi. than talking. Lessons in earthquake survival are being given in elemen tary schools. 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