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McNown is not a victim of termites or building-code violations. Rather, the Calaveras fault-a tributary of the mighty San Andreas fault three miles away-runs right under his house in Hollister, Calif, (pop. 11,430), 85 miles south of San Francisco. The local Chamber of Cornmerce likes to stress the area's lush walnut and apricot groves, burgeoning industrial base and commuting proximity to "Silicone Valley." But some Hollister boosters have a catchier slogan for their community: THE EARTHQUAKE CAPITAL OF THE WORLD. Indeed, the San Andreas fault, largest of the 32 active and inactive incisions...
...Hollister Hills Recreational Park south of town, whole packs of mild-mannered motorcyclists ride up and down the fault every weekend for $1.50 a day. Campers arriving early enough can pitch their tents or park their vans right on the fault line and get a closeup look at the offset streams, broken rock formations and hills forged by the geologic, scraping. The park, according to local Businessman Howard Harris, "has the most active movement in the world," with an average creep of 11 mm (.44 in.) each day. But visitors expecting to see a gaping fracture in the earth...
...common fault of these illustrious men? All, Human Events believes, are tying to steer Ronald Reagan from his deep-rooted conservatism and thus undermine his presidency. "We believe the President's instincts are very, very good," says editor and co-owner Thomas S. Winter. "If follows them, he'll do just fine." It is not the President but certain advisors who are betraying the Administration's purpose, he adds...
...romantic couple's incompatibility appears to be more his fault than hers. Mouis is a fine, precise dancer with exquisite balance and an engaging flair for comedic flirtation. Her Kitri-Dulcinea is a model of girlish exuberance and mischief, quick in her pirouettes and unquiveringly exact in her arabesques...
Cleary agreed in dismissing the choke rap on the current Eagle squad, saying. "I hear that stuff all the time. But how can you fault the B.C. team? They played a helluva hockey game tonight...