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...massive earthquake (7.5 on the Richter scale) that racked Guatemala lasted only 39 seconds, but to its victims that seemed an eternity of terror...
...into operation; the other will be finished in August 1977. When construction started in 1968, PG&E knew all about the San Andreas fault, 45 miles inland, and the Rinconada fault, some 20 miles away. So its engineers designed the plant to survive a quake registering 6.75 on the Richter scale.* The concrete foundations are 14 ft. thick, for example, and a cross section of the mammoth dome over each reactor would show 3½ ft. of concrete, liberally laced with steel reinforcing rods...
...prospecting offshore found an underwater fault that runs only 2½ miles west of Diablo Canyon. At first, this Hosgri fault was thought to be inactive. But studies sponsored by the U.S. Geological Survey revealed that it was probably responsible for a 1927 quake estimated at 7.25 on the Richter scale. PG&E experts dispute that conclusion, insisting that a more distant fault caused the quake. If they are right-a crucial if-the plant is designed with a sufficient margin of safety to survive any probable jolt in the area...
...McGuffey's Readers were launched, and where Red Blaik and Ara Parseghian got their starts in football. After last week it may also be remembered as the site of the U.S. debut of the latest in a long line of Russian pianists that includes Emil Gilels and Sviatoslav Richter. Lazar Berman, 45, is unknown in the U.S. and Western Europe. But collectors of Soviet recordings, as well as many pianists throughout the world, have for years praised his talent...
Although Berman has not played enough for fair comparison with Gilels and Richter, one wonders if either could present a better recital...