Amerikai Magyar Hírlap, 1994 (6. évfolyam, 1-50. szám)

1994-01-28 / 4. szám

AMERICAN Hungarian Journal SHAKEN BUT NOT STIRRED Earthquake Country Lives Up to Its Reputation I’ve been living in California for almost 20 years. I heard people talking about earthquakes past and future, the "Big One" coming soon, and the like, but in all that time, I haven’t seen one worth mentioning. There have been devastating earthquakes in Mexico City, Nicaragua, Guatemala, the Philipines, Ar­menia, China and India, but California seemed as quiet and peaceful as ever. On January 17,1994, the quake of the century hit Los Angeles. Well, this one got my attention all right. It was a 6.6 on the Richter Scale, and it hit in the pre-dawn darkness, shaking the house like a giant baby playing with its toy. I am a deep sleeper and I have slept through many a smaller tremor. My first impression, when I woke up to this one, was of my husband leaning over me, trying to protect and shelter me from whatever might fall on us, telling me it was going to be all right. What I remember most is the sound: it was as if a freight train had passed over our heads, a train with a never ending row of box cars. We had guests from Budapest sleeping in the next room: a couple with a six-year-old boy. We hurried to see how they were doing, and comfort them, if pos­sible. Then we all grabbed some clothes and ran outside. It was still dark, and we spent a couple of hours in the car, where every­thing was still working: the radio that could bring us news and in­formation, the lights to drive out the darkness, and the heating so we could stop shivering. Inside, everything was dead, including the phone lines. Morning came, and we ventured back into the house. By then we knew it had been a 6.6, the biggest quake in L.A. history. My hus­band and I walked around in the house, surveying the damage. At first we saw nothing out of the ordinary, but when I entered my office, I got a real shock. My wall­­to-wall, ceiling-high bookshelf was torn out of the wall and had fallen against the opposite side of the room, stopping at a 45 degree angle. The pile of books was waist-high, mixed with broken pieces of china and glass. When we returned to the guest room upstairs, we noticed with dismay that the huge Zenith TV had fal­len from the low cabinet and was lying on the floor. Thank God it did not fall on them! Lastly we returned to our bedroom and saw that everything had fallen from the shelves there as well. We never even noticed when it happened! Stories began to filter in about collapsed houses and freeway off­ramps, individual and collective tragedies. I’m sure you are all familiar with them by now. We began to pick up the pieces of our lives, but the memory of those first moments when the quake hit is something I try not to remem­ber too often, and hope never to experience again. I hope all of you survived this catastrophy unhurt, or, as one columnist put it, "shaken but not stirred" (if you remember the good old James Bond movies, that’s how Agent 007 used to order his Martini) and we can all go on with our lives, in spite of the continuing strong aftershocks which, CalTech is telling us, are following a "textbook sequence". (There was another one just as I was finishing my last sentence.) My daughter and son-in-law are moving to Nashville, Tennessee, on the first of February, and I can’t blame them. Life is not going to be easy here in the next year or so, but where can a true Californian go and be happy? To New York, where more than a hundred people froze to death last week, twice the number of the earthquake victims here? To Il­linois, where the record low, with the windshear factor, was seventy below? To Seattle, where it rains every day of the year, or to Nevada, where you die of heat exposure, or to some godfor­saken little town somewhere in the middle where you die of boredom? No way! I’m staying because I love this place and made a commitment to it, for bet­ter or worse. S.J. News in Brief Prime Minister Péter Boross will make a one-day official visit to Germany on March 1. He will be received by the German head of state Helmut Kohl, whom he met recently in Budapest, at József Antall’s funeral. ♦ * * * The Brussels Conference decided not to grant Hungary and the other Central-European countries immediate entry into NATO, but offered them a "loose cooperation" instead. Those European countries which wish to sign the Partnership for Peace treaty, may do so beginning Mon­day, January 24 - reports the NATO headquarters from Brus­sels. * * * There are no changes in the off­ing as to policies regarding the Baltic states - stressed spokes­man Grigory Karaszin, comment­ing on KozireVs recent speech, in which the Foreign Minister said, "We must not pull out from ter­ritories that have belonged to the Russian sphere of interest for centuries. We need not be afraid of the expression, "military presence." * * * According to the statistics of the auto industry, last year 14.2 mil­lion cars were sold in the United States, 8% more than in 1992. This has been the most successful year since 1989. On the other hand, the sales for Western Europe are down to 11.5 million, 15.2% less than the year before, the largest decline in 50 years. Japan sold 12.9% fewer cars during the same period, but their auto industry’s presence in Europe increased. * * * PEOPLE Viktor Róna, the best ballet dancer in Hungary for decades, is dead. His memorial service will be held in the foyer of the Opera House on January 28, after which he will be put to final rest in the "artists’ row" of the Farkasrét Cemetery. * * * Telly Savalas, the bald hero of the popular TV-series "Kojak", died one day after his 70th birthday, victim of the same dis­ease that killed Don Ameche and Bill Bixby before him: prostate cancer. Savalas had played in more than 60 films. He was not born bald, but became so by choice after he had to shave his head for a role in "The Greatest Story Ever Told" and liked his new looks. So that’s how he stayed, and that’s how we’ll remember him. * * * The Hungarian Scouts Or­ganization held its annual Gala Ball at the Los Angeles Airport Marriott Hotel Saturday night. Attila and Maria Tóth greeted the gathering; Adrienne Nagy read Consul General András Márton’s speech for them; then the debutants opened the ball. It is always heartwarming to watch these young people pop of from nowhere and suddenly stand before us as grown-ups, dancing the waltz with grace and dinamism. Three cheers for them, and for the organizers of the glamorous ball! * * * Noah’s Ark found? That’s what the British Observer and the Ger­man Die Welt claims. The loca­tion is Turkey, 32 kilometers from the peaks of Mount Ararat, at 2300 meters above sea level. The director of the Archeological In­stitute at Atatiirk University believes that the remains are 100 thousand years old, buried deep inside a mountain, but clearly visible on pictures made with radiolocators. The ark is 172 meters long and 46 meters wide. Scientists believe it was not the torrential rains but some cosmi­­cally triggered tectonic upheaval that lifted it up to the present al­titude. * * * A Virginia court pronounced Lorena Bobbitt "not guilty" of the vicious attack on her husband, on account of temporary insanity. As the whole world knows by now, the temperamental lady severed his husband’s sexual organ while he was asleep in his bed. The organ was eventually reattached, and Lorena may have had good reason to fear her husband’s brutality, but still... This, on top of the acquittals in the Reginald Denney case, and the recent mistrial in the Menen­­dez case, makes you wonder whether our judges and juries ever look at the facts. One radio listener’s comment: "When the head of the jury said, ’temporary insanity5,1 would have asked him one question only: All right, but all 12 of you at once?" (By the way, did you know that Mr. Bobbitt was Hungarian? It appears that his parents’ name is Bíró.) * * * Rumor has it that, during the 6.6 earthquake, a baby was born in a Los Angeles hospital with the weight of exactly 6.6 pounds. It was a fine, healthy baby, and they named it Rocky. What other name could have been more fit­ting? MAGYAR MŰVÉSZEK RÁDIÓMŰSORA minden szombaton délután 4 órakor a KTYM rádióállomáson, az 1460-as AM hullámhosszon Műsorvezetők: CZÖVEK ISTVÁN és CSAPÓ TAMÁS Public Notices (American Hungarian Journal) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 93-2538235 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: JUDIT TRAVEL NETWORK 13963 Sherman Way Van Nuys, Ca. 91405 This business is conducted by an individual. Type of Business: TRAVEL SERVICES The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names losted above on: November 15,1993 Signed JUDIT HOLLO This statement was filed in official records, Recorder's Office of LOS ANGELES COUNTY CALIFORNIA on 29 December, 1993. Notice-This fictitious name statement expires five years rrom the date it was filed in the office of the county clerk. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before that time. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this stateof a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (See Section 14400 et seq., Business and Professions Code) Publish January 14, 21, 28, February 4, 1994 FALCON WINGS TRAVEL 9841 Airport blvd., Suite 808 Los Angeles, CA 90045 Tel.:(310)417-3590 Fax.:(310)417-3594 LAX - BUD - LAX BUD - LAX - BUD LAX - FRA - LAX LAX - LON - LAX LAX - TLV - LAX $ 665.- +tax $ 739.- +tax $ 560.- +tax $ 429.-+tax $ 795.- +tax SLIP & FALL ACCIDENTS BOAT ACCIDENTS BUS ACCIDENTS MAGYARUL IS BESZÉLÜNK DÍJTALAN KONZULTÁCIÓ E. ANDREW MÁTYÁS Ügyvéd - Attorney at Law 250 S. La Cienega Blvd. Beverly Hills, CA 90211 Aki erre a hirdetésre hivatkozik, 25% engedményt kap! 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