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Show THURSDAY. 2 PLEASE RETURN spurs if you found on roadway to Weston. Gary Edge, 852 1326, Preston. LOST: ONE part Pekingese Cocker, female dog, black with some white marks. Hard of Radio Warns Of Deadly Tidal Waves popular radio program 'at the University of Hawaii these days is "tune in a tsunami." Funded by the National , A earthquake with tsunami potential occurs. The location and size of the quake are determined by other equipment. Science Foundation, scientists at the university are .testing a new early warning isystem to locate the deadly THOUGH POPULARLY called tidal waves, tsunamis are not caused by the tide, nor are they ordinary ocean swells, the National Geographic Society points out. Tsunamis are a series of almost invisible seismic sea waves that travel at more than 600 miles an hour in very deep water. They are detectable while at sea only by sensative (waves. Earthquakes that 'cause tsunamis generate dis turbances in the ionosphere high above earth that can be detected by radio. In the new warning system, a special radio receiver on the Island of Hawaii reads signals from a station" on Kauai. Reflected from the iono-- . sphere, the signals will show a shift in frequency if an shore-base- d As they approach land, however, tsunamis suddenly become terrifying walls of water that sweep everything before, them. Hawaii is especially vulnerable to tsunamis. In the last 150 years, 85 have struck the islands, causing at least 383 fatalities. As a rule the seismic monsters that victimize the islands come from the general area of Japan to the northwest, from Alaska to the north, or from Chile and Peru to the southeast. deflect them from the populated Hawaiian islands of Kauai, Oahu, Maui, and the others. But a tsunami originating off South America spells real trouble, because there is no natural breakwater in its path and it hits the Island of Hawaii with full force after crossing virtually empty XX-900 T Brown bears aren't necessarily brown, according to National Geographic World. The bears vary in color from dark brown to nearly white Some have fur tipped with silver and are called silver-tip- s WROTE AN eyewitness the next morning: "The waterfront was unrecognizable. There were several waves, you see, and what the first didn't get the others took care of. Whole buildings were driven directly through ,000-6:0- 0 you'd close a telescope. Boulders weighing nearly a ton were picked up and set down hundreds of yards In km. V , Friday Person incredi- Outreoch worker to ossist low income fomilies and individuals with problems in area. B.S. degree in Social Science or equivalent combination work experience and education. Full time but irregular hours and weekend work. On call at all times. 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