Show er StHncird-ExiTjn- Saturday June 29 1991 11A NATIONAL Quake wasn’t The Big One’ but still killed one hurt 46 Newspapers KogM-ROd- Prep grad grabbed police got wrong man SAN FRANCISCO — A young pan dragged from his high school graduation in cap and gown and handcuffs was jailed for two weeks jn a case of mistaken identity before a police lineup cleared him of robbery and kidnap charges Calvin Wong 18 was arrested June 13 minutes before the commencement ceremony for Alamo Park High School To the disbelief of classmates a pair of plainclothes officers who had mixed freely with the crowd handcuffed Wong and kd him away “1 was feeling terrible I didn’t know why I was arrested" Wong said Friday "They just got the wrong person I can't imagine why they treated me like this They could have done it after the ceremony After four years of hard work 1 was waiting for this for a long time I cannot explain it It just hurt" PASADENA Caht — It may not have been The Big One but it was big enough for Daniel Cerda “I may look cool and composed but inside I’m scared" Cerda 37 and legally blind said tapping his cane on a downtown sidewalk as be searched for a bus stop “I've lived here all my life but I don't take them in sinde I still get rattled" What rattled Cerda and millions of other southern Californians on Friday was an early-mo- earthquake measuring 60 on the Richter killed rning at least Scale The quake one person injured 46 damaged up to 200 buildings and forced police to rope off sections of downtown Pasadena One woman was killed when a section of steel beam fell from above the grandstands at nearby Santa Amu Park a horse-racin- g track in Arcadia She was identified as Julie Nicoli 34 of San Dimas a friend of a track han dler A second woman 68 died from a heart attack minutes after the quake The earthquake jolted Los Angeles and was felt as far south as San Diego and as far north as Santa Barbara It raised the San Gabriel Mountains under which it was centered by 2 to 3 inches scientists said In Pasadena which officials said was the hardest-hi- t city scores of business shut down for the day as workers boarded up storefronts City officials declared a state of emergency and estimated damage at $10 million No buildings were destroyed but at least 190 were damaged city officials said some shifting off their foundations The epicenter of the earth- quake which was the strongest in southern California in more than four years was about eight miles north of the town of Sierra Madre and seven miles underneath the San Gabriel Georgian convicted in bombings Jury agrees man guilty of 71 counts including slaying ofjudge lawyer ST PAUL Minn ( AP) — A jury Fnday convicted Waller Leroy Moody Jr of all charges in the mail-bom- b deaths of a federal judge and a civil rights lawyer in the Southeast The conviction came 18 months after what Attorney General Dick Thornburgh called one of the most intensive investigations ever by the Justice Department Moody 57 of Rex Ga showed no emotion and said nothing when the verdicts were read "He anticipated in my opinion the verdict" said Edward Tolley one of Moody’s lawyers “We all anticipated what the verdict would be We fought a good fight but we knew it would be an uphill battle" Tolley said he expects to appeal Moody who blamed the Ku KIux Klan for the slayings was convicted on all 71 counts by the in formation own dofonta against Ms attorneys' advica jury on its second day of deliberations The charges included murder in the death of Judge ert Vance Moody also was first-degr- FREE Robcon- him without parole Moody’s attorney has said he expects Alabama and Georgia to file state murder charges The attorney said possible death sentences in those states could supersede any federal sentence The judge's m y DECORATING SERVICE (Estimates) IN-HO- Wallcoverings 376 Window Treatments Silk Plants 621-483- 1 392-999- 1084 W RIVERDALE 2 RD - 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