Page 2-Tuesday, June 13, 1978-The Michigan Daily Earthquake injures hundreds in Japan TOKYO (AP)-A powerful undersea others were crushed to death in a house earthquake, Japan's deadliest in 14 under construction in the prefectural years, crumbled buildings, toppled capital of Sendai. utility poles and triggered landslides An elderly man being treated in a along the densely populated northeast hospital in Iwate, near Migagi, died of coast yesterday. Police reported at shock resulting from the quake. There least 21 persons killed and 340 other in- were no immediate details on the other jured. , deaths. One person was reported The late afternoon quake was the missing. strongest recorded anywhere in the It was the worst death toll since a 1964 world this year, registering 7.5 or 8 on quake killed 27 persons in Niigata on the Richter scale. Thousands of the northwest coast. panicked office workers and apartment A power failure knocked out street dwellers fled down swaying staircases signals and snarled traffic in Sendai, a and doged tumbling walls to reach the city of 554,000. At least two house fires, safety of city streets. later brought under control, were HARDEST HIT was migagi Prefec- reported in the city. ture, 180 miles north of Tokyo. In Throughout the affected region, Tokyo, where at least three persons police reported a total of 140 houses were reported slightly injured, buldings destroyed, nine bridges wrecked, roads shook, bottles and cans were knoced cut at 52 locations, 17 landslides, two from shelves, telephone service and dikes destroyed and telephone links cut commuter transportation were disrup- in 27 places. ted, and it was believed some water A tidal wave warning was lifted about mains may have been broken. three hours aftr the quake. The biggest In Migagi, two persons were reported quake-generated wave measured only killed by falling telephone poles and two seven inches. The Central Meteorological Agency THE MICHIGAN DAILY said the first tremor was weak, striking volume LXXXVIII, No. on at 5:06 p.m. The major shock came nine Tuesday. Jooe 13, 1070 is edited and managed by students at the Unversity minutes later. of Michigan. News phone 764-0562. Second class Japanese seismologists recorded it at postage is paid at Ann Arhor, Michiganm40109. 7.5 on the Richter scale at the epicenter, Pubtished daily Tuesday through Sunday morning in the Pacific 80 miles southeast of Sen- during the University year at 420 Maynard Street, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109. Subscription rates: dai. The Uppsala seismological in- $12 Septemher through April (2 semesters) $13 by stitute in Sweden set the intensity at 8 mail outside Ann Achoc. Summer session published Tuesday through Satur- and said it was the strongest tremor it day morning. Suhscription rates: $6.50 in Ann Arbor: has recorded in the world so far this $7.50 hy mail outside Ann Arhoc. year. BEGINNING JULY 1 doubledecker buses like this will grace the city's streets in an effort to lure shoppers into the downtown and Farmer's Market areas. A rtouchof mterr old Eng.--land rolls into town By JUDY RAKOWSKY A taste of jolly old England will soon grace the city's streets and will no doubt draw some puzzled stares from those unaccustomed to seeing red doubledecker buses this side of London. "It's exciting to have London doubledecker buses running up and don the streets," said Ann Arbor Tomorrow (AAT) worker Diane Gutterman. THE SUSES will hit Liberty Street July 1 to encourage shoppers to shop at downtown business establishments. The shuttle buses are sponsored by AAT and an adjunct, Liberty Unlimited Inc., which have intermeshed mostly volunteer staffs. The buses will link the shopping areas of State and Main Sts. through Liberty St., in an attempt to at- tract downtown shoppers and sight- seers. The three boxy-looking red vehicles will adhere to the State-Main route throughout the week, running at 15- minute intervals, according to Gutter- man. On Saturdays, the doubledeckers will cruise a loop through Kerrytown and the Farmer's Market, in addition to the regular route. All rides will be free. GUTTERMAN SAID ther AAT um- brella group has been sponsoring facade loans to imporove business fron- ts and downtown improvement projects throughout its five-year existence. The Del Rio bar and Mr. Flood's Party were both refurbished through this process. Gutterman said the progam prompted many other businesses to use their own money to improve their businesses' ap- pearance. The shuttledeckers were purchased with bank loan aid by- AAT for ap- proxiamtely $42,000. 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