The Michigan Daily-Wednesday, March 2, 1983-Page 7 Tornadoes, From AP and UPI A devastating Pacific storm hurled a tornado into downtown Los Angeles -yesterday cutting a three-mile scar of destruction, while floods sent many Californians scrambling to rooftops and. mudslides blocked highways and railroads. The death toll climbed to eight in the' -Worst of a series of back-to-back West Coast storms, with at least 12 injured in the tornado. HUNDREDS OF people were :evacuated and expensive homes were swept' down hillsides in a sea of mud. About 210,000 homes and businesses lost power. The twister damaged 90 to 100 homes and a hospital, riped off the sides of buildings, tossed cars around like toys and took off part of the roof of the Los Angeles Convention Center. The Convention Center's principal architect, J. P. McCarty, said winds ripped off a third of the sheet metal roof covering the 12-year-old building's main exhibit hall and also tore the metal skin of the south side of the massive structure. DAMAGE TO the 234,000-s facility was estimated at $2. said Bob King, building supers Police reported several pe arrested for looting. As that was going on, the s thquake in less than 14 hours Los Angeles area, but there immediate reports of dama juries. Terry Wallace at the4 Institute of Technology seis laboratory in Pasaden preliminary readings indi quake at 12:18 pm. PST mez on the Richter scale and was "essentially in the same plac day night's tremor in Inglewo( LOS ANGELES County S Kenneth Hahn said the areal tornado, which touched down the University of Southerni and moved into the downtow the convention center, look( "real disaster, a war street." Another tornado struck Pas miles to the north. The California twisters injured a people, officials said. Queen Elizabeth II, who wa earthquakes quare-foot the area on a 10-day tour, retused to fly 5 million, by helicopter to President Reagan's visor. mountaintop rancho del Cielo because ople were of the heavy rain and wind. The president finally welcomed her during econd ear- a hastily planned airport ceremony at jolted the Goleta, Calif., 95 miles north of Long were no Beach. Bad weather forced the ge or in- ceremony into a metal hangar. California THE WEATHER cancelled what was mological to be one of the highlights of the queen's ia said 10-day tour of the western United States sated the - a horseback ride through the asured 3.5 California countryside with the centered Reagans. e" as Mon- The day was marked by hectic od. schedule changing, confusion and back- upervisor and-forth messages between the royal hit by the entourage and the White House staff. n south of Meanwhile, storms in the Gulf of California Mexico drenched the Southeastern n area to coastal states with heavy rains, but ed like a March came in like a lamb over most of the central part of the country. sadena, 10 NATIONAL GUARD troops and Southern rescuers in boats, helped evacuate t least 25 hundreds, from the Sacramento River Valley of Northern California, to the as visiting shores of Malibu Lake near Los Angeles, where water was up to the eaves of some houses. Mobile homes floated away in some areas. Winds gusted up to 84 mph, snapping power lines to thousands of homes, up to 5 inches of rain fell in places, and The Lo parts of the Sierra Nevtida was ning. smothered by 7 feet of new snow. hit California coast All 'M' football to be televised in 1983 s Angeles Convention Center suffered extensive damage after a tornado tore through the city yesterday mor- (Continued from Page 1) we want to offer a more substantial promotional exchange," said Perry, who added that Michigan gets no money for the show, but gets exposure. Football was not the only sport to- come under discussion for television consideration at yesterday's meeting. Also mentioned was the prospect of get- ting Michigan basketball coach Bill Frieder a television show. "We think it's a definite possibility," said Perry. "We'll work on that this summer or spring." FRIEDER, AND not the athletic department, would get the money from such a show. "He doesn't want it for the money, but the recruiting purposes," said Perry. The assistant athletic director believes there will be substantial ap- peal to a Frieder television show. "WE'VE TALKED to a packager who does (such shows) in Iowa," said Perry. In Michigan, "channel 10 is in- terested, channel 50 would be in- terested, and I'm sure CTC would be in- terested. "With basketball, we hope to build a statewide network," continued Perry. The Big Ten has already sold basket- ball nationally through Metrosports, a network that sells the games to in- dividual stations. The Big Ten is in the second year of its Metrosports contract, which is worth $15 'million over three years. Other matters discussed at yester- day's meeting included ways to im- prove Big Ten officiating; ticket distribution plans for 1983; the possible expansion of the women's athletic department building; Michigan memorabilia; and potential changes in the post-season awards given to varsity athletes. EPA probe intensifies (Continued from Page 1) Cleanup costs. In California with President Reagan, deputy press secretary Larry Speakes said Dingell's letter has not been received at the White House and any evidence of wrongdoing should be tur- ned over to the Justice Department. THERE WAS no immediate com- ment from the Justice Department. Meanwhile, Burford was going before a House Appropriations subcommittee to testify on the EPA's proposed 1984 budget. In a letter to Burford on Mon- day, Dingell said it was 'up to Congress to provide the EPA with more operating money than the agency wants if it is to do its job. Dingell also said the panel has received sworn testimony from three EPA employees indicating that Lavelle may have committed perjury when she denied knowing that her former em- ployer was partly responsible for one California dump. Dingell said three of the EPA workers made sworn statements and a fourth provided corroboration to his former employer, Aerojet-General Corp., was among the dumpers being assessed for cleanup of the Stringfellow Acid Pits in California. In testimony before both House and Senate committees last week, Lavelle said she was not aware of Aerojet- General's involvement until June 17, 1982, and she immediately excused her- self from any EPA decisions involving the site. 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