ML20234E091

Forwards 640501 Article from San Francisco Chronicle Entitled, PG&E Says Bodega Is Quake Proof

ML20234E091
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Site:	05000000, Bodega Bay
Issue date:	05/01/1964
From:	Southwick R US ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION (AEC)
To:	Fouchard J, Lowenstein R, Price H US ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION (AEC)
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• general magnitude of the 1906 San Fr a n cis c o earth.

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