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143 LaVerne Ave.

Long Beach, Calif.

Jan - 9 - 1968

Xe to Della 1/12

David Jacobson:

Dear Sir – I am writing to confirm
the Encina earthquake story. I was
there and remember it especially well. Since
when Wentz was hanging from the eaves,
I jumped from a second-floor window and
broke off the extreme lower tip of my backbone,
by landing sitting down.

While Wentz was hanging from the eaves,
some of the boys on the inside asked him
why he was doing it, and he said:
"because I wan tto land on top of the
heap, when the building goes down, instead
beneath it.

Yours very truly

Ralph C. Pollock

Stanford - A.B. '06 A.M. '12

{address label affixed:

"RALPH C. POLLOCK

143 LaVerne Avenue

Long Beach 3, California"}

P.S. - Sorry, but I do not know the
name of Wentz' roomate.

R.C.P.

"Seemingly" impossible
or not, I was there and know that it happened
just as stated in the story, which, by the way, did not
say that he jumped.