Mount St Helens erupts amid ash cloud over Portland area
Mount St Helens delivered a third major eruption casting a 10 mile high plume and dusting Portland Oregon and Vancouver Washington with ash. Shelters warned residents to stay indoors or wear masks while logging town Cougar evacuated and red zone residents fled. Authorities reported no deaths or injuries but noted heavy ash fallout across a 200 mile swath and potential water acidification.
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Portland
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Salem
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Clark County Sheriffs Office
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Cowlitz County Sheriff's Deputies
Lewis River
Pete Rowley
U.S
Marriage of a Little House star tops social pages
The marriage of a Little House on the Prairie star is ruptured, with People magazine flagging the story on page 8A. Other items previewed include Urban Cowboy with John Travolta, page 9A, and a review of a Gunsmoke actor’s death noted on page 8A.
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Democrats to endorse balanced budget opposition at Iowa convention
Iowa Democrats convene in Des Moines to approve a 39 plank platform addressing economic issues and privacy while endorsing opposition to a federal balanced budget amendment and to a state revenue growth cap. Delegates to the Democratic National Convention and the DNC representatives are elected during the full day.
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Iowa
U.S
Veterans Auditorium
Des Moines
New York
St Ludmila Kolache Fest opens with prizes and rides
The event at the church complex 215 21st Ave SW begins this afternoon from 6 to 11 p.m. with 250 stuffed animals for 10 children’s games and 15 adult games. Bakers plan 1200 dozen kolaches as festival hours run tonight 6–11, Saturday noon–11 and Sunday 11–6, featuring carnival rides bingo and a beer tent.
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Robbie
Chrisy Cassidy
Edward Roling
21St Ave
Keota Cow Chip Toss Faces Chip Shortage Ahead of Contest
Keota organizers fear rain dampens Oklahoma chips for the eighth annual Cow Chip Throw, risking last year stock and forcing changes. Contest chair Denny Bohrofen recalls 1978 rain delays and a last minute shipment to Cedar Rapids as he seeks new supply before 7 p.m. Wednesday.
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Oklahoma Panhandle
Iowa
Beaver
Okla
Denny Bohrofen
Bohrofen
Oklahoma
United Airlines
Cedar Rapids
Culver credited in Carter rationing plan shift
President Carter's revised gasoline rationing plan, released Thursday, favors agricultural states. Sen. John C. Culver aided behind the scenes to ensure agriculture is treated as a national priority by allocating fuel from the national supply rather than individual state allocations. The plan would dilute emergency shortages with a broad coupon system, with Congress to decide.
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