Sulphur Springs News-Telegram (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 102, No. 141, Ed. 1 Friday, June 13, 1980 Page: 1 of 14
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VOL. 102—NO. 141.
Volcano blows again
VANCOUVER, Wash. AP^ - Mount St
Helens thundered Into its third big bknr
'during the night shooting a plume of
steam, volcanic ash and pebbles 1® mij^s
high and dusting this city and neighboring
Portland. Ore., with the heavies? hint
yet
No deaths or injuries were reported, baa.
as Friday’ the 13th dawned, a suiLoc
people were warned to stay indoors or
wear masks if they ventured oat (fee tiny
logging town. pelted with pumice the size
of marbles, was evacuated
Dustings of ash were reported as far
north as Seattle and as far sooth as Salem,
Che,, a aiflkmle swath It spread from the
Oregon coart east to Pullman. Wash.
At dawn, observers said the ash plume ■
over the crater - shattered by previous
eruptions — had all but disappeared The
harmonic tremor that first was 'recorded
when the mountain erupted was.
diminishing.
‘ It is diminishing bet it has by no means
died down,” said Bofc Norris of the
University of Washington's Geophysics
Department,
Mayor' Connie McReady declared a
limited state of emergency in Portland,
which lies just across the Columbia River
and 40 miles southwest of the volcano, and
imposed a speed limit of 15 mph. Winds
from the opposite direction at high
altitudes carried a light sprinkling of dust >
100 miles north to Seattle.
Commuters in Portland straggled to
work through a gray, muddy slime
following an all-night fallout of ash mixed
with rain Portland International Airport
reopened at 6:15 a.m after being “closed
most of the night,
It looks like an atom bomb,” an ob-
server in a U S Forest! Service plane
radioed as the volcano exploded Thursday
night for the third time in a month. “It’s
very , very black ... It’s still booming, it’s
really booming." •
Scientists said the eruption could
become the worst since May 18, when the
volcano blanketed six states with ash and
claimed the lives of dozens of people.
In Vancouver, the Clark County sheriffs
office halted patrols and was making only
emergency runs.
There were numerous reports of minor
traffic accidents and vehicles stalling
after ash clogged their air filters
Pebbles of pumice up to an inch in
diameter were reported falling in Cougar,
a tiny logging town 10 miles south of the
mountain. Cowlitz County sheriffs
deputies said people were being evacuated
from the restricted “red zone,” an area
within a 20-mile radius of the peak.
Twenty people at Cougar were
evacuated, but another 20 at a sporting
goods store jurt down the Lewis. River
from the logging town were forced to stay-
put until the ash fallout subsided.
“It’s a major eruption," said Pete
Rowley, a U.S. Geological Survey
geologist. He said the plume from the
southwestern Washington mointain, first
reported at 8:45 p.m. PDT by an Eastern
Airlines pilot, rose as high as 52,000 feet
Quiet Clayton hears judge
set bribe arraignment date
By JIWTEtL
Associated Press Wrrter
HOUSTON AP - Texas House
Speaker Bill Clayton, one of the most
powerful political figures in the state.
stood quietly as a Ui>. Magistrate set las
June 26 arraignment date on racketeering
conspiracy, extortion and fraud charges
The veteran lawmaker had said he been
expecting Thursday's grand jury in-
dictments since he was caught up m the
FBI's undercover Briiab investigation last
February.
Houston labor official LG. Moore, a
Houston labor union official and Austin
attorney s Randall D. Wood and Donald W
Ray also were named in the six-count
indictment.
Rusty Kelly, administrative aide to
Clayton, was named as co-conspirator, but
art as a defendant.
witnesses and listening to tape recordings
of conversations involving Clayton, Moore,
Wood, Ray and FBI informant Joseph
Hauser.
The indictment charges that Moore,
aided by Wood and Ray. delivered $5,000 to
Clayton during a meeting on the $70-
milbon-a-year state employees’ insurance
plan.
—Related story page t—
The indictments came almost five
months after the grand jury' began hearing
Hauser, while working for the FBI, said
he posed as a representative of a national
insurance company.
The indictment also charged Clayton
with accepting a promise of an additional
$600,000 if the state employees’ insurance
contract was awarded to the insurance
company Hauser said he represented.
Clayton, 51, has commented frequently
on the pending indictments, but im-
mediately was ordered not to discuss the
charges by U.S. District Judge Robert
O'Conor Jr.
■ You are standing next to a man who
wanted to be heard by the media,” Roy
Minton, Clayton’s chief attorney, told
reporters following his client’s appearance
before the judge. . „
Clayton, who said he had planned to give
a prepared statement until being told of
the gag order, left the federal courthouse
without answering any questions.
The legislator has said he will ask for a
speedy trial and will not seek a fourth term
if convicted.
Two leading contenders for the 1981
speaker’s race are conservative Rep. Gib
1-ewis, D-Fort Worth, and moderate-to-
liberal Rep. John Bryant, D-Dallas.
Bryant already has announced he is op-
posing Clayton in the race while Lewis has
said he will not run officially unless
Clayton bows out.
Clayton has acknowledged receiving
$5,000 from Moore last November. But he
said he put the money in a safe place and
planned to return it to Moore, regional
director of Operating Engineers and In-
ternational Union.
Clayton and Moore both appeared
Thursday before U.S. Magistrate FrankG.
Waltermire, who set bond at $10,000 ea b.
and was the greatest activity since a May
25 olart that stranded thousands of
Memorial Day travelers
By t a m. PDT today, the plume had
dropped to about 16.000 feet.
The Portland mayor's office said a slight
trace of ash was found imthe Bull Run
Reservoir that supplies w ater to more than
one million people in the area. Officials
said it would make the water acidic but
should not pose a major health problem.
Elizabeth Reese, who owns a roadside
store south of Mount St Helens, said the
fallout appeared to be heavier than that
from the May 25 eruption
“We’ve got larger chunks, more sand
and darker. ’' she said
The National Weather Service, as a
precaution, issued flash-flood watches for
the Toutie, Lewis, Kalama and Cowlitz
rivers.,
The US. Forest Service issued an ash
warning for the Portland-Vancouver area.
The National Weather Service said
winds below the 40.000-foot level were
blowing mostly toward the south-
southwest
At higher altitudes, however, winds
were blowing north, and Rhonda Brooks of
the Washington Department of
Emergency Services said there were
scattered reports of very light ashfali in
the Seattie-Tacoma area, more than 100
miles north of the mountain
Emergency officials were alerted in five
Oregon counties in the possible path of the
ashfali. Stores in Portland dosed early
and Portland police doubled up in cars to
cut down on traffic and dust. The Oregon
Emergency Services division reminded
people to obtain masks and avoid driving if
possible
The May 18 explosion blew 1.3&lrt£et off
the top of the volcano, filled at least 24
people and left another 46 people missing.
Tisafc
Shape of the future
Although there is still not enough water available and it's still illegal to fish at Lake
Fork, the dam is ready and waiting for the rains that will eventually fill the newest
lake in the area. An all-weather road has been built from the Sabine River Authority
headquarters building to the spillway, the gravel is alongside the dam and the rocks
are in place to stop erosion. All they need is some more water.
-.'—SUM Photo
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Americans told 'get to work'
Americans were urged Thursday to
recapture their histone self-confidence
and to get to work solving their problems
The advice came from Walter Roberson
of Fort Worth, manager of Looe Star Gas
Company's consumer communications
section, in a speech to the Sulphur Springs
Rotary Club.
Reviewing some of the rough spots of the
present, Roberson said the key element
may be ope of perspective.
“For almost 50 years we have enjoyed
prosperity unparalleled m the history of
the universe," he declared- "We have a
history of taking courageous stands and
coming out better as a result.
We carved a nation out of a wilderness.
We lort two-thirds of our fleet to Japan and
thfip won World War II. We conquered
polio. We reached the moon in less than ten
years after we resolved to do so. We have
wiped out smallpox.
“America is still the world’s greatest
country with the world’s greatest poten-
tiaL We have lost our perspective.
“Look at the good side of America. The
list of what is right is much bigger than the
list of what is wrong. America was built by
people who were not afraid of challenges.
We need to emphasize our good points and
build on them. We need to write our
Senators and Congressmen and tell them
what we like and what we don’t like. We
need to stand up for America.”
Robertson said the United States has the
people, education, technology and other
resources needed to get back on course but
has not yet displayed the resolution
necessary to solve its problems.
“America is still a young country,” he
added. “It has a long way to go. It has a lot
to learn. If Americans would stand up and
try, the race would be ours for the asking. ’’
Harold Reedy was program chairman
for the meeting.
Hot weekend
taking shape
Although Fnday broke clear and
cool, the mercury began climbing
almost as fast as the sun, and it ap-
pears that the weekend may be a bit
on the hot side
The mercury climbed to 91 degrees
Thursday at the official observation
station in Sulphur Springs, and if the
forecast is correct the temperature
could hit 97 degrees on both Friday
and Saturday.
The National Weather Service
forecast is calling for continued fair
skies and warm temperatures
through Saturday with highs in the
mid to upper 90s and overnight lows in
the lower 70s.
The eitended forecast calls for
partly cloudy skies and warm tem-
peratures on Sunday. There is a slight
chance of thunderstorms on Monday,
but the forecasters don’t hold much
hope of any significant showers
reaching Sulphur Springs. Otherwise
it should be clear and warm through
Tuesday.
The temperature dropped to 67
degrees early Friday morning for an
overnight night low. By 8 a.m. Friday
the temperature had reached 73, and
by mid morning the mercury stood in
the mid 80s.
Summer date with
registration card
facing young men
WASHINGTON (AP) - President
Carter’s draft registration program,
winning all-but-final approval from
Congress, probably will begin in mid-July.
When it ends two weeks later, an
estimated 4 million young men will have
signed up.
By a vote of 53 to 34, the Senate on
Thursday approved spending $13.3 million
to renew mandatory registration for the
first time since 1975.
The House has passed practically
identical legislation, but must act again
because of a minor amendment the Senate
added. That approval is likely next week.
Then, only a court suit threatened by the
American Civil Liberties Union would
stand in the way of the stand-by
registration program.
The ACLU has said it would argue in
court that the program’s exclusion of
women illegally diserminates against
men. Carter had proposed including
women, but that was rejected by both the
Senate and the,House.
As now planned, registration will be
carried out over a two-week period at
34,000 post offices across the country. Men
born in 1960 will be told to register during
the first week; men bom in 1961, the next
week.
Failure to register is a felony carrying a
maximum penalty of five years in prison
and a $10,000 fine.
Registration opponents predicted that
massive numbers of young men would fail
to register, either out of ignorance or in
defiance.
“Iam convinced the president will find it
was much easier to convince the Senate to
fund draft registration than it will be to get
19- and 20-year-olds to submit to draft
registration," said Barry Lynn, head of
the Committee Against Registration and
the Draft.
Selective Service will send no notices
telling young men they must register.
Instead, information on when a/id where to
register will go out to more than 7,000 radio
stations, 700 television stations and 2,500
daily and weekly newspapers.
Civic center board disappointed but determined
By JAN BLAKE
News-Telegram Staff
Expressing disappointment Thursday
that an improvement paexa^e will be
delayed for a bond election, the board of
the Hopkins County Civic Center
iMwflebn remained undaunted in its
dear* to ceapfetetbe facility.
Recent action of the CcmmtssiGoers
Court was dacaned daring the scheduled
beard meeting Thursday. The county
cammmoaen have chosen to take over
toe payment of all bills and salaries and
fauudfe afl monies that have been coo-
tribnted to (take for the completion of the
and to place proposed un-
Gary Odom, a representative of toe
Mjpfcur Springs 1SD on the dvic center
toard, told other board members, “the
achari board is behrnd yoa 1M percent. We
have a big part hi this. We fnraiiiied the
this and we are ready to help,” Odom
concluded.
The center manager, Bert Whorton,
jkApH that mmp mpmlwrn nf thp hoard gn
with him to the commissioners and ask for,
“firm guidelines on how to handle this."
Whorton said he is primarily concerned
with contract labor that is used in the
facility.
“When you hire people just to work for a
few boors, they want their money when
they’re through,” he said.
Guy Mays, a dairyman member of the
board, asked if the county control of funds
extends to money that the board and other
volunteers have raised through volunteer
wort f~
Millard Bennett, chairman, said it did
$12,000 worth of equipment to the complex.
The major portions of this money has been
used to improve the concession area and
the arena. A part of the money was earned
by board members solicting funds to
purchase pen panels for the eipruoti™
area.
The Civic Center hoard has received
contributions from the Dairy Festival and
the Kiwanis Club that the donors ear-
marked specifically for the auditorium.
That account is now at more than $3,000.
Mays said he was relieved to hear that,
“because if the county took over that, the
free labor would be out.”
Civic Center Board members man the
rnwrr sriwi stand during rodeos. Since the
volunteer program began two years ago,
they have been able to add approximately
The bond issue will also delay the pur-
chase of a ventilation system in the arena,
the board was told. Two shows scheduled
for this summer have already been can-
celled, it was reported.
“One man almost lent some cattle last
year due to the heat,” Bennett said. “This
means a loss of income to the Ovk Center
and the same thing is true for the
auditorium.
“People would be here renting it (the
auditorium) now, if it was complete.”
Discussions followed concerning the
proposal by Judge Joe Pogue to tie the
Civic Colter improvement package into a
bond issue that would contain three other
qnattoa. One Of the proposals would be
for the new jail.
Bennett said he hoped this would not
happen as the jail issue is tied into federal
funds and plans for the jafl are yet to be
initiated. “It will be some time before they
know how much money they will need to
ask for and delays are expensive.”
“It appears to me, they (the com-
missioners) think we do too much. As far
as I know we have always been an ad-
visory board so this won’t change things
much in my opinion,” Bennett said.
Brace Fielden brought up a subject of
the county’s lack of insurance for the
donated pen panels and on the windows on
the west side of the building.
Bennett said the matter had been
brought up before the commissioners but
to Ms knowledge no action had been taken.
In other action, Rod Henderson,
president of the Fall Festival board,
requested an adjustment in the rate for the
use of the building for eight days in Sep-
tember. The Fall Festival board asked to
have four nights usage of the auditorium
deleted from fEe'toul cost. The board
agreed to advise the commissioners to be
agreeable to the request.
Herb Flora Jr., representing the
Hopkins County Young Farmers,
presented plans for a milking parlor that is
to be placed near the back of the arena.
“We would like to have it finished by the
Fall Festival,” he said. "We can get
started on the foundation as soon as we
have approval.”
Flora showed the board several samples
of outside finishings. The structure will be
built to conform to the outside decor of the
Civic Center. The Young Fanners plan to
put a texture on the building that is
similiar to the stucco on the Civic Center
entrance.
Future plans call for the addition of the
county agent’s offices and testing
facilities. The county now pays $740 a
month rent for the agent's space down-
town.
Flora told the group that much of the
materials and labor are being donated
from companies in Tyler. Dallas and
Mount Pleasant. The milking parlor will
have a separate electrical system and city
code sewer.
Flora was told by the board it would
recommend to the Commissioners that the
milking parlor be constructed.
Mrs. Bill Hager suggested the board
turn over the $1,000 a month it receives
from the city motel tax. A five member
tourism committee determines where this
money is spent.
“It is at the discression of this board, but
I feel we should turn it over to the county.
It is to be used to help promote our county.
That is how we got our brochures,” she
said.
The board agreed to turn the funds over
to the County Commissioners.
In other business the minute and
financial statement were approved. The
most expensive item on the
statement was repair work that was done
on a tractor.
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Keys, Clarke. Sulphur Springs News-Telegram (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 102, No. 141, Ed. 1 Friday, June 13, 1980, newspaper, June 13, 1980; Sulphur Springs, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth824099/m1/1/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Hopkins County Genealogical Society.