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The Honolulu Advertiser Mo St JnLeiens goes- wiic Aloha! Today is Monday, May 19, 1980 toll feared in rampage 4- the mountain and another on the banks ol the Toutle River. Hewes predicted the death toll would go much higher. "I would imagine by the time the total conies in we'll be looking at some fairly significant figures, maybe up to 50," he said Scientists from the S. Geological Survey reported the violent eruption early yesterday blew the top off the 9,677 foot peak, creating a new crater miles wide. I'SGS spokeswoman Mindy Brugman said flows of hot ash and gases had reached Spirit Lake, a 3-mile long, heart-shaped body of water at the mountain's level.

There were unconfirmed reports the lake was gone "I don't know if it's still there but it looks much different than before," Brugman said There was no immediate word on the fate of Harry R. Truman, H3, who had refused to leave his lodge at the lake The mountain exploded at 8:32 a.m. PDT with a bang heard for more than 150 miles, and thick clouds of dark ash rose 10 miles into the air. Ash and melting snow on the slopes formed mudflows that sent two "walls of water" racing down the Toutle River Valley on the volcano's north side "We have not at this time confirmed any lava flows," said Dan Miller, a scientist with the U.S. See ST.

ilFlKSS on Viw VANCOUVER, Wash. (UPI) Mount St. Helens exploded in a giant killer eruption yesterday that blew 1,300 feet off its summit, set off hupe forest fires, sent "walls of water" racing down a river valley and spewed pungent ash clouds over much of eastern Washington. At least nine people were killed fleeing the eruption and many more were feared dead, possibly buried under tons of ash and mud. Ash from the eruption fell 500 miles to the east in Great Falls, where travelers' advisories were posted on highways because of reduced visibility, and the volcanic cloud was expected to drift across the rest of Montana by morning.

The eruption was by far the largest and most spectacular outburst since the mountain awoke from 123 years of dormancy March 27. Officials ordered about 2.000 people evacuated from the base of the volcano. Officials said mudflows and flooding on the northwest side of the mountain wiped out large swaths of forest. "It's totally devastated," said Maj. Rill Hewes of the Air Force Reserve in Portland, who was coordinating search and rescue efforts.

"It's like being next to ground zero in an atomic bomb explosion." Hewes said his helicopter pilots had spotted six bodies northwest of the mountain in the Toutle River Valley three in one car, two lying near a Weyerhaeuser Co. logging facility 12 miles from Wfe 1 7 Kaneohe Marines killed in Molokai copter crash S. Rafferty'shere! Rafferty is a brand new feature for children something kids-Can actually read. It's all about the misadventures of a portly rabbit and his delightful animal friends who live in their own special town where anything, and everything can happen. So get your kids into the newspaper habit with Rafferty, starting today Page B-3 Hawaii Police charge Robert W.

Hall with attempted murder in the shooting Saturday of Rodney Inaba at the Waikiki Yacht Club Page A-3 The Nation The death toll from a sunken refugee boat reaches 14 and the skipper in Kev West said Cuban officials forced him to take more people than the 36-foot vessel could handle PageC-1 The World Europe's Common Market foreign ministers approve limited economic sanctions against Iran, leaving their oil contracts and $7 billion in trade intact in an action that fell short of American wishes Page A-8 molokai $7fc 'ycyS HOOLEHUA By TERRY McMURRAY drrtiter Staff Wrifrr Seven Kaneohe Marines were killed and two were injured severely yesterday when their Sikorsky CH-53D Sea Stallion helicopter crashed within a minute after takeoff from Molokai. Three of the nine aboard were crewmem- Kaunaktkal jut, Pftrea of helicopter crash) -4 V5 Editorial The benefits that would come with a new airport for West Maui are clearly more desirable than the prospect of no such facility in the area at all PageA-12 bers. Names of the dead and injured both of whom were at Tripler Army Medical Center last night will not be released until their families are notified. Dead are the pilot, still strapped to his seat, who was thrown from the cockpit in the crash; a crewman, and five passengers, all of whom died in the burning craft. The co-pilot, who walked away from the wreckage, and a passenger who managed to get out but collapsed, survived the 8:05 a.m.

crash. Both were burned and were reported in critical condition. Except for special modifications, the craft, capable of carrying 37 passengers, was similar to the eight helicopters used in the aborted attempt last month to rescue hostages in Iran, according to a Marine spokeman. The Molokai crash scene was a grove of kiawe trees on flat, meadow-like land among hills north of Molokai's Puu Luahine, a red cinder cone known as "Red Hill." The area is visible from Kaunakakai three miles south Marines on the ground near the 30 to-45 foot tall trees into which the $6 million attack helicopter fell told polite the craft got in trouble while airborne. No one on the ground was injured, but many were within 100 yards of the crash site, both east and west of the scene, police said.

"They were yelling that it was going down even before it hit," said acting Lt. Arnold He Lima of the Molokai Police Substation of the Maui County Police Department. "It hit the trees and turned upside down, its rotor cutting trees and brush, rupturing a fuel See MOLOKAI on Page A-3 Sports UPt pnotO A plume of steam and ash rises some 60,000 feet from Mt. St. Helens as the only active volcano in North America erupted with a vengeance, sending an ash cloud that darkened skies across the state of Washington.

University of Hawaii golfer Cindy Flom wins what may be her last amateur tournament after making up five strokes and beating Lori Castillo insuddendeath Page D-l Var zone 9 Fires, violence rampant in Death toll 19 as Miami race riot worsens The Index 4 sections, 40 pages The rioting, the worst in Miami's history, bega Saturday night because a jury in Tampa acquit of police could cordon off the "Liberty City" area, where thousands of blacks live, whites began to take part in the violence, killing at least three blacks, including a 14-year-old boy. Authorities called the black area a "war zone" where people looted and burned at will. A special target was pawn shops, which were stripped of guns. Hundreds of fires burned out of control and property damage was expected to run into the billions of dollars. MIAMI (UPI) Armed blacks pillaged for a second straight night in Miami yesterday, burning, shooting and looting in the nation's worst race riot in years.

The death toll was at least 19 and police said more than 350 people were arrested for violating an 8 p.m.-to-6 a.m. curfew. Authorities compared the devastation to the Watts rioting in Los Angeles in August 1965 in which 34 people died. Before 1,100 National Guardsmen and hundreds 'In A Ann Landers B3 Asia-Pacific roundup CJ Bridge B3 Canadian news roundup CI Classified ads C3-U Comics B3 Crossword puzzle B3 Don Chapman A3 Editorials A12 Entertainment B4-5 Global Report a Horoscope B3 Letters to the editor A13 AAs.Fixit A4 Names and Faces B2 National news roundup CI Obituaries A7 People Report B1-2 Sports Report D1- Television log B2 Tides Wayne Harada BS Weather A2 World news roundup CI The Family Circus By Oil Keane I I 1 'mm ted four ex-Dade County Metro policemen all of them white of the fatal beating of black insurance man Arthur McDuffie, 33, in Miami. A judge had moved the trial to Tampa to avoid triggering a racial "time bomb" in Miami.

The initial wave of violence Saturday night continued unchecked yesterday despite the efforts of more than 1,100 guardsmen and riot-equipped state police mobilized by Gov. Bob Graham to assist Miami-area lawmen. Authorities estimated 350 people had been injured, including at least one guardsman and five police officers who were wounded by gunfire. None was critically hurt. Miami and Dade County police said they had arrested at least 353 people, at least half of them for violating the curfew that lawmen admitted did not quell the widespread arson, looting and sniper fire.

"Some of these fools believe they're at war," said a flak-jacketed policeman at one roadblock. Another officer said, "They're not going to know how many are dead until this has been over for a long time." Rioting blacks directed their anger Saturday night at whites and in one instance dragged two white men from their cars, literally kicked them to death, then drove over their bodies in a car. Other blacks lopped off the ears and tongues of two white men, shot them, stuffed roses in their mouths and left them for dead in the street. And by yesterday, police reported several instances of whites in pickup trucks and four-wheel drive vehicles roaming black neighborhoods and opening fire on blacks. Fire units refused to respond to hundreds' of blazes that cast a cloud of black, acrid smoke over several predominantly black areas of Miami and lighted the night sky.

"We've almost given up trying to protect property." said Dade Police Detective Randy Allen. "It's totally out of control. They've hit a lot of pawn shops and they've got a lot of weapons now." Miami Police Maj. Michael Cosgrove ordered his officers last night to "take minimum risks. looters are not to be pursued on an individual See MIAMI on Page A 4 1 4 4 "Would you mind withdrawing your troops from my chair?" National Guardsman stands watch in Miami's "Liberty City" area.

Mannequins representing both races lay broken and strewn into the gutter after a nearby store was looted during a night of racial violence in Miami. 0.