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ft Thursday, May 22, 1980 ashinglon volcano I I is rumblin am gag By DAVID AMMONS Associated Press Writer VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) -Geologists said today that Mount St. Helens has begun rumbling again, indicating renewed movement of molten rock within the volcano. Meanwhile, President Carter took off in a helicopter from Portland, in rainy, cloudy weather this morning to look at the devastation from Sunday's eruption which he called "one of the most devastating explosions our nation has ever seen. The bad weather hampered the search for 90 people still reported missing in the area.

Two seismographs on the volcano detected "seismic noise" from 5 p.m. Wednesday to 1 a.m. today, said Craig Weaver, a U.S. Geological Survey scientist at the University of Washington in Seattle. At, t'v 1.

Sr t. ft -v 1 t. iiairr i 11 1 it-tt-111 1 ti 11 111 1 1 1111 1 111 iiiiiir ti -nil -TWiriiW Love Canal residents say plans insufficient Beginning of a long Itime-to-buildl road: Ground breaking for 1-24 in Lyon County in December, 1967. Dignitaries weren't identified, except to say Gov. Ned Breathitt had been unable to attend.

His plane had been fogged-in at Frankfort. At last, an unbroken 1-24 from here south 0 I By BILL BARTLEMAN Sun Staff Writer The final section of Interstate 24 through Kentucky will open at 9 a.m. Friday, more than 22 years after the first announcement was made that an interstate would be constructed through western Kentucky. Only the bridge over the Ohio River between Paducah and Metropolis, 111. remains closed, and it may not reopen for more than a year because of cracks found in the bridge tie girder.

Engineers are trying to decide on a method of repairing the structure. The bridge, the first section of I-24 to be opened in Kentucky, was used for five years before officials declared it unsafe and ordered it Friday's opening of the 23-mile The seismic noise is similar to the harmonic tremors which indicate the movement of magma or gas within the volcano, he said. "The most probable interpretation is that it represents the upward movement of material again," Weaver said. (Related stories, photos on 4-5 A) The noise differed from a harmonic tremor by having a low amplitude and a "jerky" nature compared to the stronger, smoother harmonic tremors recorded before the mountain in southwest Washingtion exploded. The death toll from the eruption remained at 14, said Bill Lokey of the Washington Department of Emergency Services.

Officials still were trying to sort out the conflicting and overlapping reports about the 90 listed as missing. "I'm sick and tired of being a yoyo," Arthur Tracy, 64, told Marshall at a meeting of the Love Canal Homeowners Association. "You're pulled this way. You're pulled that way. All I want is my $28,500 (the state appraisal for his home) and I'll get on that road, and I'll never come back." New York state already has spent Scenes of our city: Delwrah Geologists estimated that three cubic kilometers, about one-eighth of the mountain, was removed in the eruption.

Ash fell heavily on most of eastern Washington where residents hoped rain today would help settle the dust which causes cars to overheat and makes breathing difficult. Scientists today were less worried about the threat of a collapse of a mud dam on the Toutle River, according to Sylvia Bruchhi, a U.S. Forest Service spokeswoman. Geologists inspected the mud dam on Wednesday and found it more stable than previously thought, she said today. But, Ms.

Bruchhi said, mud from the mountain had raised the streambed of the Cowlitz River 15 feet. (Continued On Back) $10 million to permanently relocate 239 families who lived closest to the canal. But federal officials say a decision on permanent relocation must wait until more health tests on1 the risks posed to residents by 21,000 tons of hazardous chemicals buried 30 years (Continued On Back) Fox holds phone book while (SUA phots bj Butte? A Adoption revives mixed feelings By JOHN C. GIVEN Associated Press Writer NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. AP) As soon as the federal government agreed to move them out temporarily, some residents of the chemically tainted Love Canal area immediately headed for motels.

But others say that's not good enough. "Temporary relocation is pure hell," said one woman attending a packed meeting- to hear news of the long-awaited relocations. "We don't need it. We don't want it. We want to settle our lives once and for all." President Carter on Wednesday declared a state of emergency for the area, releasing money to evacuate 710 families and reimburse them for housing for up to a year.

James Marshall, regional chief of staff of the Environmental Protection Agency, and Judith Smith, of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, flew here to explain the plan and begin organizing the relocation. But many of the 400 to 500 residents who gathered at Wesley United Methodist Church were hoping the officials would tell them how to get the money to move away forever, not just a year. suburban housewife in Paducah now. She is in her mid 30s, married, active in scouting programs for her kids and a leader in her church. From all appearances, she has a good life.

"I do. What I did has had an effect on my life, but I'm not so unusual. Your secretary or your next-door neighbor could have gone through the same thing. It's just not something people talk about," she said. Diane's past is not a secret, she said.

She told her husband, whom she married IVi years after her first child was born, about the baby as soon as she realized "our relationship was a serious and possibly a lasting one. He did not reject her. "He was very sympathetic. Now I can look back and say the baby probably wouldn't have been an obstacle in our relationship, but hindsight is always better," she said. Although Diane moved to Paducah from a large city only five years ago, she has told her closest friends here about her first baby.

And she will tell her children about their' half-sister when they are old enough to understand, she said. She decided to tell The Sun her story, on the condition she remained anonymous to protect her children, (Continued On Back) section from the Western Kentucky Parkway in Lyon County to U.S. 68 east of Cadiz will enable travelers to drive non-stop from Paducah to Chattanooga, Tenn. No ceremony is planned Friday. The cost of building the 93 miles of highway was $242,933,387, according to a Kentucky Department of Transportation spokesman.

The amount does not include the cost of obtaining right-of-way or moving utilities, according to the spokesman. The unceremonious announcement that 1-24 at long last is complete was praised by two former governors during whose terms most of the 1-24 construction contracts were awarded. U. S. Sen.

Wendell Ford, who served as governor from 1971 to It was that setting that led Diane to drop out of college and move into a small home for unwed mothers run by an adoption agency. Knowing that the baby's father, the adoption agency and her upper-middle-class parents wanted her to give up the baby, Diane maintained hope throughout her pregnancy something would change gathered since the April 28 indictment. "It's a great relief to be vindicated," Martin said. "This has been a great ordeal on me, my wife, and my parents." The mayor, who is in the third year of his first term, declined further comment and referred questions to his attorney, Thomas Osborne. Commonwealth Attorney Bill Cunningham, who said he has followed the case, but was not directly involved, apologized for the "late hour decision." Cunningham said the heavy case load of his office contributed to the 1975, said he is pleased that after so many years, the highway finally is opening from state line to state line.

"I worked with local officials when I was governor to ensure the project, a vital link between the south and north, was funded," Ford said. "The opening of this highway will help to save the nation's energy, and will be important to that area." Former Gov. Julian Carroll said he made 1-24 his top priority highway project during his term from 1975 to 1979. "During the first year of my administration we put approximately $100 million into the project," Carroll said. "I had promised that all of it would be (Continued On Back and she could keep the baby.

When the baby was delivered, a day before Mother's Dayl she realized she could not keep it. "To keep her would have been a dead-end situation for her. I felt she would have a better life if I went through with it, Diane said. Diane, not her real name, is a late action. He added it also was learned Wednesday two key witnesses were out of state and would not be able to appear in court.

Martin was indicted on charges of irregularities in his used car business. The grand jury said it found evidence the state had been deprived of sales tax money in car transactions and that signatures on bills of sale were forged. Martin has maintained the incidents referred to by the jury are common practice among used car dealers. (Continued On Back) By DONA RAINS Sun Staff Writer "I placed my baby for adoption 14 years ago." It was 1966. The sexual revolution and women's liberation movement hadn't taken Hold on American society.

An unmarried pregnant woman was "in trouble." Indictment against mayor of Princeton is dismissed Jpj ji I A v-v 6 By JOHNNY MILLER Sun Staff Writer PRINCETON, Ky. A 67-count indictment against Mayor Lawrence Martin of Princeton today was dismissed when the Commonwealth said it lacked sufficient evidence to prosecute. Assistant Commonwealth Attorney Brent Caldwell, who had handled the case, made the motion the indictments be dismissed and Caldwell County Circuit Court Judge Willard Paxton concurred. Caldwell said later the decision to call off the case was made Wednesday night following a review of evidence rSobbye Leedy looks lor a numlier. gSgT Paducah, Ky.

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