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i Vancouver, B.C. Tuesday May 20, 1980 25 cents (30 minimum outside Lower Mainlond) I i if V7 See Section St. Helens volcano ash drifts over i'f-iwIPNTARlO Xfam I A kan 1 mo. rwfr-rZjk Main stream of volcanic ash is expected to cross the U.S. Dotted lines show position each day.

Smaller concentrations are reported in B.C., Alberta and Saskatchewan. Province News Services The Mount St. Helens volcano that killed five persons, routed thousands and left 21 missing was still perking Monday as an immense cloud of grey ash shrouded cities and towns across the U.S. and Canadian West. Ash from the volcano was carried by southwesterly winds across three U.S.

states, southern B.C. and into southwestern Alberta as well as the Cypress Hills region of southwestern Saskachewan. Small amounts of the ash were reported in the Okanagan. There were reports of volcanic dust build-up on the ground up to 800 kilometres away in the southwestern Alberta communities of Blairmore, Waterton, Cardston, Warner and Taber. Tourists in Waterton National Park, Alt woke up Monday morning to find a layer of volcanic dust covering their vehicles and seeping into tents and motel rooms.

The Waterton townsite was almost deserted by noon as most vacationers shrugged at the cool, grey weather and returned home. Those who remained mostly stayed indoors at cafes and amusement halls. The governors of Montana and Idaho Monday declared emergencies because many communities were virtually closed, swathed in ash up to 18 centimetres deep that choked car carburetors and closed many roads. A threat of major new flooding Monday night sparked the emergency evacuation of search and rescue personnel and any remaining residents in the Toutle River Valley. The Cowlitz County Sheriff's Department also ordered the evacuation of both sides of the Cowlitz River upstream from Kelso to the Toutle River.

After the evacuation had begun, Jim Unterwegner of the U.S. Forest Service reported the threatening mudflow stopped in the Camp Baker area, above the town of Toutle. Unterwegner said geologists were also concerned water backed up behind mud or ash in the Spirit Lake area, 30 kilometres upsteam from Camp Baker, might break loose. When the emergency order to evacuate was sounded, a caravan of close to 50 cars led by fire trucks and emergency vehicles with sirens blaring raced down the Spirit Lake highway from Toutle to Castle Rock. "Everyone out, everyone out," a sheriff's (AT yil.

'Jf Mount St. Helens after top blew off. after 16 die in riots 14 Column of ash and steam roars skyward from Miami calm United Press International MIAMI Police killed a black man who rode his bicycle through a roadblock into Miami's riot-torn Liberty City district Monday and officials assessed the three-day riot damage at $100 million. The latest fatality raised the death toll to 16. The number of arrests neared 750 with scattered violence Monday night.

Snipers and looters still darted in and out of the debris-littered streets but lawmen said that for the first time since the rioting began Saturday night, "We are in control of the streets." As darkness fell, hundreds of national guardsmen, state police and local lawmen began to enforce a dusk-to-dawn curfew and authorities reported "relative calm." Leaders of the black community drew up a list of demands Monday and pleaded for an end to the rioting but black leader Atha-lie Range said, "It's not cooling off as rapidly as we thought it would. I think we have a potential for more violence." The rioting began Saturday night after a deputy shouted at search and rescue personnel gathered at the Toutle High School ballfield. "There's a 200-foot wall of muck coming down the creek." In the Toutle River area 72 km from the mountain, hot mud and and ash were reported to have heated the waters to 39 degrees Celsius, killing all fish. Parts of Idaho, Wyoming and Colorado also were dusted as a result of the explo- More stories, pictures Page A4 sion, which knocked more than 400 metres off the top of the peak and stripped the mountainside of its snow. The U.S.

National Weather Service said the fallout could reach New England in two or three days. "Our forecast calls for the ash to track across the Dakotas, Nebraska, northern Colorado, Kansas and Missouri, then swing back through to the northeast through the Midwest and on to New England," said Florida national guardsman covers burning ping at a fruit stand in his home riding of suburban Taillon, said he was nervous, even though he anticipates a victory. Both Levesque and Quebec Liberal Leader Claude Ryan, who travelled to all parts of the province during the campaign, spent a relatively quiet day Monday in their respective ridings. Quebec's estimated 4.3 million eligible voters are asked to vote yes or no to the Quebec government's request for a mandate to negotiate sovereignty-association with the rest of Canada. In a lengthy preamble on the ballot paper, sovereignty is defined as the exclusive power to make laws, levy taxes and establish relations abroad.

Association is defined as economic association including a common currency. vL4 meteorologist Carl Keith at the weather bureau in Boise, Idaho. Mudflows the consistency of wet cement and moving at 80 kilometres an hour ripped out bridges and levelled giant fir trees. No lava has been seen, but scientists are not ruling out the possibility of a lava flow. "It's still perking, but it is not so violent," Sam Frear, a spokesman for the U.S.

Forest Service, said of the volcano. "We hope we've seen the worst." Dwight Crandell, a geologist with the U.S. Geological Survey, said the activity is relatively minor and "we can expect this to go on for a period of years." Earlier Monday, as a plume of steam and ash still billowed 4,300 metres above the crater, rescue helicopters spotted nine apparent survivors of Sunday's fiery cascade of red hot mud, gas and ash that devastated a 24-km swath through the mountain wilderness. It was not immediately known if the nine were listed among the 21 missing. Five were found about 13 km from the volcano.

Four others two adults, a child and an infant were found six to eight km from the mountain, near Fawn Lake. Helicopters could not land to pick up the nine because of poor visibility caused by volcanic ash. area of Miami to protect fire fighters from rioters. The ballot question also promises a second referendum to ratify any change in political status resulting from negotiations on sovereignty-association. A referendum-advertising ban in the electronic media took effect at midnight Sunday night.

Prime Minister Trudeau got the last word in a television interview broadcast in Quebec on a French-language network just before the deadline. He said Canadians sympathize with Quebec's wish for constitutional change more than Quebeckers realize and called for a no vote in the referendum so that the country can get on with renewing the constitution within a united Canada. jury in Tampa acquitted four Dade County policemen in the beating death of Arthur McDuffie, a black Miami insurance salesman. The latest riot fatality was a 33-year-old black man authorities said failed to heed police orders to stop at a roadblock and was shot in a confrontation with two policemen. Authorities said at least 743 people had been arrested 604 of them black males on charges ranging from curfew violations to burglary to carrying concealed weapons.

President Jimmy Carter sent U.S. Attorney-General Benjamin Civiletti to Miami and he announced a federal grand jury would investigate possible civil rights abuses in the acquittal of the four policemen. "I pledge that all members of the community will get a fair.shake. We'll try to get started as quickly as possible," Civiletti said, adding he hoped the case could be presented to the grand jury Wednesday. The Rev.

Jesse Jackson and former U.S. Canadian Press MONTREAL An exceptionally high voter turnout is expected today in the Quebec referendum. With all public-opinion surveys pointing to a close finish between the yes and no sides, every ballot is seen as important. Even in ridings where sentiment is strongly one way, organizers are working hard to get the vote out because the result will be based on total popular vote, not on the number of ridings won by either side as in general elections. Mostly sunny weather is forecast for the whole province.

The turnout at advance polls Friday and Saturday was overwhelming, with voters lining up like bargain-hunters at a sale, ambassador to the UN, Andrew Young, also visited Miami and offered their assessments. "It was an enormous emotional explosion, but I think people are beginning to pull together," Young said. "It was very clear six months ago that this community felt a sense of neglect. They were under attack. There's just grievance after grievance that's been apparent to the leadership of this community." Jackson, who said he didn't come "to be a riot stopper," called it "a social explosion." "These people need jobs and justice and understanding now," Jackson said.

Bread and other staples were hard to find Monday in the predominantly black northwest Miami section that police have begun calling "a war zone." By mid-afternoon Monday, authorities said the last grocery store standing in Liberty City was put to the torch. often grumbling with impatience at the length of a queue. Returning officers said the turnout in the Montreal area was more than twice the advance-polling attendance of the 1976 Quebec election. The result of the vote is expected to be known within an hour after the 22,026 polling stations in Quebec close at 7 p.m. EDT.

Polls opened at 9 a.m. Of the numerous public-opinion surveys taken during the 35-day referendum campaign, most have put the no side slightly ahead. However, the last one, published Sunday, gave the yes side a four-point edge, with more than 23 per cent of those surveyed refusing to answer. Premier Rene Levesque, who ended the campaign for a yes vote Monday by shop Massive turnout of voters expected for Quebec referendum today Advance poll lineups form as organizers scour province Tr HePCOMeSO(D "SeVeN-VeARS- MO 0 In sports, New York Islanders took a 3-1 grip on the Stanley Cup final by defeating Philadelphia Flyers 5-2. Page D3.

Baseball history was made at Nat Bailey Stadium. It was the first game on the record books called because of a volcano. The Albuquerque Dukes couldn't get to Vancouver. PageD7. Weather Rain turning to showers by noon.

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