The News Tribune from Tacoma, Washington • 1

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Pome Everyone in opening-day crowd seemed happy except traffic police carpet for itself sion of their hour-long be and more Tacoma frolicked yesterday in celebration of tbe sparkling new Tacoma Dome There were singers bagpipes Laurel and Hardy imitators must cal interludes and even real red carpets as Tacoma figuratively and literally rolled out the red With one stroke the massive 944 million complex changed Tacoma for good lifting the Ud on a new era for the city "Can you believe Mayor Doug Sutherland asked the crowd as he began the opening ceremo By RICHARD SYPHEB More photos stories on Dome opening Pages A-6-7 It was everybody's carnival boffo a blowout all tbe fun city officials had hoped It would Even The Gallery the Dome's restaurant was packing them in The restaurant opened at noon and remained filled to capacity aU the most popular display was that of the Coca-Cola Bottling Co which is offering 60000 specially made Tacoma Dome commemorative Coke bottles for sale from its one booth in ny "The entire state is declared Gov John Spellman who labeled tbe Dome "an awesome And the winning entry is Spectacularl Sound to Summit a satisfied grin from Auburn's Dave Hensel as he put away his first red-hot Jim Willers assistant manager for operations at tbe Dome was at a loss to think of anything that had gone wrong as he paced through the building talking to fellow employees by radio Dome Manager Mike Gebauer also found no glitches He pegged the crowd total at 25000 by 6 pm Less happy wu traffic patrolman Hank Emond who was among the handful of police officers struggling to control the swarm of cars converging on the Dome a mess going to have to change he said of the traffic-handling preparations But boss Sgt John Knowles called it "a learning process" and said the situation will be examined by city officials and Arriving under sunny skies with a light breeae visitors streamed coining in responding perhaps to the bluing searchlights that pierced the evening sky above tne Dome Crowd estimates ranged from 23000 to 20000 as people from throughout the area flocked to the Dome to see what Tacoma tax dollars had wrought None appeared unhappy with what they uw Swiveling beads and expressions of awe became the order of the day "It's more than what I thought It would be" offered BUI Whidby of Fife he strolled through aisles of exhibits with his family soccer and games like that I don't think there's a bad seat in the house unlike in Seattle" Smiles abounded For mom and dad there were home-show style exhibits for the kids cartoon characters and live farm animals A popular vocal trio The Lettermen roused the crowd into Wuse with sparkling renditions I and new hits from rock to country to easy listening The more they sang the larger their audience became offering the trio a standing ovation at the concln- the building Coca-Cola promotions representative Don Clark said 3000 bottles bad been sold at $230 each when sales closed for the day at 6 pm Cotton candy was selling steadily while the people down at the information booth were helping answer questions ranging from how to find bathrooms to how to find lost husbands Concessions stands were selling hot dogs for 83 cents and other fare at similar prices prompting opening nearly until closing time at 10 o'clock creating traffic jams along East 26th Street and East Street leading to the Dome The 1 000-car parking lota soon dogged and harried traffic officers began rerouting vehicles toward downtown the Tldeflata and Portland Avenue areas about two weeks believing that it needed a little something extra About an hour before the contest ended last Friday he raced down to the chamber office with the icing on the cake the word "spectacular" and added It to his entry Chamber officials called soon thereafter with news that his suggestion was the best of more than 1 800 entries Tanis a passive solar energy contractor won a weekend for two at a Mount Rainier resort an evening for two at the Pantages with limousine service and several other prises "Spectacularl Sound to Summit Tacoma and Pierce County" is quite a mouthful but it's the area's new official slogan The slogan contributed by Fir-crest's Rick Tanis was announced at Tacoma Dome opening ceremonies as the winner In the Tacoma-Pierce County Chamber of Commerce "Catch tbe nickname contest Tanis SO said he developed the "Sound to Summit" portion of his entry "in five minutes" soon after the contest began last month Tanis toyed with the entry for Few apparently minded as crowds flooded into the Dome for the opening of Celebration 'IS at the rate of more than 6000 an hour for the first four hours Ninety minutes before the building dosed people still were Inside highlights Index ing their well water untU tests can be conducted for possible contamination while others said they've been drinking It for years and a few more days won't hurt Pago A-l The market The Dow Jones average of SO industrials as of 1:13 pjn PST today was a record 119630 up 603 3 Soviet diplomats expelled The FBI announced the expulsion of three Soviet diplomats suspected spies after agents had foiled attempts to obtain classified UB military Information Page A-2 Kaye swims into sports hall Kaye Hall a swimmer who went from Wilson High School to win two Olympics gold medals was among nine former athletes to be placed in the Washington State Sports Hall of Fame last night at a banquet in the Tacoma Dome Pages B-14 Some will drink some Some residents in the American Lake Gardens area of Lakewood uid yesterday they'll stop drink 72 PAGES 4 SECTIONS Jack Anderson A-9 Classified Ads B-9-12 C-1-10 Comics C-12 Dimension A-8 Editorials A-18 Entertainment TGIF Financial Nows C-13-15 Funeral Notices C-11 MacGougan A-4 Obituaries C-11 People A-14 Sports B-1-6 Take Time B-7 Television B-8 Vital Statistics C-11 Some clearing Featuring: GRANDE T0STADAS TACO SALADS Superb Mexican dining tantalizing Margaritas 6218 Sixth Avenue Phone 564-7229 Partial clearing tonight and tomorrow with a 30 percent chance of showers tomorrow Southeasterly winds 3 to IS mph High: mld40s Low upper 40s Weather summary Page A-2 iu i I i I i.