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Jfm Monday May261 986 Hamids Across Ammeirnca 5 million DimGc up across country i Nearly The Associated Press The reach of Hands Across America could not match its grasp but gaps in the crosscountry line stop the millions who turned out from having an awfully good time Some were moved to tears Local organizers estimated that upwards of 49 million Americans Joined in the effort on tute President Reagan lined up on the White House grounds and protesters queued up outside There were five weddings in the line two kilter whales and one penguin not to mention Mickey Goofy and Pluto on line at Disneyland There were many spinoff handholding events in states not on the transcontinental route Clark County clasps hands to aid needy £5CENTS In Washington 5000 people formed a three-mile chain along waterfront in a "Hands Across fund-raising effort that netted $25000 In Oregon a hand-holding fundraiser tor food banks in Portland attracted more than 4000 participants Sunday while a similar effort brought out 1000 people in Medford and 200 more in Salem brought my little girl primarily to let her take part and to let her know she can make a Paula Moore part in Said Paula Moore of Vancouver "I brought my little girl primarily to let her take part and to let her know she can make a Ha daughter Erica 11 said she gives two-thirds of ha allowance to help support a needy family in Ethiopia like to help people because people don't have stuff I think they should Eve Franz 71 said the ceremony near Officer's Row reminded ha of ha father Tom Williams who in 1914 was a soldter stationed in Vancouva "He was in the cavalry here when he was romancing my motha So I think of a better place tor them to have this event to take care of our own in the United States I think this is great America Standing in line fa free hot dogs and soft drinks Pinky Thomas of Vancouva said she had reacted emotionally to the ceremony was doing OK until the balloons went up and then I got teary-eyed It got to me when I thought of the meaning of why we were here" MbfefClffriMMM Letters AS Local news A2-3 Nation B12 Northwest A24-5J Obituaries A4 Sports D1-4 Weather B1 World BU 196 TtuManlMPm Bill Jones right with glasses stands with hi homeless family at Calif Sunday Standing nearby are celebrities Raquel Welch the west end of the Hands Across America line in Long Beach Cicely Tyson Ben Vereen and Dudley Moore Hoy reaches tto end of tthe line Stars dot the final mile into Long Beach hairbor roll up your sleeves and go out to work in your community We have to move from the big event to the person on the Hands Across America still has to count up the money it hoped to earn' $50 million or more and then figure out how to spend it The organization said 90 percent would go for innovative self-help projects fa the needy VI year blimp a swarm of helicopters and a stage that had held celebrities all morning the participants were near hysteria song is dedicated to everyone who asked this thing ever come shouted Kenny Loggins as he broke into The crowd swayed and screamed This single-file celebration had been going on well before the Park to fight hunger are going through right now we decided not to do it" Lakeside headmaster Dan Ayrault said Friday were afraid it might look like bravado on our part and we knew some parents might be sensitive about it" A maja Portland mountain-guide company reported it was still getting calls from prospective Mount Hood climbers we've had a few postponements because of iffy weatha conditions but nobody has been canceling because of the recent Hands Across America at first asked everyone in line to donate $10 but in the rush to fill the line organizers gave envelopes to late-comers and hoped they would come through with some cash The event brought out celebrities and politicians kids and a few people past the century mark the wealthy and the desti official hand-grabbing time of noon Those hoping to dabble their feet in the Pacific as the last person in line arrived at dawn are a lot of rumors about who is really says Brian Regan a valet fa the Queen May who took a break from parking cars to Join the line heard it was Bruce Please see Hands Page A3 said Mike Volk owner of Timbaline Mountain Guides The company usually directs about 20 Blount Hood climbing parties Bruce Haynes special-uses ad-ministrata tor the Blount Hood National Forest's Zigzag Ranger Station said the Forest Service was still seeing an avaage number of climbers fa May He said 24 parties with 128 people went up Blount Hood on May 17 just two days after a snow cave where eight members of the ill-fated climbing party was found behalf of the hungry and the homeless on Sunday and except for two people overcome by the heat in Arizona no one suffered anything worse than disappointment about breaks in the line between New York and Long Beach Calif "This is just the top organizer Ken Kragen said in New Yak "When today is over ed Carol Benziger a junior high school teacher from Delhi Calif Benziger got on the road before dawn Sunday to bring five students 360 mites to Join hands shouted one of ha group If there are critics of the event they must be hone On the Long Beach pier Jammed between the Queen Mary ocean liner the Spruce Goose airplane the Good a Sunday at Vancouver's Central student climb set fa Memorial Day weekend on Mount Adams in southwest Washington out of respect fa the seven students and two faculty members from Oregon Episcopal School who died on Mount Hood Ten seniors from the private Lakeside School were supposed to climb Blount Adams as part of a 10-day outdoa program that also included rafting on the Deschutes Riva in Oregon this week of respect tor the Oregon Episcopal School and what they By JOHN BR ANTON The Columbian About 1000 people joined hands under a dazzling blue sky Sunday to stop hunger in Clark County Members of the crowd gave money listened to speeches and music then formed a giant loop around Central Park bandstand At noon they released a flurry id red and blue balloons Contributions fa local food banks might total $10000 collected before during and after Sunday's event aganizers said About $4600 came in on Sunday alone Because everything was donated the band performances the hotdogs the soft drinks and the laba every penny was to go to the poor The local event Hands Across Clark County was timed to coincide with a nationwide drive against hunger Hands Across America However the human chain across the nation did not run through Clark County Organizer Mary Granger estimated the crowd at 1000 and said "It was enough to make a really great Granger who is president of the Clark County Community Foundation waked fa three months on the drive with co-organizer Nancy Wolf think this is wonderful because of all the said Margo Klinger of Vancouver as she stool in the circle with ha husband Pat exciting that there are so many people all ova the United States that would take INSIDE By KURT GUENTHER Columbian Correspondent LONG BEACH Calif Hollywood could not have cast it better More than 10000 tanned laughing shouting bodies Joined hands to form the final mite of Across the project to aid homeless and hungry people in the United States just made history!" shout 5 nm IKSE) About 1000 person! Joined hands Tragedy hasn't slowed Hood climbs PORTLAND (AP) Mount Hood continues to attract climbers despite the disaster that claimed nine lives after a spring blizzard hit tallest peak two weeks ago Mountain guides city recreation officials and Mount Hood National Forest officials say they've seen no cancellations by climbing parties and that the May-June climbing season on the 11235-foot mountain east of Portland remains in full swing A Seattte-area school canceled a No CHUCKLE The next time you want to be young again remember algebra ft ft ft I.