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7H FINAL EDITIONNEWSSTAND PRICE 25t A GANNETT NEWSPAPER Survivors Of Volcano Threatened By Flood IK The 200th day or captivity for U.S. hostages In Iran. li' nn CMC NNAT Mnesday Filey 21, 1000 on the inside Eruption perils crops and water, Page B-10. f1 4 PARTLY MOSTLY CLOUDY SUNNY TOO AY TOMORROW Partly cloudy today with a high In the mld-70s. Clear tonight with a low In the low 50s.

Sunny Thursday with a high near 80. Chances of rain are 10 today and near zero tonight. Weather map and details, Page B-5. sHe At, Remember this: The low-key approach doesn't always get results. If the problem comes with a high keyhole.

e1980, THE LOS ANGELES TIMES VANCOUVER, number of persons unaccounted for in the aftermath of Mount St. Helens' historic volcanic explosion grew to 98 Tuesday, as distraught families of missing loggers complained that the government search for survivors was so disorganized that they were planning their own ragtag rescue effort. Geologists, meanwhile, worried that a 200-foot-high dam formed by volcanic debris was being undermined by the 300 million cubic meters of water and mud behind it. Should the fragile pumice-and-rock blockage across the Toutle River collapse, authorities said serious flooding could reach more than 50 miles downstream to the cities of Kelso and Longview, with a combined population of more than 60,000. SIXTY HOURS after the Cascade Peak exploded with such fury that it spread ash clouds as far as New England, the State Department of Emergency Services said that seven persons were known dead and that 98 people had been reported as missing to the sheriffs' offices in the two counties affected by the disaster.

The sheriffs in the two counties-Cowitz and Skamania-said there may be duplication in their lists and that some of the people may not be missing at all. "We get calls from someone in California who says their grandmother was coming by to look at the volcano before going on to Yellowstone Park, and they haven't heard from her, so thy report her missing," said Sheriff Les Nelson of Cowltz County. But Nelson made it clear that he expects the death toll to rise. "I know where there are eight bodies," he said. Because of the immense destruction from the shattering blast all trees In a 150-square-mile area north of the mountain were flattened-the sheriff said, "I'm also convinced we're simply not going to ever know" how many bodies are in the debris.

Under state law, sheriffs are responsible for rescue operations after natural disasters In their counties, and indications mounted Tuesday that those rescue efforts were suffering from a lack of co-ordination. metro FOR EXAMPLE: Before they arrived at a joint press briefing Tuesday, the two sheriffs had not compared lists of missing persons to eliminate duplications. Until new equipment was installed Tuesday night, the various persons involved in the rescue operation were unable to communicate with one another quickly because of incompatible radio frequencies. A state official went at dawn Tuesday to a temporary Federal Aviation Administration station in Kelso, where two helicopters were supposed to pick him up to drop food and supplies to stranded survivors. Twelve hours later he was still waiting for the helicopters.

Although a spokesman for the State Department of Emergency Services said Tuesday that National Guard and Air Force Reserve helicopters were conducting a careful grid search of the area, a National Guard colonel said at mid-afternoon that no such grid search was under way. "We've flown only two missions today," the officer said, explaining that most of the Guard's helicopters were out of operation for maintenance. THE FAMILIES of those known to be missing complained about these situations. Nadine Crick of Toledo, whose son-in-law and two other employees of the family timber firm are missing, said "Nobody knows nothing. We can't get any information.

We can't get to anybody who knows. We're not sure everything is being done that could be done." Thor Gadwa, whose 35-year-old son Tom is among the missing, said "We went to the state patrol, but we couldn't talk to anyone." Tom's wife, Betty, added: "It's just like, who cares?" She said that no official has contacted either her or anyone else in the family to confirm that a search is under way for her missing husband. 9 Vice President Mondale tells Ohio AF'L-CIO convention that GOP hopeful Ronald Reagan will do the least for workers. Page B-l. St.

Francls-St. George Hospital officials change plans and decide to close 11-year-old St. George Hospital. Page B-4. 1,1 1.

suburban Norwood Police Chief Belton J. Flick Insists the city's fiscal emergency Is not responsible for his retirement. Page B-2. nation He Kept Thinking: 'Pompeii' A jammed door forces two engineers to cancel plans to enter the radiation-soaked reactor containment building at Three Mile Island. Page A-8.

VERN HODGSON took the dramatic series of photos on this page at the moment of the Mount St. Helens eruptions May 18. They were distributed by the Associated Press, copyright 1980 by Vern Hodgson and the Everett (Wash.) Herald Iran's U.N. ambassador says it no longer is in Iran's best interests to hold the 53 American hostages. Page A-2.

Western Europe's united front on Iran collapses. Page A-4. The entire South Korean Cabinet resigns in an apparent protest of a military takeover. Page A-5. 1 i primary SEATTLE (AP)-Vern Hodgson and Bernadette Chaussee were In the right place at the right time, and their luck got them one Of nature's most spectacular and dramatic moments on film.

It was a photographic "stroke of luck," Hodgson said Tuesday. On Sunday, with clear, beautiful weather, they decided to take a picture of Mount St. Helens, using his 35mm camera. The two Lynnwood, residents stopped on a bluff near Pole Patch, about 15 miles northeast of the mountain. Hodgson, 36, an amateur photographer, said he was setting up his tripod and camera and checking his light meter and Chaussee was looking at the top of the mountain with binoculars.

"Look, there's a little steam coming out now," Hodgson said she told him. It was 8:30 a.m. As Hodgson began to shoot, the bulge on the side of the mountain started to slide. Smoke boiled across the horizon. As the eruption grew, he changed from his 75-150mm telephoto zoom lens to a normal 50mm lens for more photos, but the display outgrew that one.

He put on a wide-angle 25mm lens to shoot the rest of his roll of 400 ASA color print film. His series of 16 pictures took "four minutes, at most," he said. The huge black cloud in his last photos of the volcano was approximately 20 miles across, he said. There was a "dull, low, ominous roar," Hodgson said. "It was awesome." Hodgson and Chaussee Jumped In their van and were only three minutes down a winding mountain road when dense black George Bush wins the Michigan presidential primary election in a startling runaway Tuesday night.

Page A-2. r. ri ii 4 mJrt ash and gobs of mud three-quarters of an inch across closed in on them. They covered their mouths and noses with towels but the ash fell so heavily they couldn't see. Hodgson said he drove at 5 mph but couldn't see the side of the road.

Every five minutes, Hodgson had to stop to scrape another inch of mud off the windshield. He said he "kept thinking about Pompeii," the Italian city buried in ash in 79 A.D. Finally, two hours and 15 minutes later, they reached Randle, 20 miles from Pole Patch. Once they got home, Hodgson said, it took him three hours to scrap the mud from his van. "I hope I will make several thousand dollars with these photos, but money's not the most important thing," said Hodgson, a Seattle draftsman.

He added that he was more interested In recognition the photos would bring to him than the money. entertainment Ira Levin's "Deathtrap," springs open at the Taft Tuesday, with entertaining twists, thrills and chills. Page A-8. 4 ir if 3' people today Having a successful party requires more than a proper mixing of food and drinks. It requires a proper mixing of guests, too.

Page F-l. i business Most Greater Cincinnati banks levy fees on their credit cards. Page B-6. Vote Goes 'Canada, Oui' In Quebec Referendum Business To Be Out If Ballplayers Strike said Tuesday. The revenue, Redmer said, comes from rental of the Riverfront Stadium, city-owned parking lots, and a tax levied on concessions and tickets.

Without baseball, the next time the stadium will be used is for professional softball games, June 27-June 29, and a fair, June 28-29, Redmer said. "We're not in a position to fill these days," he said, referring to the ones earmarked for the Reds. "We'll have to sit here and wait like everybody else." Threat of the walkout already has cut into business, said George Fetherston, vice presidenttreasurer of Harpenau Enterprises Inc. of Cincinnati. It has 1,200 motel rooms through suburban Hamilton County and in Warren County.

"LONG-TERM BOOKING at this point is off," Fetherston said, because of the uncertainty. When the Reds are home during a long weekend, it is almost impossible to find a hotel or motel room in Northern Kentucky, J. Reginald Smith, executive director of the Northern Kentucky Convention and Visitors Bureau said. "Without them here, if you get 30 occupancy, you're lucky," Smith said, adding the counties of Boone, Kenton and Campbell have some 3,700 rooms. In fact, the bureau's $162,000 advertising budget takes the draw of the Reds so much for granted that it doesn't even mention the team in its marketing campaign, he index Seven Sections, 140th Year, No.

42 ACTION LINE F-2 BIORHYTHMS BRIDGE FJi BRUMFIELD A7 BUSINESS B-5-9 CLASSIFIED B-10-14, D-l-16 COLUMNISTS COMICS G-16 CROSSWORD FjB DEAR ABBY F-2 DEATHS' B-10 EDITORIALS A ENTERTAINMENT A-8, E-10, 1 1 FOOD NEWS G-1-20 HEALTH F-2 HOROSCOPE F7 HORSE SENSE F-5 JUMBLE F-S PURDY Ol RACES SOCIETY F-3 TV-RADIO E-4 WEIKEL BO WHEN I WAS A BOY WORD GAME Fj6 MONTREAL (AP)-Quebec's voters Tuesday soundly rejected their separatist government's appeal for a mandate to lead them out of the Canadian confederation. In a strong vote of confidence In a future in Canada, the predominantly French-speaking province voted 58 to 42 against embarking on the road to secession. With tabulation nearly completed, unofficial returns showed 2,107,423 votingno and 1,507,903 yes. The "yes" vote won in only one of 11 regions In the provlnce-a heavily French rural area. Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau issued a written statement saying: "To my fellow Quebecers who have been wounded by defeat, I wish to say simply that we have all lost a little in this referendum.

If you take account of the broken friendships, the strained family relationships, the hurt pride, there is no one among us who has not suffered some wound which we must try to heal In the days and weeks to come." QUEBEC PREMIER Rene Le-vesque quieted a tearful but tumultuous crowd of Parti Quebecois (PQ) supporters Tuesday night in a Montreal sports arena and said, "If I've understood you correctly, you are now saying, 'Until next He said sovereignty would come to Quebec someday: "I have confidence that one day we will have a rendezvous with history and Quebec will accept it." Provincial Liberal Party leader Claude Ryan, who led the "no" cam-palgn, told his supporters in another Montreal arena the result showed "we are proud to be Quebecers and at the same time proud to be Canadians." The only remaining question was whether the "no" side won among Quebec's French-speaking majority, 80 of the province's 6.2 million population. Analysts had said an overall vote of 57 to 60 against the referendum question would signify an approximately even spilt among Quebec's French, since the English-speaking minority's vote went almost solidly negative. Quebec's federalists had feared a "yes" victory among the French, while the referendum question was losing overall, would arouse bitterness against their "Anglo" neighbors. emphasizing they are "reasonably conservative" estimates. Traditionally, as summer vacation begins following the Memorial Day holiday weekend, more fans who attend Reds' home games live beyond the Greater Cincinnati Metropolitan Area.

It is they who tend to make their trips to the stadium part of a package vacation which often includes visits to attractions within the city, county and region. Cincinnati, in terms of market-ing, is second smallest In the majors. Yet along with the Dodgers, it consistently has drawn the most fans. Thus, a players' walkout could have a deeper economic impact here than in a larger, more diversified metropolitan area, one source who has studied local travel and tourism said. It isn't known what a strike would cost the Reds, and Roger Ruhl, the team's vice president marketing, was unavailable for comment Tuesday.

BUT THE City of Cincinnatl-for each home date, especially during the popular Memorial Day holiday weekend could lose as much as $45,000, city official Glenn Redmer BY GEORGE BECKER Enquirer Reporter A strike by major league baseball players would throw a sharp curve into the city's treasury and such metropolitan area businesses as restaurants and hotels. The walkout looms at midnight Thursday, as the Reds prepare for back-to-back home stands with the Montreal Expos, running Friday through Sunday. A Memorial Day doubleheader and single game Tuesday follow with league arch-rivals, the Los Angeles Dodgers. At least 100,000 persons, based on advanced ticket sales, are expected to attend the three-game series with the Expos, and another 60,000 for the Dodgers, a Reds spokesman said Tuesday. Each week-day game canceled by a strike in Cincinnati causes an overall economic loss of $386,000, and another $500,000 on a Saturday or Sunday, Farnsley L.

Peters, executive vice president of the Greater Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce, said. THE FIGURES include lost ticket, parking and concession sales and a drop in hotel, restaurant and other retail business, Peters said, SPORTS RESULTS: Telephony 21-0600 or 721-0616.