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Ford's new offering this year, in addition to the Escort and Lynx, is a redesigned Ford Granada. The car, which will be marketed also as a Mercury Cougar, is 500 lbs. lighter than the old Granada and Mercury Monarch. But, like other standard Ford products, it has a "big car" look, which could hurt in a market that is demanding small autos...
...Harry Truman, the feisty octogenarian who remained behind at his lodge near Spirit Lake, in the volcano's shadow. It was also taking a psychological toll. The renewed ashfall, along with the danger of fresh flooding and mudslides, forced an exodus of residents from the nearby towns of Cougar, Ariel and Amboy to makeshift refugee camps. It was their second evacuation, and the volcano's continuing assaults were beginning to fray tempers. Said Otis Bouchard, a gas station operator in Castlerock: "I'll tell you one thing. I'm getting damn tired of this mountain...
...town of Cougar, twelve miles from the peak, people gathered in the A & R Grocery to share the latest news about the eruption. Fire Chief Richard Slayton informed the residents that if conditions got worse, they would have to retreat to a school four miles away. Many residents, at first determined to stay, grew uneasy as the rumbling continued...
...white and blue crepe paper adorned the auditorium at Columbus College in Columbus, Ga., and a fraternity banner proclaimed RON-TKE-AND APPLE PIE. A student dressed up as a cougar led a cheer for Ronald Reagan. Members of Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity presented him with a T shirt and hat, and students inducted his wife Nancy into the honorary Order of Diana. When a couple performing a song-and-dance act pulled the candidate out of his chair, he seemed a bit confused, then joined them. The show over, Reagan delivered his speech somewhat stiffly but with more emphasis...
...this day, at least, the All-American unit prevailed, thanks to Cougar Pat Malloy's hat trick--the last third of which came with 3:41 remaining to kill a ferocious, swarming Clemson rally...