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...streets and in backyards, the ash is also a headache. At the airport in Spokane (pop. 250,000), which was covered by half an inch of dust, a neon sign said...
...Pullman (pop. 21,000), students from Washington State University jammed the Barley and Hops tavern for "eruption specials," $1 pitchers of beer. In Yakima, which was coated with half an inch of dust, the owner of an auto body shop jokingly put ash on sale for 500 per gal. but got no takers. Hosing or shoveling the ash was only a slightly more effective way of getting rid of it. Complained Yakima Mayor Betty Edmondson: "Wet ash turns into a slurry that is just about impossible to shovel...
...beginning of this season, after hours of practice against some of the hardest shooters available, coupled with set after set of Nautilus conditioning exercises to prime every ounce and inch of a 5-ft. 9-in. frame which never carries more than 150 pounds, Lechner established himself as starting goalie. And with the season now winding down, Lechner is considered one of the squad's strongest all-American candidates...
...show, he walks a tightrope, rides a unicycle and launches himself from a trampoline to a small balcony, besides singing and dancing. But dynamic versatility merely taps Dale's appeal. He is a born charmer with an infectious grin who never gives a self-serving performance. Every bouncing inch of his body is bent on pleasing the audience...
...PAINTINGS--some of which contain more than 50 two-inch figures--literally ravish the eye. They are brilliant in their color, striking in their design and almost unreal in their detail. The court-commissioned artists, the catalogue tells us, fashioned their brushes from squirrel and kitten hairs. They worked for days on a single figure. The paintings are illuminated book plates; even on such a scale, they are subtler than works 30 times their size. Among the rocks and the sky hide contorted faces, tiny animals and endless innuendo. Welch, who's done work in the field for more than...