European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 15, 1980, Darmstadt, Hesse Poge 2 the stars and stripes sunday. June 15, 1980 Reagan retains Brock As gop Boss los Angeles up Ronald Ria Gan in a move designed to Appeal to Republican moderates announced Friday thai Bill Brock will stay on As the gop National chairman. But Reagan virtually assured of the re publican presidential nomination said that his Pennsylvania chairman. Drew Lewis will assume a new position As Deputy chair Man. Reagan appeared with Brock and Lewis at a news conference before presiding at a s500-a-Plalc Republican Unity dinner. Reagan said he had reached Happy agreement with Brock a favorite of party moderates during a 45-Minulc private Dis Cussion at his Campaign can serve Best the interests of the parly and my Campaign by slaying on As National Reagan said and i m most appreciative that he s decided to the decision to retain Brock indicates Reagan intends to seek a broader base of support within both the Republican Parland the electorate. Observers indicated that if Brock were dumped it would be a sign that Reagan had fallen under excessive influence of Republican conservatives. Reagan dismissed reports that his Campaign chairman. Sen. Paul Laxalt r-nev., wanted to remove Brock As chairman. He said Laxdall was Only concerned with Rea Gan s rights As the apparent nominee and had nothing against Brock. I think he was defending me on the basis it is traditional that the nominee of the party can make the choices and we made a Choice Reagan said. Reagan said it was wrong to assume that he and Brock represented different political viewpoints As z senator he was already considered in the same Slot of the parly i was ideologically or Reagan said. Reagan said he and Brock had talked about How to mesh my Campaign efforts and the work of the National much of the responsibility for their task w ill apparently fall to said Lewis will serve As the National committee s chief operating officer and will keep his Post As a member of Rea Gan s Campaign policy committee. Both Reagan and Brock said they will represent republicans and ame Caiu who hold a wide spectrum of views. I m a Republican without prefix or but fix Brock said. I was t any dangerous Radical in Ollice and i believe the same things i be always believed Reagan said there had been no discussion of when Brock might slip Down. Of. Helens cleanup headache Volcano s bailout of fear7 Seattle a mount St. Helens has deposited new debris and Ash across a wide Swath of Washington and Oregon but state officials say the most troublesome problem they face in cleaning up after the Volcano May Well be the fallout of horror stories about knee deep volcanic Ash toppled forests and ruined streams have created n false impression that Washington state is a vast wasteland officials say frightening off the tourists who account for a 52.5 billion Industry. The Volcano s May 18 eruption which ripped 1,300 feet off mount St. Helens knocked Down or covered Over an estimated 140,000 acres of the state s forests a sizable expanse but Small compared to the state s total Forest land of More than 23 million acres. Many streams w arc slightly silted by Ash and authorities estimate that 154 Miles of streams were filled in or severely damaged. In addition 26 lakes were destroyed and 27 damaged. Slate officials say Washington has a total of 1,483 Square Miles of Inland . D by Lee Ray told Industry representatives on thursday before the latest eruption that they had been hit by an unfortunate fallout of volcanoes Don t erupt very often and they have a tremendous fascination for peo ple who like to focus on the horrible she said. Tourism officials across the state report business is off As much As so percent. Many say a big problem is that people Don t know where mount St. Helens is. We re getting killed said Gary Walker of the Seattle King county convention and visitors Bureau. And it s not an Ash prob Lem. It s a Public relations no one has any Conception of where the Mountain is. As far As they Are concerned. Unco of Marco Muumuu i to my c Vij Nicici twisters sweep Midwest lightning kills 2 in Chicago by United press International lace Bill Brock at least four tornadoes skipped across Minnesota North Dakota and Iowa stirred up by sweeping thunderstorms that pounded Central states with Grapefruit size Hail. The twisters did Little damage and no injuries were reported but two children were killed in an Illinois storm. In Chicago Friday evening two Young cousins died when a tree they were huddling under for shelter was struck by a Bolt of lightning. A third boy suffered Burns and was treated in a local Hospital. The boys had been fishing at a South Side Harbor when a thunderstorm swept through the area. Police said the survivor 10-year-old Nash in love told them the lightning looked like Snow when it hit he Urban league offers $50,000 for sniper info new York up the National Urban league offered a $50.000 re Ward Friday for information leading to be sniper who shot the civil rights organization s National director ver non Jordan or. Jordan 44, was hit in the Back by a .30-06 ride Bullet Al 2 15 . May 29 in fort Wayne ind where be had just addressed a local Urban league s an Nual banquet. When he was shot Jordan was Leav ing car driven by Martha Coteman a fort Wayne Urban league Board member. The $50,000 Reward announced at Cwi conference by John Jacob exec Ullic vice president of the National group was in addition to $7,000 collected by Indiana residents. The league said he Money would go to anyone who provided information leading to the arrest prosecution and conviction of be person or persons responsible for this horrible Jacob said he hoped the Reward would Spur efforts to find Jordan t assailant. We would have hoped thai the Case was solved at 2 15 . That morning Jacob said of the Day Jordan was shot a was not and so we Are Jordan was transferred thursday from fort Wayne to new York Hospi Tal Cornell medical Center in manhat Tan. He was listed in serious but Sta ble condition in a unit for patients recuperating from surgery. Thunderstorms lingered Over most of the great lakes across the Northern third of the Mississippi Valley into Eastern Montana and Central Kansas. The National weather service said a cold front stretching Over much of the same area caused storms Friday which in turn spawned tornadoes at Muscatine Iowa Argyle Minn. Warren Minn. . Initial reports showed the tornadoes caused Little damage and there were no reports of injuries news officials said. Winds gusting nearly 100 Mph were re ported near Calvin ., and 60 Mph Avinton Iowa. Rail m liiztlj.8r8pe/h its pc in Cole Ndoc neb., Friday afternoon As More than an Inch of ram poured from the skies in less than 10 minutes. A storm in Langdon . Produced 80 Mph winds and More Hail damaging seve ral Mobile Homes. 6 a Flash Hood watch was issued for North Central Iowa due to locally heavy rams from thunderstorms. Y losses from a 10-Day stretch of. Hail Tornado winds hooding and heavy Rains were pegged by the Iowa emergency Board at $122 million statewide the Arkansas River near Canon City colo., swelled to its highest Point in 20 years Friday nine inches above flood level at Swisdale where the swi rung a ters rooted arge Trees and thread roads were closed by High Waters and authorities predicted Centennial Park Ssu Touth of downtown Canon City would a inundated by saturday be a hed Raili vol arrivcdneb., to begin investigation of a twin engine air wis Protection Christi Newton of Portland Ore wears mask As she Heads to work Friday morning As Protection against Ash fall out from mount St Helens some 45 Miles from Portland. A photo mount St. Helens u in the Middle Seattle about 100 Miles North of the Mountain was barely dusted with Ash on Friday. Previous eruptions have missed the City. Even farther from the Volcano. In Spokane the tourist Trade is in trouble. Six conventions have been cancelled in they i once Mountain first erupted on May 18. 1 people Call up and ask if the Ash is knee deep or if the Davenport hotel an elegant a restored downtown hotel is still stand ing said Kim Workman of the Spokane convention and visitors Bureau. Non one is in a Stern Washington about250 Miles East of mount St. Helens. On May 18, four to five inches covered the downtown area. Thursday and Friday there was none. L h40 n 57 m 41 41 88 1141 of 51 7451 77ii � 74a 72s ?s8n 88 temperatures Albou qut ski Jbf Botlon crack nil it Fkoyd i ally u 8888 o at5t m w a 57 71to n 70 Psi n a so41 71 51 55 5, 88n m 4 12o 74 51 4177 m 57
