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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 21, 1985)
International_ Hope dwindles for Bogota volcano survivors BOGOTA. Colombia (AP) — Rescuers still searched the remains of Armero on Wednesday but burial squads also mov ed in. gouging long trenches in the volcanic mud with back hoes and dump ing truckloads of bodies into them. Soldiers acting on orders from health officials slogged through the muck with small cans of gasoline, dousing decaying bodies and setting them afire, shooting animals that had been feeding off the corpses. The men wore masks against the stench. Residents who had fled began return ing to Marquita, nine miles to the north, and other towns that escaped major damage from the mud avalanche that flowed into the Andes valley Nov. 13 after the eruption of the Nevado del Ruiz volcano. A 15-foot-deep lake of mud buried Armero and parts of other towns below the volcano. At least 25.000 people were killed. The mayor’s office in Mariquita. where the small hospital became an emergency clinic, said about 15,000 peo ple had returned. Scientists monitoring the volcano cautioned against complacency. "The dangtir is not over,” said Haraound Ta/zieff. French minister of natural disasters. "The activity of the volcano will continue for a long time and the greatest danger is the melting and breaking up of the glaciers." The burial and burning of bodies was ordered to combat typhoid fever ami other diseases. • Most locations open 24 hours • MasterCard & visa Accepted Check Cashing Program • Full Service • A leader in the community for over 25 years! Saves! PLUS Sunny MARKET BASKET convenience grocery stores at many locations! • Major Brand Gasoline at a Discount Price i K^R^okstore— CfuMrw'*^^ 5ATurPaY CElEDr^J]ON5 AT TUf UO BOOKSTORE AGES 3-6 HOC in THE GENERAL BOOK OEPT. with Steve Pradell This Saturday November 23 11:00-12:00 In the Book Department Your Store Since 1920 13tt> & Kincaid M F 7 30-5:30 SAT 10:00-3:00 Supplies (M-4331 Smokeout challenges even southern smokers RALK1GH, N.C, (AP) — The Groat American Smokeout marches into the heart of tobacco Country today, and Its anti smoking message is spreading even in the land when* the golden leaf is the undisputed, muitibiilion-dollar king. “We have nearly 80 of our HK) county units participating this year, so there are many activities going on,** said Wendy Scott, spokeswoman for the American Cancer Society's North Carolina office, “in 1981. we had 32 units participating.'* However. “We take a very low key approach to asking people to quit." said Wanda Jeffers, an organizer for the group in South Carolina's Pee Dee region, where much of that state's $184 million tobacco crop is produced “I don't think we make everybody mad " The cancer society says smoking contribute# to heart and lung disease, including cancers. But the Smokeout brings an unwelcome message for many Southerners, particularly among those whose livelihood depends on tobacco, the crop brought In more than $3 billion to tobacco growers in eight states in 1984 That money also bolsters department stores, equipment and car dealers and government tax coffers “I would hope (the city of) Wilson wouldn't be par ticipating in a Smokeout because if it hadn't been for tobacco, there wouldn't be a Wilson," said Marvin (.oghill, president of Standard Commercial Tobacco Co., which has its head quarters in North Carolina's seventh-larges! tobacco producing county. No ACS Smokeout activities are planned in Wilson, but from smoking essay contests in Nashville. Tonn.. to "kick the habit" games in Kentucky and Northern Telecom's frozen turkey giveaway for its North Carolina employees who quit mid turkey, the cancer society's annual nudnight-to midnight Smokeout is drawing more people from tobacco country than ever before. Across the United States last year, a record 20 4 million smokers participated. Of those, 5,4 million stopped for the day and 3.1 million were still off cigarettes five days later, ac cording to the Callup Poll. The six,lety was unable to provide a regional breakdown on participation GREAT PEOPLE. Fast, friendly service on qualify copies at affordable prices kinko's Great copies. Great people. Kinko's is open early, open late. And open weekends 860 E. 13ttl 344-7894
