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The Soviets dominated their own show at the Summer Olympics, winning 40 percent of the Gold. They went 'head over heels' to sponsor the event but some of the most prestigious guests didn't show up. The United States boycotted the Games to protest…

Sister Alma Reilly, IHM, celebrated her 100th birthday after spending 73 years as a nun, 50 of them teaching children in parochial grade schools. Sister Alma, of the Congregation of Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, says she is in…

Panoramic photograph taken a month before the eruption of Mt. St. Helens. Taken from nearly identical camera positions, approximately 7.5 miles north of St. Helens. The contrasting pictures offer a sense of the extent of devastation resulting from…

150 foot tall trees were felled by the mighty force of Mt. St. Helens. Enough lumber was downed, almost instantly to build 30 million 3-bedroom homes.

Six inches of volcanic ash from Mt. St. Helens tled on Colfax, Washington. Even on the second day, the ash was still a novelty for some.

Ashfall from Mt. St. Helens.

Mt. St. Helens erupts with color and fury in its 3rd major eruption. Ash reached heights of 60,000 feet.

A series of photographs on the eruption of Mt. St. Helens.

May 18, 1980. At 8,32 a.m. picturesque Mt. St. Helens, located in central Washington state, erupted with a force greater than an atomic bomb. The blast and resulting ash fall left 69 killed or missing and a path of destruction 8 miles long and 15…

Mt. St. Helens erupted on May 18, killing at least 34 people, after slumbering peacefully for 123 years.