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Camille Bohannon

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Harry Truman
Harry Randall Truman was the owner and caretaker of Mount St. Helens
Lodge at Spirit Lake, located at the foot of the mountain and was in the
danger zone at the time of the eruption.

 

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The eruption of Mt. St. Helens as seen from downtown Portland, Oregon

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Ross Simpson

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Camille Bohannon

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THE WHITE HOUSE ON THIS DAY IN 1968

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  President Lyndon Baines Johnson signing the Civil Rights Act.

President Johnson signed the Act (which was also know as the Civil Rights
Act of 1968), which banned discrimination on sale or rental of housing. The
bill also gave federal protection to civil right worker and made it a federal
crime to cross state lines for the purpose of inciting a riot. 

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Sandy Kozel

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