Flooding from the Spokane River was now reaching Ford’s Pavilion at Expo 1974 and ponds were forming at the CarnivalArray.
The Expo had a contingency plan to erect earthen dikes if the waters rose much higher.
“We can raise those levees an hour in advance, if necessary,” the administrator said.
But he added: “So far, so good. “
Authorities expected the ridge to arrive in the afternoon and then the waters would recede.
In addition, leaders of the affiliated tribes of the Northwest Indians reached an interim compromise with Expo officials about Indian participation. The agreement guaranteed the continuity of Indian systems at the Expo, but the question of whether the tribes would have full control of their systems was still being negotiated.
The discussions were controversial.
“They (Expo officials) speak with forked tongues and have taken the Indians too far,” an Indian leader said a few days earlier.
100 years ago: Former movie star Juanita Hansen directed the moving story of her “fight against the drug disease” at the Pantages Theatre.
He said that one night, at a party in Hollywood, someone gave him “a package. “It turned out to be heroin. He soon became accustomed to “20 to 30 grains of opium a day and 50 to 60 grains of cocaine. “
She nevertheless managed to kick the habit after a struggle, and now devoted a year of her life to spreading the drug.
“When I speak, the theater listens,” he says.