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The Nation - News from Dec. 26, 1985

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Scores of volunteers turned out Christmas Day to rescue more oil-soaked birds and help care for the nearly 1,000 waterfowl already scooped out of a massive oil spill off the Washington coast. The ARCO Anchorage ran aground at Port Angeles harbor and leaked 109,200 gallons of Alaskan oil. The Coast Guard reported that the vast majority of the spilled oil has been skimmed up.

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