[Stateside Twins' Eyeshot] Cross and Conflicts

1980 - Honda plans to build Japan's first US passenger car assembly plant in Ohio, and Mount St. Helens spews out steam and ash and eventually blows its top. President Carter tells athletes that the US will skip the 1980 Olympics, Reagan and Bush are to run for the GOP and eventually win in November, and the New York Yankees sign Dave Winfield for $25 million.

Honda's U.S. Sales Gain Aids Asian Automakers' Share.