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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Herald
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1975
Page
3
An editorial argues the 1964 food stamp program has grown into a $3.7 billion annual burden, subsidizing many ineligible or high income households. It cites California abuses, a Washington scandal, and calls the system duplicative and inequitable as costs surge toward decades end.
William F. Walsh 72 a member of Walsh Chandler Walberg and Whitty law firm and KWRO owner died Wednesday after respiratory complications at Bay Area Hospital He had been Bay area resident since 1929 former Coos County DA and Oregon state senator Funeral arrangements at Campbell-Watkins Coos Bay Mary Edith Lundy died Wednesday April 9 at her home on Catching Creek arrangements pending at Myr View Point Chapel
A seven page consumer guide offers tips on where to look for used appliances and questions to ask. It explains terms like as is rebuilt and freight damaged and covers appliances such as refrigerators ranges freezers washers and dryers. Copies of Buying a Used Appliance PA 1102 cost 30 cents and can be obtained from Consumer Information Pueblo Colorado 81009.
A spaghetti feed sponsored by SCAR will be held at 6 p.m. on Friday April 11 in the Coquille Community Building. Tickets cost 2 for adults and children eat free. Proceeds support legal action to stop moving the county jail to North Bend.
A fragment notes a belief about jasper amulets in Italy granting invulnerability to the wearer, though no verifiable sources or context are provided.
Frank Wiebke died Sunday April 6 at his Forest Grove home. He once led the Safeway Store as its first current manager and later worked at Diamond Lake Resort before retirement. Survived by Ruth his wife two daughters Joan Richmond Tacmon Wash Shirley Washburn Nevada a brother Elmer a sister Ethel Wilcox Path LaFave five grandchildren. Funeral services were held Thursday in Forest Grove with private interment.
Automakers claim reducing gasoline use by two gallons per car each week could cut foreign crude oil imports by about one million barrels daily, aligning with President Ford's energy goal per the Automotive Information Council.
Navy Airman Lowell G Shorb completes five months of training on the S-3A jet with Air Anti-Submarine Squadron 29 at North Island NAS. Other servicemen James A Wood Jr and Thomas D Grimsley Jr are stationed in Germany and at a San Diego recruit depot respectively. The Northwest Steelheaders Council of Trout Unlimited plans an April 16 meeting at the Myrtle Point Sportsman's Club. Local clubs and organizations are invited to submit test requests to the Myrtle Point Herald.
The East-West Highway Committee thanks residents who rode buses to the March 31 Salem hearing. They note Coquille and Myrtle Point travelers who left before 8 a.m. to attend, despite a bus no show, and express optimism for improvements to Highway 42.
Open meeting called by Jerry Running Foss of the Confederated Indian Tribes of Western Oregon will discuss two petitions governing Indian claims against the U S Government and hunting and fishing rights for all Indians in Western Oregon. The gathering on Saturday April 12 runs 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Tribal Hall Coos Bay Empire District east end of Michigan Ave. Overnights by advance call to 888 3009 or 756 4028. Potluck planned.
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